Emperor-Palpsy

Game size is 31.6gb (eShop)

Better get that storage ready!

They need to make it 1080p in handheld mode

Are we forgetting Resident Evil 2?

They only want it back because they made more from the royalties for each game sold.

People seem to look back with rose tinted glasses. Are we forgetting that each NES game cost £3.50, SNES was £5.50, N64 was £8.00? Today with NSO, you get a great library and it works out cheaper as a subscription.

£399 is my fear. Best case scenario £349.

But all of this depends on what they do with the Switch 1. My guess is that they keep Switch Lite as the entry model and drop its price a little, and keep the regular Switch to retain that £250 market.

The Gameboy and N64 versions are legendary. They were literally the dogs bits back in the day!

Should have been NSO Expansion Pack content.

This should have been included in the NSO Expansion Pack. No way is it worth the money when the Splatoon 2 story mode is on the NSOEP!

I remember the GBA SP being released. It was indeed a step up in some ways - the backlit screen, rechargeable battery, smaller form factor - but it was also a step back with having a smaller screen and more cramped button placement. The original GBA was perfect in this regard, it felt absolutely perfect in the hands.

I feel very fortunate to have grown up during the late Eighties/Nineties as I witnessed the progression of games consoles, and I have to admit that the GBAs' will always have a special place in my heart. It's hard to pinpoint why as the technology is so antiquated now, but I think it's partly because, pre-internet, the only way we could discuss and share information (and rumours!) about games was in-person and through magazines. Handhelds were something everyone could share and the legacy of many games was cemented by how we helped each other progress through them.

I remember Zero being quite divisive at the time. The primary complaint (which I completely agree with) was that first two-thirds of the story were different enough to be interesting, but the last act was... bewildering?

Still, I think time has been quite kind to this game. The graphics, audio and general atmosphere are top notch, and if nothing else it's still more enjoyable than 5!

Though I owned an N64 since launch, I’m genuinely surprised at how much I’m enjoying this game today. Nice tight controls, memorable soundtrack and happy tone to the gameplay.

Most N64 titles were capped at 30fps by the developers, Pilotwings being a rare example of where that wasn’t. If you fly out over the ocean you can actually hit 60fps in some cases.

That’s why this NSO version hits 60fps 99% of the time, from the trailer footage at least. And it bodes well for Goldeneye as that was capped at 30 I believe.

For lunch they all enjoyed a Jill Sandwich 😉

There… there must be a mistake. This isn’t The Mighty Waluigi?

Please understand

Please be SNES Please be SNES Please be SNES

Cowards!! Gwahaha

Give it to us! DEW-IT!

If only Capcom had given RE2 the 'REmake' treatment.
I think that the current remake, although technically accomplished, lacks that classic horror vibe with the fixed camera angles.

I think NSO and the Expansion Pack are more experiments if nothing else. Nintendo knows that the way forward is to have a regular source of income through subscription models - like it or not, that's the direction the industry has moved.

But Nintendo's problem with online this generation is that it's struggled to find a value proposition, since there are both benefits and drawbacks to the previous alternative.

Virtual Console is viewed with rose-tinted glasses, yet the truth is that we were over-paying for games with darkened filters, only one save state and no backup. Have we already forgotten that you could pay £3.50 for NES Pinball? £6-8 for a SNES game? Almost £15 for the N64? I really don't want to go back to that.

The argument that were was more choice is clearly valid, but I don't believe for a second that anyone 'owned' these games. Nintendo's latest move with the 3DS and Wii U eShops are evidence of this.

NSO has a nicer interface, superior emulation, more save states and cloud backup. And although all the titles from Virtual Console aren't present, it costs approximately £1.50 a month to access a very good selection of NES and SNES titles, as well as online play. I honestly think that's undervalued.

Nintendo probably knew this and came up with Expansion Pack as a knee-jerk reaction, which has had almost the opposite effect as the value isn't quite there.

