Nintendo Considering "Various Initiatives" And "Further Enhancements" For The Switch Online Service

Mega CD added to the Mega Drive app (If the mini 2 can do it, Switch can too.)
Gameboy app obviously
Discounts on eShop purchases

GB/GBA online, some sort of music streaming service, a game pass like service could be cool, and hmmm, maybe online that actually works, would all be pretty neat.

How about more games?

Give me the wii! That’s all I want! I just want to play my favorite wii games again!

The ability to permanently purchase games of my choice and have them tied to my user account, for starters. I have no interest in subscriptions where content can be pulled from the other end at any time with or without warning.

Needs more systems ASAP. GB/GBA should already be there. And we need GC and Wii to really justify the Expansion Pack's high price tag. Get a move on Nintendo!

GB/GBA games, please.

How about turn the drip feed faucet a little more

@AtlanteanMan
This! I keep saying this over and over!

Pikmin 4 online bingo battle please. I'm not really interested in the classic games.

Chat and text. For the love of god. If someone is on my friend list, I should, at least, be able to send a text. The child protection excuse is poor, because that’s easily circumvented via parental controls. Don’t want your kids talking to weirdos? They can’t. Not without mom and dad’s parental codes. Done.

GBA games added would make me buy SWO Expansion Pack.

Here's a thought: more games and systems. 😛

Messages to/from friends and players, and parties and party chat would be “revolutionary” as far as Nintendo’s online features/support are concerned.

They are so bad at basic/core Online Gaming and Services, it’s embarrassing.

The ability to buy retro games and keep them via an Account as I'm not going to keep buying the same ones on different systems.

Themes and Music for the main screen and E-Shop.

Folders on the main screen.

Text chat to friends.

Please give more filter options and wall papers for the snes and nes games.

Just start with the basics.

Chat, voice chat and the ability to jump into games of friends.

And a good online infrastructure and netcode in games from now on.

The stuff XBox did 20 years ago.

Every single NES/SNES/N64 game ever released, added to Switch Online Subscription.

How about you attract third party developers to make online games for you. You know something like madden or call of duty. That seems to work for everyone else’s online service. But what do I know I recently bought a hd crt just so my docked games look decent.

I'd just like to see some online random matchmaking. It would be great to play some Mario Kart 64 or Original Mario Bros online without expecting people on my friends list to be on.

Some basic features like universal native voice chat, messaging, party system and a virtual console library that isn't mediocre and inferior to current (and free) emulation would be nice.
Maybe on par with last decades online infrastructure.

But it's not like Nintendo is going to listen to what it's community has been asking for years, they'll just release these pointless PR statements.

If me it would have to be more big AAA Nintendo in-house studio games.
They have such a vast library to choose from and characters. I know these games take time to produce etc etc.
But if it is an honest wish list then that is definitely mine and I’m not moaning, if they weren’t so dam amazing then I wouldn’t wish for them.
For me the Switch is lacking some massive big AAA Nintendo in house produced games.
There has definitely been a lack of NEW platform games maybe a NEW Mario 2d platformer and a NEW Donkey Kong 3d world platformer just to name two games. Metroid 4, F Zero.
They need bigger in house AAA studios.

I’m sort of glad they haven’t gone and for the next console maybe SWITCH 2 for say the power of PS5 because it would take them way to long to get games out to gamers with visual and sound production values of say HFW and GOWR.

1 - The Snes emulator does not work ! In Mario world, keep running with the run button pressed. Youll see periodic tearing. This bug is decades old and never got fixed on any emulator.

2 - I dont use any emulator that lags and without local wireless because an emulator without simply makes no sense.

Nya. ☺

Instruction booklet scans

No more brawlers im drowning in them.

Give us GameCube games you cowards!

Maybe a modern free game per month that we get to download and keep.

I know PS plus (or essential as it's now called) tends to give 4 free games per month but in fairness NSO is a fraction of the price so I think 1 free game would be reasonable

Bring Miiverse to Switch. If they want to build positve relationships and build a long lasting Switch community, then that would do it in spades. If it can interact with games much like how Wii U Splatoon did, it would be huge.

