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Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
- Thread starter Atheerios
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*Snap fingers*
J/k.
Well, that was your last time now ( hopefully).
They could have a Gameboy Classic coming and don't want to do that now. Even thought I don't see much crossover in people not buying a Classic because the games are on the Switch.
Maybe whoever who put the NES Golf game on Switch as Iwata's birthday easter egg,
Yes I too like to compare what Sony and MS "give away" for 60€/year vs what Nintendo "gives away" for 20€/year or 4.30€/year if you split the cost with 7 other people
lmao
like, are you completely oblivious to the fact that, worst case scenario, it's 1/3rd of the cost, or are you intentionally avoiding this fact
Thats cool then, also makes sense given Nintendo once commented they wanted each household member to own a switch ala phones instead of the "watercooler" approach of PS and XB
Except for literally everything about it outside of its library
Praise the Architect for cloud saves. The fear of losing my 200 hours of XC2 keeps me from taking my Switch outside lol. The rest sounds okay, too I guess.
The Family Plan is a fine deal if it's regardless of console.
I highly doubt this is going to be the case though since it'd be easily abused.
I highly doubt this is going to be the case though since it'd be easily abused.
If this had launched with the switch, I'd totally be onboard, but this is way big of a nothing for a whole lotta nothing.
NES games? I thought it was like an online reworked game, or something more exciting. The app is horrible and the idea behind it is just as horrible. Unless this is somehow giving devs more online infastructure, idk why I'd ever buy this
NES games? I thought it was like an online reworked game, or something more exciting. The app is horrible and the idea behind it is just as horrible. Unless this is somehow giving devs more online infastructure, idk why I'd ever buy this
This is better than I thought it'd be, honestly didn't expect them to have any cloud save support and the NES thing is quite a bit better than they first said, even if I'm in no rush to play most of those games again (or online). I had made my peace with paying $20 a year to play Splatoon and Smash online so I've got no complaints.
Pretty much sounds like the vague plan that was already given for Nintendo Switch Online a year ago, except this time it now has cloud saves and an option for a family plan to share the subscription features. Oh and the smartphone app is still there...because of course it is. Rather disappointing, but it's kind of to be expected for Nintendo when it comes to their online services.
I really wish they just brought over what they had on the Wii U and built their subscription service on top of that, while also keeping online play free (a la PS Plus on the PS3). That's not to knock on cloud saves, the rotating selection of classic games, or using a family plan to apply the subscription service across multiple accounts; but I personally really don't care much for such things.
I also really wish Nintendo were still adding VC games to the Wii U platform, because to me it looks like at best it will be a long while before Nintendo will launch a proper VC service for the Switch, and at worst they may not be bothering with the idea at all (I guess mini retro consoles like the NES Classic and SNES Classic will be used as a replacement to fill in the gap).
I really wish they just brought over what they had on the Wii U and built their subscription service on top of that, while also keeping online play free (a la PS Plus on the PS3). That's not to knock on cloud saves, the rotating selection of classic games, or using a family plan to apply the subscription service across multiple accounts; but I personally really don't care much for such things.
I also really wish Nintendo were still adding VC games to the Wii U platform, because to me it looks like at best it will be a long while before Nintendo will launch a proper VC service for the Switch, and at worst they may not be bothering with the idea at all (I guess mini retro consoles like the NES Classic and SNES Classic will be used as a replacement to fill in the gap).
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I really hope so. I don't like the games being tied to a sub.
Losing all faith in this new president... he is really starting is tenure off with a major dud.
I can't get excited for nes no more man. Start with gameboy that has nostalgia too
It was a tweet from Chris Kohler (not sure how to embed):
No, but who doesn't have a smartphone? It's a free 20MB app.
If you're into talking to randoms, yeah, you need voice chat baked in. I don't know why anyone would still want to subject themselves to that, though. There are plenty of ways to join a social discord and find other, reasonable human beings to play with without subjecting yourself to the hell. Many of Era's communities have discords.
NES games for under a buck is a pretty good value. Don't imagine many have purchased more than like 3
Do we know the free nes games won't be linked to your account forever after you download them?
Cloud Saves are free on Xbox One. If you have an XBL account, Gold or Silver, your Xbox game saves are automatically uploaded to the cloud if you're connected to the service.
Sony and Nintendo charging people for it is pretty funny by comparison.
I didn't expect much, and that's what this seems to be. Though $20 for cloud saves is enough for me to subscribe.
I don't expect this to have much of an impact on Splatoon, but hopefully this won't kill Arms' population. Eh, most people that play Arms probably also have Splatoon:)
I don't expect this to have much of an impact on Splatoon, but hopefully this won't kill Arms' population. Eh, most people that play Arms probably also have Splatoon:)
Why would Nintendo allow that? I can't believe people think Pokemon won't require online. Millions of dollars to be made from that alone.
That's still far too much for Mario 3, Zelda 1, and a bunch of trash. PS+ is the best deal after the first month.
