Is Switch Online Expansion Worth It For Game Boy & GBA? How To Pay $10 A Year Instead Of $50!
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For a single middle-aged man with no children and no close friends who are into retro gaming like myself, having to seek out someone from whom to buy a family plan slot just to save a few bucks on the temporary ability to play decades-old games that I ought to be able to buy individually, download, and keep forever if they'd just bring back Virtual Console sounds like a real hassle.
Well shoot I'd do it but I don't have a switch yet
But if the offer Is still available I'd totally pay my share
@@smg4reblooperd182 I don't have a Switch either but I would probably finally get one if Nintendo would just bring back Virtual Console (my main point, really, I'm not interested in Switch Online because I'd rather just pay once per classic game to download and keep the ones I'm interested in).
@Steve Brandon oh most definitely! People Need to do project rainforest again no more emails straight up mass messages
Just emulate bro
IMO Nintendo should just release their entire back catalog of NES, SNES, Gameboy, N64, etc. games to the online service (the ones they still have the license to, at least). It would be epic and I'm sure would get tons more people on the service who are currently on the fence as to its value.
If they just threw 'em up there, then people would complain that some of the games don't work. No one seems to fathom how difficult it is to line up all the licensing and coding that goes into making this all work. It's just not worth it to Nintendo to do it.
They enjoy drip feeding, they will keep drip feeding until the end of the switch console life.
You'd run the risk of overwhelming everyone. If you have the option to play a lot of games, chances are, you won't be playing them since there are so many to choose from.
Must be young and doesn't know how brutal a ton of NES games were.
I'm not saying it's true, but their mentality is probably if everything was up, people would play it all then quit subscribing.
I think it definitely adds value. If I get any of the mainline pokemon games, and both metroid games I'll upgrade to the expansion from the basic
How is it value when there's No Final Fantasy No Dragon Quest and NO RPGS worth anything on it.
@@flatcapman nintendo doesn't own any of it... they can't even give us SMRPG 7*s because SquareEnix owns enough of it. They do however give us what is essentially the greatest hits of retro Nintendo.
@@morganmedrano920 Like what? I don't see very much in the way of JRPGS on it. And I don't care about anything non RPG I find it BORING
Crazy what people are willing to do. We were playing our old Pokémon games on smartphones ten years ago
I already upgraded just because of superstar saga
I dont know 3 other people that own a switch much less 8 LOL
I only 2 people and they are kids than aren't interested in the NSO service
The only time it will be worth it is if they release GameCube games
Or make it free so it compete with emulator that we can use for years
I wish they would go Back to the old woo vertical console and sell these games separately
MLP, NSO doesn't work this way.... You can't divide an NSO membership across several switches that have digital content. It doesn't work that way. There is a switch that is the admin and then the subordinate switch accounts.
In other words. If you have a switch with digital games and your friend has a switch with digital games, you won't be able to do NSO and still access your digital games. Someone's switch has to be the admin and one has to be the subordinate. NSO and also family sharing is quite lousy. If you don't believe me. Try it.
The GBA Super Mario 4 (Super Mario 3) has all the bonus e-card levels. When in the “Select a File” menu, go down to “Level Card” and move over the first bridge to the blue square to select from 33 e-card levels. I was surprised. They are great fun but get hard pretty quick. Enjoy!
That’s pretty awesome tbh
Right now, the Gameboy and Advance library looks still weak, but if they add Pokémon games this could become a cheap way to dive in the series.
Thanks for the idea for Nintendo Online Ron! I really wanted to be able to play some of the classic officially on the Switch but definitely didn't want to pay a crap load even if its a year. So I went eBay and got on someone's family subscription for $15 for a full year (they started the subscription yesterday). So far so good and heck if they even kick me off after a month or two it was still worth it lol.
Gargoyles quest on my switch… yeah it’s worth it they started with one of my favorite gameboy games… keep adding more it’s totally worth it to me.
that's a pretty good idea, never thought about it like that way to sell a couple of slots to some family members.
I prefer having physical compilation games as opposed to online stuff.
I like the retro filters. Make sure to get these on the Japanese side of the e-shop too, in case they decide to release exclusive games over on that version.
How?
thats pointless if you cant read Japanese and no I am NOT LEARNING IT EITHER
I tried out Mario Kart Super Circuit with a friend online. It was a blast. Multicart means any character you want. Single cart means all the different color Yoshis are playable and it plays the SNES music.
Can you play the games on a single system like how You could play Sonic on a single system on Sonic gems collection and Sonic mega collection Plus back in the GameCube era?
I'm probably not going to get the online expansion pack (mainly because I don't play any of the switch games you get DLC for, which seem to make it worth the yearly price if you play them), but it's nice they added the GB/GBC app for the basic subscription. It'll be fun to play through Link's Awakening DX again.
