I actually thought the same thing, Unless they make a studio specifically to make free games? lol

They might be able to give away retro titles, guess that's something. I still think it's worth paying if it's up to XBL/PSN standard. 

I think if it does have, it will be related to The New Club Nintendo.

I hope not.

Doubt it. I dont think they want to lose the little leverage they have left against its competitors

If Nintendo needs to do that in order to finally provide a quality online service on par with their competitors, I'd be okay with it.

Frankly, I'd love to see a Netflix-like service that gives my access to a large back catalog of Nintendo games for a fixed monthly price. Maybe cycle out games every few months, give people the option to buy currently available games at a discount so that you can keep playing after they cycle-out. Certain classic games should never cycle out, of course. If Nintendo wants to combine something like that with a high-quality online service and maybe an improved Miiverse, I'd be down with a monthly sub.

And kill half the sales of Pokemon, Mario Kart, Splatoon, Smash...? No.

I'm going for no too. 

No, then they'll have an edge if NX manages to be on XBO levels of power or more. If they do, though, then they should let me play all the VC stuff free.

PS3 fans said the same thing back when xbl was paid and psn was free and look how that turned out.

I expect the argument to quietly shift from "ours is free" to "ours is the best" for nintendo fans just as it did for playstation fans. You see, it's easy for people to shrug something off when it doesnt directly effect them, but as soon as it does (paid online) the lyrics may change a little but the chorus is always the same.

I hope not