Nintendo adds Donkey Kong Land to its Switch Online library

nWo · Friday at 9:41 PM

Well, back in the day this game was one of the most desirable games in all the world. I remember that after the worldwide explosion that was Donkey Kong Country on the SNES, this was the next big thing because it was technically the same game BUT on a portable console. I have many magazines where they talk about this game and just how marvelous it was to have it back then.

I would have enjoyed more if they added the other ones but it is welcomed. Just wish that Nintendo released more games in these services.

4d1xlaan · Friday at 9:56 PM

Spider_Man said:
All this company ever does is release old shit so they can prevent third parties from releasing their new titles, so it removes competition for nintendos same old recycled shit.

I'm pretty sure some people on gbatemp just use random number generators to decide what words to put in their sentences, because lol

BlusterBong · Friday at 9:57 PM

ciro64 said:
Well no shit. We still are allowed to complain about the services and products they give us in return.

you know you can just do this thing called walking away from them, which is to say completely throwing your support away and completely turning your back and ignoring everything they do from now on (which also means no piracy of future products since you're giving them the time and attention they want from while claiming you want nothing to do with them)

ciro64 · Friday at 10:35 PM

BlusterBong said:
you know you can just do this thing called walking away from them, which is to say completely throwing your support away and completely turning your back and ignoring everything they do from now on

NSO for the n64 got improved because people complained about it. Behold, now we got fog and all the other appropriate effects in Ocarina of Time and other games, because people were vocal about it.

Metroid 4 got its development restarted from the ground up, got the original studio back and took its time before we even saw footage about it because Nintendo knew, from experience, that they couldn't take their very vocal fans for granted.

I'm sure you can think of more examples like this.

Yes, hate bait can generate more visibility for Nintendo products. But that is just one of the many scenarios/factors surrounding complainants about Nintendo. They can also lead to positive outcomes. Even if Nintendo doesn't do something about it, this serves as a means for the community to communicate within themselves, so they can come with better solutions and inform others about those solutions. And even if we don't go that deep, simply communicating with other people what you feel about something matters for the sake of human interaction alone.

BlusterBong said:
(which also means no piracy of future products since you're giving them the time and attention they want from while claiming you want nothing to do with them)

Piracy isn't an activism on its own. I said I hate Nintendo a few times and that piracy can feel good, but the end of the day I do it mostly for practical reasons. Speaking about practical reasons, I also pay Nintendo online so I can enjoy my games more. Because that's just how it is.

I'm not super analyzing every small action of mine just because of some grand scheme of things narrative. And that doesn't make complaining about the company or talking about piracy meaningless either. If Nintendo ninjas are measuring my posts with a engage-o-meter while stalking this random internet forum about nerd shit I couldn't care less.

thekarter104 · Saturday at 12:31 AM

SDA said:
I'll just wait for 2 and 3 (Game Boy Color version if possible) to be added to NSO.

LMAO your avatar perfectly describes NSO

M7L7NK7 · Saturday at 2:20 AM

People can complain all they want, just can't be surprised when they figure out companies are businesses not their friends

Dax_Fame · Saturday at 2:58 AM

This completely makes up for the all out war they're waging on emulation and game preservation.

Oh papa Nintendo, give me more of those sweet sweet games at these break neck speeds. You don't know what we want but you know what we need.

ChronosNotashi · Saturday at 2:59 AM

BlusterBong said:
That doesn't detract from the point as the whales and spite buyers extend to everything in the entertainment industry, from games to movies and TV shows, it's a very lucrative market that companies had been trying to capture recently, especially in terms of the latter because hate clicks are quite a powerful thing in the right hands. Any outrage being directed to Nintendo in regards to NSO or thier games or business practices do a lot more for publicity than you think not doing those things that people dislike would.

Pretty much. It's almost like, outside of rare exceptions, people always forget that there's the option to just...not engage with something they don't like. Not meaning this in the snobby "don't like it, don't buy it" that people tend to think is a "gottem" move, but more just a universal truth of economics: If it's something that you don't personally like, just ignore it, move on, and let the free market decides if the thing you don't like is valuable enough to hang around anyway.

Drawing attention to it in a fit of rage does nothing but bring what you dislike into the wider population's attention, including those who would - if needed - GO INTO DEBT to buy whatever it is you're complaining about just to spite you. Happened with Hogwarts Legacy, actually - people who disliked J.K. Rowling brought attention to it with their "protests" (when J.K. Rowling had nothing to do with the game, outside of the being the writer of the Harry Potter books - something that was brought up quite a few times), and both Harry Potter/Hogwarts fans and spite buyers (as well as hate buyers) purchased the game in much larger waves than if those people who disliked J.K. Rowling just kept their mouths shut.

