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News: Nintendo Switch Online adds Donkey Kong and Mario puzzlers

By Jack Taylor – 7 March 2025

Donkey Kong and Mario's Picross, two staple puzzle titles of the Game Biy library, are now available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

The latest update to the Nintendo Switch Online apps has arrived in the form of a double-helping of Game Boy puzzle titles.

Donkey Kong (often referred to as Donkey Kong '94 to differentiate it from the more popular arcade and NES title) is a precursor to the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, and sees Mario chase after Donkey Kong and the kidnapped Pauline in order to rescue her. It features over 100 unique stages across a variety of areas, including desert and jungle stages.

Mario's Picross features more than 250 Picross puzzles (also known as "nonograms"), which task players with revealing an image by following numbered clues to determine which boxes to fill in on a grid and which to leave empty. It was later followed by Mario's Super Picross for the Super Famicom, which was exclusive to Japan before being made available on Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online years later.

Both titles are available to play now in Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy app.

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