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Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Still doubling down on the shitty smartphone app, going to be a serious detractor to online services once people realise how unintuitive and unwieldy it is. Eurgh, Nintendo.. for how much you get games and hardware right you continue to get everything else wrong.
Call me the everlasting skeptic too, but I think Cloud Saves are announced because of public criticism and flak. I'm half expecting it not to be included at launch fully or receive a sub-par implementation.
Call me the everlasting skeptic too, but I think Cloud Saves are announced because of public criticism and flak. I'm half expecting it not to be included at launch fully or receive a sub-par implementation.
Was going to buy this anyway to keep playing Splatoon, but it's not an exciting package. Don't care about playing NES games.
The "new online feature" of OG Zelda is to let someone else takeover and play your file for you while you talk to them on your phone? What in the ever-loving hell is exciting about that? That sounds like the most miserable way possible to play a single-player Zelda game.
I had reasonable expectations for this, and I'm still let down. Cloud saves are dandy (though only for peace of mind - I've never once in my life ever actually had a legitimate use-case for them across any modern platform), but this first outing of classic content is absolutely pathetic.
I'd much rather just pay standard VC pricing for these games without these online downgrades tacked on as "features" and be able to buy things from beyond the NES era.
But hey, since I'm addicted to Splatoon they already have my $20. Though hopefully before I pay up again for year two I can play enough Ice Climbers to realize that life isn't worth living anymore.
I had reasonable expectations for this, and I'm still let down. Cloud saves are dandy (though only for peace of mind - I've never once in my life ever actually had a legitimate use-case for them across any modern platform), but this first outing of classic content is absolutely pathetic.
I'd much rather just pay standard VC pricing for these games without these online downgrades tacked on as "features" and be able to buy things from beyond the NES era.
But hey, since I'm addicted to Splatoon they already have my $20. Though hopefully before I pay up again for year two I can play enough Ice Climbers to realize that life isn't worth living anymore.
My hope is they produce SNES and more for the service and create a Netflix like service for VC essentially. Maybe that's what they plan to do.
I was hoping at least SNES games were also going be to ready by launch. (Who knows, maybe they will be or we get news
Wait and see for me. I don't play online anyways, but was intrigued by what the VC would be like. Nothing of value for me at the moment.
Wait and see for me. I don't play online anyways, but was intrigued by what the VC would be like. Nothing of value for me at the moment.
I'll take the one with voice chat that's not on a phone.
I like all pie though.
I wonder who will be doing the emulation for the NES games. I hope it's the same people behind the NES Classic.
But they wanted a piece. So wouldn't they just eat some of their own?
They still haven't released some of the 3DS VC Ambassador games. I wouldn't hold your breath.
8 accounts for 35 is really good. Wish there was more to the classic games.
Oh wellmaybe we will still get Virtual,... never mind
English PR says "some" games will allow backups. Lol.
Oh wellmaybe we will still get Virtual,... never mind
English PR says "some" games will allow backups. Lol.
I feel like they have to come. There's so much money being left on the table.
Having online for NES single player games is a great start for Nintendo, and I can't wait for them to expand it to their SNES and N64 Library.
Oh yeah.... good point. So they are having their pie and selling to too?
Again: Why on earth are any of you using PSN or Xbox Live for voice chat over Discord anyway?
There is never a good reason to use the systems local voice chat over Discord.
Can you guys read at least past the thread title?
Jesus...
You can play multiplayer versus or do hand off style play on single player games.
So uh... Do I get to keep those NES games or are they available for a timed window? Can I just buy them if I don't want to jump through subscription hoops?
From what people have said here they re nor free on Ps or XB
I'd imagine that this leaves room for Game Freak & The Pokémon Company to bypass this service if they want to for Pokémon Switch. Same for third parties, as you mentioned.
Wait, so it isn't like PS4 where it applies to all users on that console?
Wow. That's dumb. And a little anti-consumer since it's been a standard feature since 360 where one sub is required per console.
Wow. That's dumb. And a little anti-consumer since it's been a standard feature since 360 where one sub is required per console.
I don't have a single friend who still plays video games. In game voice chat has helped me to find some people to play with.
Locking cloud saves behind a paywall is not cool. Getting some old NES games is not cool. I have no interest in playing NES games ever again. They should have started at N64 and up at least. Don't want to pay to basically rent cloud saves on principle.
Crazy how people are saying this isn't a good value they actually don't owe us anything they could totally charge for online and we get nothing. Games with gold and ps plus has ruined game value.
I'm fine with them sticking with the app. I just want a way to easily chat through the console itself. If we can simply plug in a headset and hear both the chat and game audio, while the app works as simply a remote, then I'd be fine with it.
They used Zelda as an example since it's the highest profile single player only game there; they're essentially explaining that you can swap who's 1P and 2P on the fly. It's... there, I guess. I could see streamers using it to take turns without meeting up in person, but other than that idk.
I'm really dumb about this stuff so please forgive my dumb.
How am I supposed to get game audio and chat audio on the same headset if I'm using Discord and playing on my PS4? Are there discord apps on the consoles that I'm unaware of?
I suspect Nintendo would do something like this because they've been resisting it for so long.
Their value proposition was that their online games were free. They probably felt they had to do something that was clearly different if they are going to start charging for it.
I would be so down for GB/GBC games. NES is just.... Meh.