Nintendo first added ‘Missions’ and ‘Rewards’ to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service in April 2022.
You can access these elements by navigating to the NSO icon on the Switch home screen, then selecting the ‘Missions and Rewards’ section. Here you’ll find a list of available missions that are related to (as Nintendo says) “things you’re probably already doing with your Nintendo Switch Online membership, like playing online or trying out the library of classic games.”
Nintendo Switch Online missions and rewards
So what do you get for participating in these missions? Platinum points, that’s what. These can be redeemed for I Nintendo Store items as usual, but also for “new member-exclusive icon elements that you can collect and assemble to create a new user icon.”
Nintendo Switch Online Quests and Rewards: April 2023
Each month will have a different theme and icon elements will be refreshed every week.
Check your Switch for this week’s missions. These are the rewards for this week/month:
Nintendo Switch Online Quests and Rewards: How to Earn Platinum Points
That’s easy. As explained above, simply go to the Missions and Rewards section of the NSO app on your Switch console and view the currently available missions. Complete them and you’ll earn platinum points.
Please note that the time between completing a mission and points showing in your account can sometimes be quite long, especially during busy times. If your points don’t show up right away, check back later.
Remember, there are also chances to earn Platinum Points through your I Nintendo account.
Nintendo Switch Online Quests and Rewards: How to Unlock Icon Items
What are icon elements, you ask? These are the frames, characters and background elements that you can use to customize your user icon on your Switch console. This is the icon that people see when you’re online too, so there’s motivation to make yours as unique as possible.
Once you have collected enough platinum points, simply select the icon element you want and purchase it. Please note that you will need to be in the NSO online application to change the ‘reward’ icon elements. You can’t customize reward elements in the standard Switch UI.
Previously available Nintendo Switch Online missions and rewards
Awards for 2023
- April 2023 – Animal Crossing (April birthdays), Splatoon 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- March 2023 – Animal Crossing (March Birthdays), Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Metroid Prime Remastered, Splatoon 3
- February 2023 – Animal Crossing (February Birthdays), Nintendo Switch Sports, Fire Emblem Engage, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe
- January 2023 – Animal Crossing (January Birthdays), Nintendo Switch Sports, N64 Themes, Fire Emblem Engage
Awards for 2022
- December 2022 – Animal Crossing (December birthdays), Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Splatoon 3
- November 2022 – Animal Crossing (November Birthdays), Super Mario Odyssey, N64 Themes, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
- October 2022 – Animal Crossing (October Birthdays) Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- September 2022 – Animal Crossing (September Birthdays), NES Themes, Kirby’s Dream Buffet, Splatoon 3
- August 2022 – Animal Crossing (August birthdays), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- July 2022 – Animal Crossing (July birthdays), Super Mario Odyssey, Kirby
- June 2022 – Animal Crossing (June birthdays), Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- May 2022 – Animal Crossing (May birthdays), Kirby and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- April 2022 – Super Mario Odyssey, Animal Crossing: New Horizons (April birthdays), Splatoon, Kirby
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