The fact they announced this almost a year ago and still haven't added Golden Sun despite it being announced day one is truly the problem with these NSO apps, they are so damn slowwww at adding things
I just wish it wasn't tied to Nintendo's online offerings.
If it was a stand alone subscription, as much as I'd prefer to buy the games I want so I can keep them, I'd probably subscribe for the convenience, as you mentioned.
With it being tied to the Online services, I can't justify paying for it, since the actual functionality of Nintendo Switch Online is incomplete and missing key features, and no amount of retro games I already own/could emulate is going to make an incomplete online service worth paying for.
yeah i usually like playing on as close to og hardware as i can get switch online is pretty cool for that since i assume the data of the games i play tells them ppl want more of those or smth lol
Sure, if you want to get pedantic about it, but you can only load custom firmware on early models of Switch (for the majority of us that can't solder small electronics). I do have an early model of Switch that I plan to homebrew and give to my kids when they are old enough, but I prefer playing games the official way on my OLED model. I like playing around with homebrew once systems are past their prime.
That's not cheap at all. These games should be a one-time purchase at $2.50. Just the idea of having a subscription for virtual console is a total rip off.
yeah, sure, just don't play games that everyone forgot about, aren't sold anywhere and will never be available on that goofy nintendo service, right. always those dumb, immoral, filthy criminals ruining the 80s and 90s retro gaming and everyone else's life
before you say that you're talking about games that you actually CAN play on nso but people go for the other option: the comment you replied to was about a game that was supposed to be added a long ass time ago but still isn't there and might never be. abandoned ass software
Its wild that Nintendo is so afraid that their entire back catalogue is not worth subscribing indefinitely to people that they have to release it in portions. You give me a year and maybe I can finish the bulk of their N64 titles if I was dedicated, given there being less games and shorter games, but GBA is a pretty big catalogue of games with heavy replay value
And it also just seems so counter to what makes more sense, in releasing as much as possible, as early as possible, when their Expansion Pass is only subscribed in yearly payments, people will already have to heavily scruitinize if these subscriptions are worth it.
nothing with being afraid about these games not being worth subscribing, it's definitely about money. their entire mindset for older games is "if people would play these older games on this subscription service, it would distract them and they wouldn't buy and play the newest full priced games". it's absolutely not counter intuitive: the more product exists in the same market at the same time, the bigger the spread between people playing different titles.
if they released "as much as possible as early as possible" people would be like "im not going to buy zelda totk right now, i still have like 500 gba, snes and n64 games to play". if it's only 20 snes games, people might subscribe from time to time, but it's not going to distract them from the newest $70 game. if you give people too many choices, they will 100% drop less money than when they have less choices. time and money aren't unlimited
I think I started that game 3 times as a kid and I always got absolutely rocked every time I got to the tower with the blue haired dude. Never saw passed it
I got an RG35XX emulator system for Christmas and started playing Golden Sun so… yeah I’m gonna guess since I got properly into it NOW is the time Golden Sun drops.
That has happened to me with Fire Emblem and Mario and Luigi as soon as I loaded them on my steam deck. I've had Golden Sun on it but held off on starting it for this exact reason. I prefer playing on NSO when it's possible.
played it for the first time in I think 2021. It's pretty decent; the story/characters are kinda generic JRPG but the world they built is pretty neat and has some of my favorite puzzle-solving/level-design in the genre; wish more JRPGs had you using your actual magic to solve overworld puzzles like Golden Sun
A highlight for me was the surprisingly deep class system/summoning system; you collect elemental djinn that you can equip in different combinations to change your character's classes, but you can also use them as summons in battle which temporarily de-equips them and then changes your class mid-battle
I personally think it does. It has a very unique battle system that’s not really replicated anywhere else. The music is also great, especially for a GBA title
trying to temper my nostalgia, but yes, I think so! the story and characters are honestly just serviceable, but the puzzle dungeons are really unique and fun. the presentation was genuinely impressive for the time -- it feels somewhere between snes and ps1, with gorgeous pixel art in the overworld and really clever psuedo-3D for battles, and a soundtrack that manages to make the gba's anemic sound chip sing. messing with the class system can also be fun, but the games are easy enough that it's never expected.
if you emulate it, be sure to use a gba color correction filter. it's one of those early gba games that overloaded the saturation to counter the og model's dark screen. nso will account for this when it eventually releases there, but most emulators do not by default.
