You may recall that, yesterday, Nintendo had officially announced that Super Soccer, which was available on Nintendo Switch Online‘s SNES game library, would be removed from it on March 28th. Although it had been only confirmed to be the case in Japan, it is also available to play on Nintendo Switch Online in western regions.
Because of this, there were concerns that the game would experience the same fate in the west. Unfortunately, it has been confirmed that, indeed, that will be the case. Since the time zones in western regions are earlier, the removal of Super Soccer will be happening on the night of March 27th. A social media post relaying the news can be seen down below.
[NSO – SNES]
— OatmealDome (@OatmealDome) March 1, 2025
Nintendo has now confirmed that Super Soccer will also be removed in the West.
Note that while the game was originally published by Nintendo outside of Japan, Spike Chunsoft is listed as the current publisher worldwide.
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The option to purchase or subscribe would honestly make this much easier. A similar model to the way they do DLC? Free with NSO, or buy it outright and not have to lose access when the service goes down/delistings.
I mean, that’s what I did with the MK8D Booster Course Pass- sure I’m already using NSO each year, but I wanna make sure I still have those tracks if and when the service is phased out.
This is why I prefer the PlayStation system. You don’t have to subscribe to PlayStation Plus Premium, you can buy the old games individually as well. I really hope the Virtual Console system’s gonna return for Nintendo Switch 2.
Remember, you pay for that service, and now, games can pull a Netflix and be deleted from said service.
You’re welcome.
Welcome to digital video games. You must be new, because that is what happens all the time with Steam, GoG and all the others, who sell digital games. This is sadly the future. Blaming Nintendo helps no one. They only follow what is trendy.
The next time someone gets fined/sued for pirating old games this should be one of the pieces of evidence used for justification. It’s so scummy that they want to punish you for pirating, but then they either don’t provide ready access to the older games or make you pay for services where your access can be revoked at any time.
No ONE has ever said, I wish super soccer for SNES was available again. Let’s not justify pirating just yet, at least not with this game. IF this game was quietly delisted, no one would’ve noticed lol.
The problem is when the only way to enjoy a product is exclusively through a subscription service. At least with game pass you can still buy the games..
I really miss the Virtual Console. At this point i can’t blame people hacking their consoles to install emulators.