N64/Megadrive Switch Online Expansion

griffdaddy

I have two spaces left on an annual family subscription for this, 8.75 each for the year. Let me know if interested!

The Nal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120170124#Comment_120170124

No its abysmal. Stick to the PC emulator.

Mudlan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120247347#Comment_120247347

Id be interested. Can you send me a DM if you still have space. Thanks

CiDeRmAn

The Xbox port of Goldeneye is much better, certainly from a control perspective.

It is unfortunate, the Switch port of Metroid Prime has a modern control scheme that works really well, Goldeneye really should have the same.

RobbingBandit

Give the people what they want often backfires on the people I had to stop playing Goldeneye almost immediately as I can still only play in handheld mode the virtigo effect and absolutely abysmal controls are a killer.

I will still boot the game up once a day for the theme music alone 😂😂

jenno86

Hopefully they patch GoldenEye with new control options.

Now, give us Diddy Kong Racing please! :)

evad_lhorg

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120247347#Comment_120247347

Hey I'd take one if still going.?

griffdaddy

Sorry, all spaces gone now! Worth setting up a thread again maybe though

sligeach

Metroid Fusion comes to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack March 9th!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hVXWdHmPNpI

Maybe the thread title could be edited to include Gameboy/GBC/GBA? I don't know if it needs its own separate thread.

Irish Halo

N64 controller is back in stock:

https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/nintendo-64-controller-for-nintendo-switch-000000000010006981

CastorTroy

Thanks. Don't really need one, so of course I bought it.

seandotcomm

Just seen the email from Nintendo earlier so ordered one like a shot. in 2 minds whether to get the Megadrive one which is also restocked. Pity its not the 6 button controller...

CastorTroy

Main reason to get the n64 one for me is mainly for the button layout. I tried playing Zelda with a 360 controller on pc before and using the c-buttons are a pain to use.

CiDeRmAn

I got it for Goldeneye...

And maybe it'll work with the Steam Deck N64 emulators

Red Silurian

Ordered 2 of the N64 controllers, one for me and one for my brother as a birthday gift in 2 operate transactions

Only got one dispatch and one delivery email... Are nintendo smart enough to combine the 2 controllers in one delivery despite 2 separate transactions?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120395264#Comment_120395264

The 6 button MD ones are Japan exclusive. I got the Japanese NES controllers from amazon Japan a few weeks ago so maybe try that and see what you find? Failing that the 8bitdo M30 is a pretty well made controller but unofficial if that bothers you

Irish Halo

My N64 controller turned up today, which is slightly longer than usual delivery time from them.

CiDeRmAn

Mine also arrived, I haven't opened it yet!

seandotcomm

Same with mine.

sligeach

Pokémon Stadium comes to Nintendo Switch April 12th

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vd8P2QJwbrM

Witness thrilling 3D battles between Pokémon!

This battle arena game, released for the Nintendo 64™ console in 2000, features all 151 Pokémon from the Pokémon Red Version, Pokémon Blue Version, and Pokémon Yellow Version games. In Kids Club, you and three other players can enjoy nine different minigames, like Clefairy Says and Sushi-Go-Round! (Please note you cannot transfer Pokémon from Game Boy™ titles in this version.)

sligeach

April 2023 Genesis updates – Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

https://youtube.com/watch?v=z_oWkNienwo

Ready for the next challenge? Then … fight! Today, four more action-packed, hero-filled games have joined the SEGA Genesis™ – Nintendo Switch Online library: STREET FIGHTER II' : SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION, Pulseman, Kid Chameleon and Flicky. You can play them all right now on the Nintendo Switch™ system with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.

sligeach

SEGA Genesis – June 2023 Game Updates – Nintendo Switch Online

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4a0P9TqGiBk

Quick! Like a ninja! If you blinked, you may not have noticed that four more classic games were just added to the SEGA Genesis™ – Nintendo Switch Online library and are playable right now: The Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls ’n Ghosts, Landstalker and Crusader of Centy. You can play them all on your Nintendo Switch™ system with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.

Markus Antonius

N64 controller now back in stock on the irish nintendo site. I got one and think it's great. Very expensive though but worth it in my eyes!

Pokémon Stadium 2 dropped but a gimped version due to lack of GB/GBC integration.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/08/pokemon-stadium-2-and-pokemon-trading-card-game-available-on-nso-today

RobbingBandit

Wake me up from the depths if Faxanadu ever gets added.

CastorTroy

Excitebike 64 coming August 30th

https://youtu.be/mVHhNyEQeio

It's from the US account but I assume will be here as well

CiDeRmAn

That's a lovely game, lots of fun.

