Nintendo Drops New Batch Of 80 Freebies, Including Super Mario Free Downloads

Nintendo has dropped a new batch of Super Mario freebies, all yours for the taking.

If you’re a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber, you’ll regularly have access to loads of free downloads for the taking in the form of icons that can be used on your profile.

These icons will allow you to customise your Nintendo Switch Online profile with new decorations and backgrounds inspired by various Nintendo games.

Nintendo generally changes up the different themes available on a week-by-week basis, allowing players a chance to collect icons based on its various franchises at a regular pace.

It’s Mario’s turn this time around, with a whopping 80 items available for you to redeem on the Nintendo Switch Online app.

These new icons feature several characters within the Mario canon. In addition to the big man himself, we’ve got icons with Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Yoshi.

There are also a bunch of Mario Kart-flavoured icons.

Play & Redeem: The selection of Super Mario related #NintendoSwitchOnline icons has changed. The current selection will be available until March 2. #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2 pic.twitter.com/H58TXDuRci

— ឵឵NSO Icon Alerts (@IconsNSO) February 24, 2026

In addition to these characters, the drop also includes a fresh batch of frames and backgrounds taken from various Mario games like Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

This wave of icons will be available to redeem with any active Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions until 2 March, at which point they’ll become unavailable to make way for the next batch of icons that Nintendo will be offering.

How To Redeem NSO Icons On Your Nintendo Switch Or Switch 2 Console

If you’d like to redeem these icons for yourself, boot up your Nintendo Switch console (or Switch 2) and head to the Nintendo Switch Online app on the home screen.

From here, go to Missions & Rewards and find the icons which you can start redeeming.

The icons themselves will cost 10 Platinum Points each, whereas the frames and backgrounds are 5 points each.

You can get more Platinum Points by doing certain tasks on your Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 console, such as playing specific games or downloading certain apps included with your subscription.

The Super Mario franchise celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025, releasing remasters of the popular Super Mario Galaxy Wii games and also teasing a load of exciting stuff for 2026.

This year we got Mario Tennis Fever, plus a Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

There's also a new film, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which releases in cinemas on 1 April, 2026.

Mario fans are eating good!

You've got until 2 March to claim these icons on Nintendo Switch. Act quick!