Overview
- Independent dataminers LuigiBlood and Yakumono reported that recent updates bump the NES app to 9.0.0, the SNES app to 6.0.0 and the Game Boy app to 4.0.0 and that those updates include a hidden 'challenges' system in the app files.
- The code for the challenges is present but not user-accessible, with references to accessing them through the NSO Home Menu even though no in-app menu or live interface currently appears.
- Dataminers say the system is implemented for specific games rather than the entire classics library and that its concept is similar to Wii U-era NES Remix, meaning short, goal-based or timed tasks rather than full new game modes.
- Nintendo has not commented on the findings and the datamined files may represent either active development or abandoned work that might never be released, so the feature remains unconfirmed.
- If Nintendo chooses to roll this out it could mark one of the biggest functional changes to Switch Online since the service launched and would likely aim to boost sign-ups and player retention by adding fresh bite-sized play options to legacy titles.