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Nintendo reconfirms NES/SNES Classic will be gone after holidays, Switch Online main place for legacy content moving forward
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Good, normally id be like well time
To rush out and buy them but id much rather play these game on my switch than have to hook up another box to the tv
To rush out and buy them but id much rather play these game on my switch than have to hook up another box to the tv
As an owner of both the NES and SNES Classic Minis, I prefer playing old games on the Switch. Despite the killer line up of games on both minis, I have stopped playing them all together. If the exact same games were on Nintendo Switch Online, I would still be playing several right now.
Can't they just offer upgrade bundles then like a Cable TV plan? I'd pay another 5 dollars a month to access a curated SNES library or a rotating Netflix style library of selected SNES, N64, GBA games.
There are many way they could provide them, premium sub, snes pass, individual purchases. Hopefully we have news early 2019.
This. Seriously. Give us the damn option to freaking purchase the titles!
NSO is barebones right now, and the pace of game release is so slow. I hope they add other systems at the same pace, 3 games of each system up to N64 would be amazing (including handheld titles).
On a side note, IF they do add other systems, do you think they would add DS and how would it be emulated ( screens side by side ?)
On a side note, IF they do add other systems, do you think they would add DS and how would it be emulated ( screens side by side ?)
If they did DS VC titles, they would just port over the existing DS VC emulator from Wii U.
However, I don't think that they would do that until they release a revision of the Switch with an official active stylus and a built-in microphone...
No one is going to pay additional money for SNES games when they aren't getting their money's worth from the current subscription offering. That'd be one of the most insane moves Nintendo could pull.
Yeah, I can't speak for everyone since the 'Netflix' option is has the potential to be incredibly appealing, but I personally would just like to purchase the games.
I cant wait for SNES games in 2020. Then N64 in 2025 and finally GC never because fuck you use Dolphin.
Nintendo stop playing around and just offer VC on the Switch. Let me pay for the specific games that I want to play.
The lack of a virtual console actually just kept me from investing in a Switch. There are currently only two or three games total I really want but the VC would've pushed me into a purchase. After reading about that whole subscription service model, I'm good for now.
Maybe once it's fleshed out if so?
Maybe once it's fleshed out if so?
Yeah. I honestly can't see anyone getting excited over this. Like "Yes! Another month, another 3 super-outdated-as-hell games available for me to play for 5 minutes each before they get boring on my Switch!"
Does anyone know why Nintendo doesn't just dump as much as they can onto the service? How much work goes into each game?
Adding a giant library of NES and SNES games instantly increases the value of the Switch Online service.
I just want Earthbound, man.
Adding a giant library of NES and SNES games instantly increases the value of the Switch Online service.
I just want Earthbound, man.
Have I got news for you.
Seriously, at the rate things are going, a 2DS or 3DS may be your only and last chance of getting legitimate portable Virtual Console games. And for SNES VC it needs to be a New 2DS or New 3DS.
I love the Switch Nintendo Entertainment System menu and stuff, cos I love lovely hi-res box-art, but they really need to pinch some of the Classic console features if they're going away for good. It has better filters, a better save state system, rewind functionality etc. Bring it all in!
I can live with having to wait for SNES and N64 games as long as they come eventually. Glad to see the Classic systems die.
OK, as long as they don't pull the same shenanigans they pulled with SNES VC on 3DS when they release the second Switch model.
Dude, why the hate? They are actually cool little devices.
I'm more upset that this closes the book on an N64 Classic and/or a GameBoy Classic. (If Reggie is to be believed)
Then they'll add Mother 3 and people will be saying "screw it, Switch V2 is worth it now"
Totally agreed. I will never accept a subscription as a replacement for Virtual Console.
We need to have more journalists asking Nintendo about Virtual Console.
#1 - Release more games on Switch. Bump the price, fine - but people want to play old games without fuss.
#2 - Please...PLEASE make the border optional and allow us to remap the controls on Switch.
#2 - Please...PLEASE make the border optional and allow us to remap the controls on Switch.
I feel like this basically confirms SNES and more, though. So in a way, this is good. More games/systems coming, we just need to be patient.
The regular version of the 3DS can't run SNES VC all that well. Byuu even has a blog post saying you need an i5 to comfortably play SNES games. Speed hacks only harm emulation.
My new 3ds is basically my probable retro machine.Have I got news for you.
Seriously, at the rate things are going, a 2DS or 3DS may be your only and last chance of getting legitimate portable Virtual Console games. And for SNES VC it needs to be a New 2DS or New 3DS.
No thanks. I much prefer the Netflix distribution model to having to buy the same games over and over again on every console. Especially when they are digital purchases and will eventually disappear into the ether.
Hopefully the library expands to include other legacy systems and is carried forward to future consoles.
