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Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
- Thread starter Atheerios
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That would work, although be weird haha. Never had a headphone on over an earbud. I'm going to try that just because.
Well, this and Arcade Archives, Sega Ages, Capcom Collections, etc.
Played Splatoon 2 that way. Didn't use the Nintendo app cus it cuts off at certain times when you're not on the same team. Just used regular phone chat.
Seriously. Has anyone even played NES games recently? It's painful.
It's frustrating that we're expected to pay at all and still not get basic features that every other console has. Not being able to message friends via the Switch is ridiculous and I don't care how cheap it is, it doesn't change that fact.
My point was that a simple puzzle game might be good still, but most action games just havent aged well. Honestly, Tetris is great, but I have played it a thousand times. I wouldn't play the NES version, even if Nintendo gave it to me for free. There might be something like that still worth playing (Dr. Mario) but the library of games, outside of that, are just outdated. Mega Man, and SMB3 still have a charm to them, but evey other franchise I can think of just feels stale or rigid compared to, say, their SNES counterparts.NES had Tetris.
These posts...
Wouldn't you need to have the restraining order lifted first? ;-)
Yeah not having a steady line of communication really kills the app imo. At the very least everyone I ever play with or plan to play stuff like Smash with has other means to communicate. May not be ideal but at least it's possible.
As someone with no interest in voice chat, I'm happy with this initial offering. The rate of added games as well as the nature of the online sales will be the final decider of how happy I am with it. I'm all digital and already buy a lot of games on digital sales and if done right I can see the yearly price being made up after just 3 purchases.
But only in the sense of setting it up as an alternative to the Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now. At least for the moment.
SteelSeries has a headset kinda design for this. The Arctis 3 BTHere's my only problem with the service so far: I want to play online games with voice chat, and still hear game audio. Without this monstrous situation:
I guess this is my Splatoon 2 tax. The NES games are just bonus. Nothing else really interests me. Discounts are nice I guess.
NES games are really old. Some are still kinda fun. Some are total shit. They really should move to other systems too. I'd pay more money for a more comprehensive digital library.
NES games are really old. Some are still kinda fun. Some are total shit. They really should move to other systems too. I'd pay more money for a more comprehensive digital library.
Hopefully, they expand from NES games for the service at some point, but that's going to probably take forever if it even happens eventually in regards to some platforms like GameCube as they'll probably do it system by system (NES > SNES > N64 > etc). The same with previous handheld games if they add that to the service eventually. They're more likely to do classics than modern games like PS+ and Live do, especially starting out. It really sucks that there isn't any kind of save backup to a Micro SD or even a USB drive when docked that any user can use, regardless of having the service or not, along with the cloud saves. The voice chat through the app still is annoying along with not having a system level interface to message and chat with friends. Discounts is good, but I need to know what the discounts will be. I like the cheaper price compared to other services, but this service is really lacking from what has been shown.
Well, those kinds of compilations and ports existed back in that gen too, but I'm talking specifically about VC here.
It amazes how often Nintendo are able to kick own goals when it comes to online gaming. They just don't get it.
That still is super unecessary. On PlayStation and Xbox I can play games from multiple systems as long as I have a primary system and log in. I shouldn't have to call Nintendo if my system suddenly dies on me.
I imagine the Pokemon games won't have cloud backup for save file, but i will be surprised if it was supported to some degree (like if you transfer a Pokemon, then restored a save file, you won't be able to use the Pokemon you transferred, but that will be next level of security if they managed to do that, extreamly hard).
I wanna see stuff like from GBA. They've tapped the NES well waaaaay too many times.
EDIT: That said, for $20/year there's no way I'm not biting lol
EDIT: That said, for $20/year there's no way I'm not biting lol
No, like I said I think they might view the VC as important for getting a large audience of gamers who no longer play modern video games. In the sense of getting millions of new Switch owners.
I think some NES action games hold up and can still be fun to this day. Problem is most of the better titles are also the more obscure ones that Nintendo sometimes doesn't republish:
Games like: River City Ransom, Double Dragon II, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu, etc.
But it's true that it still seems kind of weak considering we want to play through all of Nintendo's history, something that sadly we probably will ever see on the Switch.
Yes I just played balloon fight yesterday. Surprisingly one of my students (9yo) saw me and said 'hey is that...*pauses trying to remember* balloon fight?! Cool!'
I disagree with this service but the Famicom games is by far the best part.
