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[Lom1lo]

Thant cant even integrate voice chat into console.

ROFL Nintendo.

yep thats the biggest flaw here, all the other things can be okay if the price is right. but this is real shit

 

[DooMAGE]

NES and SNES roms? One a month?

Don't be too generous, Nintendo. What the fuck is this.

Nintendo quallity games all day

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm out, that's patently absurd.

 

[Acerac]

They're referring to the fact that SNES games will have online multiplayer.

Valid point, I misread it. If they had offered that service untied to the charge for playing online I'd be far more excited about the prospect.

You guys know Sony and Microsoft do the same thing right?

Yeah and it's fucking terrible.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Nintendo know their fans are dumb schmucks that will willingly let themselves get fucked over, then thank them after, so of course it would be this shitty a deal compared to every other paid online service.

I mean even if this is 20 bucks a year, one NES or SNES game a moth, and possibly just for that month, is lip service at best, and damned insulting considering how awful most of those older games are after 30ish years.

 

[Jonboy]

The wording there implies you can only play it for a month?

Exactly what I thought.

 

[jmizzal]

"free for a month"


uuuhhh, i hope that isnt what I think it means

nvm read it wrong it is the paid service

we need a clarification on that

 

[jett]

Sony and Microsoft offer multiple, recent games to play for as long as you're subbed. I think in MS's case they're yours to own forever?

Nintendo doesn't even offer games from this century, it's a single title, and you can only play them for a month.

The Switch is looking like a massive, Wii U-level debacle to me.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

whats the price though? 20-30 bucks a year wouldn't be so bad tbh

 

[Falchion]

It's like the looked at Games with Gold and PSN titles and thought, hey, we'll just delve into our backlog and find the cheapest things and they'll probably be cool with it.

 

[Marvie_3]

First "free" NES game: Urban Champion

Ya just know it'll happen!

Where do I sign up?

 

[daakusedo]

The worst timeline

 

[BleedOrange]

I can play the entirety of those two consoles libraries on my laptop for free, forever.

 

[Vashzaron]

Why aren't people acting like this is incredibly great news?!?! What the fuck?

VC GAMES NOW HAVE ONLINE MULTIPLAYER FOR FUCKS SAKE

This is mindblowing.

Mindblowing if you don't know what emulators are.

I don't expect them to go any further than the simple Netplay synched Emulation.

 

[Snaku]

Sony and Microsoft offer multiple, recent games to play for as long as you're subbed. I think in MS's case they're yours to own forever?

Nintendo doesn't even offer games from this century, it's a single title, and you can only play them for a month.

The Switch is looking like a massive, Wii U-level debacle to me.

Yeah this is the most insulting thing they've done in years. I'd have rather they not offer this shit.

 

[boiled goose]

If proper account system ok. Tolerable

Hardware tied garbage? Hard pass

Region free? Good.

System Voice chat? Integrated friend list? System wide achievements?

We will see...

 

[PR_rambo]

A VC title, and its free for just a month? Yup, this is totally how I'd expect Nintendo to do free games

 

[Immaculate]

The worst timeline

basically

 

[GarthVaderUK]

whats the price though? 20-30 bucks a year wouldn't be so bad tbh

To play 12 NES or SNES games for a month each - sounds pretty shit to me.

 

[doofy102]

No thanks Nintendo... I'm sick of these games and I've already got them on Wii U/3DS.

 

[BleedOrange]

"The paid online service will be available in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico only at launch."

What does this mean?

Only North America gets online multiplayer. Everyone gets... nothing. That's how it reads to me.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Yay. "Free" games I already have in Retroarch and boxed up in a closet if I wanted to hook up my NES/SNES.

 

[Doctor Rover]

I wonder what happens if your break the switch console, could you replace it on your own or is it another Wii U tied to the console thing?

 

[Wildstar75]

What a joke. I will vote with my wallet. I hope you will do the same.

 

[oatmeal]

The worst part about the online being paid?

While there are always deals on XBL and PS+, there won't be any of that for the Switch.

 

[CrazyHal]

Nintendo really has a knack for doing things so baffling that it defies all logic and common sense.

It's like they are aliens pretending to be humans.

