Alright.
Should we expect the save states and the CRT shader-filter on top like in the SNES-NES emulator then?
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N64 and Mega Drive games coming to Nintendo Switch Online (Paid Expansion, coming in October)
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Alright.
Should we expect the save states and the CRT shader-filter on top like in the SNES-NES emulator then?
That collection is horrendous. The emulation is some of the worst out there.
It's not the price increase, it's tying it to a subscription model, and then only selling the controllers behind said subscription model.
Given Nintendo's history, we can't even be sure that "Nintendo Online" will be around next generation. It's all just a crap shoot behind a paywall.
Nintendo (as a company) suuuuuucks.
A Company wants actual Money for their Services? I'm absolutely Shocked, No Fucking Way!!!
It's alright on PC side where you can also just grab the ROMs and run into the emulator of choice. It was also ok on PS4.
Is it really that bad on the Switch?
Are they presumably still updating NES and SNES? Gargoyles Quest 2, Metal Storm, Kabuki Quantum Fighter are some missing games where I could see it being easy to add to NES… and well…. Earthbound and Super Mario RPG are glaringly missing, also Vortex. I looooove Vortex. Hell, throw Sega some money and get us some SNES Smt games translated and brought over.
I skimmed through all the pages and maybe I missed it, but did no one mention Japan gets a different controller?
And NSO is cheap for a whole year but it's reflective of the content I guess. Some people are acting like it's $20 a month rather than a year though. Cheaper if you share a family plan.
this is infuriating, also I hope you don't mind but I tweeted this info and used your screencap.
Edit: I was rude and out of line, so I'll elaborate.
Nintendo has effectively locked this software and hardware behind a paywall (so far as I can tell). The games are tied to the subscription, so if you end your sub, you lose your games. If you lose those games, suddenly your $50 controller (that is also locked behind a paywall) becomes an extremely silly investment.
It's not about them wanting money, it's about them locking consumers out of their products *unless* they pay for the service, and even then it's a gamble if you keep them, if your hardware works with other games not in the sub, or if those games will be around on the next line of Nintendo hardware.
Nintendo sucks.
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As long as it has save states it'll be fine though. Don't see why it wouldn't have at least that. You can't even save state on the All-Stars version of Mario 64.
Gimmie that Banjo. Gimmie all the Rare games. At least the ones with Nintendo characters.
I really hope so! Save states would be good too, but who knows? Will be interesting to see.
Seeing Nintendo support Sin & Punishment still makes me happy but honestly I'd rather just buy it for $10 and put it on my switch. This subscription junk is not great.
Not seeing Mischief Makers on that list breaks me heart.
Then again, I'm still hoping for some kind of physical or digital re-release.
Then again, I'm still hoping for some kind of physical or digital re-release.
Seeing the other regions reminds me I have no idea what region exclusives there were for N64/Genesis and I'm excited to find out and play them.
Which OOT? Did the GCN port fix something?
Which OOT? Did the GCN port fix something?
Some textures were upscaled. It is most noticeable on the HUD elements. They looked rough on the trailer
Would love to play Sin and Punishment. Sure as hell am not paying more for that though. The balls on Nintendo never cease to amaze
Sure, you do you. It's just hilarious that for an extra cost we're still not getting GBA games.
How is someone openly mocking me for saying "Companies shouldn't lock their products & devices behind paywalls, and then render them completely useless if you stop paying"?
Sorry, but I'm not really going to feel badly for someone not reading what I wrote (at all) and then pretending like I'm some kind of imbecile from the stone age.
Edit: On second glance, poster didn't quote my second post, but my first post. I'll edit out the vitriol, but my point still stands: Fuck Nintendo for taking advantage of consumers.
there are probably more licensing costs associated with the Genesis I'd imagine.
2007 was a different time. N64 emulation sucked everywhere but the Wii, so people wanted it as authentic as possible.
These games have been rereleased plenty of times. And it's not like we're getting GBA games with the base service.
I'm not gonna begrudge you for paying for this, but it certainly looks scummy to me. This isn't an uncommon opinion either.
Anyone good at pixel counting get a read on what rez the 64 games are running at? I know the redrawn HUD assets in Mario 64 aren't there but I was hoping for at least 720p.
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Sorry, all I could see was you Whining like a little Baby :)
I don't want to buy a controller yearly because the stick disintegrated
hiding this behind a price hike really sucks. These are great games.
I wish you could just buy-to-own these games.
I wish you could just buy-to-own these games.
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Aaaaaaand with that I'm done discussing this with a shill Nintendo Avatar.
It's not bad at all… it's just not sinking in to everyone that subscription models is the future of gaming just as it is with movies and tv. And Nintendo's is the cheapest one around. In fact, cheaper than any subscription service period.
I think if Nintendo gave an option though for people to purchase the games on their service like Microsoft does with Game Pass games, then everyone would calm down and be more accepting. Maybe…
Maaaan, it sure would be nice to have the option of buying these N64 games separately instead of locking them behind a subscription price hike...
Boosting the target framerate is unfortunately way too complicated for older games to be viable here.
I do wonder what resolution they'll run at, though. On Virtual Console it was boosted from 240p to 480p. I'm curious to see if they'll do 720p like 3D All-Stars or no.
Nah, I expected this. It keeps the value of the 3D All-Stars purchase up, which is still important to them for customer loyalty reasons even though they're no longer selling it. Again though, it's possible they kept it at 720p - but just by looking at that I don't think that's the case. Hard to tell on my phone however.Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that they are using the original version of Mario 64 when they have the All Stars ROM with some better textures? Well, at least "so long gay Bowser" will be back.
Had a ton of improvements, brand new graphics. It doesn't make sense for it to be part of this service- but it would be nice to see it on the Switch.