Poll: Nintendo's Switch Arcade Archives - Is It the Retro Gaming You Want?

I love arcade games, but I still just want Donkey Kong. Figure out the legal issues and get it to the people!

There's nothing wrong with the games themselves, but the pricing structure is ridiculous. They could release them all as a collection like Namco did, but instead they're nickel and diming us for ancient games that should be sold as a cheap bundle.

The price ? Really ? Are they serious ?

I think this is a great treat for those of us old enough to have played these in the arcades. $8 seems cheap to me, but we all have different incomes, so for those without the nostalgia attached to it, I could see why it wouldn’t mean much or seem excessively priced.

As a long time fan, it’s very exciting to see the old games come back, but, this clearly is just an amuse bouche for the full VC release.

I'm Meh, about it. Maybe I'll get Vs. Super Mario Bros., and that's a loooong maybe that's if I'm bored and don't have much to play. Honestly though looking at the Switch lineup it's looking very unlikely.

@Proust I liked your post & think it's a great idea but honestly Hamster's not a second party dev so somebody has to get paid for their time, converting these rooms and adding the additional enhancements and treatment that they provide. Now if Nintendo did this in house by first party means & did the conversion, I imagine this wouldn't be a problem and it's hopefully what's going to happen with the Virtual Console or at least Nintendo would pay you whichever dev is handling the emulation port for the titles based on royalties of the subscriptions.

It's not the Virtual Console that everyone wants, but I for one am glad that Nintendo's arcade history is finally getting the proper Hamster treatment.

To answer the title question, no, this is not the retro I want. I was burned by Mario Bros - though entirely my fault - because I didn't know about the outdated controls.

Also, I didn't grow up in the late 80s early 90s. I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s. Retro gaming that I want to see is mostly SNES, N64, GameCube and GB/GBA games.

I don't care. I just want the usual VC and some way to trasfer VC games from the Wii U.

@thesilverbrick
Exactly what I said under another article. If the two of us could figure out it was the way to go, how come nobody at Nintendo did ???

@Proust Right? I need to vote "none"
Look at this list?
Vs. Super Mario Bros. - not that fun and available in like 40 ways anyhow
Vs. Balloon Fight - I HATE THIS GAME.
Vs. Ice Climber - I HATE THIS GAME TOO. Intriguing on NES Remix but only cuz of added challenges and I was thankful when I rainbowed that part and could move on.
Vs. Pinball - Really?
Vs. Clu Clu Land - Fun but gets old fast.
Punch-Out!! - again, available in 40 places

Where's the option for NONE?

I'm happy that they exist, but for me they're over priced and such a lackluster selection. I'm just not interested.

@Tibob My best guess? The people at Nintendo knew they could make more money this way.

@belmont At the very least the Nintendo Online subscription should allow Wii U owners to transfer VC games they own to the Switch add the save file & it would be a delightful treat lol.

It's alright, but not as good as the regular old VC.

Nintendo isn't exactly known for their long and illustrious history in the arcades. And, of course, there's still the gorilla in the room--or should I say, a lack thereof.

I'm interested in Vs. Super Mario Bros. because of its differences from the home version, and of course Punch-Out!! is very enticing, but I'm more keen on seeing a return of the Virtual Console on Switch.

Don't feel that I'm qualified to vote untill I've played them again or for the first time, never been a fan of this mario so that's overpriced for what it is, but now have real itch for a retro pinball game so do I buy this or fire up the old amstrad once more....Would kill for dizzy on switch.

I can see it being $7.99 for a bundle but not each individual one.

I've got about 50 virtual console games on my Wii U, which I wouldlike to retire (it's been the best television remote I've ever used!). Why can't I play these on my Switch? Honestly. That's a lot of investment in digital media tied up in a console.

Most of us have played these games, maybe not the arcade versions but 7 or eight different versions on different consoles. Not too excited. I'll just redownload miitomo

I won’t be getting any. Would consider Donkey Kong, but even that’s a stretch. Give us VC, Nintendo.

