Official Zelda Website Raises Eyebrows By Labeling 3DS Game As Playable On Switch

Currently, the Nintendo Classics library allows NSO subscribers to play select NES, SNES, and Game Boy games, while the Expansion Pack subscription includes access to Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and Virtual Boy games. There’s currently no way to play 3DS games on Nintendo Switch, prompting the question of whether this was an error on Nintendo’s website or an accidental leak that A Link Between Worlds will somehow be playable on Switch. GameSpot has reached out to Nintendo for clarification on the matter.

The site appropriately labels the Zelda games featured on Nintendo Classics if they are only playable with the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscription, which applies to Ocarina of Time (the original), Majora’s Mask, A Link to the Past/Four Swords on GBA, The Wind Waker, and The Minish Cap.

If this labeling for A Link Between Worlds were true, it would be surprising if the Expansion Pack were not required to play it. Nintendo Classics also lacks any Wii or DS games, so jumping straight to 3DS would be a bizarre move for the service.

Whatever the case, A Link Between Worlds is a magnificent entry in the Zelda series that deserves to be experienced. GameSpot’s 9/10 review of the game called it an “absolute treat to play” with some of the “best Zelda dungeons in years.”