{"id":559972,"date":"2026-04-02T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559972\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:46:12","slug":"nintendo-switch-gets-free-super-mario-galaxy-downloads-ahead-of-movie-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559972\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch Gets Free Super Mario Galaxy Downloads Ahead Of Movie Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Nintendo fans can now get their hands on new Super Mario Galaxy free downloads ahead of seeing the new movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases in cinemas today in various countries across the world, and Nintendo is celebrating the occasion with a new set of freebies available through the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingbible.com\/nintendo-switch-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">As reported by <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IconsNSO\/status\/2039155723196629089\">NSO Icon Alerts<\/a>, a returning selection of <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingbible.com\/reviews\/super-mario-galaxy-1-2-review-nintendo-switch-2-492056-20250930\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Galaxy 1+2<\/a>-themed icons have hit Nintendo Switch Online, allowing you to customise your online profile with characters and designs from the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">These designs include various characters from both Super Mario Galaxy games, like Rosalina, Koopa Troopa, and Bowser Jr. The big man himself, Mario, also appears in a few of these icons, as well as the Lumas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">There are also several backgrounds and frames also themed after Super Mario Galaxy, which you can also pick up as part of this latest batch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">As NSO Icon Alerts also points out, the Nintendo Switch Online app is also themed after Super Mario Galaxy for a limited time, to coincide with the movie release.<\/p>\n<p>How To Claim Free Nintendo Switch Icons<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">If you want to redeem these icons for yourself, load up your Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2, then head to the Nintendo Switch Online app on the home screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">From here, go to \u201cMissions &amp; Rewards\u201d and you\u2019ll find the new icons along with other rewards which are currently available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The icons themselves are available for 10 Platinum Points each, while the frames and backdrops can be grabbed for 5 points each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">You can earn more points by completing missions in the app, which typically involve you playing certain games or doing specific actions in Nintendo\u2019s various services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases in cinemas today, 1 April. It stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Jack Black as Bowser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Benny Safdie joins the cast as Bowser Jr., joined by Brie Larson as Rosalina and Donald Glover as Yoshi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo fans can now get their hands on new Super Mario Galaxy free downloads ahead of seeing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[26324,1299,5177,75,12799,10763,74,20181],"class_list":{"0":"post-559972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-mario","9":"tag-nintendo","10":"tag-nintendo-switch","11":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","12":"tag-nintendo-switch-online","13":"tag-super-mario","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-tv-and-film"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}