I couldn't care less about having NES games that have been re-released 50 times. What I want is N64, GBA, and GC games (also DS, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U if they can pull it off). Whatever lets me put those games on my Switch at a reasonable cost I will fully support.

The pricing is ridiculous and I have no intention of playing outdated, 30 year old arcade games. Ready for a true VC on Switch.

I think it's cool, and thankfully different from their previous offerings. I wouldn't have been terribly thrilled if they'd started off this cycling of retro offerings with Super Mario Bros. again or, worse, Super Mario Bros. 3!

I'm just gonna say this, if it leads to other companies like Sega, Capcom, Namco, etc. to unload their arcade libraries on the Switch... I think it could be the best VC.

We are being drop feed releases again even in the ACA line, why not just have everything at once? Haunted Castle came out as a ACA a week or so ago on ps4 and its vastly different from Castlevania is but it in a heartbeat (pun intended) on the switch. But I want the VC to start up and be the same across all consoles involved (ex buying StarTropics on 3ds and Recca on wiiu)

I'd just like to point out that VS. Super Mario Bros. and the Arcade Punch-Out!! are vastly different from their NES counterparts. VSSMB has a different set of levels from the NES SMB - some original, some from TLL - while the Arcade PO has a different look and feel from NES PO and presumably plays somewhat different from it to. In fact, the VS. Arcades in general are more often than not very different from the NES counterparts according to both what I've read and my time spent playing on some of them.

I stopped caring about retro Nintendo releases 10 years ago.

Eh, I’m not that interested. It’s not a bad idea, it’s just a tease for everyone since we want virtual console to be released. Super Mario Bros. and Ice Climber are the only two I’d consider but I still don’t think I’ll pick it up.

I already own smb3 and every other retro game Nintendo switch VC with someday get, on my Wii, 3ds, nes mini and tommorow snes mini.. I like getting neo geo games I don't already have and despite the price, I would get this. Price just seems steep for an old arcade game that was free 2player on nes smb3.

I couldn't answer either of these questions.
There should have been a "none" option for the first question.
I think it's a great idea, but severely overpriced.

I for one would like some word on VC. Either it’s coming, or it’s not. Nintendo needs to step up and shed some light on the issue, because right now it has gotta be the most requested feature for the Switch. Can’t leave us hanging forever, Nintendo.

I'm not quite sure if we're gonna get VC titles on the Switch like we did with the Wii/3DS/Wii U. I mean, there's a reason why we're getting the NES/SNES Classics, and they're rather popular, but in the other hand, it's Nintendo, if there's a chance to sell you Super Mario Bros. again, they're going to do it.

@thesilverbrick
I'm not sure they will. I'd have bought a 15$ bundle with all of the Nintendo Arcade games, and I'm sure it would have sold hundreds of thousands. But as single games I'm not getting any, no way !

@Funky_Kong I agree. One of the My Nintendo Switch rewards that have been "coming soon" for 6 months.

they should vary the price based on the game. mario bros. shouldn't cost the same as punch out.

I'm 40 years old and started out on Atari and 8 bit nes. No interest in this kind of "retro" at all. This isn't nostalgia at all, it's a giant corporation banking on these being twee purchases, just for the sake of being twee for the monied set. We see this days in all facets of life, it's totally gross and obvious. Here's my finger, Nintendo. Sit and spin.

And because it's twee and not nostalgic, it totally debases the classic nature of the original games. It's the equivalent of recently manufactured Nirvana (or add any band here) tshirts being sold for 90 dollars at boutiques. Nintendo, stop being so boutiquey, it's a terrible look for you.

I'm beginning to think Nintendo is going to release enough classics to satisfy everyone at this point and do away with the vc aside from the third party games. Nintendo has habit of taking one step forward and three steps back. Keep in mind, I'm not saying that the games present on the old vc won't be on the switch, I predict that the monthly subscription service will give us access to those games. Just like the Wii U, Nintendo will probably give us a couple games a month over switches lifetime. I doubt we will even be able to have access to each game after each month ends. I hope I'm wrong but if classics are mass produced then they probably feel like no one will want to buy those games, just like they thought the console passive wouldn't sell well.

