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Nintendo Switch Online Adding Special Challenges, Starting With Donkey Kong Series Including Bananza

by Donald Theriault - June 9, 2026, 11:51 am EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Nintendo Direct

Achievements? Trophies? Pfft. We got trading cards, bay bay!

The NSO apps are getting a new twist on weekly challenges.

A "DK Challenge" has been announced to begin tonight and run through September 1. Accessed through the Switch / Switch 2's Nintendo Switch Online icons, players will have to complete challenges across the Super Nintendo and Game Boy libraries (and possibly the NES) in Donkey Kong games to earn collectible trading cards. Additional challenges of varying difficulty will be available to Donkey Kong Bananza owners.

DK Bananza will also receive new content in Emerald Rush to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Super Mario. The first wave will be available today and future waves will be available roughly every 3-4 weeks.

Talkback

broodwarsJune 09, 2026

Considering that lack of content was one of the big complaints about Emerald Rush considering the price, this being time-limited seems a bit ridiculous to me.

Mop it upJune 09, 2026

This is a neat idea, but making it time-limited seems strange to me.

StratosJune 13, 2026

Give us a year of "seasonal content" and just keep repeating it every year. Then at least some of it won't be "lost" because of Nintendo's weird release habits.

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