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Well, that's how those services work. You won't be interested in all they offer.
It's always been ridiculous and this being a thing doesn't make it any more or less of a problem. It's still a thing they need to implement, and they can. They're not in some time-freeze now just because they've told the initial features for their online.
You know at this point I've completely forgotten what your original avatar looked like.
It was a picture of Tom Selleck circa the 1980s
actually I just made that up lol
I'm pretty sure it won't be NES games forever. Obviously they're going to add stuff like SNES games eventually and I'm sure having those in the free vault will be a nice boost for the subscriber count if there's ever a big dip.
I approve your continued use of Twin Peaks reaction gifs.
NES had Tetris.
These posts...
I approve your continued use of Twin Peaks reaction gifs.
You said the only thing you wanted is games attached to your account, not your console. And that's how Nintendo set it up, it's easy to redownload the games, and it's no longer a situation where if you lose the console or it breaks, all your digital purchases are lost forever. They just don't want people letting their friends play free games without buying them.
Oh wow cloud saves actually happened.
Though its bad the only method of backing up saves is behind a paywall.
That and other than cloud saves and the nes games, (which I dont care about), nothing of value to truly justify the paid online subscription, which is what I pretty much expected. No voice chat, no messaging, no achievements, no share play, no free native games for the system... a lot of which are available on other consoles without needing to have a subscription.
Granted the switch subscription is cheaper, it would be a disaster if it wasnt, but still dont see enough of an online infrastructure to justify this.
EDIT: Oh wow. It does have voice chat but still requires the app..
Though its bad the only method of backing up saves is behind a paywall.
That and other than cloud saves and the nes games, (which I dont care about), nothing of value to truly justify the paid online subscription, which is what I pretty much expected. No voice chat, no messaging, no achievements, no share play, no free native games for the system... a lot of which are available on other consoles without needing to have a subscription.
Granted the switch subscription is cheaper, it would be a disaster if it wasnt, but still dont see enough of an online infrastructure to justify this.
EDIT: Oh wow. It does have voice chat but still requires the app..
Paid online without basic messaging features.
What a fucking joke.
Are all games gonna have app functionality? I doubt it.
What a fucking joke.
Are all games gonna have app functionality? I doubt it.
Without this monstrous situation:
I've been able to use the app to great effect by avoiding headphones altogether. Phone on the table, Switch on the television or in my hands. No crazy splitters, no game echo (which was my biggest concern), and the app having the added benefit of shifting friends around within voice chat as the team composition changes. It's a shockingly easy solution, and I sort of wonder if the goal was to make voice chat a feasible thing to do for a portable without having to also drag around a headset.
Same here. I'm not wasting precious gaming time on nes games. I would rather pay $60 for a real service with real features and real games. This is basically a $20 fee to play Splatoon to me, a year after having played it for free.
Its probably been asked before, but I don't want to read through 30 pages full of replies.. Are those NES games free to keep or is it a free rental kind of thing?
Voice chat relying on the app is such a huge step back though. ugh. I can give it a pass for handheld mode, but not for docked. Absolutely ridiculous.
Voice chat relying on the app is such a huge step back though. ugh. I can give it a pass for handheld mode, but not for docked. Absolutely ridiculous.
I'm still disappointed in that voice chat app. And leading with NES games.
I wonder what they do with the cloud saves if your subscription runs out.
Because, I have splattoon 2 and Mario kart but I'm not playing online.
So this may equal $20 just for cloud saves, for me, in the beginning. Hopefully, they branch out with the free games to other platforms. N64 and gcn (I would prefer gcn or wii games).
Edit: wave race and fzero, with online? That would be exciting.
I wonder what they do with the cloud saves if your subscription runs out.
Because, I have splattoon 2 and Mario kart but I'm not playing online.
So this may equal $20 just for cloud saves, for me, in the beginning. Hopefully, they branch out with the free games to other platforms. N64 and gcn (I would prefer gcn or wii games).
Edit: wave race and fzero, with online? That would be exciting.
20 a year is pretty tiny in comparison to Sony and Microsoft. And the NES games are pretty solid.
That said, the 60 I pay a year for PSN gets me far better games and a far better online environment in every conceivable way.
Nintendo has been pretty on point with the Switch, it's time they fixed there terrible online offerings.
That said, the 60 I pay a year for PSN gets me far better games and a far better online environment in every conceivable way.
Nintendo has been pretty on point with the Switch, it's time they fixed there terrible online offerings.