Team Over Priced, here, as well. It's nothing to do with my "budget", its the value these have, and the fact many better games are available for the same or less price. This is just Nintendo being nintendo and knowing fans will eat anything up they offer and at any price. Glad to see many others not going for this.

Pinball, at the very most, should be 1 dollar. Whoever adds or updates these on the eShop has to be embarrassed the day they mark NES ( Arcade) Pinball at $8

Autocorrect butchered my last sentence. Meant to say, just like they didn't didnt think classics would sell well.

No interest for me. I too think that these games are over priced, but admittedly I would never even pay a cent for these games. I just want GBA VC.

I honestly love it being a 90s kid I loved arcades being able to own some of these rare gems is gonna be awesome plus of they sell well u know they will keep them coming with more maybe they will put the effort to get Donkey Kong

"rare gems" i was going to be like what!?!? then i remembered that these are the arcade versions. Maybe my memory is a little fuzzy, but I just remember the arcade versions of the nintendo versions being nothing more than just HARDER QUARTER SUCKERS. What am I missing? They all look the same to me. More levels?

Can always use Arcade Ports.

And it should have been a collection called Nintendo Arcade Ports. Not this nickel and diming overpriced curated cash-grabs that prey upon faux-nostalgia.

Are they multiplayer online at least? MAYBE i could justify the price then.

@Tibob Unfortunately, people like you and me are the minority. The average Switch owner will see an 8-bit Mario and jump on it, especially since the Virtual Console isn't here yet.

I'm done being angry about it. I've come to accept that there is a real possibility that the VC, as it has been, is finished. If you think about it, it makes sense:

Nintendo probably realizes that people aren't going to triple/quadruple dip for the same games, and how much time and effort would be spent to essentially be in a position where they would have to give the games away for free? GameCube support could have happened on Wii U, but it didn't, so why would Nintendo do it now? The console didn't exactly sell through the roof (though it is one of my all-time favorite consoles). I understand that they're doing their online service next year, but I think that people are setting themselves up for disappointment. The online thing doesn't guarantee a VC, and it strikes me as strange that the VC was a service that was offered at launch on both Wii and Wii U, but with Switch they haven't made a peep. I doubt this has to do with the Classic, and hopefully it doesn't because I doubt that these things are going away any time soon.

The VC, my friends, is probably dead. It sucks because it's a huge missed opportunity! I have wanted a portable GameCube since the early 2000's!

I will come clean and say it. Very angry that Nintendo did not convince HAMSTER to tone down the price. They charge eight bucks for all their Arcade releases, but really now. Nintendo should have told them that the vast majority of their Mario games for the past couple decades have been bundled with Mario Bros. Be it on the GBA re-releases of the trilogy, World or Superstar Saga. You should have published these yourselves.

As far as Arcade goes, I am happy the Switch has an Arcade anything. We haven't had Arcade on any shop of Nintendo's since the Wii Shop Channel and I am very grateful for the idea of Arcade games returning. I will only buy a few from Nintendo's own archive, given this is their first time being re-released and the only legal means to play them, but I won't buy all of them. Too overpriced. I would gladly pay even ten bucks for The Revenge of Death Adder, however. Amazing game. Very dumb the Saturn did not get a port. I digress.

But yes, this is the retro gaming I want. I want Arcade games. I don't care too much about the Nintendo ones, but please, PLEASE put SEGA ones on. They have so many damn good ones that it hurts to even mention them since I just want to play them so badly on the Switch once I do. Neo Geo has tons of great ones, but SEGA has a far superior library of Arcade hits that they published in the nineties that I would gladly pay a lot to play on the Switch.

HAMSTER, partner up with SEGA soon. And Nintendo, well, please don't make me buy the same games on Switch again once your actual Virtual Console service comes out. If I owned the Wii U and bought a ton there, then I expect to head to the Switch downloading a ton- oh who am I kidding. They already established that the Switch accounts are, once again, brand new and unrelated to the previous service. I will be paying for my favorites again.

