It has been revealed that Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - or 51 Worldwide Games as it'll be known in Europe - will also be receiving a secondary digital-only version that will be free to download.
As spotted by Reddit user hameedm, the game's Nintendo UK Store listing includes additional information regarding the game's multiplayer functionality. It notes that this free version will allow players who don't own the full game to join up with friends who do for some multiplayer fun.
Free supplementary software will be available that allows players to connect in local multiplayer with someone who owns the full version of the game... As long as your friends have a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite and one person owns the game, everyone else can play too!
It sounds like it'll work in the same way that Download Play-enabled titles did back in the Nintendo DS days. The free version won't give you access to the full game - so at least one of you will need to have bought the real deal - but it means that you can use multiple Switch consoles to enjoy one copy.
This isn't the first time we've seen this on Switch - Namco Museum also had a (PAC-MAN VS. Free Multiplayer-only Ver.) release on the eShop.
A very welcome bit of news indeed! Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics launches 5th June.
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[source store.nintendo.co.uk, via reddit.com]
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Makes this a must-buy for me.
Smart move! Kind of hoping some of these games have player vs cpu too. (I don't think the old Clubhouse games did though.)
@JohnCorrigan I really hope so. F¥€¢ if I'm going to learn Shogi by getting my a$$ handed to me by real people.
Amazing news Nintendo. We need more of these features. Thanks a bunch.
I remember hearing about this! You have to download the free verson from the eshop, if I recall correctly.
Reminds me of DS download play! Man, I am getting old.
I was going to buy it anyways, as I was a huge fan of the original DS game.
Yes! This just solidifies the fact that I'm ordering this.
I recall that a Mario Party title on the 3DS did this as well.
It's something they do in lieu of the lack of a download play solution for the Switch, download play was such a great feature to have.
It’s like they want my money! I’m preordering this for sure
Is shogi on this? Playing persona 5 has made me want to try shogi lol
This is slowly, but steadily turning out to be one of my most anticipated games this year.
@Andrew5678
The cool thing is, you don't even need to recall correctly. You just read the whole article and the information is there. Crazy...
I really like this "free copy" approach that Nintendo (and Bandai Namco with "Namco Museum" on Switch) is doing, albeit not as convenient as the Download Play feature on DS and 3DS.
Other devs could learn a thing or two from this for their multiplayer games.
That's a winning move right there.
I was debating on buying 2 copies for local wireless play, but this is even better. Day 1 pick up.
That makes this game much more appealing now.
I mean, that's cool and all. But who is really going to use this when COVID-19 is going on? Sure, you can play with other family members that have a Switch, but...
Smart move! Wish they did this more often.
@playstation_king Yes, it includes Shogi and Mini Shogi.
I actually might pick this up.
51 games, and no Cribbage? I knew it was a niche game, but c'mon.
Still though, with the free multiplayer option, I'm way more tempted to drop full price on it.
@JohnCorrigan Pretty sure there was a CPU player in the original Clubhouse Games for some of the games at least. I know I played the computer in Bowling, and pretty sure I did in Chess as well.
@johncorrigan. hey go to nintendoeverthing.com. they have this story and give a recap. all 51 games 1-2, 1-3, and 1-4 players. so yeah. all multi player games have a vs. cpu. I am so excited for this game!
well except for the one player games like solitare. sorry about that .lol.
Cool, I feel like I would only want to play this in local multiplayer to be honest. I love how these are the type of games I could play with my relatives if I so desired, I don't really see the point in playing randoms online.
But can you play it docked? nobody seems to know
This is going to be a sleeper hit.
Ok.....FINE! I'm getting this game.
GREAT NEWS!! Seriously they need to this much much more in the future!
@stevep of course you can
Nintendo is constantly so odd. At one said they are so infuriating in how they manage family setups and having two Switches. Then they do stuff like this, which is great.
@stevep Nintendo.com knows. Says what modes are supported right there on the game's main page.
@Noisy_neighbour Oh, my mistake, I skimmed over the article.
I would love these kind of games. Like brain training, going back to the Wii period. The Switch might kick ass.
@invictus4000 Hahaha!
@reporterdavid and release them as Swiitch editions....
I’ll grab my coat
Where's snooker and why isn't pool 4 players 2 v 2 teams.
@JohnCorrigan That would be a tremendous oversight on Nintendo’s part if they forget to add Player(s) vs. CPU(s) for every game in the collection. Not everyone has people to play with locally at their disposal. No one around me owns a Switch, so I rely on CPU’s to play with alone, in addition to online multiplayer.
Okay, now THAT is cool
I already planned on buying this game from the initial reveal, but this just makes it better. For me it means that I won't have to pickup multiple versions for the four Switch consoles we have in house. We'll have to see how many games are supported when it launches, but still exciting.
The switch is just the 3DS/2DS / WiiU… in ONE. There is just one console. That is the Switch (ok... and lite, but still... )
When is this coming to America?
Great to hear. I’m still on the fence about this game, but the free download for friends is certainly incentivizing.
@JohnCorrigan
The original Clubhouse Games had many games where you could play against the cpu. I used it alot with Bowling, Darts and Koi-Koi. The only games I think where you could not play against cpu where the solitaire games.
@Grumble June 5th.
@90sRetroGaming awesome! A must buy for me. I liked the 3ds games they produced, and the old carts
Out of interest, why does everyone always automatically go with the American name for a game when there is a discrepancy between regions? Especially as this is a UK-based site.
@JohnCorrigan It definitely did! There was a campaign mode of sorts with objectives for all the games. It was awesome.
@RobbySuave Campaign mode defiinitely rings a bell now that you mention it!
@michellelynn0976 If that's the case, I'm officially all in on this!
Now all I need is a 2nd person to play with oh wait maybe the AI can be the second player....
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