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Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Well that sucks.
Are these games streamed?
Not really, no. The whole point is to make more money. Neither Sony nor MS give you dedicated servers for every single game with online they make.
It's certainly suspect that their first system incapable of copying saves stored on internal memory to an external device is also when they introduced paid cloud saves.
I can normally find some justification for Nintendo's stranger decisions, but I'm not seeing anything here that isn't just greed.
That's a neat lineup of perks for $20 a year.
Is there a special discount perk for subscribers? I hate that shit on PS Plus.
Is there a special discount perk for subscribers? I hate that shit on PS Plus.
Well at least they admitted the phone app is here to stay... that's about the worst thing they could bring up front... so the rest has to be uphill from there...right?!?!?!
good we agree on that at least
still. only a number of games. Splatoon and ARMS don't have that do they?
People said the same thing when they started charging for PSN online so don't hold your breath you two. Nintendo is charging because they can, no more no less.
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This is the new virtual console.
The old virtual console no longer exists.
All it takes is for you to log in using your main account on the system you'll be using. Why would you want to be using two systems at once?Nintendo FAQ said:
I'm... concerned about that "most" regarding the cloud saves. I'm getting the distinct impression that Game Freak is going to be opting out of that, despite Pokémon being a series where cloud saves would be particularly valuable.
Also those online NES games are basically the opposite of what I want from VC. I'd much prefer to build up a huge digital library of games that I can just play wherever, and this online NES game thing is pretty antithetical to that.
Also those online NES games are basically the opposite of what I want from VC. I'd much prefer to build up a huge digital library of games that I can just play wherever, and this online NES game thing is pretty antithetical to that.
I hope so, but i'm really not expecting it.
Maybe for newer games, that would be great but there's no way they are patching Splatoon or Mario Kart for this.
So you'd pay a monthly fee to play free NES games? Seems like you are misusing the word "free" here lol.
Indeed, at least AOL was good for its time I believe. That's very unfair to the ISP.
No, this isn't the new virtual console. Don't lie...Let me know where the SNES, N64, GBA games are at for $20 a year, because I don't see it.
I don't think so.
I suppose it's very likely that like Japan only games could get released only in Japan.
Lol they barely even have anything major to play online. Like if they had a few more heavy hitters ala Smash I could see them drawing people in. But Splatoon 2 (which I *do* like) and Mario Kart 8? Cmon now. I certainly won't be investing into this unless they give me a *really* good reason to.
I don't know if you're being serious or not but can we please shut that "leak" down before people start getting stupid about it.
Nintendo said early may, last week was Golden Week in Japan so it was never going to be then. May 7th was a likely date that many could have guessed.
Voice chat is not done through a service like Discord but instead through the existing app = WRONG
Exclusive Eshop discounts = previously stated
monthly retro games = previously stated
Nintendo ditching VC and instead calling it Nintendo Classics = WRONG
Launching with pay to own NES and GBA games in August = WRONG
Same with SNES and N64 = WRONG
so based on what we know he actually got the majority wrong, guessed one thing that many could have guessed and gave info that we already knew.
Now maybe this leak is correct but right now there is nothing pointing to it being true so I ask everybody can we please not act as if this is confirmed or that the leak is now credible. It still isn't, please "fake news" in gaming is becoming rampant and is very frustrating.
Thats not a proper excuse to this
And other consoles, hell, mobile games have ways to backup saves without it making a console more "hackable"
And even then isn't the Switch already hacked already lol
Once again people need to be reminded of the price. $20 a year for cloud saves, discounts and other offers, classic games with added online (we don't know if it does extend beyond the NES in time. I bet it does.), and access to online gaming (which can't be fought against) is a good deal. Would more communication options be good? Yes. Certainly. I hope they come but let's be honest here. How many people mute randoms right away? How many use discord regardless of what is offered on the PS4 and XBO while still paying the monthly/yearly fees? I find some of the outrage on this front to be over the top in the end by some. I'm not saying like the current situation or don't be upset. I do think some need to get off their high horses and stop acting like this is the worse thing ever or stop acting like they're personally offended.
I think the delay was largely to make sure there was a much list of games when this service goes live and games people have been enjoying and want to continue to play. I fully expect third parties will be included on this in the end. Nintendo has a bad habit of not detailing things fully and only when people start messing around with things does the full scope come out or if they do a video. I expect something like that at E3 to be honest.
I think the delay was largely to make sure there was a much list of games when this service goes live and games people have been enjoying and want to continue to play. I fully expect third parties will be included on this in the end. Nintendo has a bad habit of not detailing things fully and only when people start messing around with things does the full scope come out or if they do a video. I expect something like that at E3 to be honest.
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Did you not read my whole post before and I'm gonna have to retype it all?
That doesn't mean jack shit if my actual digital purchases can't be shared on multiple devices.
You'd think they'd have mentioned dedicated servers by now if that was the plan. I really wish it was, but I'm not optimistic. Splatoon 2 could really use it too, 8-way P2P in a competitive game is absurd.
Do you want him to bow down and gladly accept Nintendo's paid service offerings with no jokes or complaining, Nintendojitsu?
EDIT: I just remembered the type of posts you were previously banned for. lol
This service is totally uninteresting but I guess I'll be subscribing as an insurance policy for my data since Nintendo won't allow physical backups.
20 NES games does absolutely nothing for me and just makes me more certain that we're never going to see a proper VC on Switch.
20 NES games does absolutely nothing for me and just makes me more certain that we're never going to see a proper VC on Switch.
Then as far as I'm concerned this online service is inferior to their previous ones.
Ill get used to it, He loves to pull Jabs at Nintendo even before era
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In the future.
It's hard to admit it I know, but it's pretty obvious VC is dead.
Did the Classic Mini SNES have all the SNES games from Wii or Wii U? It's like people don't even know what they're saying when they say the Classic systems killed virtual console.
Then get the family plan? The purchases are tied to the account, not the hardware.
Look at it this way: knowing Nintendo, it would be like 5% off a 5 years old game :D
I wonder if that means third parties can decide whether they have to put their online behind a paywall?
People knew this was comming, why are some acted as if it came out of knowhere with a backstab included?
Well in a perfect world if this online sub transfers forward and titles are never pulled, eventually this could be the ultimate netflix style $20 to get access to a large chunk of the nes, snes, gb, gbc, gba, etc libraries.
Free? What free games? Last I checked the NES games were part of the subscription. How much do you think an online enabled NES game is worth?
Dude just go read my old post. I don't want to have retype it all so you can see where you're wrong and what I actually want.
https://www.resetera.com/posts/7654252/