All I can say is thank goodness that the Switch has amazing modern games. That is really all it has going for it. Complete opposite of the Wii U, which has an amazing selection of Virtual Console goods now that only improve with homebrew.

My only issue is the price. $8 for 30-year-old games? Really, Nintendo?

@thesilverbrick I agree on the pricing. Love to see these games all bundles for $14.99 or individually the $3.99. Think $8 is a little much. Not ridiculous but enough to take it out of the “impulse buy” category.

$10 /month for unlimited access to Nintendo's backlog and they will take over the world.

Supadav, YES the impulse buy is VERY important for these kinds of games. I bought SO many small cheap games BECAUSE i'd have a 50 dollar card or something and then have like 3.25 left or something. so YES that automatically makes me want to buy a 2.99 priced game, not buy another 50 dollar card to buy a 7.99 game. With a 50 dollar card I would never buy these for 7.99.. But if I bought a 40 dollar game and had 10 bux left over? Yeah, i might buy two at say 3.99! These games are either nostalgia or impulse and they are losing out on the impulse buyers which I think account for MORE than the nostalgic players, at least for this set of games.

I would kill for a Golden Axe Arcade port by HAMSTER.

Happy for people who want this.

0.0% chance I will buy any of it.

Very interested in checking out the original Punch Out!!

The Arcade Archives titles in general need a pricing model. Mario Bros from 83 shouldn't cost the same amount as a title like Metal Slug 3. Even the VC doesn't charge the same price for an NES and SNES title.

Brilliant! I have been waiting a long time to be able to play the original Arcade version of Mario Bros. at my house! Countless quarters lost in that arcade machine.

I've heard of VS Super Mario Bros., but what exactly is it? Is it just a dual screen race of the original Super Mario Bros.?

GOG is what I like as a retro shop, decent prices, great bundles, lot of titles to choose & frequent sales. As for Nintendo's VC, i say no, bad pricing, limited choice, awful video filter. Until it's all change I'll stick to my original hardware & RetroArch. Still playing N64 time to time on my TV, Hori mini gamepads are great.

Is this worth the cost?

should be 8$ for a pack of all the games. Seriously overpriced.

For everyone who complains about the cost, here's something to think about.

If you want to play the arcade version of Mario Bros, you have the following options.

You can buy the Switch Port for $7.99

You can hope a local arcade near you happens to have the game playable, although each round is likely to cost you some money. Plus, these cabinets are pretty rare.

Or you can own the arcade cabinet of Mario Bros.

How much will that cost ya? Well, let's take a look.

https://www.vintagearcade.net/shop/arcade-games/mario-bros-arcade-game/

This site sells the original Mario Bros cabinet for $2,495

Maybe that's overpriced you say, well here's another listing.

https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Mario-Bros-Arcade-Game/dp/B00EZHSFFQ

This one goes for 2,695 dollars with 480 dollars shipping.

Oh, one other thing I want to note. Mario Bros Arcade Cabinets are rare, and when you add in age and the likelihood that many have been destroyed or gutted for parts over the years, well.....

So, please tell me again how this is overpriced if you want to play the arcade version and not the NES or remixed versions?

By the way, the NES version is $4.99 on the Wii U and 3DS. For only a few bucks more, you get an arcade perfect port that has never been in the home before.

This game is not overpriced.

Gimme dat real VC

@Caryslan
I'd buy the 3ds VC version and save a few bucks the differences between the nes and arcade are in my honest opinion not enough to justify it or you could play it on Mario 3. Punch Out arcade is a different beast than the nes version but everything else is pretty much the same as the nes port.

Why do people think it's coming with the online service? I don't want to pay $15-20 to have access to a service you can't use where you live when you can pay 4.99 for a VC title that is yours instead of renting games through a streaming service!'

@HawkeyeWii Vs. Super Mario Bros. is a harder version of the original with levels from the Lost Levels, more enemies, and less 1-ups.

Stupid waste of time slap in the face to your fans Nintendoness.

Now I know why Nintendo Life did this article. It’s a hot topic concerning Virtual Console. This is not that, obviously. There shouldn’t be any cause for outrage as the VC will come later as part of the subscription service. We KNEW THAT. So why are we [removed]? Eh? Buy it if ya like it, don’t if ya don’t.

