Topic: The Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Service Thread

Do we reckon that games added to the NSO on Switch 2 will also be on Switch?
If for example DS got added?
Because there's no reason why DS games couldn't also be added to Switch as well,
but they may well want it exclusive for the new console.

Sutte Hakkun is actually really good! It's a nice puzzle platformer with good music, and I finished the first 10 or so levels. It did take me a little while to get started since the entire game is in Japanese, the language barrier is the only thing I don't like. I made a restore point when I was done playing, just in case. Definitely a hidden gem on NSO's SNES catalog. I have yet to try out Ridge Racer 64, but I would like to at some point because I like racing games.

@Uncle_Franklin I think, if they find a way to implement alternate controls for the microphone, maybe just map the mic to one of the controller buttons. If I recall correctly, all the DS and 3DS games that I played that used the mic, they would just make me blow into it. I think that's the only big obstacle to overcome. I think there were a few DS games that had voice chat via the built-in mic, if memory serves me correctly, but I never had any games that had that. DS games would be great to have online. Especially those that didn't have Nintendo WFC support to begin with.

I cannot express how much I appreciate the slow drip of N64 games, that will also not restart for the next Nintendo system.. Like I'm sure if I put in the time and effort I could find comparable ways to play a lot more games without doing keyboard laptop emulation where I consistently risk running into issues as bad as OOT at launch of NSO, but I don't, most people do not. This is my childhood system so having a way to just conveniently play a good quantity of games from it is something I will consistently appreciate, regardless of any issues I've had with it.

Tbh, I was worried after the 2nd time they announced a list of upcoming games that after those were out that was it outside of a couple of first party/Rare games, especially when they added GBA. Like I genuinely thought even for as slow as it can be, we would've gotten half the games we have in the past year or so. But ironically, N64 feels like its gotten the most games out of the Expansion Pass systems as of late. Even if we've yet to have gotten the non-Rare 3rd party games I'm most interested in, I maintain my point that every time an N64 game finally gets a re-release for the first time (on Nintendo or in general), it is just a very good thing. I don't like these games being stuck on N64 forever.

Only thing that annoys me, is that my appreciation for it can be and has been confused with me thinking it is a magical perfect system with no need for changes or alternatives. No I just like it, its not that deep.

I have around 100hrs played on SNES only. So many good games. I recommend ofc SMW, if you like puzzle Super Mario Picross (over 50 hrs already so much content) amazing, also Dr Mario but a bit crazy game no chill really lol. Tennis Mario on GB is v cool too (physics are awesome and its a sport RPG)

Hello, new subscriber here. I subscribed in order to buy the exclusive GCN controller, also in anticipation of those GCN games starting next month on Switch 2. So I didn't put any research into the service beforehand, I just assumed it would be great now that it's been running and growing for years. Here's my quick impressions:

I'm shocked by the amount of & selecion of games, N64 in particular. What is this? It's like 20 games, half of them the type that you used to see on fleamarkets for close to nothing because they were obiquitous but kinda bad. Also performance. I'd always wanted to check out F-Zero X, and even I can tell that it's badly emulated. There's stuttering.

Honestly, it's not what I had been expecting.

@NintendoWife Did you have basic NSO before? The selection for snes/nes/gb is pretty impressive. Expansion Pack... not so much. At least the upcoming GameCube app will have a few great games. The NSO GBA app has a couple neat games, but there is a lot missing.

@FishyS I had the basic NSO for a while some years back, yes. Now I thought it's only logical that the more expensive tier would be better, didn't bother even looking at the available games list... my fault, but wow the selection is sparse. Yes I like Ocarina of Time and Mario 64, but beyond that I thought they'd give you much more to discover.

The poor emulation bothers me just as much. Doesn't feel good to play a game, provided by the creator no less, and knowing it's not faithful.

Im a huge fan of NSO. Not only because of houndreads of hours of playing retro games (and still counting), but also because that's how I first time ever played DKC games and immidiately became addicted. Now Im about to finish Tropical Freeze with oly the last world to beat, then Im buying Returns HD <3

Every time an N64 game is added to NSO, is a very good day.

I grew up with the arcade version of Killer Instinct but haven't played any game in the series since. Should obviously change that.

I really hope when they rename the service to Nintendo Classics they update the interface of the apps with it. Would be nice for the games not to be so close together and have screenshots or video previews etc. Ability to add Favourites and Hide games would be helpful too and how about ability to add shortcuts to games on our home screen? They could do a lot with it.

It looks very sloppy and unprofessional at the moment IMO, especially with how some games randomly have no boxart. Also when you sort games by time it's weird it will say you've played the games for 574 minutes or something instead of 4 hours, 20 minutes etc

This just in - some more Game Boy games just came out for NSO.

I wonder if Nintendo will add DK64 though. It would be amazing. Meanwhile, having a blast with Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

@yoshi420 I mean, there's still a chance it would come back. It made an appearance on the Wii U Virtual Console and a number of other Rare games have made it to NSO. I'd be more surprised if it doesn't get added.

Yeah, Rare games keep trickling in, I’m sure sooner or later they’ll let it and Diddy Kong Racing on.

@yoshi420 It's very likely they'll put some Donkey Kong games on there on the lead up to Donkey Kong Bananza. During the 2 months prior to Donkey Kong Returns HD coming out they put all three Donkey Kong Land games on it.

All the contenders that aren't on there yet:

Game Boy Colour:
Donkey Kong Country

Nintendo 64:
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64

Game Boy Advance:
Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong
DK: King of Swing
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Mario vs. Donkey Kong

GameCube:
Donkey Konga
Donkey Konga 2
Donkey Konga 3
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

@JakedaArbok I'm also hoping Conker's Bad Fur Day will make an appearance on the N64 Mature app! We haven't had anything new on there for a while.

I do hope so, makes sense. Menawhile Im enjoying Returns a lot. Probably a bit more than even Tropical Freeze.

They should be renaming the apps to Nintendo Classics this week as they said were doing so in "late May" I wonder if we'll get any other changes to them or if it's strictly just a name change.

@Suketoudara “SEGA Mega Drive - Nintendo Classics” sounds as if Nintendo acquired SEGA so maybe the Mega Drive app branching off into a SEGA Classics line?

@Grumblevolcano I think I heard somewhere it would be called Sega Mega Drive Classics/Sega Genesis Classics

As an aside it's really weird that if you access the NSO games through the NSO app on the front page instead of the individual console apps they have video footage of EVERY game on there. Usually multiple screenshots too. I wish we could access these previews from within the console apps too.