Topic: The Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Service Thread

yay, I was wondering when there would be a Wonder maximus cup.

Decided to beat Nintendo Life to this lol why was this announced right now? Just slip it under the Game Awards, otherwise people might think we can release N64 games in a timely manner!

Omigosh HM64! So glad to see it

1080 HAS ARRIVED AT LAST THANK THE LORD

I would've been perfectly content with just 1080 as it's easily been my most anticipated release of the service sinc the Mario Party titles dropped a while back, but having both Harvest Moon AND Jet Force Gemini alongside it just sweetens the deal even more. Gonna be giving them a go ASAP!

I'm finding 1080 so much harder on Switch with the controller etc. On 64 I've long been pretty good at the game. On Switch I'm lucky if I can string together more than two spins in a row.

It's a shame because I was pumped when I heard 1080 had landed on Switch.

Well that's a bad sign since I've never been even remotely good at 1080 on N64 or otherwise.

Not even the sequel on Gamecube.

Man, I've been playing Pokémon Trading Card Game from GB/GBC. I got hooked! What a fun game! The effects from the battles are so nice. I love playing with the classic feel filter on. So nostalgic
I wish we could have more pokemon games from the past

I played a couple of hours of N64 NSO online last week with a friend who lives a couple of states away, I was shocked it worked so consistency. For the record, this is a bad sign for the reputation of Nintendo's online when playing N64 games online with one person on the same side of the country working was a pleasant surprise. But it did work well, so I was happy about that.

For some reason I keep going back to Mario Party 1 single player btw. We didn't play that one because making someone play Mario Party 1 over most of these games would be cruel. It is one of the N64 games that has actually aged poorly, especially with 2 and 3 right there. Yet despite that, I find myself wanting to do as much as I can with the game (though if I play all the boards once and do the minigame island, I'm just gonna unlock anything else the cheapest way possible (which involves mostly not even playing the game)).

I also go back to Mario Tennis on occasion but that makes sense because Mario Tennis is awesome. I will not try to get everything in that game though since the requirements to do so are absurd.

@kkslider5552000 as a kid I would set up long parties with four hard computer characters, and then come in at the last turn or two, change them to easy and set myself as the one in the lead.

And that’s how I unlocked everything. 🧐

I recently bought the Expansion Pack for the first time since I had a discount (and so I can get Octo Expansion for practically free). Haven’t touched the N64 app yet but it’s been really fun playing GBA games on Switch! I don’t think I’d buy it every year considering the price but it’s a nice treat to have, hoping they drop more GBA games soon though. Don’t really care about the other things in the EP asides from those and Splatoon lol

I wonder if we'll see a stealth drop of SEGA Genesis games on NSO tonight? The last two years we got a surprise update the Thursday/Friday before Christmas plus it's been forever and a day since the last batch of Genesis games dropped, fingers crossed!

@LilyGoMEOW The long Genesis gap (last batch was in June) gave me the impression of the end of additions so I think if we see any NSO stuff tonight, it'll be GBA in the form of Golden Sun (F-Zero Maximum Velocity would clash with the current F-Zero 99 limited time event). The last GBA game was Kirby & the Amazing Mirror in September.

I thought Maximum Velocity was s*** but it’s good having more F-Zero games on Switch, I’d like GP Legend or Climax more but they’re licensed so probably not. Haven’t played Golden Sun but I’ve heard good things about it so I’ll give it a go if it comes to NSO soon

Maximum Velocity is a pretty logical choice for the next GBA game in my opinion: interest in F-Zero has been reinvigorated thanks to 99's release and putting out a classic styled entry (i.e. one based off of the original SNES game) also seems like a good idea given how 99's entire aesthetic is modeled after that original game. Plus, if we're being honest here, I highly doubt many people will care about MV's release if it comes out after Golden Sun (arguably the most anticipated of the GBA NSO titles) so chucking right at the end of the year seems like a solid enough plan.

I've been on a major F-Zero kick lately myself thanks to 99 (so much so that I even replayed the original on SNES NSO about 2 weeks back) so I'd personally love to see Maximum Velocity come over next, even if it's just to try out an odd entry in the grand scheme of the series for historical purposes. Does make you wonder if they'll try and bring over the other GBA games in GP Legend and ESPECIALLY Climax though 🤔

I'd like to give Maximum Velocity another shot. I played it exactly once as part of the 3DS ambassador program, and then never again and I don't remember anything about it except it was F-Zero again but now without memorable music.

All I remember about Maximum Velocity was it essentially being the original Pokemon Gen 5 where the iconic stuff about the franchise was gone because they chose to go all in on new stuff instead. But I am willing to give it another chance (same with Pokemon Gen 5 in the outcome 2024's Pokemon game is Gen 5 remakes).

@Grumblevolcano If there are Gen 5 remakes releasing in 2024, I have no doubt that they'll be on the OG Switch as we usually get 1-2 new games in the series on last-gen hardware even after the next-gen handheld/console launches.

https://nitter.net/Pyoro_X/status/1745430835522830557#m

Mr Pyoro has reared his beak yet again!
Hoping for Golden Sun myself🤞

@Nintoz BLOODY FINALLY

Not gonna get my expectations too high myself as it's most likely going to be F-Zero Maximum Velocity (what with stuff like F-Zero 99's current event reigniting interest once again), but I'd kill for Golden Sun as well (or if we're really lucky, something not previously announced like Wario Land 4 or Drill Dozer ).

@Fizza Yeah I mean they might even go crazy like with N64 last year and throw us 3 at once!!