_{@audiobrainiac Mind the language please - Octane}

@GameOtaku all they’ve said so far is that old games will be part of the service. They didn’t say the games won’t be available for stand alone purchase. Your panties are in a wad for nothing... as of yet. I’m not saying they won’t screw us but it is quite possible they won’t. Nintendo seems to know their fanbase better than most....

@audiobrainiac
I don't see the need to buy into paid service subscription. You can get away with playing games without the extra bells and whistles. If it's a Netflix style like some think then that would cut a large part of rural gamers like myself out since you can't get the Internet service necessary for it. Saying Nintendo knows it's fanbase is not really true as this post has well shown! If they would stop being secretive about and just say one way or another things would be better off!

sorry, no. Gen X here. we think it blows as well

@AlanJones84

Your second paragraph sounds like the opposite of what I read in most of the comments.

It's a neat idea, but I'm just not a fan of these games. Doesn't mean I think it's a bad idea, I'm just not interested personally.

I'm glad I'm not as angry as most of you.

Quite the opposite in fact. I still have my NES, SNES and all the other Nintendo systems and most of the games I want for them. I don't need to re-purchase them, and in the meantime, much of the notable games in those libraries have already appeared on Wii, Wii U and 3DS.

I am super happy with the arcade focus on the Switch. Six months into the system's life, we have a nice-sized NeoGeo library (now there's a system I never owned!), and arcade ports from Namco, Psiyko and Nintendo. Who has these games sitting around in their house? Almost nobody! And with the online leaderboards, it's like I'm back in the '80s trying to get my name on the machine! Now if we could get some arcade games from other companies, like Taito (Elevator Action!) and Konami (Contra, Simpsons, X-Men), it would only get better. I'm already considering building an arcade cabinet for my Switch.

As for console ports, rather than re-releasing SMB, Mega Man and Zelda games over and over again, I'd rather see stuff from systems that most people didn't own, games that need to be more widely played, for example from Dreamcast, Saturn, or even Jaguar.

Now for YEARS I have been saying "I don't want the NES version, why don't they do the arcade'. I still say it today with games like Double Dragon 4. Why they haven't modelled it on the arcade graphics is beyond me. Anyhoo, I welcome the Arcade Archives and I sincerely hope they continue long after the Nintendo catalogue is exhausted. To be brutally honest, I don't give a monkeys if ya don't want em...I do. Likewise I'm not gonna go on a crusade bemoaning games I don't like.

Nope, they're too expensive for very little effort. The poll results are quite damning, especially given that it's a Nintendo site. And yes, like everyone else, I'm wondering where the hell is the proper Virtual console? The Switch is almost 7 months old and we know nada.

Where can I check the box where it says Yuck. I not interested. If some people like it then more power to them.

Makes me mad how many of you are uninformed. The arcade versions are different from their NES counterparts

@Ignatius V.S Donkley kong doesnt exist.

I think its cool, these games have never been released in this format before and for those that are unaware they are actually different.

I think the main problems with this is that they only cater to a very select group of consumers.

• Most of these games have never been released in the West, so there's no nostalgia involved
• The average, uninformed consumer will merely see in those arcade re-releases a way to make you pay again for Super Mario Bros./Punch Out, even though the NES & Arcade versions are vastly different from one another
• The price of 8 € takes it out of the impulse buy category
• And most of us can already run all of those through MAME on a PC, Wii, Raspberry Pi or even the SNES Classic.

So yeah it only caters to a specific subset of gamers, Nintendo erudites who want to know more and either don't want to go into sketchy legal territories or just want to play those on Switch for the portability and dual-Joy-Con aspect the console offers.

Which is probably like .01 % of the Switch userbase.

@Octorok385 I've got about 70 from the Wii VC which I had to spend all day transferring to the Wii u
I'm with you - I want these on my switch and can't believe that Nintendo can't do something about it. We all bought these and the VC should simply have appeared on Wii u exactly the same as Wii and you could re download any games you previously purchased.
I've been angry about this for years.

