For those that have NSO, what retro games are you currently playing?Right now I'm playing Donkey Kong Land since it was added yesterday, I'm enjoying it a lot even with if the jumping feels really off, after beating it I was considering playing the GB Mega Man games.
>>11399891>Right now I'm playing Donkey Kong LandI'm so, so sorry for whatever events in your life led you to this tragic fate, OP. I'll pray for you.
>>11399891Ever since I bought my kids a switch in April and noticed all the retarded "this game is trash" threads were invariably on the NSO I've been posting>the NSO and it's consequences have been a disaster for /vr/Once a weekBut since you're just admitting you have NSO and want to discuss the retro available I'll engage and say good job>played through metroid fusion, it was good>I've been playing blast Corps since I never beat it when I rented it>Turok 1>perfect darkNever had perfect dark as a kid, just goldeneyeAlso if you are a girl dad I Reccomend mario party 3 since that's all my girls will play out of the three once we realized it's the one where you can be princess daisy>alsoHave a nice day OP
>>11400047>Perfect DarkThe last update made so much better to play, if I didn't beat the game recently on PC I would probably play it again.Before DK:Land I was playing Turok 2 but that game feels laggy compared to the other N64 FPS on NSO, might have some input lag issues or something.
>>11400056I haven't tried turok 2 for the nso because I have it for my N64 and it would feel like sacrilege or wasteful to not play it on the original hardware. I'm not a "emulation is for posers" tryhard, it just feels like I'm betraying my console or something. I don't have the expansion pack so I'm really just arbitralilly fucking myself over
I already find paying for PS+ and Gaypass retarded, despite the benefits. But NSO is peak stupidity
I’ve been giving Blaster Master an honest chance for the first time in my life.
They really gave us Donkey Kong Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Mega Man V without Super Game Boy features. What's next? Donkey Kong '94?
>>11400139Not retro obviously but if you end up liking it, you should try the Blaster Master Zero trilogy.
Hey if anyone has NSO (normal or expansion) and wants to play something online, here's my FC:SW-7546-0332-3132
>>11400146IIRC they can't implement Super Game Boy support because it would fuck with the NSO save state feature otherwise. The same thing is what's preventing controller pak support on the N64 app, as well as why mainline Pokémon isn't on the service (mon duplication via trading then loading a save state).
>>11400137Nso is 60$ a year for online with their rom packages. Considering all other consoles have some sort of stupid pay to play online thing it's not any more retarded than paying for playstation.
>>11400162>>11400146Might well add Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Hybrid Heaven
>>11400248Speaking personally, I go all in on a family membership with a bunch of friends. I pay like 11 bucks a year for it including the EP. I wouldn't want to pay full price for it but for what I pay, it's a perfectly valid way to play old games.
>>11400229Why can't they just disable savestates for those games?
My issues with NSO:>Irregular updates, some of the apps can be left for months without a single update, I think the Genesis app hasn't been updated for a whole year>Lack of iconic games from Capcom, Konami, Square, Sega, etc.. because they would rather sell their own collections or remasters, leaving NSO with Nintendo games and a few random ass games they could get for cheap, sometimes it gets lucky and adds something from those companies>The N64 Emulator is a mess, considering how good the other emulators are it's a shame that the N64 one is so mediocre, updates have made it better but it still has issues running some games (to this day they still haven't done something about F-Zero X having random framedrops).I think the service is fine still and I like it, and at least Nintendo hasn't removed games from it like most subscription services (At least for now, maybe they'll have to remove Goldeneye one day due to licensing or something).
>>11400318My issue from lack of TG-16 and Saturn app
>>11400318These are all valid complaints. Some of the months are pretty dire, I mean just Donkey Kong Land? I do actually like it when they just drop a bunch of rentalcore slop on there. The N64 emulator does really suck but until the Goemon games or Ogre Battle comes out for it I don't really care.>>11400323TG-16 would be really easy for them to do. Sega CD and Saturn would be very welcomed but also more effort than they'd be willing to put in.
>>11400318The N64 emulation is fucky, every time they add a game it's got issues, but the next update usually fixes some or most of the issues, after everyone stopped caring.
