Nintendo Switch Online

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Switch owners will be able to begin playing NES games on Switch when Nintendo Switch Online officially kicks off next week. How will that be done? Well, you’ll simply need to download the new Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online app.

Perhaps it’s not much of a surprise, but Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online will be a very small download. Nintendo UK’s website lists it at just 58.72 MB.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo UK has posted a new FAQ for Nintendo Switch Online that contains quite a bit of interesting information.

When your subscription to the service ends, cloud saves expire. Nintendo says explicitly: “Save data stored with Save Data Cloud cannot be kept outside of the duration of your Nintendo Switch Online membership.” On the other hand, NES save data can be maintained if you keep local save data.

Here’s the full FAQ:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo has started to roll out a new update for the Nintendo Switch Online app. Version 1.4.1 is live on Android, and should be up soon on iOS.

The main highlight for today’s update is the addition of more supported software for voice chat. We have the full patch notes below.

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Nintendo Switch Online will kick off next week with twenty NES games. But Nintendo isn’t stopping there, with new games being added regularly.

Nintendo has actually already revealed what’s in store for October, November, and December. Some of these include “special versions”.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

When Nintendo Switch Online launches next week, subscribers will have access to twenty different games. Nintendo has now confirmed the full lineup.

The listing is as follows:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo has announced that it will be offering NES controller that are compatible with Switch. They’re primarily intended for the NES titles for Nintendo Switch Online.

These wireless controllers launch this month. Pricing is set at $59.99.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

When Nintendo Switch Online launches next week, system owners will be able to take advantage of a Family Plan. Up to eight users can participate in a single plan.

Nintendo has been updating its Japanese website with additional information about this aspect of Nintendo Switch Online. Find the translated details below, courtesy of glorious_sunshine.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Matt O'Keefe(@matt_okeefe) in Rumors, Switch | 0 comments

In this photo, there’s a description on the back of a box for Japanese title Hakuoki Shinkai: Fuukaden that reads, “Compatible with Save Data Cloud Backup of Nintendo Switch Online.” That suggests that Switch cloud saves might not be universal and instead are dependent on the game. We’ll likely learn more during tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

A whole bunch of NES games will be offered to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers when the service officially starts this month. As we know, they’ll come with new functionality in the form of online play.

Nintendo gave a brief update on one of these games, Mario Bros., in a tweet earlier today. Online co-op will be supported, allowing you to take control of Mario and a friend as Luigi – or vise versa.

Nintendo Switch Online will kick off in the latter half of September.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments

It seems like the Switch is getting its next firmware update pretty soon. Hackers have found out that Nintendo uploaded firmware update 6.0 to its servers already (though it isn’t publicly available to download yet) and were able to datamine it. Here’s an overview of what they were able to find out about the update – keep in mind, however, that this may not necessary reflect the update once it launches officially.

As to be expected, the update adds support for the Nintendo Switch Online service, including sava data backup. It seems like the tagline for the service is “More Games. More Features. More Fun.”

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