NinStar · Saturday at 4:03 AM

M7L7NK7 said:
Does no one understand the point of a company? All they exist for is to make money

Everyone understands that, the point is that we expect quality products/services in exchange, that's what people mean when they say "they only care about money".

SDA · Saturday at 9:34 AM

thekarter104 said:
LMAO your avatar perfectly describes NSO

I wouldn't mind if I reported your post for once.

raxadian · Saturday at 2:07 PM

Botton of the barrel Kong.

RedColoredStars · Saturday at 2:58 PM

Maybe some of you wouldn't feel so angry if you got a group together so you'd all only pay $10 a year for NSO + Expansion Pack. Been doing it for three years now with complete strangers.

Robert Newbie · Saturday at 4:28 PM

RedColoredStars said:
Maybe some of you wouldn't feel so angry if you got a group together so you'd all only pay $10 a year for NSO + Expansion Pack. Been doing it for three years now with complete strangers.

Don't laugh at me, temperz, I don't know much about Nintendo Switch Online. What is the Expansion Pack, some kind of upsell?

NinStar · Saturday at 5:35 PM

Robert Newbie said:
Don't laugh at me, temperz, I don't know much about Nintendo Switch Online. What is the Expansion Pack, some kind of upsell?

A more expensive tier that lets you play N64, GBA and MD games and gives you access to DLC for 3 select games that you may or may not own (those dlcs are not permanent by the way)

Hippocampus_Hamster · Saturday at 9:46 PM

I could rant about how terrible an offering Nintenduh's and all console manufacturers' online "services" are, but the fact that its taken them... SIX YEARS?! to bring out one of the benchmark titles from the original Gameboy to their "service" is beyond embarrassing. This should have been a launch title, even if Rare is no longer privy to Nintendo's whims.

BeniBel · Sunday at 9:35 AM

Amazing game, still have my copy. Will have to put in a new save battery, because now I want to play it again! Don't like playing gameboy games on the switch, but that's where the analogue pocket comes in handy.

FluffyLunamoth · Sunday at 4:53 PM

BlusterBong said:
you know you can just do this thing called walking away from them, which is to say completely throwing your support away and completely turning your back and ignoring everything they do from now on (which also means no piracy of future products since you're giving them the time and attention they want from while claiming you want nothing to do with them)

Nah, people just want to whine and bitch, thinking everyone needs to hear their negativity.

Robert Newbie · Sunday at 6:26 PM

NinStar said:
A more expensive tier that lets you play N64, GBA and MD games and gives you access to DLC for 3 select games that you may or may not own (those dlcs are not permanent by the way)

I appreciate the explanation. So, for one Nintendo Account: $20 USD per year for the lower tier, and $50 USD for the premium tier.

I suppose $20 isn't so bad. We're talking 5 cents a day for cloud saves, (some) retro library access, and Nintendo Music.

I feel like the higher tier would be steep, unless I owned and played the DLC regularly. Nintendo Online users, what's your opinion of the premium tier's value?

ciro64 · Sunday at 6:51 PM

Robert Newbie said:
I feel like the higher tier would be steep, unless I owned and played the DLC regularly. Nintendo Online users, what's your opinion of the premium tier's value?

From the DLC stuff, the only that might interest me is the Mario Kart one, and even then I'd rather just buy the thing than pay a subscription for it.

I don't care for the extra emulators, since I have a jailbroken Switch and I don't like to support live service models. It would be extra frustrating to pay for them when I own the original cartridge for most of the n64 games I play.

NinStar · Sunday at 8:55 PM

Robert Newbie said:
I appreciate the explanation. So, for one Nintendo Account: $20 USD per year for the lower tier, and $50 USD for the premium tier.

I suppose $20 isn't so bad. We're talking 5 cents a day for cloud saves, (some) retro library access, and Nintendo Music.

I feel like the higher tier would be steep, unless I owned and played the DLC regularly. Nintendo Online users, what's your opinion of the premium tier's value?

I see $20 for online play and cloud save (one that don't even work with all games) as a bad thing, because these things shouldn't be paid at all. The music app I don't really see as relevant since it adds no value to the experience you have on Nintendo Switch, don't even know why the fuck that thing needs a subscription to begin with.

Now the problem with both tiers when it comes to the game selection is that it isn't as large and diverse as some people may think, as mentioned before they don't even bother to license some popular third party games to add to the service, and worse than that is that they've been drip feeding their own games for over 5 years. There's no reason why Nintendo couldn't have had most (if not all) of the first party games available on the service from day one. Unless you are someone that only wants to play things the official way I don't see any value in it, not even in terms of convenience.

Also, the DLC thing could have worked much better if they made it something like a free DLC pass for all of their first party games, but instead they decided to offer DLCs only for Splatoon 2 (this one was a weird choice by the way), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing, games that if you are already interested you most likely already own their DLCs. I already own the DLC for these games so, yet again, I see no value.

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