>>11400323I would like Dreamcast, Master System or Neo Geo, DC could be fucky with VMU emulation though.PCE would be cool too.>>11400361They're only somewhat consistent with the GBA and N64 app as they usually add one or two games per month (sometimes both apps get new games in one month which imo should be the standard), but they also sometimes skip adding games for no reason.>>11400383Yeah, I would like to know why Nintendo got iQue instead of NERD or NST to develop the N64 emulator for the Switch when everyone complained about the N64 emulator for the Wii U which was made by iQue.
>>11399891maybe not "retro" enough because it's technically a new game, but it's free to download and play if you have NSO and it's FZERO99. fzero99 is easily the best thing to happen for fzero essentially ever. yes yes i know, sega made gx and it's fucking awesome, but if/when a multiplayer 3d fzero game ever comes around it will 100% be because fzero99 existed. it plays incredibly well, it's very quick, races take 3-4 minutes, you will crash out a fuckton because the best racers are so fast you are constantly trading all health for boost to stay on pace, it's great. easily the best arcade racing experience in a long, long time.
>>11400519and before anyone says anything bad about it; fucking challenge me bitch
I've gotten a half dozen or so 4-player Tooie shootouts going but it's not enough. People want to swap after the 3 maps are played. I could play the same map for hours if anyone wants to try to get a room going.
Still fun.
>>11399963
>>11400624I'm just joshin', friend. DKL is pretty notorious as Game Boy adaptations go, that's all. You don't need my permission to enjoy yourself.
>>11400248With that money I could buy an actual old console. Paying for roms, no thanks
I'm surprised they havent put donkey kong 64 up on NSO yet.I havent played it and id like to>inb4 just emulateEvery time I have tried to emulate it in the past there have been either weird collision bugs or graphical problems and my progress would get lost somehow.I feel like that game is cursed for me to emulate
>>11400519I legitimately like all the 99 games and played them a ton. I even played that Super Mario Bros 35 game and was really good at it.
>>11400916Maybe they're trying to get it to emulate better than the Wii U version, that or its something related to Jetpac/Speccy emulation.
>>11400983>JetpacWii U DK64?
>>11400519>fzero99 is easily the best thing to happen for fzero essentiallyPlus fast rmx
>>11400248>>11400864For me I mostly just get it for the online. The old games are just a bonus convenient way to play some of them.
>>11400864But I have my old consoles zoomie
Pilotwings 64 because there's no good emulation of it
>>11400318Sums it up pretty well, but I’ll add to it:>Unable to purchase anything outright. Years down the road when Switch no longer has NSO, your only official means of playing a game will be to purchase the newest console + subscription.>Pricing options suck. It’s a bit nebulous because of the way the emulators and online services are bundled, but you really should be able to build your own plan (online only, choosing desired emulators, etc.) for different price points.>N64 emulator is mediocre AND part of the *extra* premium service. Games like Pokemon Stadium will likely never have full functionality.>GameCube and Wii games are reserved for expensive remakes despite Virtual Console hosting N64 games when they were much younger than GameCube / Wii games are now.I think it’s all a bit disappointing and certainly not where I thought things would be when the original Virtual Console launched.
Since Sega delisted their Genesis Classics collection, you think more Genesis games will get on NSO?Or will Sega release another collection but this time with an emulator that doesn't suck ass?
>>11401217You'll get E-SWAT and you'll like it.
I need to get around to beating breath of fire. Is it worth it to pay for the upgrade that includes gba?
>>11401263The current gba catalog is missing a lot of games still, and if you don't care about N64 games then it's not worth the upgrade.
>>11401263The GBA collection doesn’t have BoF but the SNES which comes with the standard subscription does.
>>11401278Sorry they're separate thoughts. I got to the fishman city when my sub lapsed a year ago and i never bothered to renew but might to play some gba games if it's worth the money. I just want to beat 1 and 2 so i can look at 3.
Current N64 games on NSO, currently missing from the previous virtual console:>Donkey Kong 64>Super Smash Bros>Ogre Battle 64>Cruis'n USA>Bomberman 64>Bomberman HeroAlso since they got Throwback & Nightdive Studios games maybe we'll see more Acclaim games like Forsaken 64, XG2 or Rage Wars.
