Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

So apparently Doom Eternal came out 2 years ago today, which also means that it's been 2 years since Animal Crossing New Horizons released.

How on earth has it been 2 years already?!

Rumour, only rumour ( rumour ) is that GAME BOY ADVANCE games are going to be added to NSO. I mean GBA might be better than N64 as they were released 4 years after the N64 and GBA was 32 bit. I mean I think GBA games are better than most of the games you can play in handheld mode on the switch. Also there are 1500 Game boy advance games. I really Hope it happens 🤞

But is it a rumor? I can't tell.

Also, it'd be very weird if they added GBA before GB. I have no idea why GBA would be rumored without GB.

@Dogorilla Speculation, I just feel it looks a lot like Frontier Village.

@kkslider5552000 The handheld line (GB/GBC/GBA/DS/3DS) are odd ones because of the remakes and remasters already on or coming to Switch. Combined with Nintendo mostly ignoring the GC, Wii getting HD remasters and Wii U getting ports, I could honestly see N64 and Genesis being the end of new consoles added with the Expansion Pack turning to a focus on DLC. So like we have Animal Crossing New Horizons and MK8 Deluxe DLC in it and then stuff like this is added:

• Mario Party Superstars DLC
• Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Expansion Pass
• Xenoblade 3 Expansion Pass
• BotW 2 Expansion Pass
• Splatoon 3 Single Player Expansion (think Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion)

@kkslider5552000 well GBA games are better than GAMEBOY games. like a million times better. I mean GB was 11 or 12 years older than GBA . I know GB games are brilliant but there not as good as GBA games.

@Ninfan
Not from all 1500 GBA games will be featured on NSO due to licensing issue for licensed brand game or Japanese only games.
You will not see Barbie games or K-1 games or Disney games, etc from GBA on NSO due to expired licensed contract and the games that will be featured on NSO are mostly 1st party games with very few 3rd party games that being played the most by majority Nintendo fans. Nintendo will never include the niche or unpopular games for their NSO. If you want to play All those 1500 GBA games, get GBA or NDS machine and GBA cartridges to play them.

@Ninfan @kkslider5552000 Wasn’t this rumour something they’ve been saying for at ages along with GB and GB Colour?

Not necessarily. They're two very different systems compared to each other. The N64 primarily has games with 3D graphics, and the GBA is pretty much a slightly enhanced SNES in terms of its specs. It's why you'd see stuff like the Super Mario Advance remakes.

@Anti-Matter no, I think nintendo can release any of the GBA games on switch. They always buy rights to games released on there consoles.

@MarioLover92 but the gameplay in GBA games are much better than what was in N64 GAMes.

@FragRed it's a rumour, as to when they will be released. But I think, nintendo said it in a direct, that they would be releasing them sometime.

@FragRed do you have a youtube chanel, that gives weekly British game release news ?

@Ninfan
Just look at GBA games that available on Wii U and 3DS Virtual console.
Nintendo only provided 1st party games and a few of 3rd party GBA games. NOT ALL 1500 GBA games.
Nintendo will not revive niche or unpopular or expired licensed brand games like Barbie or Petz or K-1, etc on Virtual console and NSO.
The only best way to play those unpopular GBA games by play them in actual GBA cartridge on GBA machines or NDS machines.

@Ninfan Not sure I'd truly agree with that, but to each their own.

Also, they never made any announcements regarding Game Boy/GBA games on Switch. The last time they announced more retro consoles for NSO, it was Nintendo 64 and Genesis for the expansion pack. You may like to know that the Mega Man Zero series is on the Switch (they originally came out on GBA), they're on Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection. There's the Castlevania GBA games as well, via Castlevania Advance Collection. Both are really solid compilations.

GBA games would be the thing for a person like me to finally hop to the Expansion Pass. I had hopped ship to Playstation and then the 360 during the GBA/DS/Gamecube/Wii eras, so I haven't played most of those games.

I'll be getting the Expansion Pass when they restock the N64 controllers, at any rate. I refuse to play any of those games without the best controller ever made lol

I think a fun thing about NSO is seeing when and if Nintendo will conveniently ignore games to put on their service because a remake is on Switch. Like at least 3D All Stars was gone when N64 was added so Mario 64 was fine, but will they add Link's Awakening if GB is confirmed? Same with Advance Wars and GBA? How long will they take to add Mario Party 2 now that Superstars exists?

If I was Nintendo and still obsessed with selling these games at full price, avoiding price cuts for games at any cost, I would seriously consider avoiding these games as long as it could reasonably make sense to.

So Nintendo finally added folders, and it only took 5 years. Better late than never.

Given the folders update and the upcoming 3DS eshop shutdown, I think later this year Nintendo's going add themes to the Switch alongside a remaster or sequel to Nintendo Badge Arcade.

So, Groups are nice, but I'm not even going to use them.

Why?

BECAUSE THEY ADDED FILTERS TO SORT BY "DOWNLOADED"!!!

That's the actual #1 feature I've been wanting. I don't care about grouping my games, just let me filter out the ones that are archived on whichever microSD I have inserted. It sucks having 300+ digital games split across 3 microSD cards, and 65% of them are archived on any given microSD.

Let me see what's actually installed similar to how Steam has a filter for... well, "Installed".

And that's precisely what that added filter does. It's so awesome. My only gripe is filters reset each time you enter All Software. But, it's not that big a deal since it only takes a sec to filter it.

By God! It's a Christmas miracle!

In March.