Great. Where's the voice chat, party chat, internet browser, new games and such ?
My brother uses my switch so I will have to pay the 35 so he can play Splatoon, wish the 20 covered the console and not just a single account.
It's just bog-standard emulator netplay with the ability to swap players on the fly. Nothing's actually been added to any of the games themselves.
Good for steam and those non G platforms then?? I mean of those are the onle "free options" this goes beyond of "Nintendo is doing it wrong"
I mean yes pay for online really has not merit shown yet but, 2 gens of PS and XBL have proved people will put up with it happily so, brace for then worst
great we have to pay for cloud saves. unlike xbl and playstation (where you can backup saves on usb but need plus for cloud)
Cloud saves locked behind a pay wall while you still can't back up offline would be pretty fucked
Wat?
First he probably had little input on this, it has been decided for a while and they even delayed for 1 year.
Second, I see no dud here.
Eh, whatever, I got cloud saves and a few NES games to play. I'm good so far, but they'd better start re-mastering N64 games like a muhfucker if they're not putting the originals on this program.
It's real fucked up that non-subscribers have no way to save, though! Not only can you not play online without this, but they get the people who say, "I guess I don't need online" by countering with, "Can't save your shit then!"
It's real fucked up that non-subscribers have no way to save, though! Not only can you not play online without this, but they get the people who say, "I guess I don't need online" by countering with, "Can't save your shit then!"
I can't fucking believe that after a year and a half the Switch's retro game service finally launched with freaking black box NES games.
Black Box NES Games. The worst of the first party offerings. Literally Mario 3 and LOZ 1 are the only ones worth playing from this lineup of 10, so the latter half better be good to make up for it. Hopefully Ice Hockey's included, one of the few sports games on NES that means a damn, but I bet we'll get Urban Champion instead. I remember when GAF blew up over the Wii U VC's launch lineup even though it was perfectly fine all things considered, yet this is far worse, and makes me hate the fact the old method of VC games is now gone.
The worst part? The ACA Nintendo games literally make this lineup worthless as you have superior versions available and coming soon of titles like Balloon Fight and Ice Climber. Unless they have online leaderboards I don't even see some of these games being played online at all. Who would wait five minutes for the other player to die in SMB3, and play a whole game that way? This is just dreadful, and not at all close to the "Worth the wait" thing they hinted at. Cloud saves? I'm thankful we have a timeframe for them but I'm also peeved that it wasn't a feature day one. And thanks to the FTC/whatever Nintendo didn't put on the Switch that a phone makes easier to do, that shitty mobile app is still around.
And let's not forget we don't have any way to even send our friends list friends any sort of message at all, and it seems like there'll still be no way to outside of voice chatting on a phone app. God this system has tons of missed potential with the retro game library that makes me glad to have my Wii U plugged in and active. Also, why can't I fucking import FDS Zelda 1 from the Japanese store, why do I need two subscriptions? Let me own my games damn it, I bought 170 Wii U VC games for christs sakes and was willing to open my wallet to you again to do it all over again with imports!
Black Box NES Games. The worst of the first party offerings. Literally Mario 3 and LOZ 1 are the only ones worth playing from this lineup of 10, so the latter half better be good to make up for it. Hopefully Ice Hockey's included, one of the few sports games on NES that means a damn, but I bet we'll get Urban Champion instead. I remember when GAF blew up over the Wii U VC's launch lineup even though it was perfectly fine all things considered, yet this is far worse, and makes me hate the fact the old method of VC games is now gone.
The worst part? The ACA Nintendo games literally make this lineup worthless as you have superior versions available and coming soon of titles like Balloon Fight and Ice Climber. Unless they have online leaderboards I don't even see some of these games being played online at all. Who would wait five minutes for the other player to die in SMB3, and play a whole game that way? This is just dreadful, and not at all close to the "Worth the wait" thing they hinted at. Cloud saves? I'm thankful we have a timeframe for them but I'm also peeved that it wasn't a feature day one. And thanks to the FTC/whatever Nintendo didn't put on the Switch that a phone makes easier to do, that shitty mobile app is still around.
And let's not forget we don't have any way to even send our friends list friends any sort of message at all, and it seems like there'll still be no way to outside of voice chatting on a phone app. God this system has tons of missed potential with the retro game library that makes me glad to have my Wii U plugged in and active. Also, why can't I fucking import FDS Zelda 1 from the Japanese store, why do I need two subscriptions? Let me own my games damn it, I bought 170 Wii U VC games for christs sakes and was willing to open my wallet to you again to do it all over again with imports!
I was just thinking about this old post. Day zero for me on the Nintendo Online. Regarding VC, Nintendo will slowly roll this out one game at a time like in the 3DS VC. Took almost 2-3 weeks to get 1SNES game released
For a data avatar you lack information my friend, he is not the prez yet
This might be one of the most illogical posts I've seen in years.