>>11401303Smash seems a pretty obvious omission. Maybe they want to make it a big drop like they did with Goldeneye.I personally loathe DK 64 but I feel like I owe it another shot after 25 years, if for no other reason than to confirm my dislike of the game.Ogre Battle 64 seems like the thing that would not get any kind of rerelease so it's a good candidate for this.I was a little shocked when I realized there were no Bomberman games, or any Hudson games at all on the service.As sad as this is, the digitized bikini girls in Cruis'n would probably make it a hard sell on the NSO.
The N64 games look so bad on modern screens without even the ability to throw on CRT shaders that it's not really worth it IMO. Boot up Banjo-Kazooie and look at how garbled the talking heads look. The font is hard to read, too. Mario Party's pre-rendered graphics are the worst offenders. What used to be atmospheric backgrounds and now just trash.
>>11401321I can think of Cruis'n USA getting a T-rating for "suggestive themes' now, iirc Banjo-Tooie has a T-rating on NSO.
>>11401303weren't snowboard kids 2 and bomberman 64 on vc?>>11401772This seriously needs to be addressed. I don't know anything about all these hdmi 64 solutions, but does it still achieve that result? If so I don't get the hype at all, it needs some kind of filtering
>>11402825Snowboard Kids? noBomberman 64? yes on wii u
They should add Neo Geo to the service. They also need to bribe a bunch of companies like Capcom and Konami to add to it.But yeah, the slow drip was notoriously awful and the selection after 7 years is embarrassing. At least they confirmed Switch 2 will carry it over so they won't just start from NOTHING again. That's *something*
>>11403205Yeah, I hope they don't hyke up the price once Switch 2 releases, say what you say about NSO but at least they have kept the price for both tiers compared to PS+ or Gamepass.And yeah I'd love to have Konami or Capcom games, NSO would benefit from Goemon and Bomberman a lot.
>>11403250>say what you say about NSO but at least they have kept the price for both tiersI still think the service is a bit overpriced, but admittedly, a lot of that probably stems from having the shoddy online services bundled with the emulators. Instead of the annoying “family” discounts that require customers to jump through hoops, I’d really prefer the option to customize which parts of the service I would actually want to pay for. But yeah, here’s hoping things don’t get worse than they are.
>>11403205>>11400404For me is potential Karnov 3D for Hyper Neo Geo 64
There's a cute girl i know that's into Pokemon Puzzle League, so I've been trying to get good at it to play it with her, but the game is just too fucking hard for me.
>>11403273I definitely wouldn't be bothering with this if I didn't have a friend who invited me to a family plan. I don't even use the N64 emulator because of the issues with the visuals. The SNES emulator's laughable CRT "filter" at least does make DKC look a little better on the screen.
NSO N64 emulator sucks.I'd kill to be able to use the transfer pack on games. IIRC it's even enabled they just choose not to. OK, fine no transferpack because it'd be confusing to the average user?Then fucking unlock the shit from transferpack games.It would take nothing for them to include the extra playable characters in Mario Golf / Tennis 64. No transferring Pokemon to Stadium because of TPC? Fine, but at least give us some playable preloaded transferred Pokemon that we can use in the tournaments, no reason they can't give us something to be able to beat Stadium 1/2. People say Stadium 1 is beatable with rental Pokemon but I haven't been able to. Stadium 2 is even worse.>>11401321>As sad as this is, the digitized bikini girls in Cruis'n would probably make it a hard sell on the NSOIt woudln't be a problem but even if there was. There's a N64 17+ App that has M rated games, they could just dump it there. Nintendo owns Cruis'n
>>11403205They'd probably have to cut a deal with Hamster to get the Neo Geo games...and I don't see them doing that.>>11403250The fact it sounds like I could buy a Switch 2, log onto my account and all my Switch 1 games are immediately accessible is a major selling point with me. Also yeah the Goemon games are obvious additions as they aren't the kind of thing that Konami seems to have any interest in re-releasing.
>>11403273It is overpriced and yes I'd like to have a "make your own plan" but what can we do.If they add another console to the Expansion Pack (and its something big like Dreamcast, NeoGeo or even Gamecube) then I think the 50 burgers a year would be "acceptable".>>11404049Yeah I doubt Konami would even bother with 64 collections because N64 emulation is way more difficult to do and I dont think they would see Goemon or the 64vanias as big sellers, maybe Bomberman but Konami seems to not give a shit about him outside Bombergirl.So yeah, hand them over to NSO.