Much of its control system, the best thing about it, is based on the systems in Waverace 64 and 1080° Snowboarding.

Also worth finding, Excite Truck on the Wii, lots of fun and underrated

CastorTroy

https://youtu.be/t-sspyPrnKs

Available today

SNES:

Kirby’s Star Stacker

NES:

Joy Mech Fight

Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day!

GBC:

Quest for Camelot

Mr E

Random! Nothing I really want to play.

CastorTroy

I thought at first that I must've heard good things about Quest For Camelot since the name was familiar but then seeing the cover for it reminded me there was a film by that name and that's where I had heard it before.

RobbingBandit

Quest for Camelot was an Atari Lynx equivalent Zelda clone the music was produced on a €9.99 kids play piano, everything on it will remind you of Links awakening in all the wrong ways. Dam you Nintendo give us Golden Sun for dogs sake, this game is junkyard junkware

jj880

https://youtu.be/cana5dAI7co?si=-t0-jb6ZNpUFCUo3

Just added 😍

sligeach

Adventure calls in the galaxy of Jet Force Gemini, coming to Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members this December!

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1727250576717525119

The Nal

Good to see Rare games coming online

dominatinMC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121399260#Comment_121399260

Many more to come hopefully!

RobbingBandit

I'll be that (pronoun undetermined)

We want Conkers Bad Fur Day

I'm chuffed for Jet Firce Gemini great game will definitely taketh sting out of renewal cost of my NSO

CiDeRmAn

I loved it on release, played it until completion.

Played it again, or tried to, when it was released on the Rare compilation on the Xbox One... oh dear.

Not the visuals, the controls, they were awful.

All this game needs is a modern control system, and it's great, but the original one harkens back to the days when you had to learn the control systems anew with each title.

Unfortunately, the differing approach to Goldeneye suggests that while Microsoft learned their lesson, Nintendo did not.

RobbingBandit

N64 controls in general are chaos nowadays its why the 3ds remapping of ocarina is now tge preferable way to play it. Still they were amazing games when released 25 years ago

CiDeRmAn

It's the controller as well, though I've still not unwrapped my Switch N64 controller

The Nal

Ran through Goldeneye last week. Controls are fine once you get used to them.

sligeach

Nintendo 64 - December 2023 Game Updates | Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MIgQ9NFJtzU

Three Classic Nintendo 64 Titles Bring Thrills, Chills and Cozy Comfort to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Today!

A cornucopia of classic Nintendo 64™games are back in season! Farm and find love in the cozy Harvest Moon 64 game, shred some snow in 1080º™ Snowboarding and thwart an interstellar threat in Jet Force Gemini. All three games land on the Nintendo 64™ – Nintendo Switch Online library today, where they will be available to play for everyone with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership!

CiDeRmAn

I was playing 1080° recently and it's still fantastic, I can't wait to give it a whirl when I get a chance.

dominatinMC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121475604#Comment_121475604

Brilliant game. Avalanche is class too.

CiDeRmAn

Yes, Waverace and 1080° are the games I am most wanting to see on the Switch or whatever Nintendo make next, those games were fantastic.

Excitetrucks on the Wii was pretty great fun too, it'd be cool to see it updated and available to a new generation of Nintendo owners

sligeach

More Rare titles added to Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9HtLnJhaeU

Five more classic games from Rare – including Killer Instinct and Blast Corps – are now available through Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack!

The full 5 games are:

• Snake Rattle N’ Roll
• R.C. Pro-Am
• Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
• Killer Instinct
• Blast Corps

Fysh

Ah, Killer Instinct - a great opportunity to look back and go "wait, why did I think this was cool at the time?" 😁

On the plus side, I've read good stuff about Blast Corps so that should be interesting to try out.

CastorTroy

I still occasionally listen to the Killer Cuts album. It's on Spotify. Probably still have the cd at my parents'.

RobbingBandit

Lot of people pissed online that Rare Replay Switch release is now even further away with these drops for NSO, I would love to play some Conker games again the gameboy one was great. Bad Fur Day would be nice too.

CiDeRmAn

Blast Corps has aged really well, and the Switch edition is better in all the right places, such as sharper visuals.

It still feels like milling Tonka toys around a sandbox, which is still cool

dominatinMC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121809335#Comment_121809335

Never got a chance to play the original, so looking forward to giving it a go this time around.

griffdaddy

I have three Nintendo Online family slots available for about 8 or 9 quid if anyone is interested. I contacted some of the people from last year here but couldn't find the details of others.