Alone in The Dark New Nightmare is really good for a handheld port. Reminds me a lot of that cancelled Resident Evil GBC game.
Wow i found out about the GB and GBA additions to NSO and was really excited about it. Half the GB games added i own actual carts of. Most of the GBA ganes on the service i don't own, so its worth it for me.
I have a retroid pocket 3+. I can play all these retro games in handheld and on the tv.
I wish you could remap the buttons. There A B button layout just seems unnatural. Plus there seems to be slow down with some gameboy games
Can't you remap buttons in the system settings and then save as a preset?
IMO NSO+EP is straight up peasant gaming. You own none of those N64 GBA games. Go buy a PC or Streamdeck and add emulator on it. Nintendo doesn’t respect me so I don’t respect them back.
If you group up into a "family" membership with even just 3 other people, you're already bringing it down to just $20 a year each person, which breaks even with the base membership. The family group is flexible and you can add in other people as time goes on up to the maximum amount. Even at that level, I'd bite. I wouldn't if I had to pay the $50 a year for it individually.
I personally have it with 7 other close friends (or friends of close friends) I know and reap the benefits for even cheaper than the base plan. Indeed, at $10 a year it is an incredible value in total for the included DLC and extra retro consoles especially now that they're bringing GBA over. And we're effectively paying Nintendo less by doing this than paying for the $20/year base membership per person too.
Not everyone can do that
@@heisenbergwhite00 Nor want to once they see the games line up. Not everyone worships Mario Zelda or Metriod
@@flatcapman true
Not related but I think that's your coolest Rammstein hat yet
thats what i do for years with my friends, what we do is the same for netflix.
each one of us pays something different (netflix, gamepass, vpn, NSO, Crunchyroll) pretty easy when you friends that wanna share it with ya.
Kinda scummy of the to put Advance games under the expansion online, especially since you can’t buy the games outright.
Love the new Rammstein hat.
I am near thirty and I have all the physical titles of games that I have on the service and titles that are not on the service and I can play it any time I would like for free. I am not the target audience however I don't pay for the service anyway due to how terrible it is. Great informative video mad little pixel.
I got mine on ebay and I couldn't be happier. Bargain .
Aren't you worried they will kick you out? I thought about it too but yea idk seems risky.
Link cable support is good, but if you have no friends then it’s not worth.
I'm an 3ds ambassador so I have many of those games already
Kirby Tilt n Tumble is a good idea. It can use the Joycons to tilt the game and flick it to make Kirby jump! It's PERFECT! I can't wait!
Gargoyle's quest! Still remember some of the passcodes one of those games that gets easier the further in you are.
It is worth the value. I subscribed to their NSO+Expansion.
With physical old cartridges these days so sky high on prices; many retro gamers can’t afford them.
With the caveat being, when the service eventually closes, you will lose all access to the games.
@@cyxceven and thats why i got the rp2+ over the summer
Something tells me Nintendo might have a hand in the prices of their retro physical media...
You can use the NSO voucher for Tears of the Kingdom. Pair that with another full price game, and the voucher saves you $30.
The voucher thing it depends on the title. Like the new Zelda is on the list and bunch of people are bitching about it being $70.this is a way to save. If you combine it with discounted eshop cards you can save more.
For those they love those GB, GBC GBA gems, including the fact that Super Mario Advance 4 includes the E-Reader levels that already happened before with the Wii-U until this year, then yes.
Yes but those who are after certain games on them its not worth it. Even the VC had Final Fantasy..
@@flatcapman cry about it
Boy I’m glad I emulate these older games honestly is ridiculous that we had to wait THIS long to get game boy games on the service. We probably won’t even see GameCube games until 2 years later. How long has the switch been put for now? Exactly…
So if you end your membership you no longer have access to the games right? So like you don’t to keep in it your library?
So, I'm thinking about the expansion pack, but I have a question.
I do have the default Switch Online thing for about a year. If I get the Expansion Pack, do I still need to redeem another card for another year alongside the expansion too?
Will wait a year until it fills up. And then come back to it, maybe. It's still to less, to be worth.
Same here hope by Christmas Nintendo adds their Pokemon games.
If they added the mainline Pokemon games w/ Home support, it would be worth it just for that. If they added Saturn and/or Dreamcast for the expansion, then it would be worth it. Especially Saturn because even today Saturn emulation isn't perfect.
I do the eBay family plan. It's a good deal, hopefully Nintendo doesn't screw us over.
I do like that they have metroid 2 i just happened to have a physical cartridge lol
Its worth it to me so I'm happy.
