Well, that was certainly out of nowhere.
An expansion pass is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, with a couple of major new platforms.
The "Expansion Pass" will launch in October, with two new platforms: Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis. There will be an increased cost, though members will be able to upgrade. More details will be available closer to the launch.
The full lineups for the service:
Rare issued a statement on the news: "“It’s a pleasure to be ushering the bear and bird onto Nintendo’s latest console, offering another modern way (alongside Xbox Game Pass and Rare Replay) to savour its many collectibles and googly eyes.”
Wireless N64 and Genesis controllers will be available for purchase from Nintendo's online store for US$49.99 or equivalent: presumably one of these is the controller whose FCC embargo ends on September 24.
So instead of paying once for a collection or individually, you'll get to pay indefinitely with just the promise of more in the future which we all know is going to be bugger all after the first few waves from past history. :thumbsdown;
But damn, I want that N64 controller
Nintendo has not earned the right to charge more for their pitiful online service, let alone for games I already own on 2 different Virtual Console services (and Rare Replay). I'll be curious to see how much they think they can get away with charging for this new tier of "service". At the very least, we should be seeing GameCube stuff by now, especially since they're not porting the Wii U remasters of the GameCube Zelda games (yet).
I wonder if they're still going to be adding more NES and SNES games or if they're done with those now and moving on to other systems.
I wonder if they're still going to be adding more NES and SNES games or if they're done with those now and moving on to other systems.
I think there will still be the odd SNES and NES game added. After all, they kept adding NES games after launching the SNES package. Plus, there's still a title or two like Earthbound that Nintendo could add to the SNES package. But I don't think we'll see too much more being added going forward.