Guys, Nintendo Just updated the switch online app. More Poorly emulated games from 2 decades ago to play that really should have been a part of the service at launch, and if you want to play N64 games you still have to pay extra!
I do not care for switch online. I dont expect nintendo to really fully match PC emulators but the emulation is so bare bones it isnt even vaguely competitive. The offerings are slow and right now the service still isnt even half way to matching the amount of games offered by the Wii Virtual console (a massive collection of retro games not only from Nintendo that, may I remind you, is now completely gone with the close of the wii shop channel. Nice preservation you got there nintendo).
Now, 3 new Sega Genisis/Megadrive games have been added to the switch online expansion pack. Yep, the expansion pack. Not the base service, the upgraded version where you pay more for badly Emulated N64 games. You can now grab the games light Crusader, Super Fantasy Zone, and Alien Soldier as part of the service.
Thats it. 3 new Genesis games, available to play on your nintendo switch, if you pay for switch online *and* the expansion pack. Yeah, uh, so heres the thing with that. You can play these games on PC. now obviously you can download the roms if you are willing to break the law to get them, however what you can do with light crusader and alien soldier instead is buy the games on steam. They are only about 80p at full price, meaning you can pick them up for a fraction of the cost of having them on switch for as long as you maintain the subscription, and you Own the games, rather than just having them for as long as the switch online service is maintained by nintendo. Hell, even though the official Sega emulator for the steam Releases of these games is kinda naff, you can take the files right out of your game directories and run them in any community made Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator, like KEGA Fusion or Pico Drive.
So unless your a *huge* Super Fantasy Zone fan, I dont really see this as being a huge reason to Buy into the app.
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