Switch 2 Nintendo Switch Online GameCube analysis shows latency issues
Posted on 3 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off its launch with GameCube games on Switch Online, but unfortunately, it’s not entirely perfect with some issues having been noticed – particularly with latency.
Right now the emulation Nintendo has in place isn’t up to snuff compared to the original GameCube releases. Everything available right now – F-Zero GX, Zelda: The Wind Waker, Soulcalibur 2, and Super Mario Strikers – is affected.
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Mario Kart World icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
Posted on 5 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
June 4: As we enter the Nintendo Switch 2 era, the very first Switch Online icons are here for a game on the console – that being Mario Kart World.
Starting today, different designs will be available if you’re a member of the service. Fans can grab icons for many different characters, backgrounds, and frames. Characters, as usual, cost 10 My Nintendo Platinum Points each. Backgrounds and frames will set you back 5 Platinum Points. Icons can be earned on both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
Nintendo fans think Smash Bros. and more may have leaked for Switch Online
Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
After a bit of digging, some fans are convinced that Nintendo is hiding potential N64 games for Switch Online, including Super Smash Bros.
The video actually isn’t new having been released at the very end of May. But for one reason or another, fans started to take a closer look at segments of footage that were blurred out. Comparisons have been made to boxarts and how they line up. Aside from Smash Bros., the trailer is supposedly hiding Donkey Kong 64, Glover, and Forsaken as well.
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Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Starting today, Nintendo Switch Online members can redeem icons for Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.
Both of these are “play to unlock” related. That means for Super Metroid, you’ll need to open the SNES app and boot up the game. The same goes for Metroid Fusion and the GBA app – which requires you to be at the Expansion Pack tier. Note that by starting up these games, you’ll earn 50 Platinum Points each (100 in total).
Super Mario Strikers joins Nintendo Switch Online on Switch 2 next week
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Super Mario Strikers is set to join Nintendo Switch Online next week, it’s been announced. The game is slated for July 3, 2025.
This is the first post-launch GameCube addition for Nintendo Switch 2, which can be played if you’re a membership of the Switch Online Expansion Pack tier. Next Level Games originally made the sports title in 2005.
Thanks to Nintendo, we have the following details:
Nintendo Switch Online offering icons for classic systems
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
May 20: Nintendo is now starting to offer up icons for a variety of classic systems for Switch Online members today.
The NES, SNES, Game Boy (and Game Boy Color), GBA, and GameCube will be featured. These platforms are also a part of Nintendo Switch Online with the classic titles that members can play through on Nintendo Switch – and soon on Switch 2.
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Nintendo Switch Online adds Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Zelda 2 icons
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
For a limited time, Nintendo Switch Online members can grab brand new icons based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link.
Both require you to boot up the games on their respective app first. After that, you can spend My Nintendo Platinum Points on the different icons. There’s only five for Zelda 2 (they’re all characters), but there’s about a dozen for Ocarina of Time. Each one costs 10 Platinum Points.
Switch’s Nintendo Switch Online app gets visual overhaul in time for Switch 2
Posted on 1 month ago by Cris-(chito) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Following the Nintendo Switch 20.1.0 system update, the Nintendo Switch Online application on Switch has been massively updated as well. The changes to the user interface were not detailed in the patch notes for the system update, but match the previously reported images of the Switch 2’s online app.
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Nintendo Switch Online adds Survival Kids, Kirby’s Star Stacker, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, The Sword of Hope
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Four more classic games have just popped up on Nintendo Switch Online, with members having access to Survival Kids, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, Kirby’s Star Stacker, and The Sword of Hope.
Survival Kids is the one lone Game Boy Boy title here. Everything else represents the original Game Boy.
Here’s some information about the different games:
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Metroid Fusion is still one of the best Metroidvanias ever, and here’s why
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan in Features, Switch | 0 comments
At the time of writing, we still have a few weeks to go until the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s also been a pretty quiet year for Nintendo in terms of first-party releases so far, with only Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. That means it’s a perfect time to delve into some of the company’s older games, and I recently played and 100 percent completed Metroid Fusion for the first time. In recent years, the Metroid series has seen something of a resurgence – between Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime Remastered, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, you can definitely tell that Nintendo is pushing to bring this franchise back into the spotlight.
My first Metroid game was actually Metroid Dread, and even though I originally wasn’t a big fan of Metroidvanias, I loved it – you’re left completely to your own devices to figure out the right path, and the story really ramps up in the latter half of the game. This is completely obvious to those who have beaten Metroid Fusion before, but I didn’t realize how similar the game was to Metroid Dread. Not just in terms of the genre – the story shares many similar elements. So many, in fact, that Metroid Dread is essentially a direct sequel!