Give Kirby's Dream Buffet free with the service.

Wouldn't even be mad having paid for the game;
We need people online.

They made us pay for the online and the service is literally worse than when it was free.

Honestly, I'm just hoping for Game Boy and GBC/GBA or even GameCube games.

@Snatcher
I totally agree with you - I ended up buying a Wii and the Wii games again anyway. Seemed like a better alternative for now!

Messaging , party chat would be nice , but Nintendo so far behind. Cancelled my subscription as it’s bad value for money

My wishlist:

1) GB, GBC, GBA
2) Pokémon for those Systems with online connectivity
3) another Sega console. I’m a Nintendo/PlayStation kid, so it’s interesting to see this other world
4) GameCube
5) Sega Saturn (I want to play croc on a Nintendo console)
6) finalizing of nes/snes library (maybe with a one pay option for longtime NSO owner to keep those after canceling the sub)

For me it has to be games, releasing one n64 game at a time is a poor show... how about 2 or 3 every month. No one wanted two mario party games. After the year it was first launched I've bailed till it gets better.

A chat option so i can chat with my kids while playing. Seperated dad here who hates also using my phone as kids dont have one.

Black wallpaper in the retro apps to allow distraction free gaming.

I don't care about 20-40 year old games or demos or weekly test games.

All I want is stated in the name "Online Service". I currently use it only for Splatoon 3 and it is worst than ever. The first match start in a 90% rate always fails with a data error. After that games get aborted and you loose e.g. game mode like salmon run, even so you are just about to beat the boss, just because someone disconnects. This is all stupid.

I currently use Splatoon3 only for the single player mode, because online play is just *****.

And the fabulous Nintendo Online Service is only used to backup game saves. Don't expect me to upgrade.

I'd like to see them actually make their online service somewhat decent for modern 2022 standards.
Small chance of that happening, but still.

I noticed Expansion Pack members now get an extra 5% back on all Eshop purchases. That's pretty decent.

The GameCube would be awesome, perhaps the Saturn and Dreamcast, the latter two being a possibility with the MegaDrive/Genesis already there.

Hopefully Nintendo will stick with the Switch, and the next console will be very similar, with just more power, and the online system will just transfer over and expand over time, which is why I assume the retro stuff is tied to the subscription in the first place.

@AtlanteanMan so… normal switch e shop?
Its just that the Switch online service is not for you.🤷🏻‍♂️

@Doomcrow If only that was feasible.

At this point, if it was emulated on the Wii and WII U via their Virtual Console service, it should already be emulated here. Each new system should emulate more classic consoles, not less. Why we're not at Gamecube titles by now is beyond me.

They could improve the eshop's UI and make the app snappy for once. I can not believe it is so slow when browsing the shop, I mean, it feels like the early days of the Playstation store (circa 2006!).

How about they start by trying to catch up with the original Xbox.

It'll be a very long time before I consider subbing to NSO again, they're online functionality is truly awful, cloud saves don't work for every game and their drip feed approach to gaming libraries mean I'll probably be dead before we get anything approaching the Gamecube

Gameboy/colour/advance. I’m happy with that if they add Pokémon. GameCube with Luigis Mansion.

Give us SNES Remix, or Satellaview Games, or Virtual Boy stuff that hasn’t seen the light of day in years.

-obviously Gb-gba games
-Bring back Mario 35!!! Or something alike
-a NES remix online could be fun
-New exclusive Games For the service….

Whoa are they going to make NSO up to par with 2001 internet standards finally? Send a message to a friend like it's 1998 finally?!

Haha nah. Probably another stupid way to earn avatars or whatever the hell the Nintendo missions are for.

I'm still waiting to be able to purchase the N64 controller for the switch before signing up for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass. I hope they fix that stock issue before adding more systems I won't be able to purchase controllers for.