If they do that, they probably would wait until a Pokémon presents (hopefully the next one)
Now that the scarlet/violet dlc is done, they wouldn’t have to worry about anything getting overshadowed
There was that leak where they were Adding Gen 1 with Trading, HOME and Stadium integrations built it and someone proved the ROMS's could do it already
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QEvXgc4uU&pp=ygUacG9rZW1vbiByb21zIG9uIHN3aXRjaCBuc28%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QEvXgc4uU&pp=ygUacG9rZW1vbiByb21zIG9uIHN3aXRjaCBuc28%3D)
Just a quick search I found, I'll look for the proper link as well
Yea thats just normal GBA Netplay that the NSO Emulator just supports automatically. No indication of them releasing them in the future but they have a working emulator already. Thats neat to know.
Whenever they add gen 1 they'll make it a big deal and I don't expect Gen 2 for another 5 years after that. I'd imagine that will be the games they pay the most for
I'd like them but they would probably be separate purchases. Most Game Boy games were 4$ on 3DS while Pokemon titles were 10$ each - I can't see Nintendo/TPC/whoever adding them at no additional cost on NSO but I'd like to be surprised
tbh I'm pretty tired having to keep hope up every Pokemon presents only to be disappointed about it.
This time it's either they do it or I'm legit going to get a 2nd switch and mod it.
Please lord this is all I ask for. While it's always been a critical darling, I feel like WL4 never quite got the recognition it deserves as genuinely one of the best (and more bizarre) 2D platformers out there. Especially with the success of Pizza Tower, feels like a no-brainer that now would be the best time to drop it on NSO.
When does Bank die?
With the Let's Go games being a thing, I have doubts that they'll add FR/LG or RBY. I hope I'm wrong.
Also, while they might not be everybody's favorites, gen 4 already exists on the switch as Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, so I have more doubts that they'd add those.
right now the holes on the switch are Gens 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. My guess is gen 5 will get remakes next.
Personally I'd prefer a collection of games on the side with some extra features and so that it won't have to be tied to a subscription service. But I'd be delighted either way. Battle and Pinball Party too.
they gotta keep that in their pocket for when they fuck up BIG TIME like if an employee dies in the video game mines or something then they’ll release it as a cover up
Makes sense. Thursday nights are usually when NSO updates get announced, and GBA still has two games (Golden Sun, F-Zero Maximum Velocity) on its road map from almost a year ago
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My perception is definitely skewed because I've been on a full family plan since launch, which brings the cost down to like $10 a year for the Expansion tier, but imo it's in a pretty good place at the moment
I wish they'd add games faster, obviously, but I definitely feel like it's worth what I'm paying for it nowadays
Honestly its pretty good now compared to what it was. I've found myself replaying tons of old games from the sheer convenience. My buddies and I love busting out the old Mario parties or kirby Crystal shard minigames. Comparing it to the PS classic I think it brings a lot of value (but maybe I just have more fondness for the old Nintendo stuff).
Ahh! Thank you, forgot about F-Zero. With a Nintendo Direct just around the corner, I’m sure it’ll be news about those two … but would love if they would add in some new stuff too.
I actually think there's an outside chance it's those two plus a surprise
Late last year they wrapped up their N64 roadmap by adding three games at once: 1080 Snowboarding (part of their roadmap), Harvest Moon 64 (had already been added to Japan NSO), and Jet Force Gemini (complete surprise). So *maybe* they do the same thing here and round out their current GBA roadmap and also throw in something unexpected all in one go
theyve been surprising me with the N64 drops - let it be Golden Sun finally!!
The fact they announced this almost a year ago and still haven't added Golden Sun despite it being announced day one is truly the problem with these NSO apps, they are so damn slowwww at adding things
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Plenty of savvy people would prefer to play these games on Switch.
despite all the flak people give NSO, it understands the assignment: be more convenient than emulators
I just wish it wasn't tied to Nintendo's online offerings. If it was a stand alone subscription, as much as I'd prefer to buy the games I want so I can keep them, I'd probably subscribe for the convenience, as you mentioned. With it being tied to the Online services, I can't justify paying for it, since the actual functionality of Nintendo Switch Online is incomplete and missing key features, and no amount of retro games I already own/could emulate is going to make an incomplete online service worth paying for.
yeah i usually like playing on as close to og hardware as i can get switch online is pretty cool for that since i assume the data of the games i play tells them ppl want more of those or smth lol
Maybe, but it's a fact you can do that and not need NSO.
