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 Switch Online Service
While Nintendo Switch Online may be a relatively cheap gaming service, it is fair to say that the set of features isn’t quite as robust as what you would find from Xbox Live or PlayStation Plus. Nevertheless, online play and access to NES games is quite an incentive, so naturally, Nintendo fans are scrambling to
The long-overdue Nintendo Switch Online service will finally launch tonight, allowing players to upload their game saves to the cloud, play select NES titles, and play games online—with some caveats. Though Nintendo announced the date of Tuesday, September 18, the service won’t be live until quite late tonight after three hours of Nintendo eShop maintenance.
After a someone vague outlining of the Nintendo Switch Online service in last night’s Direct, Nintendo updated an online FAQ page for the service to make some clarifications. The revelations that Nintendo fans are honing on focus on cloud saves and the classic NES games. It turns out that users will lose their cloud saves