Nintendo expands Switch Online service - adding classic Nintendo 64 and Sega MegaDrive games

Japanese games giant also puts the final update to its wildly successful Animal Crossing: New Horizons behind the paywall of its online service's Expansion Pack tier, launched this morning

Nintendo Switch: tapping into lockdown successes with its new online gaming tier

Right in the run-up to Christmas, videogames giant Nintendo has this morning launched an 'expansion pack' for its Switch console's Nintendo Switch Online service.

Capitalising on two of the console's runaway lockdown successes, the new tier adds more retro games for streaming play, and providing the final chapter of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons phenomenon.