@Fizza a gif that I can hear in my head.... Amazing

I know the current service is cheaper than the top xbox and playstation services but it literally offers a tiny fraction of the content.

Xbox offers hundreds of full games including loads of brand new AAA series x titles, xbox one, 360 and original xbox games.

Subscribers get discounts on games, free trials, achievement points which can be collected and exchanced for vouchers (making gamepass effectively free) and you only need to pay one month at a time.

Even at the current price, Nintendo would need to add gameboy, gamecube together with a promise to add at least 5 games a month for it to even approach the value of its competitors.

These are what they need to improve on with their online service.

• New systems. Like adding GB, GBC, GBA, DS, Gamecube and Wii. Getting other systems from sega like the master system, Saturn and Dreamcast would also be fantastic.
• Stop with the drip feeding of new games. I understand that they can't just unload everything all at once as there would be nothing to look forward too each month but 1 game a month is not good enough. It needs to be atleast 1 new game per system (not counting mega drive or any other future third party systems) per month but ideally 2 minimum would be a great start.
• Now I now know their online is ptp system but improving the net code would also be great.
• Having native voice chat for the system and allow friends to have a party system.
• Future proof it so the system can move onto the next system without any loss of features.
• Adding a discount to online members. like maybe get an extra 10% off the sale price of games that go on sale. and if you own the expansion maybe get additional 10% off that.
• If the next system is backwards compatible with the switch them make all eshop purchase you have made available at launch and don't charge a fee that added update features to them like you did on the wii u with VC games.

Add gba and Gamecube and give us Smash Bros Melee with online play!

Initiatives and enhancements? Instead how about basic functionality from 2 decades ago and then work on enhancing it.

@Zequio Maybe you don't remember the Virtual Console that used to sell Nintendo's (and other platforms') legacy games. There was a pretty decent selection; the problem was that each of those purchases (which were questionably priced themselves at $4.99 for NES, $7.99 for SNES, and $9.99 for N64, for examples) was tied to the system you downloaded it to; if for some reason that system malfunctioned or you sold it, there was no way to recover your investment. And when, say, a hardware upgrade came along (example: Wii to Wii U), your purchases obviously didn't migrate, so you'd have to re-purchase everything again to be able to play it on the current hardware.

When the Switch launched users were initially relieved to find that eShop purchases were finally tied to user accounts. However, the Virtual Console was no more, and all those legacy games and platforms that used to be available were replaced by the Pacific Garbage Patch of not-ready-for-mobile-quality "Nindies" that now glut the eShop to the tune of thousands, making it almost unnavigable unless you know the specific title you're seeking. When Switch Online debuted, those of us (like myself) who were hoping for an actual VC replacement with permanent purchases tied to our accounts for legacy games instead found that those games are locked permanently behind a subscription wall (incidentally, this occurred at the same time that Nintendo went on a purge rampage of emulation websites).

So, to sum it up, Nintendo's approach to their legacy content has never been about value for the consumer (though if you're fine with pouring your money into a bottomless pit that will almost certainly be replaced once Nintendo does inevitably move on from the Switch and leave you and any game saves you had high and dry, have at 'em). Their entire approach to legacy content (indeed the entire industry's primary approach to your experience) is about CONTROL. They gate, monitor, and control your access and what you're able to do in-game (why else do you REALLY think major first-party titles like Halo Infinite have been such dumpster fires where local splitscreen and other offline features have been cut, while they instead focus on other revenue streams like skins to keep you pouring money into their woefully incomplete products?) and can pull the plug from their end at any time; you no longer have any ownership or consumer rights. The industry has quietly gotten millions of gamers to accept and even embrace the concept of investing in consoles that cost hundreds of dollars yet have nothing they actually own on them (and unlike legacy games which at least have physical copies out there, once these digital-only games disappear or have their servers taken down they're gone FOREVER; no games preservation anymore, just a consumer model of fully disposable experiences).

For some of us, the ability to play and experience a game on our own time, on our own terms is very important. Sure, I have a huge backlog of purchased games that I may never get around to...but at least they're there for when and if I eventually do. You can't say that about GamePass or any other subscription service, especially if you like RPGs or other time-intensive genres.