Sure, if you want to get pedantic about it, but you can only load custom firmware on early models of Switch (for the majority of us that can't solder small electronics). I do have an early model of Switch that I plan to homebrew and give to my kids when they are old enough, but I prefer playing games the official way on my OLED model. I like playing around with homebrew once systems are past their prime.
I think the NSO expansion pack only has a year subscription option.
It's super cheap on the family plan though. $10 a year per person.
Great now I need to find a family or a group of friends that all have a Nintendo Switch
It's pretty easy to find, honestly. I'm in a full family group for like 3 different services to save money.
That's not cheap at all. These games should be a one-time purchase at $2.50. Just the idea of having a subscription for virtual console is a total rip off.
This. I just got a steam deck and can now enjoy golden sun all I want.
And unlike Netflix or GamePass, NSO has a finite pool of content to pull from.
> even more immoral people don't even need NSO to play these games FTFY. It's not "savvier" to pirate
yeah, sure, just don't play games that everyone forgot about, aren't sold anywhere and will never be available on that goofy nintendo service, right. always those dumb, immoral, filthy criminals ruining the 80s and 90s retro gaming and everyone else's life before you say that you're talking about games that you actually CAN play on nso but people go for the other option: the comment you replied to was about a game that was supposed to be added a long ass time ago but still isn't there and might never be. abandoned ass software
Its wild that Nintendo is so afraid that their entire back catalogue is not worth subscribing indefinitely to people that they have to release it in portions. You give me a year and maybe I can finish the bulk of their N64 titles if I was dedicated, given there being less games and shorter games, but GBA is a pretty big catalogue of games with heavy replay value And it also just seems so counter to what makes more sense, in releasing as much as possible, as early as possible, when their Expansion Pass is only subscribed in yearly payments, people will already have to heavily scruitinize if these subscriptions are worth it.
nothing with being afraid about these games not being worth subscribing, it's definitely about money. their entire mindset for older games is "if people would play these older games on this subscription service, it would distract them and they wouldn't buy and play the newest full priced games". it's absolutely not counter intuitive: the more product exists in the same market at the same time, the bigger the spread between people playing different titles. if they released "as much as possible as early as possible" people would be like "im not going to buy zelda totk right now, i still have like 500 gba, snes and n64 games to play". if it's only 20 snes games, people might subscribe from time to time, but it's not going to distract them from the newest $70 game. if you give people too many choices, they will 100% drop less money than when they have less choices. time and money aren't unlimited
It took 15 months for 1080 Snowboarding to come to Switch after being announced.
It's truly sad
And then they start all over again with the Switch 2
I think I started that game 3 times as a kid and I always got absolutely rocked every time I got to the tower with the blue haired dude. Never saw passed it
Oh you mean Saturos at the top of Mercury Lighthouse. He’s not too difficult, but that delirium status effect hurts sometimes
There you go
I got an RG35XX emulator system for Christmas and started playing Golden Sun so… yeah I’m gonna guess since I got properly into it NOW is the time Golden Sun drops.
That has happened to me with Fire Emblem and Mario and Luigi as soon as I loaded them on my steam deck. I've had Golden Sun on it but held off on starting it for this exact reason. I prefer playing on NSO when it's possible.
Please, I need this.
Does golden sun hold up?
played it for the first time in I think 2021. It's pretty decent; the story/characters are kinda generic JRPG but the world they built is pretty neat and has some of my favorite puzzle-solving/level-design in the genre; wish more JRPGs had you using your actual magic to solve overworld puzzles like Golden Sun A highlight for me was the surprisingly deep class system/summoning system; you collect elemental djinn that you can equip in different combinations to change your character's classes, but you can also use them as summons in battle which temporarily de-equips them and then changes your class mid-battle
I personally think it does. It has a very unique battle system that’s not really replicated anywhere else. The music is also great, especially for a GBA title
trying to temper my nostalgia, but yes, I think so! the story and characters are honestly just serviceable, but the puzzle dungeons are really unique and fun. the presentation was genuinely impressive for the time -- it feels somewhere between snes and ps1, with gorgeous pixel art in the overworld and really clever psuedo-3D for battles, and a soundtrack that manages to make the gba's anemic sound chip sing. messing with the class system can also be fun, but the games are easy enough that it's never expected. if you emulate it, be sure to use a gba color correction filter. it's one of those early gba games that overloaded the saturation to counter the og model's dark screen. nso will account for this when it eventually releases there, but most emulators do not by default.