No

@SolarJetman I have a dream cast and a jaguar. 🤓 Tempest 2000 is my favourite game of all time. I agree with you about releasing games from systems like these but wouldn't there be licensing issues?

@AlanJones84 and you're not even joking amazeballs- that post made me laugh out loud. Thanks 😂

@AlanJones84 I was wondering that too 🤔

@Caryslan I didn't think 6.29 was too much either- it's the price of a pint and a half of crap lager in London.

Is this the retro gaming i want? No..

May just be me, but ten bucks canadian for an old arcade game that was usually either a three buck impulse buy on 3DS or a free bonus with Mario GBA games is just pushing it. Bonus stuff or no, this is a pass for me. Bring on the N64 and Gamecube ports.

If more recent games of other systems (and of third party developers too) will be released I'm perfectly fine with that. For now I will buy Super Mario Bros and Balloon fight (I never played Balloon fight but I want to try it). I'm not interested in the other games of this list, but there are many other retrogames I want. Gameboy games, SuperNes games, MegaDrive/Genesis games, and I would like a lot Gamecube and Wii games too if we can reach that point. I don't care if they call it Virtual console or use another name (Virtual console would have been nice in memory of my beloved Wii) but if it will be the same thing I'm fine with that. For now I am happy about SUper Mario Bros and curious about Balloon fight but I want to see where this thing is going to say if I am satisfied or not. For sure it is a step in the right direction for me, but I want more.

Just to expensive I think

Give me GC VC Nintendo! Or else!!!!!!!

Mario Bros is a weird choice to start on. I realise technically this version's never been released, but variants of it have been released so many times that it's just uninteresting now.

This poll needs more questions. Surely one about the pricing would be obvious?

@NintendoRob1977 sorry, no. Gen X here. we think it blows as well

41, here, you should probably speak for yourself. I started with arcade games first before the family got the 2600 and Coleco Vision. So I knew the difference between the arcade and the poor ports, and I always preferred the arcade version (yes, while I was 5-6 years old, I was very aware for my age) It's too bad that I had to wait over 30 years for arcade perfect Nintendo games, but so be it. 1 out of 3 of these that I wanted bought, vs. SMB and Punch-Out!! left to go.

By the way, what the heck is a "twee"?

@Wolfy76700 .01% and proud of it.

I'm just not bothered. Sure the games are fine, they seem a little overpriced. I do just want to know the VC plans, like even a roadmap for release.

@Proust You could say that with nearly most of NES games that are $5 a piece. or any of the VC when you think you could just get these games for free on PC/modded Nes Mini or the collections we had in the past.

Think how Animal Crossing N64/Gamecube both had "free" Nes games. 19 on the GC version...today on a Wii U that would be
$95... ok you needed to unlock with a cheat thing, but even today it be cheaper on Ebay to get that and the game. (perhaps a gamecube too..)
Like the Capcom Mega Man/Disney Collections are much cheaper deals then VC has to offer, and there have more features to boot.

in other words.

Nintendo's VC has never been cheapest option.

@masterLEON Make that .02% XD
What people don't get these are brand new to VC release (or any rerelease since the early 80's arcade )

so it's fine buy Super Mario Bros over and over since 1999 (the GBC port which had both it and lost levels plus Bonus) but having a new option to buy these rare Nintendo arcade games is bad?

@chardir Well it is the original version, the first proper Mario Bros game.

Plus one thing, this has more settings then any of the NES/GBA releases.

@Rudy_Manchego Could say that about all those Neo Geo games, already have collections on my PSP if I want to play them.

They already said it's starting next year "with NES and SNES games.." when we have to pay to go online.

Arcade Punch-Out!! for $8 is a STEAL (and no, it has never been legally available for home consoles). If you never played it in the arcades, then you probably don't agree . . . .

