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Is Nintendo online worth it?

Posted on 3/7/21 at 7:53 am
Posted by DLSWVA
SW Virginia via Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2012
781 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 7:53 am
I know it's only $20 a year, so it's not a cost issue. Are there any games on there worth playing for reasons beyond mere nostalgia?
Posted by tigerspin
Member since Dec 2008
1683 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:25 am to
Unless you just have a deep desire to replay DK Country or some of the OG Mario or Zelda games, I wouldn’t bother. I had it for a year and they just don’t add enough games often enough to keep it fresh. There is a decent size library for the NES and SNES (20+ for each) but most of them I’m not very familiar with.

Nintendo should really be focusing getting more N64 ports over to the switch.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96506 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:31 am to
Depends on tastes.

Tons of old NES and SNES games, including “special” versions where you start late in the game or all powered up already.

Competitive multiplayer built in with Tetris 99 and Super Mario 99 (shutting down later this month).

Occasionally some other stuff gets added too.


If you aren’t a huge retro gamer, you probably won’t get a lot out of it.
Posted by Andynola
Member since Aug 2014
738 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:24 am to
What I like about it, is that you can rewind retro games if you die. There are some levels of games where I get frustrated having to start all the way back at the beginning every time. When I get hit by a fireball in Mario it’s nice to be able to immediately go back 10sec and try again.
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
12499 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 10:20 am to
Do we know if they will ever have N64 games available?
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68612 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 12:24 pm to
With it only being $20 a year it's hard to say it's not. The Mario 35th Anniversary game they released for free is pretty legit
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
9777 posts
Posted on 3/7/21 at 6:51 pm to
It's worth it for the cloud saves.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
60744 posts
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:41 am to
Yes, especially if you're a slacker like me and never finished Zelda II.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they move to adding N64 games
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