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Nintendo details Switch Online NES games for May

Donkey Kong Jr.! Clu Clu Land! VS. Excitebike!

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 8 May 2019

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Three more NES games will join Nintendo's Switch Online catalogue next week, on Wednesday 15th May.

First off - Donkey Kong Jr., the sequel to Nintendo's iconic Donkey Kong game and the only one (possibly?) where Mario is portrayed a bad guy.

Next up, Clu Clu Land, a top-down platformer where you play as a fish. And finally, VS. Excitebike, Nintendo's split-screen racer which also includes a track creator mode. (Take that, Mario Kart.)

As ever, you'll get access to all three with a Nintendo Online subscription, via its dedicated virtual console app. Here are all three in action:

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