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Virtual Console Is Not Coming To Switch, Nintendo Says(Older titles will not be under the VC name)
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I didn't but then I guess fool on me for not reading the article and piecing together info based on posters.
I should know better.
Fuck me.
Well, here's hoping that the Netflix-style service will be robust and encompassing before the end of the generation.
Well, here's hoping that the Netflix-style service will be robust and encompassing before the end of the generation.
Since the OP isn't great, and few of you appear to be actually reading the article before you post, please note that Nintendo is saying it will still sell classic games. Those classic games will just be available either 1) via the subscription service, 2) piecemeal on the eShop (which we haven't seen yet), and 3) via standalone packages like Sega's recently announced "Sega Ages" brand.
And no, Nintendo is not "rebranding" the Virtual Console - the company is making clear that there will not be a dedicated classic games store on the Switch.
And no, Nintendo is not "rebranding" the Virtual Console - the company is making clear that there will not be a dedicated classic games store on the Switch.
as a choice, that would be great, but that is the only thing missing here. Some of the backlash sounds like Nintendo is against putting up their classic titles which is false.
the Switch had the possibility of being Nintendo's best system ever... and then they did this *face palm*
WTF Nintendo?
WTF Nintendo?
It seems like the Virtual Console brand is pretty much dead, but they'll bring old games to the system via Switch Online - at least that's what I hope
Because a dedicated piece of nostalgia with a paid for and permanent set of 30 games is the same as a shifting by the month roster instead of literally an entire sea of retro titles to chose from.
NES classic exists for people that want NES games, this is going overboard with it.
It should be/basically needs to be a Game Pass type deal.
I'm confident that they'll screw it up though if they do actually do something with the classic games.
My Wii actually died, so they are lost forever.
But even if it didn't die, I wouldn't do that.
It's fine - I have a PC and can emulate everything, and benefit from upscaling etc to boot, but it's a shame Nintendo don't carry on the VC on their official hardware.
Please can a mod sort out the OP and thread title. The thread is ruined by people making completely wrong judgements and comments.
Hot take:
Nintendo just shot themselves in the foot. I dunno how much you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert)...
Nintendo just shot themselves in the foot. I dunno how much you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert)...
That's one way to not have to deal with folk wanting previous purchases to come over to new hardware.
You might want to also edit the misleading headline you used on Kotaku.
Yes thank you for the clarification, this is exactly what they mean. N64 and the like games could still come to the system. It's not unreasonable to assume that IMO.
I can't believe they will stop to exploit their back catalog, but now we know it won't be via VC.
I didn´t have interest in purchasing the same shitty Roms without any kind of improvement again anyway. Would be nice if Nintendo remastered some of their classics and sold them for reasonable prices though. It´s a shame that games like Galaxy are still stuck on the Wii at 480p.
I mean they've already said SNES games will be coming in one form or another, so its not like classic games won't be coming, just not under the virtual console banner.
Don't wanna put them under VC so they will charge for them again and again and again future generations.
They're adding online features to them in their subscription service :)
I suppose those are alternatives in the sense that they get classic games on the system, but they don't serve the same function as VC in allowing me to simply buy a single game I want. Either I'm forced to pay a subscription service or buy like 5 games at once. It's not the same thing.
I know people not reading the OP is a running joke but Jesus Christ @ this thread.
People didn't even bother.
People didn't even bother.
Why do you need GameCube games through the VC banner? Why not through a Nintendo Classics label where they come with online/upscaling etc. What is so important about the VC brand (unless I'm missing something).
That'll be the next problem
50-60 for some GameCube games they better think again
What makes everyone so confident we will get anything other than NES games for the online service for sure? Surely it can't be based on the same optimism that everyone had when they delayed the service for over a year to work on it, and announcing the exact same type of crap of a year ago - except for cloud saves - today.
You will likely be able to buy them on their own. It's just there won't be a dedicated "Virtual Console" storefront for them. It'll be like how NeoGeo games are just there and not under a Virtual Console banner.
They gonna sell you Galaxy for full price. And you will eat it up.
To play the games they decide to port, without any choice or say in the matter? Sounds good.
Switch been honeymoon'd for far too long, time to balance out.