We’ve become used to the slow addition of Nintendo classics to the Nintendo Switch Online service since it launched in 2018, but some subscribers will apparently lose access to an old-school game on March 28.
Nintendo shared on Feb. 27 that Super Famicom game Super Formation Soccer — known as Super Soccer in the west — will be delisted from Nintendo Switch Online in Japan next month. And while no reason was given, the announcement did make a point to mention Super Formation Soccer’s status as a third-party property. As such, it’s possible Nintendo’s license to the game simply expired.
We’ve reached out to Nintendo for more information but did not hear back immediately.
Super Formation Soccer was first released on Super Famicom in 1991 by Clock Tower developer Human Entertainment, and was one of several properties acquired by Spike Chunsoft that same year when Human attempted to restructure its debt. Human would eventually file for bankruptcy and dissolve in 2000.
It’s currently unclear if Super Soccer will also be removed from the Nintendo Switch Online’s Super Nintendo library in North America and Europe or if other third-party games like Ninja Gaiden, River City Ransom, and Ghosts ‘n Goblins might eventually share the same fate.
