{"id":44949,"date":"2025-02-28T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44949"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:18:56","slug":"nintendo-to-delist-retro-game-from-the-nintendo-switch-online-library-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-to-delist-retro-game-from-the-nintendo-switch-online-library-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo to delist retro game from the Nintendo Switch Online library in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nintendo has announced that the Switch Online SNES Collection title<strong> Super Soccer<\/strong> will be delisted starting March 28, 2025. This will make the game unplayable even for users who have already downloaded it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u30b3\u30f3 Nintendo Switch Online\u300f\u306e\u53ce\u9332\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u300e\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30b5\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc\u300f\uff08\u30b9\u30d1\u30a4\u30af\u30c1\u30e5\u30f3\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\uff09\u306f\u30012025\u5e743\u670828\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u5348\u524d10\u6642\u306b\u914d\u4fe1\u3092\u7d42\u4e86\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u914d\u4fe1\u7d42\u4e86\u5f8c\u306f\u3001\u300e\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u30b3\u30f3 Nintendo Switch\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u30b5\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8 (@nintendo_cs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nintendo_cs\/status\/1895280559703892048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No official explanation has been provided for the delisting of Spike Chunsoft\u2019s 1991 soccer game, but it could be related to relevant licensing agreements lapsing. 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