Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I went back to facebook the other day, apart from my elderly relatives, it's an absolute ghost town, where every other post is an ad or a "short" (usually of some young lady not wearing very much)

Nintendo leaving twitter is nonsense. The only people "fleeing" twitter are people with strong political opinions. Nintendo has never been a political company, so there's no chance they're going to abandon their biggest platform because of an election in another country.

@Sigran102 Capcom is posting on Bluesky. I fled from Twitter and I don’t have strong political opinions. I just don’t want my art stolen.

@Sigran102 Xbox has set up a Bluesky account waiting to be put into use, Devolver Digital uses Bluesky too and has done for a while. And as @VoidofLight said, Capcom now has one. I think PlayStation UK has one too but like Xbox is sitting waiting to be used. Businesses will go where people go and 20 million have accounts with Bluesky so it makes sense for businesses to also have accounts there either as well as or instead of Twitter.

@FragRed but they still have a twitter. Nintendo may make a blue sky account, but they're not leaving twitter.

Personally i left Twitter, not because of political reasons. But because I was fed up reading posts from bigoted idiots with no moderation.

@Sigran102 Not yet, but these places are preparing for Twitter’s death. It’ll be them posting on both, but slowly move over to them posting more on Bluesky and less on Twitter.

NoA's returned back to being very active, today's tweets were:

• Fitness Boxing 3 demo
• Retweeting Shiny Rayquaza coming to Scarlet/Violet
• Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered
• DKC Returns HD
• Black Friday eshop sale (Cyber Deals)
• Just Dance 2025

@Novamii We're getting the DK Land games quicker than Nintendo Music drops at this point XD

I really hope we get Donkey Kong 64 on NSO, I haven't been able to play the story but the multiplayer was really fun! I bet we'll get DK Land 3 pretty soon, and perhaps DK 64 closer to launch of DKC Returns HD? I also really hope to see Diddy Kong Racing return, one of the best racing games from Nintendo. Perhaps we could also the the Gameboy Color remakes of the Donkey Kong Country games? There's a lot of potential for DK games on NSO, I really hope we get a DK blowout!

@PikminMarioKirby Diddy Kong Racing would be the dream! I actually recall preferring that game to MK64...

They finally added 'Mercs' to the Sega Mega Drive!
I can't remember when and where but I remember writing something on this forum, wanting this game on NSO.
I played it again today. It's just like I remember it. Like it was yesterday.
You can call me weird, but it was one of my absolute favourite games back then.

@Budda Not weird at all. It was in my top 10 Megadrive games too. I love the music.

Since NSO is confirmed for Switch 2, it’s got me thinking of what they might add to the service. I mean, I doubt Nintendo will add nothing to NSO within those several years of Switch 2. Here are some of my predictions:

• 3rd tier of NSO: Nintendo will likely make a new tier for NSO during the life of the next console, probably a $20-30 dollar hike in the price.
• GameCube: This is the most obvious one in my opinion, as it’s next in order for consoles. This would likely be in the 3rd tier of NSO.
• DS This is the next handheld in line and has a lot of games that haven’t returned to modern consoles, and Nintendo has done 2 screens on one for games before, so they could easily do it again. My guess is this would be on Expansion Pack or the potential 3rd tier, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see this on the base NSO as well.
• Wii: This would probably be the last console for NSO on Switch 2. Probably would be on 3rd tier NSO. Some might say GCN and Wii are too new for NSO, but Wii came out 10 years after N64 and included N64 games in virtual console, and Wii has just one home console between it and 64. Switch 2 will have 2 home consoles between Wii, and Wii will be 20 years old in 2026. Especially if GCN and Wii are on higher tiers (and therefore feeling more premium/exclusive) of NSO, this could work out quite well.
• That NSO Playtest game?: this seemed to be an expansion pack exclusive, and tbh I kind of forgot about it. Maybe somepoint in the next 1-2 years this could get an official release?
• Menu themes: my idea behind it is that there are some free menu themes, maybe some paid ones, and then NSO ones. I think this would work similar to how the NSO icons work. Maybe we could get menu themes based off of game releases?
• Free Switch games: This would be interesting, although I don’t see it very likely. It would almost certainly be a 3rd tier thing, where maybe you’d get a free Switch games every month/year? I don’t really know how this would work, but it’d probably be similar to how Xbox game pass works.