You're right, Switch Online ISN'T for me (aside from the overpriced ability to have my saves backed up in the cloud at the $19.99 tier). My post was simply asking for the OPTION to be able to buy legacy games, which quite frankly I don't believe is asking too much; your reply came across as dismissive, hence my lengthy explanation. If you think for a second that these mega-corporations are our friends or really care about what we want as consumers, you have a rude awakening coming at some point.

Gamecube games for sure. It's baffling that they've never re-released Gamecube games.

@AtlanteanMan well said, I felt the exact same way when Switch came out. I blame myself for getting my hopes up. Sure, Nintendo could have given us the option to purchase legacy titles, but they decided to go all in on the subscription model. It definitely left a bad taste in my mouth (after buying and rebuying titles on Wii and WiiU), which is why this generation I’ve supported Xbox more than Nintendo, because they at least seem to partially care about game preservation, and they give options to consumers. I’ve never paid for Gamepass, but I’ve got a huge library of games from OG Xbox up to current generation, and the kicker is that the games play better than they did originally. Nintendo could learn a lot from Microsoft in this space, but I know they won’t!

already have an amazing library via emulation on pc, just need a way to play them on the go which is the only reason I have the service. once I either mod a 3ds or get a steam deck Im ditching nso

GBA, GCN, and DS(with some kind of resistive touch peripheral to simulate the bottom screen, lol).

All I want: Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy III added to the SNES app. That’s it. Give me those and I’ll sub every year.

@GrailUK
Miiverse was a journey!
I feel like with switch making it easier to capture screenshots/videos it would benefit from a way to share them and miiverse was good for that.

(my hopes are the same as always, improvements to the emulators such as button remapping and screen options alongside the ability to purchase the games like the DLC)

Super Mario RPG.

@Mgalens Well, I was just thinking outside of the 'moar games' box lol. Especially as Twitter can't be taken for granted these days. Purchasing the games would be lovely but I can see how that wouldn't help them grow subscriptions unfortunately...so I'm not holding my breath

Some have already said it, but the option to purchase and keep retro games (and preferably to have it recognized long term, across devices, like Steam does). Knowing I could play those games without a subscription would actually make me more likely to stay subscribed, since I would know I’m gaining more and more value the longer I stay. No one ever asked us to return all of our Nintendo Powers after our subscriptions ended, did they?

@Takarajima I agree. The UI is miserably slow and a huge barrier. I'd rather avoid the online services and am not interested in any other forms of "enhancements."

Expect to see the improvements in their next console, at this point.

Lol first i want them to support the nes and snes more before thinking about what to do next.

Call me crazy but what if they add new content to older titles? Or create unique titles like NES Remix free for the service but also purchasable. High scores and online leaderboard would be pretty cool.

Or they could go the route of “The Wizard” have an Nintendo Online World Tournament having subscribers demonstrate their mastery of various genres of games. Nintendo could even have different tiers dependent on the console NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 etcetera.

I Would Love To See
Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast,
And Gamecube For Nintendo Switch Online

@AtlanteanMan
I agree with you 100%. I’m upset I paid for a lot of VC games on the Wii plus upgrade fee on the Wii U only to find out the Switch just gets a subscription option with stingy amount of new games being added. Let’s say Nintendo does add the option to purchase the retro games on the Switch. The biggest question is for those who bought the same games on the Wii, Wii U and 3DS, will Nintendo charge full price or give a discount like they did with the Wii U purchase?

Complaints about only 1 N64 game per month contradict complaints about no new SNES/NES games because at some point they run out! Unless they can get Acclaim or Midway on board (whoever owns their IP), there isn't that much else. Even if Microsoft allowed Perfect Dark and Conker, Nintendo wouldn't put an M-rated game in a streaming bundle.

Virtual console, yes. Subscription, NO.