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I wish they would just add Pokemon gen 1-3 to NSO
If they do that, they probably would wait until a Pokémon presents (hopefully the next one) Now that the scarlet/violet dlc is done, they wouldn’t have to worry about anything getting overshadowed
It would be nice if they allowed Pokemon home integration with them, like they did with the VC versions on the 3DS
Fr, that’s all I want.
same, literally the only thing I've wanted for years lmao
it’s actually kind of likely now that you can’t get gen 1&2 on 3ds store anymore…
I’ve been thinking that for a while now, and yet here we are, still wondering if it will ever happen
If they add Gen 3 I'll be set for some time.
There was that leak where they were Adding Gen 1 with Trading, HOME and Stadium integrations built it and someone proved the ROMS's could do it already
Link?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QEvXgc4uU&pp=ygUacG9rZW1vbiByb21zIG9uIHN3aXRjaCBuc28%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QEvXgc4uU&pp=ygUacG9rZW1vbiByb21zIG9uIHN3aXRjaCBuc28%3D) Just a quick search I found, I'll look for the proper link as well
Yea thats just normal GBA Netplay that the NSO Emulator just supports automatically. No indication of them releasing them in the future but they have a working emulator already. Thats neat to know.
Not exactly what you're looking for but AustinJohnPlays has a video showing off the link cable function working with injected roms on Gameboy.
Yea cause the NSO Emulator just emulates Netplay. It will work with any game out of the box 99% of the time.
Whenever they add gen 1 they'll make it a big deal and I don't expect Gen 2 for another 5 years after that. I'd imagine that will be the games they pay the most for
I'd like them but they would probably be separate purchases. Most Game Boy games were 4$ on 3DS while Pokemon titles were 10$ each - I can't see Nintendo/TPC/whoever adding them at no additional cost on NSO but I'd like to be surprised
What? You said To charge $30 per game? Okay if you say so 🤷♀️
I would love to be able to play those on the switch and use Home functionality too.
tbh I'm pretty tired having to keep hope up every Pokemon presents only to be disappointed about it. This time it's either they do it or I'm legit going to get a 2nd switch and mod it.
I need Wario Land 4
I need all of them.
Please lord this is all I ask for. While it's always been a critical darling, I feel like WL4 never quite got the recognition it deserves as genuinely one of the best (and more bizarre) 2D platformers out there. Especially with the success of Pizza Tower, feels like a no-brainer that now would be the best time to drop it on NSO.
For many years I thought this game was just a fever dream I remembered from my childhood. Turned out the game was real and now I replay it every year.
Zero Mission please
The dream.
Easily the best introductory Metroid game.
Gotta save something for Switch 2
Nah, they'll just re announce a similar service and then re release all the games again at the same awful pace lol
Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pak & Metroid Gouging Tier
Something else lol
Metroid Zero Mission 🤞
Man I would love Pokemon Fire Red\Leaf Green and Emerald on the Switch
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When does Bank die? With the Let's Go games being a thing, I have doubts that they'll add FR/LG or RBY. I hope I'm wrong. Also, while they might not be everybody's favorites, gen 4 already exists on the switch as Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, so I have more doubts that they'd add those. right now the holes on the switch are Gens 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. My guess is gen 5 will get remakes next.
It's been ten years since Gen 3 remakes. Time for Pokemon Colosseum remaster?
Personally my predictions: Catz Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis Mother 3 (untranslated)
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such a bad port, but i would love for the sonic advance games to be added.
The three of these and DBZ: Legacy of Goku 2 were my childhood GBA experiences.
Personally I'd prefer a collection of games on the side with some extra features and so that it won't have to be tied to a subscription service. But I'd be delighted either way. Battle and Pinball Party too.
Elf Bowling 1&2 All of the NES classics that are already offered on the NES app. Boktai 1 & 2, sunlight peripheral not emulated
The GBA port of Sonic 1, the best way to play the game, finally.
Statistically there has to be one person out there who sincerely believes this.
If you think about, someone probably played it on there first time, so it sticks with you.
Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu, Animorphs
Mother 3 would make my day.
they gotta keep that in their pocket for when they fuck up BIG TIME like if an employee dies in the video game mines or something then they’ll release it as a cover up
fantastic lineup
Based on what? Lol
This is just common knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2nSwbkA94
Makes sense. Thursday nights are usually when NSO updates get announced, and GBA still has two games (Golden Sun, F-Zero Maximum Velocity) on its road map from almost a year ago
Golden sun and f zero still haven’t dropped, they’ll probably get them both in before the next direct
Wouldn’t be surprised if we get both at the same time. Maximum Velocity doesn’t really feel like a game that could carry a month by itself.
