Find out how you can play Pokémon Stadium 2 and Pokémon Trading Card Game on Nintendo Switch!

It’s a Pokémon throwback! That’s right, Trainers—two classic games may be in your (very) near future. Let’s make like a Rapidash and speed through the details.

Pokémon™ Trading Card Game

Available: Right now!

Requires: Any Nintendo Switch Online membership

The greatest Pokémon Trading Card Game players of all time—The Grand Masters—are looking for one player worthy of inheriting the four rare Legendary Pokémon Cards! Build decks with the Auto Deck Machine, hone your skills on the Challenge Machine, and test your ability in the Challenge Hall. Expand your card collection, duel your way through eight Club Masters, and earn the right to challenge the Grand Masters in the Pokémon Dome! Shadowy figures, wise instructors and powerful opponents await you in this trading card game adventure!

Don’t forget that games in the Game Boy™ – Nintendo Switch Online library have added online play. Yep, that means you can battle your friends online as well!

Pokémon Stadium 2™

Available: Right now!

Requires: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership

Hundreds of Pokémon enter the 3D arena!

Released for the Nintendo 64™ console in 2001, this battle arena features all the Pokémon from the Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, and Pokémon Crystal games. Decide on your strategy and stand back while your Pokémon battle it out! Up to four players* can join in and play 12 minigames, like Egg Emergency and Delibird's Delivery! And there's a Quiz mode that includes three difficulty levels, so Pokémon novices and experts alike can enjoy it.

Of course, this version of the game also has added online play.

(Please note you will not be able to transfer Pokémon from Game Boy games to this title.)

About Nintendo Switch Online

Don’t have a Nintendo Switch Online membership yet? Let’s go over the two different tiers:

Nintendo Switch Online: In addition to getting access to a selection of 100+ Game Boy, Super NES™, and NES™ games, you’ll also be able to play with your friends online, back up your save data to the cloud and use voice chat with other players via the smartphone app in compatible games, and get access to members-only special offers.

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: You’ll get all the benefits listed above plus access to a selection of Nintendo 64, Game Boy™ Advance, and SEGA Genesis™ games and access to select DLC** (Animal Crossing™: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise, Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, and Splatoon™ 2: Octo Expansion)