And I think GCN on NSO would mean there's no chance of it on VC. It's the only home console to never have a VC. (That's counting Wii games on the Wii U eshop and all the Wii U ports on Switch.)

To me the reason they went with NSO rather than another VC is that they don't want to be perceived as making you buy Super Mario World again every 6 years. But GCN games are thus far immune from this concern.

i say improve everything else just leave voice chat off especially since how toxic people are these days reason why nintendo didnt implemented in the first place besides using a phone app.

Much more of rare’s games like banjo tooie, diddy kong racing, donkey kong 64

@AtlanteanMan i dont understand digital “collections” anyway. When digital, they are never truly yours. Better to buy proper cartridges and make your own ROMs as back up… thats the only way ro trully own them.
For $20 a year, I find NOS much more cost effective than buying some digital game for 5 bucks each, even if “retro compatible” you never own them.
NOS is much a better way to play and discover old games you wouldn’t buy individually. But that’s me. I still have friends that don’t use Spotify and still store their “collection” of mp3 on their PC’s 🤷🏻‍♂️

@AtlanteanMan
To be fair regarding the gamepass comment you can at least buy the games on those (at least for xbox systems) and iirc the psone games you get with PS+ can also be purchased on their own.

@Zequio
Digital can work well if the systems surrounding it work such as having them account side and offering backwards compatibility, as the other comment mentioned the way Nintendo had been doing it was initially tying your purchase to the console its downloaded on alongside with separating the library on multiple systems (snes games bought on wiiu would not work on 3ds for example despite new 3ds having snes virtual console games)

as for just buying and backing up, sometimes it can be difficult/expensive to buy a lot of these older games plus it was nice to be able to buy and play them for a system without needing to mod it or play on pc/steam deck/etc

Sure you are, Nintendo. Whatever you say!

An option to buy/download the game would be nice.

@Serpenterror they are being downloaded

How about the option to buy the bloody game instead of pouring money down the drain for a subscription.

Even if I could afford another subscription -which I recently had to cancel one and earlier this year cancel another one- I ain't paying $50 a year to occasionally play 2 or 3 retro games. Plus, Switch Online like everything else will eventually close down and when it does you lose access to games you didn't/couldn't buy.

just a fyi. i didnt bother reading anything other than the title so of the article talks about anything i wrote i wouldn't know about it

Button mapping

Better online audio… better online in general.. text chat? Voice chat…. Basic online stuff

So many game companies are remastering and re-releasing their classic games on modern consoles either in compilations or individually. Except Nintendo, they just love to lock their classic games behind a paywall. In the meantime, their physical versions of classic games become more and more unaffordable for many gamers.

Here's a simple recipe:
1) Give the people what they want
2) People throw ungodly amounts of money at Nintendo
3) Collect money
Repeat.

GB, GBA, and NGC games, next, please.

@DaruniaJones1988

“ Plus, Switch Online like everything else will eventually close down and when it does you lose access to games you didn't/couldn't buy.”

You really think there won’t be ways of playing old games on the next Nintendo console?

@Bass_X0 really? Can I play certain Gameboy games on the Switch? Nope. How about DS games? Nope. Even with Switch Online there are tons of NES, SNES and N64 games that aren't on there. What about Wii games? Wii U games? Nope and nope.

And lets say I could afford a subscription. Currently there are maybe 2 games I would play. But on my older systems that have the option to BUY older games, I have quite a few.

@ketrac I couldn't of said it better myself. And I even tried, lol

@Bass_X0
Nintendo already confirmed that Nintendo Accounts and "value-added services" (aka Nintendo Switch Online) are all continuing on their next hardware platform, so no, of course you will be able to play old retro games on the next Nintendo platform.

The C64 content from the Virtual Console days - particularly Uridium, Paradroid & Nebulus (love me the Hewson repertoire), along with IK+ and California Games.

More exclusives, like Tetris 99 could give users the impression they are receiving more for the dollar!

And for the expansion pack DLC.

More frequent additions to the existing virtual consoles, GBA games, and more frequent game trials, preferably of top-tier titles, would be nice.