If it's not worth it to someone else, I understand, and no shade if you don't want to buy it.
@madlittlepixel How do you feel about the similar thing in xbox (xbox game pass ultimate) if you do a lot of trick and conversion you can get down to 50-60$ for a year for all stuff xbox: the most attractive is cloud game and cloud save similar to nintendo online. Do you think that's more worth it comparing to nintendo online? A lot of 1st party games but also a lot of indie that you will never play if not for the gamepass... of cuz again none of those are yours to keep. It seems like it is the trend from now on... everything netflix style... unfortunately
I'm still waiting for Mario RPG for the Snes Online Library
It’s a square soft game. 🤔
@@MegaFinalRound I see it's must be licencing issues
You DO own the MK8D Booster pass if you buy it on its own.
The answer is NO. Nintendo is nuts with these prices. I don't know what kind of family you have, but if I wanted to charge my loved ones 10 bucks for Nintendo... they'd laugh at me. But..you know the deal, man. Spend your money on what makes you happy. I just don't like Nintendo's disrespect for it's consumers.
My brother enjoys Nintendo Switch and he went from paying €20 to €40. I think he is now, I don't know if more. Nintendo will continue to increase the price because I think they will continue to add more classic systems to the existing catalog.
Totally worth it
e-Reader levels in SMB3 is AWESOME. Now if only we could get the other Super Mario Advance games. They all have extra content that aren't in the original games. Also the Sonic Advance games and Sonic Battle would be SWEET!
try using emulators
@@smartass643 Yes but Nintendo can do it to give an incentive to sign up to the service. All of these games are made better by adding online functionality. I love emulation. I really do. But this would be a good way to compete with that.
@@macuser7048 did you manage to get the expansion pack for only $10?
@@smartass643 No because I do not have anyone I know to do that with. I'm not trusting weirdos online.
@@macuser7048 right. Tell me honestly: the way the guy in this video explains it, is it a scam he is doing?
When I can just emulate all these games perfectly on my Android phone, & tablet with a paired bluetooth controller then I say no it's not worth the upgrade to the expansion pack for GBA games.
I always knew that GB and GBA games were coming to the Switch. It was just a matter of when. For me, personally, it's worth it as long Nintendo keeps up with the library of games in ALL of the apps they have on the Switch. It sucks that we can no longer choose to pay for what we want, AND the fact that you have to go online to play these games and you're screwed if you don't have WI-Fi. But at the very least, they're giving people some outlet to enjoy the nostalgia with the eshops on the 3DS and Wii U being gone for good soon. In the end, Nintendo is a business and they'll keep making the dough as long as the customers who get what they want from them say so.
It’s only worth it if you don’t have a way or emulating or know how to do it but for every normal person it’s not worth it as the games play better on emulator
Hey, the E-reader games are on the SMB 3 game. You should make a video highlighting that. I haven't seen anyone pick up on that.
Yesterday I live streamed playing those levels on the Switch.. its cool that they are accessible for sure! I may do a follow up pointing out interesting stuff
Not being able to get the Zelda CE ruined all the other announcements/releases for me. Nintendo continues to shoot themselves in the foot while kicking us in the nuts.
I’m a bit sad we didn’t get any Pokémon games. Not even the spin-off ones like Pinball
Thinking of waiting a year to see what GB/GBA gets Nintendo adds. My online membership ends in November though wouldn't mind paying $50 a year.
It's going to get better from here
i think we need a way to have thet=se older system apps without the need to go online. i dont play online at all but would love to have access to play the older systems on switch. They shouldnt have these just locked to the online account
Split the cost by sharing a family plan. That's the big money saving tip
NSO+EP is still a rip off. You’re better off buying a Raspberry Pi and modding it.
Isn't Raspberry Pi illegal though?
Yes.
The problem is I kind of own every one of these games already. Plus I own some of the Game Boy Advance games on the 3DS. Ambassador program baby.
So if (when) they pull the plug on the online subscription do you lose all these games?
Yes
@@givemeliberty700 Lame :(
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@@givemeliberty700 Ummmm; ok. This is out of left field. Thank you?
Of course. Look at what happened to Stadia.
What would be awesome is the N64 AKI wrestling games with online play. 🙂
Thas what I did I pay 20 a year for everything 2 Nintendo switch
But can you still buy the n64 controller of you join a family plan or just the facilitator?
You can't buy the N64 with a family plan. I joined one and wanted to purchase a controller but wouldn't let me as I didn't have a Expansion membership.
Why does Nintendo releases their own games on these services "little by little"? I mean, it's not like they have to pay licenses to put their own games here, at least that's what i think.
It's how they keep the value of their IP high. It's a longstanding Nintendo strategy.
