Forget Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we’re getting new SNES and NES titles through the Nintendo Switch Online service, as announced by their official Twitter account! As well as providing gamers access to online features, the library of cult classic games on offer incentivises those still undecided about signing up. Not long after it hit 15
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Nintendo Online was launched back in September of 2018 and is required to play Switch titles online. Not only that, but the service allows handy access to cloud-saves, special offers, and games. It’s proved popular, and relatively inexpensive when it comes to its full-priced Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus competitors. Only Epic’s Fortnite has
The nearly 10 million players who have signed up for Nintendo Switch Online are getting three new additions to their NES lineup. Donkey Kong Jr., VS. Excitebike, and Clu Clu Land will be joining the other NES games that are available for subscribers to enjoy on their Switch. This trio of titles joins the likes
Since the launch of the Nintendo Switch Online service, Nintendo has been releasing a steady stream of classic NES titles that are free to download and play. And according to their official site, three new games will be making their way to the service: Donkey Kong Jr., VS. Excitebike, and Clu Clu Land. Unfortunately there
Each month, Nintendo adds two or three new games to the Nintendo Entertainment System library that is available to Nintendo Switch Online members. While the service is far from perfect, March is proving to be a fairly good month for Nintendo Switch Online as Kid Icarus and the highly underrated StarTropics are being added to
Nintendo announced their neat little NES controllers for Nintendo Switch in a Direct presentation a couple of months ago. Intended for use in the Nintendo Entertainment System—Nintendo Switch Online service, a name that hurts every time I type it, the controllers were promised for release on mid-December for subscribers to the Switch’s online service. Nintendo
Nintendo has often been called “out of touch” when it comes to their online strategy, but I tend to use the less reductive term “idiosyncratic,” or perhaps even “incoherent.” It isn’t new for the company to be practicing with “Nintendo-like solutions” rather than industry standards but in this day and age, their online infrastructure with