Nintendo Switch Online games coming in July
- Thread starter Mega Man Zero
- Start date
- Nintendo
Wasn't expecting 800 likes / 1,400 dislikes.
Guess the Nintendo defense force has gone to bed for the evening.
Disliked +1.
I feel like Nintendo Switch Online could be marketed better. These updates provide a lot of negative press, when really, the idea of "Subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online and play nearly our entire NES and SNES catalog + select 3rd party games, with online multiplayer" is actually a really compelling one IMO.
OK so why don't we get a 10-15 dollar indie a month then if Sony is giving out about 70-100 dollars in value a month?
It's cool that they doing all these ridiculous deep cuts but where the hell are the Earthbound games? And throw Mario Paint in there now that Game Builder Garage has used mouse support
Urban Champion is a bizarre omission too
Things have been dire this year since Pac-Man 99 turned out to be super mediocre
Urban Champion is a bizarre omission too
Things have been dire this year since Pac-Man 99 turned out to be super mediocre
That's a more fair question... but you can't really expect something like FFVII Remake with that price.
Do you really think NSO offers even a third of PS+'s value?
(And PS+ can be shared to multiple accounts in a household's console unlike NSO's individual plan)
I mean, anything you listed there would be preferable to literally nothing, which is what they released this quarter.
Nintendo does do week long "play a game as much as you like" trials pretty much every week for a while now. I don't know how long a game lasts on Sony's service so not sure how it compares, but this sounds similar to what you are asking for.
No one's expecting anything on that level, that was not my point. It's just a fair comparison with a competing service.
Saying Nintendo has put "nearly their entire NES and SNES catalog" out is being pretty generous. There's a lot of holes, some more notable than others.
A one week trial now and then and "download this game and keep it as long as you are a subscriber" are not even remotely similar
I must be really out of the loop when it comes to NSO titles, I coulda swore they added DKC1 and then never added the other 2.
The games are yours to keep forever if you keep your ps+ subscription up. And I don't remember those trials happening "almost every week"... They're pretty rare.
Claymates is preferable to all those games I mentioned outside of NES Pinball, but that's a game I have a soft spot for.
You know full well why they ain't releasing EBB and EB on NSO.
…Mother trilogy physical release incoming!
…Mother trilogy physical release incoming!
Japan exclusive
Game Trials on NSO aren't even for a full week and once they're done they are done. It's also not even close to one per week. So it's like a tenth of a step in the right direction but definitely not there yet.
Gameboy games are 144p vs NES 240p, not some world of difference. Nintendo also has Super GameBoy and Gameboy Color support to emulate if grayscale is such an issue.
I didn't know Sony was giving a perpetual license on games like FF7Remake. If you are willing to pay the money, that does sound like the better deal. Personally I really dislike having to pay 3000¥ a year for network service, and if it weren't for the occasional trial or the Famicom games, I wouldn't. And if it was the cost of Sony's service, even if I got to keep the trial games, I probably would not. That's way more than I want to pay.
lmao
I knew this thread was gonna be big when I saw "If..." in the Japanese Nintendo vid but not in the other in my subs :v
I knew this thread was gonna be big when I saw "If..." in the Japanese Nintendo vid but not in the other in my subs :v
Looks like Jelly Boy and Bombuzal come to us courtesy of Throwback Entertainment, yet another IP holding company like Piko Interactive, City Connection, or Eida. They seem to have a lot of old Acclaim and Ocean games, among others. Obviously that won't include licensed stuff, which comprised a lot of Ocean's library, for instance (too bad, would be cool to see Addams Family or Blues Brothers on here). Not sure what else they'd have to offer, especially if these were their first picks.
But that's what we're getting here, since the likes of Capcom and Konami have likely shared everything they don't have compilation plans for. I do think there's value in even weird stuff like this, particularly as someone who cares about preservation, but this would serve better as part of a Netflix-esque library of 50-100 immediately available titles, as opposed to one of our four yearly updates.
But that's what we're getting here, since the likes of Capcom and Konami have likely shared everything they don't have compilation plans for. I do think there's value in even weird stuff like this, particularly as someone who cares about preservation, but this would serve better as part of a Netflix-esque library of 50-100 immediately available titles, as opposed to one of our four yearly updates.
I was thinking outside of the NES/SNES. Long overdue platforms like the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance would be such a welcome sight.
SMT if... is the game that inspired Revelations: Persona.
The Guardian Spirits and game system are unique to the Persona archetype.
I also enjoyed how the scenario and difficulty level changed depending on the choice of one of the four companions.
I'm glad they added it.
But as was the case with the FE3 additions, the NSO additions on the Japanese side are good choices, but the US additions are pretty poor.
I can understand why people are complaining.
The Guardian Spirits and game system are unique to the Persona archetype.
I also enjoyed how the scenario and difficulty level changed depending on the choice of one of the four companions.
I'm glad they added it.
But as was the case with the FE3 additions, the NSO additions on the Japanese side are good choices, but the US additions are pretty poor.
I can understand why people are complaining.
Finally a company that understands the pure nostalgia of the EB Games bargain bin. What'll $13 buy me this month?
It's also not an NES game. Nintendo only has two platforms they're releasing games for and they still managed to ignore one of them.
Too bad Nintendo is so secretive about their internal processes, but I would love to read a detailed journalistic article about their strategy (or lack of) with retro releases this gen.
As everyone has said, it is so random. I guess they got the rights to those old games for super cheap, but if they have rights for Natsume stuff, for example, why not actually good games like Pocky & Rocky 1/2?
At this point, I would pay $10-15 dollars for a good virtual console monthly subscription service with all the heavy hitters from 3rd parties.
I know most publishers want to do their own retro collections these days but, I mean, if Microsoft can get a deal to put a fucking Sony game on Gamepass (The Show), I'm sure Nintendo can work something out to license some 8/16/64 bit roms for their ultra-succesful console.
As everyone has said, it is so random. I guess they got the rights to those old games for super cheap, but if they have rights for Natsume stuff, for example, why not actually good games like Pocky & Rocky 1/2?
At this point, I would pay $10-15 dollars for a good virtual console monthly subscription service with all the heavy hitters from 3rd parties.
I know most publishers want to do their own retro collections these days but, I mean, if Microsoft can get a deal to put a fucking Sony game on Gamepass (The Show), I'm sure Nintendo can work something out to license some 8/16/64 bit roms for their ultra-succesful console.
Isn't City Connection what used to be Jaleco or does Jaleco still exist in some manner? Speaking of Blues Brothers, weren't one of the ports of Blues Brothers and the Blues Brothers 2000 game published by Titus?
Pocky & Rocky supposedly has a new game on the making that's going to be multiplatform, so I don't know if they want to have those in NSO.
It's okay, nothing groundbreaking but it's some fun.
I've literally never heard of any of these games... Yay?
I wish Nintendo would add another platform (GB or GBA would be nice) just do they could release some content I care about.
I wish Nintendo would add another platform (GB or GBA would be nice) just do they could release some content I care about.
Dude, believe me.. The NSO NES July lineup is so much better than the SNES one. You should be glad.
December of last year.
Yeah because these games are replacing all the games that came before on it.
I'm going to cancel this sub for sure this Sept unless another system gets added. I can't believe I even pay for this
We've gotten 2 NES games in 2021. If you extend that to last year's July update it only increases to 5.
NES was largely sunset when they added SNES, even if we get the occasional game for it. Never mind that we're still missing some 1st party games and the rest of several series already on the service (Ninja Gaiden, Flying Warriors, Ninja Boy).
Well, there's a Pocky and Rocky reboot coming, so that covers that one.
