The line ups for this are pretty good. I'll probably pay for the fee so I can play Banjo on the go.
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N64 and Mega Drive games coming to Nintendo Switch Online (Paid Expansion, coming in October)
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I thought for a moment I missed something and that they did mention it somewhere... Whew, crisis averted (for now).
I call dibs on the Red Tunic. You can get the Blue one. Should we go for all the skulltulas first?
Damn, thinking that they were going to expand this $20/year service with console generations beyond SNES without raising the price is some high level delusion. Absolute insanity lmao.
Winback is amazing. Nintendo essentially has my college party pack in the n64 collection (minus NFL Blitz, but we know that's not possible).
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I should know better than to assume I know what Nintendo is going to do, but I can't help but feel like them releasing an Ocarina of Time rom precludes the possibility of a port of the 3DS game. Such a shame.
Capcom and Konami also make their own collections (like, Bloodlines is in the Anniversary Collection), and this NSO collection will probably only be "complete" in 3 years or so.
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Im joining your squad and wearing the hover boots the whole time, sorry about ice skating all over the place
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You get to wear the new Switch Online exclusive neon-yellow tunic though.
Yikes. The classic offerings of NSO have always been disappointing, and this just makes Nintendo seem tone deaf. I'll just continue getting a better experience emulating my collection. If you want my money, Nintendo, you have to do more than this. You'd have my money with Super Mario All-stars type eshop releases at higher res, but noooo....dump the roms in a clunky app and charge a sub...
Not to mention, OoT, Majoras Mask, Star Fox, and SM64 all have (or had, in the case of Mario) better versions available elsewhere, already complete, but we get the untouched originals. Good they added multiplayer, but it's not something I'll ever use.
Not to mention, OoT, Majoras Mask, Star Fox, and SM64 all have (or had, in the case of Mario) better versions available elsewhere, already complete, but we get the untouched originals. Good they added multiplayer, but it's not something I'll ever use.
I totally agree with you and can see why you're frustrated by this.
Personally, I haven't purchased any games on previous Nintendo consoles and I'm keen to play games like OoT and Mario 64 (for the first time). So the cost will be worth it to me.
But in your case (and for many others), I do appreciate how it's anti-consumer to make you pay for a new service instead of transferring your purchased games across.
I actually used the online play feature once to show some single player SNES games to a friend.
Long story short, we were playing some multiplayer games, she got a bit tired and just wanted to watch me play games as we talked, and yeah, I just played Star Fox. It was kinda cool.
It's funny. If this were something else, people would be poor shaming, saying that it's just a few bucks to upgrade... -_-
And regarding the second one, no no my little cheapy no brand Android can play Saturn games. Considering hacked versions of the Switch can play some, I would assume that they could. The problem is of course, Sega. Effort only SOMETIMES applicable.
I still want an original style NiGHTS so I can 2.0 Gulpo again :/
I feel exactly the same way. I love GamePass but I don't want a subscription service for N64/Genesis games. I just want to buy a handful of Virtual Console games and be done with it. Ugh.
If somebody make an adapter so I can use the N64 pad with an N64, I'm getting it.
I should just get one to have a new stick for my original pads.
I should just get one to have a new stick for my original pads.
Paid expansion for a subscription service? Ehhhhh.
I have most of those Genesis games on Switch (save M.U.S.H.A.), and I'm just not sold on the N64, so yeah, I'll be passing on this.
I wonder what this means for NES/SNES Online? Will they still be updating it? I was really hoping to see Nickelodeon GUTS, Timecop, Ballz, Vortex and Bebe's Kids hit the service.
I have most of those Genesis games on Switch (save M.U.S.H.A.), and I'm just not sold on the N64, so yeah, I'll be passing on this.
I wonder what this means for NES/SNES Online? Will they still be updating it? I was really hoping to see Nickelodeon GUTS, Timecop, Ballz, Vortex and Bebe's Kids hit the service.
What? Like, a ton of subscription services these days have tiers lol
