@1UP_MARIO
Problem with that is no new games are being added. Star Tropics is still unavailable on 3ds for some inane reason (though by the same token Ninja Gaiden 2 and 3 still haven’t appeared on nso) among others.
Sony had the best cross buy/progression from my experience with psp and vita. Everything (with only one or two things) transferred over to the vita from psp and those that didn’t I could transfer to my pc and add to my vita. Best of all you could do the same across all of Sony’s consoles and handhelds!
@GameOtaku it’s because it’s a old console. Just play them on actual hardware if you have access. The main reason to buy a switch is to play switch games and the rest are bonuses.
I’m not really a fan of virtual console as I like to play everything on actual hardware. I’ve mainly bought the expansion pass to mess around with playing Mario kart 64 online with friends. It’s more to play actual switch games online and cloud backup and it’s super cheap
@1UP_MARIO
Prices of retro games are high. Finding the games in the wild is also a shot in the dark. Virtual Console was a godsend. Mega Man 5 runs loose now for around $100 loose and it’s less than 5 on 3ds vc. See my point? Earthbound too is $10 on 3ds vc and what $500 loose?
@1UP_MARIO
I’ve got most of the systems but the games are an issue. I don’t know about you but being out hundreds of dollars for one game when you can purchase it for less on vc is more ideal.
@GameOtaku ok, let's break this down again because I'm a sadist. Somehow I think this is falling on deaf ears...
Firstly yes, I pay more for music and movies physically than I do for streaming services. The subscription is cheaper. If value was my concern I wouldn't be buying BluRays, Vinyl and CDs. But value isn't my concern here, it's yours! I share Netflix, Disney+ (and Star) and Spotify accounts. Works out I pay $120AU/year. I pay for the exclusive shows, early access and to be able to listen/watch from a larger library. But a new album on Vinyl is $30-60AU so... I spent more on vinyl
For the VC? Similar story but here I stopped buying into VC once it became clear cross-buy wasn't going to be a thing. But let's be real about the prices. The cheapest titles on VC were $7AU, the most expensive $17AU. The single NSO membership with expansion is $60AU/year. Which means if you brought more than 10 games a year at a maximum you were spending more, less than 10 if you got into N64. And sorry but the deals were not frequent enough to cut that cost by much
You brought 80 titles on 3DS..... fair to say you were buying more than 10 VC games per year. Therefore NSO is a better value for you from a pure $/year perspective. Now if you value other things more? More power to you. I get it. I'm the dude who spends $100s on vinyl despite having Spotify. Just.... don't even bother trying to tell me NSO is more expensive than the VC was
I apologize if this has already been talked about, but I have a question regarding upgrading from a base subscription.
My current base membership ends in March. If I were to upgrade to the Expansion Pack with the discount today, would my renewal date be moved from March 2022 to October 2022? Or would I just be paying for the period up until March, and then would pay a full $50 in March for a year from then? I assume it's the former, but I just want to make sure before I make a decision. (I don't know if I'll be grabbing the Expansion Pass right away, but I would at least like to have it for my winter break.)
@skywake
Prices are cheaper here in the states. On 3ds nes games are $5, Gameboy/Color $4, SNES $8. That’s not counting when they were discounted or given as preorder bonuses. Also I didn’t need to check in weekly to keep my games. On NSO you have to keep paying the same amount regardless if they add any games to it.
You also buy games too right? I bought other games on the 3ds other than VC. I’m sure you did too. But they filled in the gap and allowed me to play games that are still out of my reach. I want to play the games I want without any interruptions to access them. Kinda ridiculous to argue price of VC when you buy $60 new releases or pricier special editions.
On top of that there is one other small detail you seem keen to forget. I have NO INTERNET! So I don’t PLAY ONLINE! Switch online is a online gaming subscription! It’s as useless as teats on a boar hog!
@OdnetninAges It's the former as in the new renewal date will be October 2022. You are basically purchasing a full year of NSO when buying the expansion pack but you get a discount based on the months you had remaining in your current subscription.
I watched the Nintendo Life videos on the N64 games and the online situation is hilariously bad in an entertaining to watch way. Interested in what other games would sound like when playing online with others that are far away.
So many of the complaints about NSO emulation are outright lies or misinformation. It's kind of pissing me off.
People complaining about input lag that was present in the original games
People complaining about music turning off in Mario Kart 64 when you can toggle it with L button
People posting pictures of the Japanese version of Ocarina of Time which had different textures (eg, the water) to mislead people about the emulation quality
People complaining about bad internet for online play when we can see on the video they have only one bar of WiFi and literally a message on screen saying their internet is unstable
People complaining about the controls on Sin and Punishment not working when they're not playing it right and don't understand you use the d-pad to move the character and the right stick to aim... as for why the left analogue stick doesn't let you move but just aims your gun like the right one, that was ALWAYS the case and part of the design because they wanted both left and right handed people to be able to play the game!
I'm not saying there's not legitimate complaints such as not being able to save Ghost Data in Mario Kart 64 or customise the controls in-app but a lot of this stuff is just complete bull...
@skywake
I did and the value of outright buying individual titles beats renting and losing them and not getting the titles you wanted. You are getting more value out of VC being customizable rather than a third party curated list that’s tailored to no one. If they offer to sell me again what I already own I’ll turn it down unless past purchases on vc are honored and just buy only the newer ones.
@Clyde_Radcliffe
Dpad to move and left stick to aim? God that is an awful control scheme you’d have to use 3 hands (2 on one joycon and one for the other).
Now if you value other things more? More power to you. I get it. I'm the dude who spends $100s on vinyl despite having Spotify. Just.... don't even bother trying to tell me NSO is more expensive than the VC was
It’s a common saying here in the South. You know in a rural area where internet is not so easily available.
I think if anyone in this thread has a monopoly on poor internet, vulgar slang and in actually being properly south it'd be the dude from Australia. Just saying
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