Topic: The Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Service Thread

@Nintoz It'd be great for them to get the last two stragglers from the initial post-launch lineup (Maximum Velocity and Golden Sun) out of the way before a February Direct which could show off an entirely new batch of future releases, much like what happened in the September 2022 Direct with N64. I'm personally gunning on Mother 3 (localised and everything) being the very last NSO game before Switch 2 comes out 😅

@Nintoz Given they released FE6 and FE7 together on the same day (7 is a prequel to 6), I'd guess whenever Golden Sun appears it'll be released with The Lost Age. For that reason and the current F-Zero 99 event ending next week, I'm leaning towards F-Zero Maximum Velocity being next. Golden Sun + The Lost Age being in the next Direct like how they handled Earthbound + Earthbound Beginnings in 2022.

@Grumblevolcano But for FE6 and FE7, both were announced as part of the GBA lineup when GBA was added to NSO. Golden Sun was included in that lineup, but not The Lost Age. So it's not exactly the same case.
I'd like to be wrong though, I want to play The Lost Age.

@DjinnFighter Pretty sure FE: Sacred Stones was confirmed in the West as well.

@WiiWareWave No Sacred Stones wasn't announced yet.

Both Golden Sun and The Lost Age are coming on January 17th.

I've never played Golden Sun before so I'm interested in at least checking the first game out. I wonder if it's a good RPG to hop into after I finish Super Mario RPG?

@MarioLover92 Definitely worth giving a shot at least.

@kkslider5552000 All righty, I'll try it out when it comes to NSO. I did hear that a lot of folks like the series. Thanks!

@MarioLover92 Both are two parts of the same game, so keep that in mind while playing Golden Sun.

@Fizza I guarantee games will be cross-gen on NSO at least on consoles supported on both generations of hardware, but Gamecube, Wii, DS, 3DS, and maybe Saturn/Dreamcast might be Switch 2 exclusive. I also think we'll see Gen 1, 2, and 3 of Pokemon announced for NSO next month alongside a massive selection of N64, GB/GBC, and GBA games in a new roadmap including plenty of third party additions.

@WiiWareWave Ok, so it's just like how Sonic 3 was made. Thanks!

@MarioLover92 Well more like a multi-disc JRPG like Final Fantasy VII or something, but yeah similar concept.

Interestingly the Switch as it is can definitely handle pretty much all of these. Saturn I'm a bit less sure of but Dreamcast emulation is lighter than N64 and there are already games on Switch which are basically just GC/Wii games emulated with different controls. Eg Pikmin, 3D All Stars. Also while we're here... Master System? Game Gear? Sega CD? Also space for those

Maybe they do lock them behind Switch 2. I can see some argument for that. For example storage might be less of an issue on new hardware so Wii era stuff especially that might be a factor. But I think there's space for expanding NSO even without new hardware

I think NSO will delve more into the 99 and DLC side of things rather than add more systems.

• No Mega Drive games have been added since June so I'd guess that's it for SEGA supporting NSO
• GCN/Wii/Wii U got ports/remasters
• Need 2 screens for DS/3DS NSO to work and Nintendo have been starting to delve into remasters/remakes for those systems

@WiiWareWave Right, that as well. Sega did want Sonic 3 to be a much larger game, but they had to split it into two parts, with Sonic & Knuckles being part two and being a lock-on cartridge. That was the first thing I thought of since I've always been more into platformers than RPGs, lol.

@Grumblevolcano
We already have DS games on switch (etrian odyssey, Megaman ZX) and they’ve been reworked to have multiple screens.

....why?

Nintendo hasn't bothered to add more than 3 DLC to Expansion Pass in more than 2 years (one of them being Splatoon 2, thus showing Nintendo could add older DLC and just isn't), and the time and resources spent to make one 99 game could probably be used to make quite a few ports instead.

Also I'd be mad if you're right, since the tiny fraction of N64 games on NSO are almost entirely games you could play on Virtual Console in the past. There was literally an entire list on this site TODAY of all the N64 games not on NSO, and there were games I want they didn't even mention. I can't tell you how disappointed and frustrated I'd be if after finally getting to VC levels, they just decided "well our work is done".

In terms of a new console, maybe NSO will have some Switch 2 - exclusive game trials. They really could be doing a lot more with game trials than they currently are.

I am equally happy about the Rare games as I am mad about Twitter getting both Diddy Kong Racing and Mother 3 trending. How dare they raise my hopes.