Two more retro games landed in the Nintendo Switch Online icon rotation this week, giving subscribers fresh ways to tweak their user profiles. The latest drop includes elements from the NES puzzle-action title Clu Clu Land and the Game Boy Advance loop-roller Kuru Kuru Kururin, as noted in the original announcement. The icon parts are claimable through the Nintendo Switch Online app on the console’s home menu, using Platinum Points earned from completing small missions.
What’s in the Set
Like many NSO icon drops, this one leans into the visual identity of each game. Clu Clu Land icons feature the protagonist Bubbles and the coin-like gold bars, while the Kuru Kuru Kururin parts include the spinning stick and its cartoonish pilot. Both games sit in the Switch Online retro libraries—Clu Clu Land on the standard NES tier and Kuru Kuru Kururin on the Expansion Pack’s GBA lineup. The icons are time-limited, typically cycling out after a few weeks, pushing subscribers to check in regularly.
A Familiar Cadence of Cosmetics
These drops rarely arrive in isolation. Nintendo has settled into a steady rhythm of releasing retro-themed icon sets tied to its back catalogue. The pattern started with heavier hitters like Donkey Kong and Mario, covered in previous retro icon sets, and then branched out to niche titles. The Xenoblade and Splatoon icons that returned earlier this year followed a similar schedule, mixing first-party heavyweights with deeper cuts. For players, it’s a low-effort reason to reopen the NSO app and spend points that might otherwise go unused. For Nintendo, it’s a no-cost loyalty loop that keeps the subscription service visible on the home screen.
GamerHeadlines Takeaway
Clu Clu Land and Kuru Kuru Kururin are hardly system sellers, but the icon rollout shows a calculated effort to keep Nintendo Switch Online feeling active. On their own, a handful of profile pictures don’t move the needle. Stacked across months of weekly drops, however, they become a quiet retention tool. If Nintendo applies the same cadence to the Switch 2 era, expect the icon drip—and the Platinum Point treadmill—to remain a staple of the subscription.