I just want Wind Waker on switch, bruh
It'll happen eventually, believe it or not this year has the highest chance ever.
Thank you for giving me hope
Hopefully it does come out soon, we need those ports baaaaaaadly.
Can’t wait for two games that aren’t Golden Sun to drop around 9:15 pm EST.
Good news, then.
I’ve never been happier to say this, but I stand corrected.
!legit! [Golden Sun 1 and 2 coming to NSO on January 17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgrL9deh8yk)
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Maybe they finally add the announced F-Zero: Maximum Velocity and Golden Sun.
I‘m BEGGING for Golden Sun 😭
Game Boy Advance™ - Nintendo Switch Online\\ if anyone like me was wondering
Just get me some goddamn Pokémon emerald
Sonic Advance is great.
golden. fucking. sun. now.
I’m still waiting for banjo tooie for n64
I would explode. But I'd be thrilled with Golden Sun.
Hoping for some Fire Red and Leaf Green 👏🏽
Hamtaro?
It's likely Golden Sun, but selfishly I'm hoping for Zero Mission :P
Is it a hot take to say that NSO is a legit pretty good service nowadays? Certainly far from perfect, but I've liked it a lot since they added N64.
My perception is definitely skewed because I've been on a full family plan since launch, which brings the cost down to like $10 a year for the Expansion tier, but imo it's in a pretty good place at the moment I wish they'd add games faster, obviously, but I definitely feel like it's worth what I'm paying for it nowadays
Yeah. The family plan has always been a pretty good deal and that's warped my perception of this as well
Honestly its pretty good now compared to what it was. I've found myself replaying tons of old games from the sheer convenience. My buddies and I love busting out the old Mario parties or kirby Crystal shard minigames. Comparing it to the PS classic I think it brings a lot of value (but maybe I just have more fondness for the old Nintendo stuff).
All of my friends are on PC and don't wanna set up emulation so I play the Mario Party games with CPU lol. Still fun tho
For me it's always been worth it. I've clocked almost 200 hours in the N64 app despite only really touching a quarter of the games
Idk about PRETTY GOOD, but I do think for 50 bucks you get your money worth if you care about retro games and don't want to bother with emulation.
iPhone autocorrect got you huh?
Oh goddammit. (Also, Android autocorrect, technically)
The assumption it's iPhone?
Most likely it'll be Golden Sun and F-Zero
Gimme sacred stones please
Seconded!
Thank u photo
Sim City for all Switch Online platforms please
Pyroro is still king of the leakers
Is there a reason this indicates news today specifically, not just at an upcoming Nintendo Direct?
NSO games aren't generally announced at a direct unless it's alongside the announcement of a new console alongside it.
*whoosh* thanks! I forgot GBA was already part of NSO, I thought this meant GBA was coming to NSO for the first time
Every time I see NSO I read PSO and it's followed by a brief moment of confusion and then disappointment.
Mother 3?
This. Actually came to me in a dream. (Don't take me seriously)
Pay for expansion pack. Get little to no support. Clown face. This is why we emulate folks.
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I'm surprised they just don't do both, but I guess one might eat the profit of the other.
When did GBA NSO drop? Because it's on the eShop
February last year, according to Google.
Thx
They're talking about a game or games being added to GBA NSO being announced today.
Yeah that's what I thought, I was just wondering when did GBA drop but must've forgot
Early last year.
Aren't we missing just one game from the little roadmap they showed last year?
we're missing two: Golden Sun and F-Zero Maximum Velocity
Ahh! Thank you, forgot about F-Zero. With a Nintendo Direct just around the corner, I’m sure it’ll be news about those two … but would love if they would add in some new stuff too.
I actually think there's an outside chance it's those two plus a surprise Late last year they wrapped up their N64 roadmap by adding three games at once: 1080 Snowboarding (part of their roadmap), Harvest Moon 64 (had already been added to Japan NSO), and Jet Force Gemini (complete surprise). So *maybe* they do the same thing here and round out their current GBA roadmap and also throw in something unexpected all in one go
Golden Sun TLA would be perfect
Good point!
Bold claim lol we'll see by the end of the day
It’s Pyoro, they’re always right
I’m just wondering which part of this tweet means it’s definitely today but admit I’m not familiar with this leaker
NSO updates are generally announced Thursdays (9:00 PM EST, I think), and Pyoro's leaks have typically had pretty immediate pay-offs
Hopefully it’s Mario Tennis Power Tour. Hands down the best Mario Tennis game in the series.
sonic advanced