 

[Permanently A]

dude... are these rentals?

 

[KojiKnight]

Do we even know the price yet? I mean if it's 30 a year that's not bad... If course if it matches our even comes close to ps+ that's awful.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Sooooo like Audible? Pick 1 for a month?

 

[DooMAGE]

Going to assume that Street fighter will be one of them.

Should've just done a digital vault.



https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-2/

Be warned, your head might explode if you click that link.

The desync is so bad tho. lmao
Will be glorious to play VC online games on the Switch

 

[kami_sama]

Only North America gets online multiplayer. Everyone gets... nothing. That's how it reads to me.

I hope not

 

[DangerMouse]

Loaner game for a month? lol

 

[TetraGenesis]

Oh, hey that's pretty coo--

"a Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (Super NES) game"

Why--why are you doing this to us?

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Yesterday during my break I was thinking about how they would charge for the service and then give away old Nintendo games


Nintendo doesn't need this shit right now. Why do they always act like they're clueless?

 

[Kusagari]

Only North America gets online multiplayer. Everyone gets... nothing. That's how it reads to me.

Sounds more like North America gets boned and everyone else will get free multiplayer. No way Mario Kart launches in April without online everywhere.

 

[GHG]

Sony and Microsoft offer multiple, recent games to play for as long as you're subbed. I think in MS's case they're yours to own forever?

Nintendo doesn't even offer games from this century, it's a single title, and you can only play them for a month.

The Switch is looking like a massive, Wii U-level debacle to me.

Only the BC games are yours to keep regardless of your subscription status in the case of XBL but yeh... This is scraping the barrel.

How did we come to this? I''ve never even bought a Nintendo console before but this fucking sucks for fans of their systems. I hope y'all make your voices heard on this one.

 

[Maintenance]

It's a shitty version of PS+. One month per game? If they worded that right, hahaha

Also, people saying VC online is huge news are probably Apple users.

 

[DryvBy]

Are they seriously charging for their network now too?

 

[Woffls]

The wording seems ambiguous to me. Perhaps it implies that you can only obtain the free download within that month, but it still works after?

 

[Persona7]

Short arms and deep pockets.

 

[MadJackChurchill]

A month free trial for an old-ass game with online, when PS Plus offers new games to own permanently.

How do you not feel your palms bleeding when you're that tight fisted, Nintendo?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

"Oh, so you don't want to pay to play online? Well what if I told you that you could borrow Bayou Billy for a month? Would that change your tune?"

 

[Trogdor1123]

Any account details?

 

[seantos]

Are these really just loaner games? How can they be this tone deaf? Do they not look at any of their competitors and what they are offering?

 

[Galang]

Oh i'm kinda interested at the newly added online play to older titles... if the wording is correct. It's a rental though ? Lol. Nintendo has made so many games that I just don't understand why they're so stingy... I realize they're trying to make money, but this seems overly greedy for them

 

[Wandering Robot]

Even just some relatively newer titles (N64 or GameCube maybe?) would've been nicer. I really hope Nintendo sees some of this criticism in the coming months and, well, switches some of their policies in turn.

 

[Sword Of Doom]

So I get to play Ice Climber for free for 30 whole days? Now that's value.

Of course most interested in those games anyways have probably paid for them more than once on VC

 

[StereoVsn]

So no news of VC game transfers, a 1 game rental of NES/SNES and paid online for that? I mean, it's not a huge deal if they have decent services for it, but man, this is not going to go over well. Hopefully more info will be incoming to clarify a lot of questions.

 

[theWB27]

Top notch value.

 

[Gutek]

Ummm... Am I reading the info right about Voice Chat?
"Our new dedicated smart device app will connect to Nintendo Switch and let you invite friends to play online, set play appointments, and chat with friends during online matches in compatible games─all from your smart device.
A free, limited version of this app will be available for download in summer 2017."

So first I have to use my smart phone to do Party Chat? Definitely not a fan of that, but at least I'd have party chat... But then I have to PAY for the "full version"(whatever the fuck that means) of the app. What in the actual hell??? I'm guessing this is on TOP of the paid multiplayer subscription?

This is not ok.