There should be one game every single week. We get about the same but we wait for a few weeks then we get two or three on the same day.

Ok first of all, Nintendo needs to being to the service the game we have been asking for that way we don't end up hacking the Switch itself or end up getting the steam deck. Secondly, if Nintendo does not want to add these games like Batman Returns, or Power Rangers themselves then at least give us some type of way to add them ourselves. Third, the updates on the service should be mor frequent, because it has been more yja 10 months that we have seen an update on NES, SNES and Sega Genesis and we know for a fact that the list of games on these systems is not done yet. Lasyly, Nintendo should focus more on the games they add to the service, rather than focus on dlc that we can get ourselves. For example, the animal crossing and Mario Kart dlc's they added to me is completely unnecessary because we can simply buy it which to me is mor convenient. In my opinion Nintendo needs to compete with the Steam Devk in what they offer not just in the service but the Switch itself. If we talked about the games I would like to see, well it would be: any Alien game ( Alien vs Predator (SNES), Alien 3 (NES and SNES), Star Wars (across any of its consoles), Power Rangers (Across any of its consoles), Batman, Mortal Kombat (Across any of its consoles), Street Fighter, and Killer Instinct, just to name a few. Now this depends only on Nintendo, but if they don't step up their game the Steam Deck and the Future X-Box handheld will literally leave the Switch in the dirt.

Pokemon games with online trading and battles would be a real game changer... but i think its too much work for Nintendo

Messaging&voice chat/party chat! It’s such a basic feature,I really don’t understand why we’re still asking for it in 2022!! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
Im pretty sure no-one’s mentioned it but I’d personally love to see streetpass make a return,or something very similar! Loved that on the 3DS!
And I think it’s still massively relevant due to the switch being portable (even more so,the lite). A proper achievement/trophy system could be tied into this as well! Can think of a few more bits I’d quite like to see but can’t be arsed waffling and I think Iv covered my main wants! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Other than obviously more platforms support (Game Boy, Game Cube, Dreamcast etc.), Nintendo also needs to have more frequent, quality and voluminous drops at reliable, scheduled dates known to consumers in advance (i.e. PlayStation Plus, Xbox). Also more unreleased/scarce/never released in the region games should grace the platforms as cool new experience incentives providing value adds to the service.

Also, the NSO Apps themselves really need to be expanded upon in many ways. Fan-Made Emulators that have been out for decades now have more options, features & functionality than the barebones official Nintendo rental offering smh.

Preferably Nintendo should combine all the NSO Consoles into one NSO Archives App (since they seemingly loathe the term Virtual Console now). Just give us all the platforms + catalogues we want on competent legal proprietary emulators i.e. with:

• rewind & fast-forward
• turbo/slowed speed adjustment
• more save states and/or multiple suspend play
• downloadable/uploadable/transferrable community shared saves
• cheats list and support
• mods support
• an achievement system
• DX coloured versions (for original Game Boy games)
• optional fan translations/localizations for imported titles
• scanned official original game manuals
• background/historical information for each title
• tips & trivia notes
• custom button-mapping (overall platform wide and/or per title)
• online netplay with crosschat, lobbies, invites system
• filters, borders/themes and/or widescreen adaptation

etc... most of which is already included in some notable free emulators and/or paid services (such as their major competitors) out in the wild for some time now.

Listen (*Navi voice) Nintendo, I would literally gladly pay $100/year for a comprehensive & extensive Nintendo Virtual Console Subscription Service (basically like every other popular streaming/subscription service currently) if Nintie would just give us all the platforms + catalogues we want on competent legal proprietary emulators. Nintendo has such a beloved and cherished back catalogue and archive of gaming history... yet they either neglect it, withhold it or give it little TLC. C'mon pick it up and get it together with the NSO service quick, fast and in a hurry please Nintendo! There's so much potential for this service!

... Wun can only hope.

GameCube/GB/GBA/Nintendo DS

How do you think a DS game can be played on the Switch? The touchscreens aren’t the same.

