A new Missions and Rewards system has been added in a Nintendo Switch Online update, allowing players to earn Platinum Points by completing tasks. The tasks involve games that use the Nintendo Switch Online service’s content, including NES titles.

The Nintendo Switch Online service is the Switch’s equivalent to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Gold, with players needing to subscribe in order to play games online. The key difference is that Nintendo Switch Online doesn’t offer contemporary titles. Instead, subscribers receive access to a library of NES and SNES titles, as well as a few exclusives to the service, like Tetris 99. Nintendo Switch Online also offers access to cloud saves, except in a few cases where it could be abused to gain an advantage in a game, such as by bypassing the automatic saves when trading in the Pokemon series. People who subscribe to the premium Expansion Pack receive N64 and Sega Genesis titles, as well as free access to DLC in games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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A new post on the official Nintendo website has announced that the Nintendo Switch Online menu now has a Missions & Rewards tab, as part of the service’s latest update. It’s now possible to earn Platinum Points by completing tasks, such as by logging into the NES app and playing the original Super Mario Bros. These Platinum Points can then be exchanged for exclusive rewards. The system is closer to the Microsoft Rewards on Xbox than a full achievement system, as they will be cycled out and replaced with new tasks over time. The Missions & Rewards menu also allows the player to create custom user icons by purchasing parts using Nintendo Platinum Points, with character avatars, backgrounds, and frames available.

The current selection in the new Nintendo initiative involves elements from Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey, and the games will be cycled out every week, offering new incentives for Nintendo Switch fans to get involved. The Platinum Points can also be used on the My Nintendo Store, which occasionally hosts physical rewards, such as LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi keychains, so there is an incentive to use the Missions & Rewards outside of the custom icon.

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It’s a shame that the rewards in the app are limited to the user icon, as Nintendo fans have been asking for a way to change the background of the Home menu since launch, along with other much-wanted Nintendo Switch features. The Nintendo 3DS had a number of paid custom backgrounds with their own theme songs, yet the Switch only has dark and light options. Nintendo has proven that it can be extremely slow to move with the times, so it’s still possible that the Switch could receive some fan-requested elements to its Home menu. If Mario Kart 8 Deluxe can receive DLC five years after launch, then maybe customizable backgrounds for the Nintendo Switch can happen as well.

Source: Nintendo

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