Nintendo Switch Online: list of Missions and Rewards [Update: November 7th]

Nintendo has just launched a brand new feature for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, called Missions & Rewards. It’s a My Nintendo service available exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers: you complete various missions (which generally involve using Nintendo Switch Online features such as online play or the Save Data Cloud), and you get Platinum Points as rewards. You can then use those Points to claim rewards such as User Icons, and more.

Here’s how it works:

1. Use Nintendo Switch Online services and complete missions!
   1. You can complete missions by using Nintendo Switch Online services, like playing games that use online play or Save Data Cloud services.
2. Open the Nintendo Switch Online application to get Platinum Points!
   1. You can collect Platinum Points from this application after you’ve completed a mission. Platinum Points expire though, so remember to use them! You can view how many points you have under Platinum Points.
3. Redeem Platinum Points for rewards!
   1. You can redeem Platinum Points for user-icon elements, which are member-exclusive rewards. There are three types of elements: characters, frames, and backgrounds. Combine these elements to create your own original user icons.

One thing to note is that you can use the regular Platinum Points from MyNintendo to redeem those Nintendo Switch Online rewards, which means you technically don’t even have to use online features to collect Platinum Points (naturally, you do need a valid subscription to claim the exclusive rewards).

As of writing, only elements to create your own User Icons are available. It’s not clear if/when other kinds of rewards will be added to this new service.

Note about some returning rewards

Starting March 2024, some returning rewards require you to play supporting games a certain number of times before you can even see them on the Missions & Rewards page (let alone redeem them). Each play session must take place on 3 separate days within the last 30 days. Such rewards are marked as [returning] in the list below!

Nintendo Switch Online – Missions

Here’s the list of Missions currently available:

Until December 2nd

• Play Super NES: Featured Title | Kirby’s Dream Land 3 [50 Platinum Points]
• Play Nintendo 64: Featured Title | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards [50 Platinum Points]
• Play Animal Crossing: New Horizons [100 Platinum Points]

No end date

• Play Software That Supports Online Play (1): One game per week [30 Platinum Points]
• Back Up Save Data (2): Once per week [20 Platinum Points]
• Use This Application (Nintendo Switch Online): Once per week [20 Platinum Points]
• Play Game Trials Software [100 Platinum Points]

(1) Does not apply to the Nintendo Classics apps (including SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online), and Game Trials (which get their own, dedicated missions as listed above).
(2) Does not apply to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Backup Service.

NB: weekly missions refresh every Monday at 12.30AM local time.

Nintendo Switch Online – Rewards

New rewards rotate at:

• Summer time: 6PM PT / 9PM ET / 2AM BST / 3AM CEST / 10AM JST
• Winter time: 5PM PT / 8PM ET / 1AM GMT / 2AM CET / 10AM JST

Kirby

• Kirby’s Dream Land 3 – November 4th to December 2nd
• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards – November 4th to December 2nd

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

• Round 1: November 13th to December 2nd

Note: those icons have been added to the returning set of monthly icon elements listed below.

Splatoon

• Round 1: October 17th to October 24th
• Round 2: October 24th to October 31st
• Round 3: October 31st to November 7th
• Round 4: November 7th to November 14th

Splatoon 3 North American League

Take part in the Splatoon 3 North America League events to earn exclusive icon elements. There’s 3 different events, and they each have their own icon element:

• Sunday Scrim: on Sundays from September 21st to November 23rd
• League Events: on Saturdays from September 20th to November 22nd
• League Playoffs: on December 13th and December 14th

The icon elements will be sent to you sometime in January.

Mario games [returning]

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Super Mario Odyssey

Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise [returning]

Monthly rewards

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Unlike those for other games, those rewards are available for a whole month, and that’s because the selection is based on which Animals have their birthday during a given month.

Source: Nintendo Switch Online / Nintendo