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Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Another Classic Next Week

Bass_X0

@Clyde_Radcliffe I'd much rather pay less than £3 a month to get access to the whole library than the prices they charged on Virtual Console for this amount of games. I don't care if I don't own them forever, I don't intend to play most of these games for the rest of my life.”

I agree. And shopto.net sells the expansion pass for about £26, about £10 less than Nintendo does, which is where I buy my pass from.

Re: Feature: 9 Things Nintendo Could Add To Switch 2 So It's Not 'Just Another Switch'

Bass_X0

I want to be able to attach two Switch 2 game screens so that you can use it in a DS formation. And you would also be able to have one game screen docked and the second can be used in the same way as a Wii U Game Pad.

Only one screen would be supplied and there would be games that only use one screen, but to get the most out of the console, you would have to buy two.

Re: Three Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Have Been Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack

Bass_X0

Five games in one month is good going for the NSO. I think there may still be an update on Friday too. The three MD games are not what I would have chosen but can’t complain.

these games wouldve been cool if nintendo didnt take nearly a year between every game drop no matter how big or small it is.

Nintendo is only responsible for their own games. Publishers have to approach Nintendo if and when they want to put their games on the service. If Sega or whoever doesn’t bother doing so, there’s nothing Nintendo can do. They certainly are not going to go chasing Sega to make them continue supporting the service.

I would be interested in hearing an interview with whoever it is who decides what games to put up on the service. There has been some odd choices and noticeable delays. Where is Sonic 1?

I imagine they want to keep people coming back to the service later by staggering releases. If they release all their good games first, people will play them and then not bother continuing to subscribe when there’s only bad and obscure games left to be added.

Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Another Classic

Bass_X0

They’re not going to make a new game just because it’s the anniversary. They’ll do so when they feel the time is right in their development schedule.

think about all the games celebrating their 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th or 35th anniversary every year.

While I agree that a new Donkey Kong game is wanted, I don’t want them to rush out some crappy attempt just to say they did something.

Re: Switch Online's Expansion Pack Promises "Excitement" In 2025

Bass_X0

can't wait for more crappy NES games I will never touch

I make it a commitment to play every game at least ten minutes. Even the crappy NES games.

It's cheaper and easier to buy them physically.

It’s really not. Checking out the costs of buying the original cartridge of some games is horrifying now how expensive they are. Paying for NSO and buying collections really is the way to go. Works out cheaper.

Re: Review: Alleyway (3DS eShop / GB)

Bass_X0

I wouldn’t call Alleyway bad. It’s simple and basic, yes; but I’ve enjoyed playing it on NSO. It may not set out to do much but it achieves what it set out to do. I’d rate it higher than 3

“Anticipate shoddy presentation, lousy controls, and/or a lack of ambition across the board.”

It may well lack ambition but I wouldn’t call the presentation shoddy or the controls lousy. I’d rather play Alleyway than most other games scoring 3/10.

Re: Capcom Says It Will Continue To Grow The Ace Attorney Series

Bass_X0

I’d like to see an anthology series where each case has you playing a different character each time - Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, Athena Cykes, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, and Miles Edgeworth. Each case would be set at different points in the overall timeline and victims and murderers could return. So the likes of Cindy Stone could return who was killed at the start of the very first game in a new story set before the first game.

Re: Soapbox: The Next Pokémon Game Should Rework Old Critters, Not Just Add Dozens More

Bass_X0

Mega Evolutions for Pokemon with less than three evolutionary stages should become regular normal evolutions without any of the restrictions or benefits that comes from being a Mega Evolution. You don’t have to make them hold an item and don’t have any stat boosts.

Mega Gyarados would now just become a regular third stage evolved form. However Charizard would not be able to become Mega Charizard as that line already has three stages.

If Mega Evolutions were to return then the regular third stage Mega Gyarados could have a further evolution, a Mega Mega Gyarados, but Mega Evolutions repurposed as regular evolutions would have a new name but still look the same.