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Donkey Kong 64 Joins Switch Online N64 Library on June 4

Rare's Donkey Kong 64 arrives on Nintendo Switch Online's N64 service June 4 as the first addition of 2026, increasing the Western library to 43 titles after years of requests and trailer speculation.

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Donkey Kong 64 joins Nintendo Switch Online's N64 library on June 4. The 1999 Rare platformer becomes the first new N64 title added to the service this year. It brings the Western total to 43 games. Fans requested the addition for years, giving many their first legal play since the original release.

After years of fan requests, Rare's 1999 3D platformer Donkey Kong 64 will join Nintendo Switch Online's N64 catalogue on June 4. The addition will raise the Western total of available titles to 43 and the global count to 45, with Custom Robo and Custom Robo V2 remaining Japan-only releases.

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Originally launched by Rare in November 1999, the open-world title follows Donkey Kong as he frees his companions from King K. Rool, making them playable as well. The game gained a reputation for its massive volume of collectibles and introduced the "DK Rap," a Grant Kirkhope-composed track that appears in the intro and later became a fan favorite.
The title was notorious for the sheer number of collectibles it boasted.

Donkey Kong 64 never appeared on the Wii Virtual Console but reached the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. Given the modest sales of that system, many Switch subscribers will reportedly encounter a legal way to experience the platformer for the first time since its N64 debut 27 years ago.

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Community anticipation had grown for some time, intensifying last July after a blurred portion of a Nintendo Switch Online trailer seemed to display box art for Donkey Kong 64 alongside Forsaken 64, Glover and Super Smash Bros. The subsequent arrival of Forsaken 64 lent weight to those observations, although Glover and Super Smash Bros. have not yet been released on the service.
Because Wii U sales were low, for a large number of Switch owners this will be their first chance to legally play the game since its original N64 release 27 years ago.

The arrival of Donkey Kong 64 represents the first new N64 title for the service in 2026. Five such games reached the library in 2025: Ridge Racer 64, Killer Instinct Gold, Forsaken 64, Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble.

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Standard Switch Online membership grants access to NES, SNES, Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games. Individual plans are priced at £3.49/€3.99/$3.99 monthly, £6.99/€7.99/$7.99 for three months and £17.99/€19.99/$19.99 for 12 months. Access to the N64 library, along with Game Boy Advance and Sega Mega Drive / Genesis titles, requires the Expansion Pack add-on, which costs $49.99 / £34.99 / €39.99 annually.
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