What do you all think we’ll see added to NSO during the Switch 2’s life? Do you agree with the things I listed or think they’re likely?

@PikminMarioKirby Think Nintendo are more likely going to milk remasters and remakes of any first party game from the GameCube, Wii, DS and 3DS consoles they can to supplement the schedule throughout the Switch 2 lifespan.

@PikminMarioKirby Please no third tier, just make tier 2 more worthwhile. I would love free games but I am skeptical Nintendo would go that route. DS might convince me to finally subscribe to expansion pack though.

The other thing I want is better vouchers. Let me get mario vs DK for $40... it's stupid that the vouchers let you buy a $50 game for $50. That would make expansion pack more tempting also.

@FishyS @Novamii I definitely don't want a 3rd tier, although I'd be very tempted to get it if it included a good amount of GameCube/Wii games. I don't think a 3rd tier would fail financially, but it definitely could disappoint some consumers depending on what is included at it's launch.

I like the vouchers a lot, (I have one left, but waiting for a game to be announced that'll interest me) but I'd really like to see a different deal for the $50 games.

@PikminMarioKirby
I don't think another expansion tier makes sense. I can see them adjusting the pricing and/or shuffling the systems around sure. But three tiers is too complicated

I can see a scenario where N64 and GBA shuffle down to the standard tier and new systems are added above to replace them. I can also see a scenario on a future NSO where it's less per-system and more per-game. More of like a second "shop" you can browse and add classic and other games if you have a subscription. That'd solve both the tricksy value questions with titles like Goldeneye but also storage questions with GC and Wii games

Also I'd love it if we didn't have these apps polluted with those special editions of games. I don't want that and I certainly don't want it taking up additional space on the menu

@PikminMarioKirby @FragRed I think it'll all come down to how Nintendo approaches remasters/remakes with Switch 2. If they pull the PS5 trick and focus on remastering Switch 1 games to fill in the gaps (e.g. choosing to remaster BotW and TotK instead of porting over WWHD and TPHD from Wii U) then GCN/DS/Wii/3DS NSO seems likely.

But if they focus on remastering/remaking games that aren't already playable on Switch, then it seems more likely that Nintendo finds some different way to create NSO value than adding new consoles.

@skywake I don’t really think a 3rd tier makes complete sense either, but it just feels like something Nintendo would do 😆

I’d love if NSO games were individually downloadable instead. Would be very useful especially if we get to GameCube/Wii where the file sizes will be bigger. I’d say the majority of NES and SNES games could be removed for me as there’s a ton of games on those (many of which I’m not that interested in). I’d also really like to see the option of having selected individual downloaded games on the Switch/Switch 2 menu.

@GrumbleVolcano I feel like we wouldn’t be getting backwards compatibility for them just to remaster those games. I personally wouldn’t care about Switch 2 if we get 1st/2nd party Switch ports/remasters. It would just take away from real remasters and new games.

I could see early Nintendo Switch 2 getting some Wii ports and maybe later there will be more of a 3ds focus.

A 3rd tier would be a disaster and I don't even think Nintendo would do that, it'd be way too complicated to manage 3 tiers and I don't think they'd get enough subscribers on all 3 tiers to justify it. Worst I could see is dropping the standard tier, making the Expansion Pass the new standard, and making a new Expansion Pass that's even more expensive and exclusive to Switch 2. So the new tiers would be a standard tier that's $50/year and includes N64, Genesis, and GBA, and an Expansion Pass that's more expensive (like $75-$100/year) and includes new systems like GC, DS, etc. 3 tiers would be unnecessary and convoluted, if they want more money for more content they'll probably just reorganize it and jack up the prices like this. That's the more likely way they'd disappoint/anger fans by continuing to provide poor value for their online services.