If they don't drip feed maybe
Why bother beating any of them on the switch if I'll lose my save one day when I'm tired of paying or it just gets shut down. None of these are difficult to emulate even better.
In it’s current state it’s not worth it and Gaming companies/developers are hard headed in nature since they have a hard time listening to the audience/fanbase but it has potential with a little creativity and cooperation.
If you want GBA emulation alternative options are widely available that save you money and grants access to a larger library of games that suits the individual so if Nintendo wants this service to perform in the optimal sense they got some work to do.
I wish Nintendo would let people play the games they bought on their Wii and Wii U like the NES and SNES and TurboGrafx16 on the Switch
Can I play these multiplayer with a controller?
We have a family plan, but I only want the expac on the main account. Our other accounts are for my kids to play online. We can play the virtual accounts on the main account (we only have one switch). i wish there was a way to only get the expac on one of the accounts.
We need Metroid Zero Mission
Subscription service? No thanks.
If we as people make enough noise mario 35 will come back
whats the point of mario advance 4 - Super Mario Bros 3 if your nintendo switch has no way to connect with an E-reader device, they should just remove the game
I guess all the people believing nintendo would release a gameboy classic or a n64 mini will finally realize its never going to happen.
I like the idea but this will suffer from the same problem the virtual console did on the Wii. The problem is that this service on the switch, won't have the games everybody really wants because of licensing of course.
i would only get ot if they had games like pokemon and dbz or even harvest moon or shrek etc
For me GameCube would of gotten people to buy their online membership expansion pack like Gameboy to Gameboy advance let's see most great games are Mario, Wario, Kirby,the legend of Zelda, and Fzero games and that's about it for big names otherwise nothing major they're all fun but nothing that's like wow I gotta get the online expansion pack membership for the switch GBA and GameCube or GameCube and DS would of been what have gotten people to pay for the online expansion pack membership.
In my opinion, subscriptions are not worth it for games that are 30 years old. I prefer to OWN my games, like the Wii and Wii U days. I still have a Wii U strictly for retro gaming. I also have a modded NES classic that allows me to play not just NES games but also SNES, gameboy, etc. As long as my Wii U and Classic NES remain functioning, I'm good. But with a subscription, the day I forget to pay, or the day Nintendo shuts it down, then it's over. Money down the drain if you ask me. The only subscriptions I do like are for modern games, like GamePass on Xbox. It allows me to try out games before I buy them. I hate shelling out $70 for a game I end up not enjoying as much as I thought. Gamepass is reasonable, price wise, and if I don't like a game it's ok.
Game Boy is my favorite system and I’m really excited about this. Then I saw it was locked to Switch online and I’m going pass. I’d prefer to own my games.
Anyone noticed the two game boy emblems
I would avoid the Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance apps on the Nintendo Switch and just stick with the Game Boy/Game Boy Color, NES and Super Nintendo apps and the Nintendo Switch version of the Sega Genesis Classics compilation game on the Nintendo Switch. The Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance apps are nothing but rip-offs.
Which on normal online. Not packs?
Is the online worth the money? Yes for SOME PEOPLE but it doesnt cover all gamers tastes esp. RPG players and we are a good chunk of your market for games
Drip feeding us stuff 5 years after the system launches and ditching the virtual console is why I completely support piracy with Nintendo products
There's not a single thing that I want to play that comes with the expansion pack. Genesis games would be cool if they had a single Genesis game that I like available
This is why N took down all them rom sites... 🤔
Yes
Actually only pay 19 bucks a year and got to downloaded the Gameboy games, and as far as the retro game I can take it or leave it I emulate all my retro stuff on my pc.
And if you still have all of your Gameboy and GBA games and still play them every day like I still do you just saved yourselves a whole ten dollars!
You don't need the expansion for gb+c, just gba....
At someone with a Steam Deck I just laugh at this
10 a year irs 34.99 for uk
I Prefer hackchi and the mini systems to load up on older stuff just spend money on new games.
I actually prefer Switch Online over Playstation, even though I have been a strong supporter of Playstation for 20+ years. I don't mind paying $50 a year just for the access to classic Nintendo and Sega games. I own a huge library of physical games that are mostly PS2 and PS3, so I'll stick with those rather than pay for a digital online service with Playstation.
I prefer PS plus over Nintendo Online Service, I don't find anything interesting on the NSO considering I can already play this and more on my cellphone or various other devices for free, PS plus at least offers newer games worth my time
I like that they keep adding to it too. A lot of people were just like "this is it?" When it first came out. But everytime they add something new it becomes and even better value.
@@DustoMan i don't see the value for old AF games that are free on cellphones
@@heisenbergwhite00 no one asked you