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Ultravolt on 07 May 2018

Nintendo Switch Online launches this September with save data cloud backup and 20 NES games with added online functionality!

More info here: https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/

Details of the cloud save feature will be announced at a later date. Beyond the initial 20, more NES games will be released.

Also, here's the 10 revealed NES games (the rest will be announced before the Sept release):

Soccer
Balloon Fight
Tennis
Ice Climber
Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario
Mario Bros
Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 3

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Yerm on 07 May 2018

hoping for some of that good Classic Edition emulation. the Wii U NES emulator was kinda garbage



Cloudman on 07 May 2018

Not really happy about the cloud save being behind the subscription, unless that's how it normally is with other subs..? Not really crazy about the 20 NES games. Oh well, it's an evil I'll have to deal with I suppose.



 

              

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LMU Uncle Alfred on 07 May 2018

Unless it's a free service similar to Steam or PSN where you can redownload your games and without having to pay for them over again, meh.



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Jranation on 07 May 2018
LMU Uncle Alfred said:
Unless it's a free service similar to Steam or PSN where you can redownload your games and without having to pay for them over again, meh.

The price difference though



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Ultravolt on 07 May 2018
Cloudman said:
Not really happy about the cloud save being behind the subscription, unless that's how it normally is with other subs..? Not really crazy about the 20 NES games. Oh well, it's an evil I'll have to deal with I suppose.

I believe cloud saving is locked behind a subscription on the other consoles as well. On the bright side, it's significantly cheaper on Switch. Also, I think 20 NES games at launch is pretty good, but I would've liked to see some SNES, N64, and Gamecube titles.



   

Cloudman on 07 May 2018
Mar1217 said:
Cloudman said:
Not really happy about the cloud save being behind the subscription, unless that's how it normally is with other subs..? Not really crazy about the 20 NES games. Oh well, it's an evil I'll have to deal with I suppose.

Would have been great if they added some SNES games into the mix at least ...

Though it is cheap so ... I'm gonna swallow it if I wanna be a competitive Mario Tennis Aces player :P

I'm gonna take the hit if I want to do online for any game, but at least it's a fair price for a year.

 

 

Ultravolt said:
Cloudman said:
Not really happy about the cloud save being behind the subscription, unless that's how it normally is with other subs..? Not really crazy about the 20 NES games. Oh well, it's an evil I'll have to deal with I suppose.

I believe cloud saving is locked behind a subscription on the other consoles as well. On the bright side, it's significantly cheaper on Switch. Also, I think 20 NES games at launch is pretty good, but I would've liked to see some SNES, N64, and Gamecube titles.

If that's the case, then I can't really pin the blame on Nintendo if it's a standard now.

And 20 games is good, but I'm just hoping they announce an actually VC where I can just buy the games I want.



 

              

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TH3-D0S3R on 07 May 2018

I mean Splatoon 2 is one of the main Switch games I frequent, and with Smash on the way, it's a day one purchase for me.

Also, very low chance of this happening, but what are the odds that they announce more free games with the service (e.g. N64, GBA, SNES, GCN, etc.) at E3? To me the odds are slim to none, but seeing how there has never been Gamecube on the virtual console and bigger Nintendo games aren't on NES, but I could see more game reveals on different platforms at least being teased at E3.



Acevil on 07 May 2018

Ya at 19.99, I am perfectly okay with this, and infact wish sony/microsoft offered barebone version like this as well.



 

Cloudman on 07 May 2018
twintail said:
Cloudman said:

I'm gonna take the hit if I want to do online for any game, but at least it's a fair price for a year.

 

 

If that's the case, then I can't really pin the blame on Nintendo if it's a standard now.

And 20 games is good, but I'm just hoping they announce an actually VC where I can just buy the games I want.

VC probably gone. Locking ppl into a subscription model is inherently better for Nintendo in terms of making money. Maybe.

I hope that's not the case, cuz that would just really suck.



 

              

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