And using that logic on myself, I love the Arcade Classic concept but am not interested in the other titles. But I see those with fond arcade memories are, and I'm happy for them. $8 is nothing to pay to relive those memories...and Hamster has already proven that price point works.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Well the emulation is much better then the stranded we had on Wii, Wii U and 3DS for the other systems.(including the old VC arcade) it's about the same as the Namco museum on Switch where it comes to settings and such. (only thing missing is a cool art overlay/wallpaper)

Nintendo already said the VC starts when the online subscription starts next year. it's just NES and SNES much like the Wii U.

@thesilverbrick
No, I don't think you are. I spend more than most on games, VC included, and even I'm feeling lukewarm about these games and their price. I got Mario Bros but all that other crap I'll be skipping.

I think they don't want to sell VC anymore cause consumers spend all their time and money buying those, and don't buy any 3rd party games. First year without VC and suddenly 3rd party games are selling well. I don't think it's coincidence.

I'd buy some of them to add...but there's then that thought that once I do, in January, the virtual console will arrive and those same games will be on it for a cheaper price. Other than that, it's nice to have them for someone like myself that played many of them in arcades, but still...not the cheapest price for them.

@ClassSonicSatAm Well, I suppose my response would be they are close to a different generation. To be honest, not fussed by the arcades.

Not sure when Nintendo have said there will be NES and SNES classics when it goes online? Must have missed something. Online has been pushed into a blanket 2018 so I would still say there is no road plan. They would be crazy not to launch it though..

@GameOtaku
The secrecy is quite annoying I agree. All I’m saying is I believe they’ll make everyone happy somehow. You’re right, u should’nt have to subscribe. Hopefully they won’t hold VC hostage.

VS Goonies too please

Shame these are not a bit cheaper.

I would like a lot Goonies too! I am a fan of the movie and the game is fun

Seems like it would have made a really cool compilation... with an "overworld hub" that looks like an old arcade and you can walk up to the virtual machines and seamlessly start playing them... or the hub/engine could be free to download, demo the arcade machines, and then make purchases in-game... if they included some historical reading on each machine/game, artwork, and other cool features, it might even justify the $8/game price.

I'm glad to see this old classics coming back, but I would expect them to be cheaper.

Overall I think they could leave this as one option to download/purchase it, but I wish they would start giving us the "famous" nintendo classic game service included in the "on line membership" as well.

None for me. If they were say £2 each Id consider it but the cost is over the top. When they put Snes games on are they gonna be a tenner each now?

Waiting for a price drop to $7.75

The first one is highly overpriced. That doesn't bode well.

@Rudy_Manchego Not really Games like it still exist, the populer COD Zombies is based on Mario Bros Arcade as in, you play for Score,how many rounds can you last and co-op fun. X3 and bunch of indie stuff. like I said this is perfect for my Lunch Break at work, a short bust type of game.

They been giving details for awhile, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnEI0d5sHAI
It's gotten a new name, one cool thing is that they work online (NES and SNES games) and ya get one free each month (then you have to pay it if you want to keep it. sort of like a free trial)

I think Nintendo is trying to push more new games forward and there's already the Namco Collection and these NEO GEO/Nintendo Arcade games.
Not to mention The NES and SNES Mini there's need to rush their VC. (it would mean paying again so.. :/ )

besides don't you have alot of them on your 3DS? or Wii U?

It's awesome bringing the Arcade Archives range to Switch... I just don't really want the Nintendo ones. The real range includes games from Taito, Data East and Konami (which I'd prefer), but at least this is advocating the idea of having the real coin-ops rather than the NES ports.

@YANDMAN there’s also no VS Punch Out or Mario Bros. What’s your point?

Some people just don't realize that the arcade ones are definitive and never been released on the consoles. The rereleases that everyone talk about were for the console. This is the first time that arcade games are released for the console. 8 bucks is not bad and they shouldn't have to charge for the same price as a console versions because they are different games.

Now, I might be mixing up info here, but wasn't there talk of including these games with a $10 a year subscription of some sort? That's much more appealing to me than paying per game, as I have done since the Wii Virtual Console launched. I'd probably go in for $10 a year anyway, and these types of throw back games would become a nice bonus.

None. Reason is
1) No Donkey Kong
2) Price

@Octorok385 its $20 a year for the online service. and the games included will be nes games with online support, so none of these here