@Bass_X0
I've wondered about a second Switch being used as a second screen. It's pricy because you'd need a second Switch. I've seen it work with Pac-Man VS. We used a Switch Lite for the second screen and it worked like the original one on the Gamecube where you used a GBA for the second screen.

Take the Apple Arcade approach. Sponsor some indies and release a game or two a week. Or maybe add Streetpass….

@WaltherP99 well that is sort of my hope for this system, that they will tranfer with you to the next console instead of buying them on this specific console as we did too many times before..

I would really like:

• n64 games with stable framerate (a playable f-zero X)
• n64 button mapping (too confusing)
• standardised interface across all apps (bringing up the menu)
• 1 app instead of 4 different ones.

As ALOT of people have pointed out the basics of a online function is to use it with friends list to communicate / chat to ask friends if they want to play a game. This is the biggest baffling thing about switch online service it literally mutes you online you cannot communicate? There is no way to give Nintendo this much needed feedback on this feature either. This is like a online function without the online facilities how ridiculous it is. So naturally no im not paying for it, even if they have games which are technically offline solo games that don't need a online service as you can't really engage anyone interactively...wise up guys. I love Nintendo but this is the one thing they are backwards on. They want things to be fun but they took away the enabler.

@Sakai83 Sooo true how can you but online but cannot communicate is the biggest joke of a 'online' service. Its even more frustrating to see friends list on switch and you have NO WAY to ask them to play games with you or chat.

I understand that voice chat is not going to be allowed on Nintendo consoles, with kids mixing with teens and the first-time-gamer user base, who will be shocked. Nintendo does not want to be associated with the trash talk you hear on other platforms. I don't see it happening and, while it may be an unpopular opinion, I think it makes sense. Just use your phone to talk to people.

@GrailUK

Miiverse was so much fun.

Anyway, I just bought a PS5, and earning trophies is just so much more fun....I can't see myself getting another game on switch, when I can earn trophies in the same game on PS5.

Earning "coins" is a good start, but nintendo really needs to get with the program. Miiverse was awesome, and I'd stick around for something like that.

How about, you know, something worth double the price or nothing at all?

I think they should drop down N64 and Genesis to the base tier.

Then add GameCube GB GBC GBA to the expansion pass along with a permanent discount on eShop titles and DLC.

Also add a new super Mario 35 ( except a new version with 99 and new levels added. )

It's in the name... "Online Service".

It's time to catch up to Xbox/PlayStation, Nintendo because "the children" excuse just doesn't cut it anymore. Not to mention that I still have and use my Nintendo 3DS, not owning the retro games is the biggest crock of bull you could ever feed us when we where able to outright own retro titles in the past. And it probably wouldn't be that hard either since you already have all the ROMs there and in a modern format, all you gotta do is some quick button rebinding for all the stuff on the second screen (as a result Nintendo DS games wouldn't work unless it's like the Wii U... huh, they had something going on but it was so confusing....).
Then there is the fact that there are no dedicated servers for games. Splatoon 3 desperately needs dedicated servers, the amount of times I've been disconnected during Turf War/ Salmon Run is bloody annoying considering it drops everybody out of the match instead of auto-filling. 55 hours of fun but it all comes to a screeching halt because your net code is $#!7.
All I pay $20/year for is to back up my saves, that's all. You can provide better, Nintendo, you just don't want to.

@Styrophoamicus Not really that surprising. We didn’t get any GameCube games on Virtual Console.

Also, the GameCube analog shoulder triggers aren’t supported with modern Switch controllers. Mario Sunshine had to be modified to make the controls work.

I think we will only see GameCube ports at this point.

If GC games show up on NSO, then they will require people to use special GameCube controllers. I just don’t see Nintendo taking this path.

If they EVER re-release Eternal Darkness from the Gamecube on Switch, I'll subscribe to the premium service. If not, I'll keep the basic so that I can play Splatoon online. Also, why have they not remastered Eternal Darkness? That game would print money.