Nintendo has revealed new details about its online service. For starters, Nintendo will be introducing cloud backups for saved game data. More details about the save data cloud backups will come before the online service launches in September. Nintendo also announced that 20 NES games will be playable with online play through the service, such as Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros 3., and the Legend of Zelda. The service will cost $3.99 for 1 month, $7.99 for 3 months, and $19.99 for 12 months. Additionally, Nintendo will also launch a family plan at $34.99 for 12 months. This family plan will allow the holder of the family plan to invite up to seven other people.

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[CeeDee]

Pfft, they killed Virtual Console for only NES games? C'mon.

 

[jefffisher]

i wonder how the family plan is going to work, i have four brothers and a friend who i bought switches for while 2 share the same ip address and would certainly work and a further 2 live in the same city the final two live across the country.
but hopefully it's like netflix and anyone you trust enough to share your password with counts.

 

[froggestspirit]

Well, my fiance and i were both planning on getting it, so i guess we can save $5 and cover most our friends

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

i wonder how the family plan is going to work, i have four brothers and a friend who i bought switches for while 2 share the same ip address and would certainly work and a further 2 live in the same city the final two live across the country.
but hopefully it's like netflix and anyone you trust enough to share your password with counts.

Most likely, everyone on the family account would be able to play online multiplayer and also download the games the parent account has to any system the child account has.

 

[APartOfMe]

That's awesome! I was already buying the service, but this just makes me want it more!

 

[zoogie]

True reason for paid online: make the stakes higher for folks who choose cfw

 

[Viri]

Pfft, they killed Virtual Console for only NES games? C'mon.

But, 30 year old games, with ONLINE!

 

[LightyKD]

Eight people family plans FTW!

 

[Dax_Fame]

I hope that $3.99 means there won't be crippling lag when Smash comes out

 

[DeslotlCL]

woah nintendo finally steping up their game, well, like 12 years later.

 

[CharlesHoy]

I’m guessing they won’t convert the UK price so gold £40, ps+ £40 and Nintendo online £20. Total £100 to play games online if you own all 3 consoles. Ouch!

 

[Viri]

woah nintendo finally steping up their game, well, like 12 years later.

Yuh, maybe next we'll be able to play FPS games with voice chat that doesn't require plugging your phone in, or perhaps being able to add friends that doesn't require a 432492 digit code.

 

[Kioku]

Hm. A year and a half and only NES games?.... And TWENTY at that? Oof. Cloud saves would be the only redeeming feature here.

 

[Costello]

I was going to ask about the online part in NES games...
how exactly are they going to integrate online play into those 30 year old games??
https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes/

With online play added to every classic game, you can compete (or cooperate) online with friends, share your screen, or pass the controller, depending on the game. With the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, you can also voice chat during your play sessions.

if it's only sharing the screen or passing the controller to someone, meh... but if it's actually competing ? that'd be great.
now if they would do this for SNES it'd be even more amazing.

still, I think it's pretty great all these new features.

 

[Kioku]

I was going to ask about the online part in NES games...
how exactly are they going to integrate online play into those 30 year old games??
https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes/


if it's only sharing the screen or passing the controller to someone, meh... but if it's actually competing ? that'd be great.
now if they would do this for SNES it'd be even more amazing.

still, I think it's pretty great all these new features.

SNES has to be coming. Hope we find out more about a potential VC next month. Even at such a small price, the features are disappointing for me. The online system for the NES games would be interesting. Especially if "competing" was broader than going head to head on the same screen.

 

[Xabring]

woah nintendo finally steping up their game, well, like 12 years later.

I am happy they finally did it...at all!
now I just want to get a SECOND Switch just for the cfw...since Mine is stuck on 4.1.0

 

[Tony_93]

woah nintendo finally steping up their game, well, like 12 years later.

Before they gave us a free crappy online service, now they charge us for a crappy online service... They are surely "stepping up their game"

 

[Xzi]

At $20 a year I wasn't expecting anything crazy, so I'm happy with what they're offering. Add mine to the voices wanting online-enabled SNES games next, though.

 

[T-hug]

I probably won't sub to this service unless I ever need to backup my saves for whatever reason. I think putting cloud saves behind a paywall when there is currently no other official way to back them up is a really shitty thing to do as well.
I play Switch a lot but barely ever play online and I find way more value with PSPlus.
Nes games having online features is cool but I'd imagine it's mainly leaderboards and I'm over replaying Nes games like 10 years ago.