A lot of this is completely outside of what Nintendo is poised to do within this and possibly the next generation. So what if we start with the big one.
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If this isnt done well, which Nintendo has shown they are ametures at, then no. Very no, the entire deal is off. That's what the original Xbox live was for and thats all it was for. Nintendo steps into the game late, and has to compete with lets of extra stuff. Sony's over there offering to let you have 6 games a month, online play, and access to other online fuctions for 8 bucks a month. Xbox is handing out a couple of heavy hitter games and solid online. Nintendo's can bearly keep me online long enough to complete a match in SSBW. And the worst part. Friend codes. Yarg. Its like they arent even trying. There way more on this front, but its been talked about to death. Bottom line, if this bullet point sucks, Paying for an online service is a no.
But your other points are interesting.
. Free monthly games to keep (from whatever system, i.e, NES, SNES, N64, NGC, Wii, GB, GBC, GBA, DS)
. Exclusive deals
. Store your saves on the cloud
. Crossplay/saves
. Remote play
The big draw for me is and has always been easy access (
) to my old favorites. SM64 needs a firm beating into the ground every few years, and its not always so easy to dig out my N64 and hook it up, and time and time again, wonder why I havent figured out a better way than playing with my N64 trident controller. Backwards compatabilty might not be a huge deal to many other gamers, but thats the one thing Nintendo has consistantly done right. Wii being able to play GC, WiiU being able to play Wii games, 3DS being able to play DS, DS being able to play GBA... you get the idea. Thats kinda a big deal to me. *
Should sony let me start playing PS3, 2 and 1 stuff on my PS4? Good bye wallet.
Coupled with that, deals would go a LONG way for nintendo. Even like a deal mimicking Sony PS+ games or Xbox games with gold would be huge. a Free WiiU title and a free 3DS title would be great. Even if its like Shovel knight codes for both systems. Cross buys and Cross/remote play would be great too.
But this all hinges on what? Solid online play.