{"id":137329,"date":"2026-05-26T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201607"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:45:00","slug":"one-of-2025s-best-games-is-now-free-for-switch-online-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/one-of-2025s-best-games-is-now-free-for-switch-online-members\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of 2025&#8217;s Best Games Is Now Free For Switch Online Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3768daeef6f69\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3768daeef6f69\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"3768daeef6f69\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Ball X Pit\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3768daeef6f69\/ball-x-pit.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3768daeef6f69\/ball-x-pit.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" alt=\"Ball X Pit\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Devolver Digital<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/ball-x-pit-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">BALL x PIT<\/a> has become the latest title to receive a free trial for Switch Online subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Available for members in Europe <strong>from now until 1st June 2026<\/strong>, you can download the Switch version for absolutely nothing, while the Upgrade Pack to enhance the game for Switch 2 is also free. Boom!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the full game too, of course, so if you have literally no plans over the next handful of days, you could probably make some decent progress before the trial period ends.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/nintendoeurope\/status\/2059182931881410985 @ 2026-05-26T09:51:22+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Until June 1st, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitchOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitchOnline<\/a> members can plunge into the fast-paced fantasy roguelite BALL x PIT for free!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch2<\/a> owners can enhance their experience via the game&#8217;s free upgrade pack.<\/p>\n<p>Play now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8wvbYaCNCJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/8wvbYaCNCJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSXrGA86He\">pic.twitter.com\/RSXrGA86He<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/2059182931881410985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So if you&#8217;ve seen the odd trailer here and there, or maybe you caught our own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/ball-x-pit\">9\/10 review<\/a> but have yet to take the plunge, this could be your moment, friend.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer Roland Ingram said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Ball x Pit is a tremendous brew of so many ideas it ought to collapse under the confusion. However, it operates in such perfect balance that it appeals both to the one-more-go instinct and to more cerebral planning and creativity. Kenny Sun Studios set itself a heck of a challenge but, fortunately, hasn\u2019t dropped the ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Hasn&#8217;t dropped the ball&#8221;, that&#8217;s a good one there from Roland.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, give it a go \u2013 we think you&#8217;ll enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:192351,195311,200156 @ 1779816325 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be taking Ball x Pit for a spin? Or have you already had your fill? Let us know with a comment in the usual place.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Devolver Digital Nintendo has announced that BALL x PIT has become the latest title to receive a free trial for Switch Online subscribers. Available for members in Europe from now until 1st June 2026, you can download the Switch version for absolutely nothing, while the Upgrade Pack to enhance the game for Switch 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}