For the first time ever, the Nintendo Switch will be getting a Zelda game.
We’re sorry to hear you’re sad about the eventual demise of classic Zelda titles from the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Majora’s Mask is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this month, so that’s excellent news all around. Switch Online Expansion pack members will not be able to access it.
Majora’s Mask will be available for the Nintendo Switch on February 25th, according to a tweet from the company. So if you don’t already own one of the various re-releases of the game, you don’t need to go out and buy one.
It goes without saying that Nintendo Switch Online has some kinks. Because of the program’s subscription-only nature, you cannot buy the classic games that come with the service on their own.
While it is very commonplace for gaming services to limit access to certain titles to paying users, some services allow you to purchase and retain specific titles, whether digitally or on disc. Because Nintendo doesn’t, you’ll have to keep your Switch Online subscription active until you’ve exhausted the games you have on hand.
Some of us here at Tom’s Guide were even more irritated by Nintendo’s decision to introduce an extra online tier for N64 titles to its Switch Online service. Nintendo Switch Online’s basic $20 a year membership gives you access to cloud saves and online play, but only to the collection of NES and SNES games.
Switch Online + Expansion Pack is the only tier that allows you to play N64 games, as well as Sega Genesis titles, and free access to DLC for Animal Crossing New Horizons and Mario Kart 8. A year’s worth of service will set you back $50, more than twice what you’d pay for the basic subscription plan.
This is excellent news for Switch Online + Expansion Pass subscribers who don’t mind shelling out $50 a year. You don’t have to use an N64, GameCube, Wii, or Wii U to play one of the greatest Zelda games ever made on your television..
Isn’t this game being re-released a lot lately?