Nintendo Switch Online: list of Missions and Rewards [Update: April 30th]

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. New rewards are added every week on Tuesday, with one game featured every month.

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 May 21st

• Cross the Finish Line in an Online F-ZERO 99 Race [100 Platinum Points]

Until May 6th

• Play NES: Featured Title | Kirby’s Adventure [50 Platinum Points]
• Play Game Boy Advance: Featured Title | Kirby & The Amazing Mirror [50 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 Nintendo Entertainment – Nintendo Switch Online, Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online, and Game Trials.
(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 every Monday at 5PM PT / 8PM ET – Tuesday at 1AM GMT / 2AM CET / 10AM JST.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

• Round 1: April 25th to May 2nd
• Round 2: May 2nd to May 9th
• Round 3: May 9th to May 16th
• Round 4: May 16th to May 23rd

F-ZERO 99

• Round 1: April 23rd to April 30th
• Round 2: April 30th to May 7th
• Round 3: May 7th to May 14th
• Round 4: May 14th to May 21st

Kirby’s Adventure

• Round 1: April 1st to May 6th

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

• Round 1: April 1st to May 6th

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