Then there's Game Vouchers, which are actually decent value for a first-party full price game (£84 minus £4 for Gold points = £40 per game). This solves the issue of digital games being more expensive, but will there ever be a Game Pass competitor?

Who knows... This is Nintendo after all!

GameFreak: whips are cruel
Also GameFreak : Pokémon is a game where you throw balls at creatures heads and hold them captive!

Reminds me of the PS3 that was turned into an open-top barbecue

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

Bowser landed on a Bowser Space. Ouch!

Apart from collecting, I honestly can't understand why anyone would want to buy this. Sure it will feel 'right' when playing N64 games, but the analogue stick was a joke even back in the day. They become loose after no time at all.

Article needs updating; it’s 13gb on the eShop.

Provided Nintendo adds many more titles in the future, just as they have with the NES and SNES, then the value won’t be too bad. But it really does need some standout games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark to make it a killer feature.

It's probably because of the game card capacities. The combined file size of the games might exceed 16gb, in which case they could generate more profit from 2 x 8gb cards with additional downloads if required.

The negativity in this comments section is astounding.

So once again we have no ‘big’ (that is, popular) titles for NSO. We get it - it’s already clear that Nintendo isn’t dipping into certain franchises either because of contractual issues or because said studios would rather release compilations/remasters. Who can blame them?

But to write off every new NES/SNES release with the usual “it looks boring/never heard of it/just what I wanted… not” comments, before even playing the games, is ridiculous.

They may not be the games you want, but give Nintendo credit for unearthing a host of titles that many of us (myself included) never got round to playing back in the day. And it doesn’t cost us any more - it’s still the same price, so there’s no risk.

So come on… let’s be more positive!

Zelda: What is a heart?
Bane: Ov corshhh!

You should add the price to the comparison.

OLED Model is £309.99 / $349.99 [Nintendo Store]

I got mine in ‘97, the SM64 pack. It’s hard to believe now but they were already heavily discounted due to the PlayStation’s success, which everyone seemed to own. The tie-in packs were £99! By 2000, the transparent variants were £49.99 in Woolworths.

I sold my original N64, but got a new-old stock transparent model for £55 a few years ago.

@Noel360 You can. During the Treehouse gameplay they said it’s button-only and can be used with all controller types.

My guess is that this was originally planned as DLC for SMP, but they changed their mind for some reason (like because they realised they could make more money from a full standalone release).

You only have to look at what Birdo says in SMP, and the data mine that occurred a few months back with revealed DLC plans.

I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to play games that I would never have purchased, let alone known about. I specially like the localised versions of the Japanese puzzle games on SNES.

Yes there are many missing classics, but this has more to do with the business model Nintendo chose. When I owned a SNES back in the day, most retailers only had small collections of video games available. It wasn’t like today. So I think it’s been good value overall.

My guess is that it’s a controller attachment for a new iPad mini. Personally I don’t think it makes sense for Apple to create a new gaming-centred OS and decide when there are already so many active devices out there, capable of playing games.

"What is the appeal of him? Why dies people like him so badly? I don't hate or dislike him, but I don't understand the notion behind that."
@Ulanda

I don't NEED it... but I do WANT it...

Definitely Metal Gear Rex.

This is how I feel every day when I travel to work, so should feel familiar

So many great games... I'll be annoyed as heck if they're not compatible with the Switch's successor.

It’s okay Phil, no one else ‘got’ the N64 controller. The first thing I bought for my N64 back in ‘97 was a third-party version that looked like a more modern design.

Disappointed with Luigi’s lunchbox this time round

The sooner MK9 comes out the better. There's no way they would produce all this tracks and not include them for the Switch.

Absolute garbage.

I aint buying a single new Joy-Con until they re-design them and fix the drift.

This new release doesn't give me much hope for that...

Earlier: This looks interesting I never played the original!
Sees price: ... NEXT!

What a pity it doesn’t ship to Europe! Would have loved to back this.

That’s not “restoring”, it’s rebuilding.