Super Formation Soccer is being pulled from the service on March 28th, a Japanese Nintendo support account announced. The game, which seems to be owned by Spike Chunsoft and goes by Super Soccer in the US and Europe,

Nintendo Switch Online offers access to online gameplay, classic emulated titles, cloud saves, and a music streaming service. The subscription is necessary if you want to play multiplayer with friends over the internet.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally coming out from the shadows, and while we don’t know the price of the console or its games yet, Nintendo has announced that “Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers cannot be redeemed for Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games,” according to a page on its website confirming titles eligible for the Game Voucher program.

Nintendo is ditching its two big discount programs for Switch games, just before the Switch 2 arrives later this year.

Nintendo is doing something the company has never done before: Next month, it will remove a retro game from its the Nintendo Switch Online’s classic catalog.

Nintendo Switch Online customers in Japan and South Korea will lose access to Super Formation Soccer on March 27th. This is a harsh reminder that subscriptions are not a replacement for ownership, and that legacy game publishers are not motivated by preservation.

We’ve become used to the slow addition of Nintendo classics to the Nintendo Switch Online service since it launched in 2018, but some subscribers will apparently lose access to an old-school game on March 28.