Topic: The Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Service Thread

@HistoricKombat
I don't disagree I was just commenting on the long rants some go on whenever NSO is mentioned. It's just not worth the effort engaging with that topic. Some people just have what I can only describe as an ideological opposition to any method of acquiring games that isn't explicitly the way they got games when they were kids

I mean I get it. I still buy movies on BluRay, I buy music on Vinyl and CD. I mean I could at a stretch say that buying movies on BluRay means I can pick out movies I want without having to subscribe to everything. But really, I have no reason to own Run the Jewels 2 on Vinyl and there's no rational justification for that. It makes more sense to just listen to it on some streaming service (which I also do). Far more convenient and significantly cheaper

But the difference is I don't go on say Netflix's forums and whine that one of their movies isn't available on BluRay. Or that I can't purchase and download Stranger Things outright rather than paying for a subscription. They own the content they own, they can distribute it however they want. And in the case of NSO specifically we're talking about classic games..... there are literally dozens of other ways to get a copy of these games, legal and otherwise. So complaining about NSO is a waste of time and, frankly, engaging with people who do is doubly so

@skywake
Just so I’m completely understood I’m not against the online service. I’m against having the classic games locked behind the online service. I’m sure I’m not alone in having no interest in online play even if I had internet service for that purpose. I see nothing wrong with paying a small fee to buy individual games that I will play again and again year after year whenever and wherever I choose. As it is now I lose access every other week due to the check in requirement if I subscribed. Now I don’t know about most of you but if I pay money for something I fully expect to get what I pay for. Spending $50 a year on an online service I don’t use for a lot of games I don’t enjoy just to play the games I do enjoy which I lose access to every other week is not consumer conscious. I’d rather pay $5-$15 or more per game and play then indefinitely for a one time fee rather than pay an ongoing fee year after year to only have my access blocked.

Now we do have an actual account system and most of us linked our WiiU or 3ds (possibly both) to our accounts to access our funds so it stands to reason we should access the virtual console games we purchased. As far as the current setup is they can have the individual games listed as dlc on the app pages on the shop. Why would Nintendo or any other company turn down the chance to make more money especially from those that can’t readily access their content?! You can buy Netflix shows on Blu-ray and dvd. You can buy albums in stores, in online digital store fronts even as individual tracks or you can subscribe and stream it! So why is this such a horrible thing to want?!

Pokemon TCG and Pokemon Stadium 2! This is peak nostalgia for me, I love both of these games, they're probably my favorite Pokemon spinoff games.

Cant find a suitable fire emblem thread to post this on. My problem is this. I am at the end of blazing blade and fighting the dragon. My units are Athos with aurella forblaze luce and excalibur. Hawkeye with baskilos and Oswin with rex hasta. And my lords are very low level. I have no stat boosters of any kind, or any healers or healing items. Lost ninians grace when nills died and ninian too. Am I screwed? I did use save states and rewind feature and rng abuse on my way here. I already asked someone regarding this, but wanted others opinions.

Stupid question…I’ve got a standard online subscription and I’m going upgrade to a family subscription soon. My Switch will be the primary console (as I’ve got the most digital games) but will I be able to access the digital games on the secondary consoles?

@jump As far as I can tell (because I've recently got a second Switch and this and this seems to be the case), only the account that purchased/downloaded the games can play them on the secondary console, and only then when you have an active internet connection. I've had to make my Switch the secondary because otherwise the kids can't play Animal Crossing or Mario Kart on the other one because I'm the one who bought/downloaded everything, and when I'm out and about with no internet connection I can only play whatever game is in the cartridge slot. If this doesn't have to be the case, hopefully someone else can let us know. But this is what I've found.

@Xyphon22 cheers for that!

For as happy as I am with TCG and Stadium 2 coming to NSO (seriously; I cannot WAIT to play through TCG and I'm very pleased another N64 game has finally been knocked off from the September 2022 Direct list), I'm very much hoping this doesn't impact the chances of other potential NSO releases happening in August like for GBA or MD since, and I know I've said it countless times at this point, I really really REALLY want stuff like Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Golden Sun to release sooner rather than later XD

Because there's no first party game until October (when there's suddenly like 3 IIRC), I wouldn't be surprised if they delayed releasing some NSO games in July so that the two months without a new Nintendo game could still have some Nintendo games to play.

I'm not sure Nintendo necessarily thinks of that, but it came to mind.

We got our next N64 game for NSO EP (2 in one month? Shocking I know) and it's....Excitebike!

I think I'm moreso surprised by the choice they went with: Excitebike 64, while a game I was definitely excited for, was probably not on anyone's list of which one would get added next (with Mario Party fans in particular currently in despair over another month without MP3). Regardless, from what I've heard, this is a great classic racing game that I can't wait to try out for the first time come August 30th!

Is it not possible to transfer your save states in the NSO games from one Switch to another? I tried today to pick back up my playthrough of Link to the Past, but it does not have any save states saved even though it says my saves are backed up to the cloud. It's not that big of a deal, I just thought it was odd.

Has anyone managed to unlock the Nes Excitebike mode in Excitebike 64 yet? I’ve been trying to complete the last tutorial (stunts) to unlock it but no matter what it just won’t register the second stunt in the list. All the others work ok. Have Ninty disabled the unlock for some reason?

Joy Mech Fight and the SNES Kirby Star Stacker! I wish they were localized but even if they're not, I'm still happy to see they aren't eternally locked to the Japanese NSO, since they've never been released officially outside of Japan before.

Eh... the only one that caught my attention was Kirby's Star Stacker. I never even played the Game Boy version so it'd be interesting to see what I think of it.

I think we'll get a Mega Drive batch added to NSO Expansion Pack at around 2am UK time tomorrow judging by previous patterns. Like last year we got it at 2am UK time on the Friday of TGS.

@Fizza You'll like this... Kirby and the Amazing Mirror is coming to NSO + Expansion Pack on the 29th!

@MarioLover92 YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH FINALLY

Been waiting for Amazing Mirror to arrive for ages, so happy to see it finally coming to NSO in a week's time!

We'll definitely have to organise an online multiplayer session of it at some point too; Amazing Mirror's Metroidvania-esque structure where everyone can go and do their own things before linking back up together sounds like it'd be a ton of fun to do online!

@Fizza Yeah I'd like to play online with you as well! I did renew my NSO+EP sub recently so we'll make it happen. Just so you know, I did stop using Twitter for various reasons (it gets pretty negative, for one thing), so do let me know on Nintendo Life when you're ready, and I'll see if I can make it.

@MarioLover92 Great to hear! We could have a game of Mario Party 2 within the next couple days if you want (though I might get you to organise it given how hopeless I was at using Game Invites the last time round 😅). You can choose the time and I'd let you know if it works for me! 😄

@Fizza All right sweet, I'll let you know when I find a good time. I'll consider your time zone as well, since we're both in totally different countries. I'm in the US, with my time zone being EDT.