I'd imagine in the same way that PS+ and XBLG games are free for a month. But read it how you want to.
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Nintendo Paid Online Services Include Free NES/SNES Game Every Month (for that month)
- Thread starter GuitarGuruu
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I'd imagine in the same way that PS+ and XBLG games are free for a month. But read it how you want to.
Jawbreaker
Member
Old ass games I already own and have played to death. Alright then.
Starbuck2907
Member
Will I be able to reset VC NES games and actually reset them? Or will still have to delete Mario Brothers and re-download it to get gumbas back instead of the black beetles?
Haven't some NES ports to XBLA had online multiplayer added for a long, long time now? Like almost since the launch of the Xbox 360?
Haven't some NES ports to XBLA had online multiplayer added for a long, long time now? Like almost since the launch of the Xbox 360?
Sword Of Doom
Member
I'm ok with Nintendo consoles being my second console. That's how it is nowadays. But to make me pay for online is bs when I have to pay online elsewhere on console to play games like Destiny that will probably never be on Nintendo consoles.
megabytecr
Member
I love the concept of Switch, unlike most, and for games I know they will be there, I mean I think I can not even play Zelda with my time, I am a filthy casual now.
This is what I hate from the PS4 and XB1, now Nintendo, not good. Like I said I own PS4 and I don't pay as I don't have time but still it sucks...
maybe I will be moving to a cheap pc that can play most games and a Switch
This is what I hate from the PS4 and XB1, now Nintendo, not good. Like I said I own PS4 and I don't pay as I don't have time but still it sucks...
maybe I will be moving to a cheap pc that can play most games and a Switch
Byronic Hero
Member
Ehh, no thanks. This is what I was afraid of.
Zomba13
Member
Wait... So does that mean the rest of the world can't play online at launch?
It's the part where the specify "play". If it was just "Download a game for free for a month" then that implies PS+/GWG style thing, but the "download and play for a month" bit makes it seem like it'll be this cycling "game of the month" thing.
SporeCrawler
Member
Nice!!
Sword Of Doom
Member
During the conference they said paid online would come later in the fall. I guess North America gets the paid online before everyone else
I assume the rest of the world just doesn't get the Nintendo Plus monthly lineup or whatever they're going to call it, until later. Online will be free in the beginning.
Which is exactly my fucking point. People are just assuming it gets taken away after a month because that's how they want to read it. It could just as easily be read as it's free to download for a month, in EXACTLY the same way as XBLG and PS+
Jangowuzhere
Banned
What is the appeal here?
VC NES and SNES games that people would probably just download on their PC anyway? Why would anyone want this?
VC NES and SNES games that people would probably just download on their PC anyway? Why would anyone want this?
GarthVaderUK
Banned
moffattron9000
Member
Meanwhile; Sony offers six games over their three platforms, and Microsoft offers four games over their two (and makes the old platforms games play on the new one). Their systems also have great third party support, so you'll be able to play things like Titanfall, Battlefield, and Overwatch on them along with their respective first party outputs.
Even if I buy a Switch, that online subscription is just not appealing.
Even if I buy a Switch, that online subscription is just not appealing.
"Subscribers will get to download and play a NES or SNES game (with newly-added online play) for free for a month."
The wording here implies you download and then play that one game for a whole month, as opposed to "download a NES/SNES game monthly" for free with a subscription to Ninty Online!
That's how I read it.
megabytecr
Member
I guess they think they have a Wii situation right here... I thought the system is appealing but I don't think this will be a Wii situation again.. I am buying it though, I love Nintendo and what I saw
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I mean you pretty much chucked the whole kitchen sink in there.
Ninja Scooter
Member
How the fuck does Nintendo still think their NES and SNES games are THIS fucking valuable? What is wrong with those people? "Ok we'll give them away....BUT only for a month!"
SNES games with online functionality added to them... Does this mean we could get Tetris Attack with online play? Because Tetris Attack with online would rule.
The online pricing makes me nervous, though. I want to see the plan details before completely passing judgment but it's concerning.
The online pricing makes me nervous, though. I want to see the plan details before completely passing judgment but it's concerning.
StereoVsn
Member
Well, to be fair, look at the NES Mini sales hype (well, and lack of availability).
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Wait... online play for VC games? That's a pretty big deal for me... I'd buy games over again for that!
Ninja Scooter
Member
That as a novelty. I don't think that represents any kind of meaningful demand for this whole piece meal "one game at a time that you can borrow" thing. If anything, the success of the NES mini is more reason to dump these old ass games in bunches and not treat them as these special masterpieces. Who in their right mind, outside of the out of touch minds at Nintendo, honestly thinks one old ass rom per month is going to entice anybody to subscribe to a service? They badly overvalue the strength of these titles.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
PC got you fam
FinalStageBoss
Banned
yea you're right, i take back what i said lol
They see people paying $5 for NES roms and 8$ for SNES roms and think "AHAHAUAHAUHAUHAHA"
They were really adamant about that "and" having no purpose in that sentence.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Who does that? the 9 people that own Wii U's?
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
Yep, console gaming is dead to me. Nintendo was my only hope for online gaming. Hell no I'm going to pay for gaming online.
Palabragrís
Member
Sound like you can loan a 3th/4th Gen game for a month and then you can't continue playing it :/
HelloNewman
Member
I don't even like paying for Xbox live and they almost always give something away I like. No way I'm getting a switch and then paying for online to get a free rom of a 30 year old game I've probably already played to death.
They might be thinking of the good ol' Wii days. I mean, that also explains bringing back motion controlled shovelware.
Arkam
Member
No not its not at all. Something I can play for a month then have to "give back for another" vs NOTHING.... yea ill take the former every single time.
And think outside the box, If there is a month where everybody who is online on the switch has a game (that they lose at the end of the month) dont you think it is more likely to have activity then if they gave it to you and just went into your backlog (to NEVER played)?
Emulated Hype
Member
So, like the Sega Channel then?
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
The wording makes it sound like a really bad deal even though I love paying old games.
The online better be cheap because the competition is pretty fucking serious regarding the total value of the games they add every month.
The online better be cheap because the competition is pretty fucking serious regarding the total value of the games they add every month.