>>11400047I never really thought anyone actually gave a shit about the classic libraries on NSO. For most people it's a fun novelty to play about 5 minutes of Mario World the first time they get it, but then they never touch the classic shit ever again.
>>11404073>but what can we doNothing, except pay. I wish there was something called emulation, so we wouldn't need to be hostages for poor business practices.
>>11404073>what can we doIn terms of creating change? Nothing. I hacked my Switch and haven’t purchased any new games for a long time. Emulation is also an easy way around a lot of NSO. However, I know that nothing I do will create the change I want to see within Nintendo. That makes it more frustrating, honestly.
>>11404117I play mine extensively, especially since I have kids, a full time job and other hobbies and time is a premium. It's very easy to play say Zelda or Blaster Master or Goldeneye or whatever for 15 minutes, do a save then pick it up again when I have some more spare time.
Last time I played nso was in February. I started up my switch last week and checked out nso for the first time in months and there were only like a total of 3 new games. Maybe I'm exaggerating but I really think there were only like 3 games total released in the last 10 months. The selection they currently have is great though but I've already played through most of it a couple times plus the countless hours I spent playing these games as a kid. Basically, we need some new games
>>11403367Ask her to teach you, retard
It bothers me that Nintendo just slaps Japanese releases on here untranslated, for games with little to no text like Devil World it's fine but games like Panel de Pon need menu translations at the very least.
>>11404441I feel like they should put the Japanese games in a separate app like they do with M-rated N64 games. It's just useless clutter to me if they're untranslated.
>>11400916Those "bugs" are deliberately placed to mess with pirates.
>>11399891Is it just me or are the snes and nes emulators actually really good here?
>>11404538My only issue with those is the NES version of SMB3 has this really irritating green flickering on the right side of the screen as sprites are loaded in. They didn't crop it right or something.
>>11404538I think everything except the N64 is decent to good. There's probably issues with the Genesis sound but isn't that a lot of emulators?How's the input lag? I remember when they first put Yoshi's Island in there I was having a surprising amount of trouble with what is a pretty easy game. But I feel like it's gotten better since then (I wouldn't want to try Punch Out though)
>>11399891Can the service run Diablo?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZYe9uVaMM
>>11404441The best part: Mother 3 fags are suffering.We already know why they haven't bought it over as is, it's just funny seeing Nintendo doing absolutely nothing to appease to these leftwing beggars.
New game this week?
>>11406070Famicom Wars and FE classic
>>11406070Donkey Kong Land 2 rn
>>11406202oh shithttps://youtu.be/-P7h3doJek8
>titles still untranslated and in the original JapaneseWHY?
>>11406435>refused hired localizerBased Nintendo
>>11407352translating and localizing are two different things
>>11404441I get you anon, but the alternative is we don't get it at all.Nintendo tried when they translated Fire Emblem NES and no one bought it, so they likely won't try again.
hows the gbc version of blaster master?
>>11400916Run it on Ares and make a backup savestate every hour dumbfuck. Truly the smartest NSO user. The old "my game just glitched out fellas!!!" cope is still so crazy to me
>>11400864So tired of people larping things like they can easily find neogeo and all it's games for a quarter.
>>11407601I actually bought that because I support the practice and I play for like five minutes, realized I hate fire emblem, and haven’t touched it since.
>>11400527I didn't even know you could play as multiple characters, I thought it was just recolors of Banjo and Kazooie.
>>11399891>NSO>paying for ROMsLMAO
>>11408231You can get membership gift card at discount rate
>>11405104Tell me about it.https://files.catbox.moe/bvsa03.png
>>11408231>Friendless anime poster isn't in a family planLMAO
Megadrive got an update in Japanhttps://x.com/Nintendo/status/1861578506876183002
>>11408293>Vectorman>Toejam and Earl Panic in Funkotron>MERCS
>>11399891So what's actually going on with the N64 that it seemingly can never be accurately emulated anyway? How is it impossible for even Nintendo to manage to get a 25 year old game to work out on anything?
>>11408346>How is it impossible for even Nintendo to manage to get a 25 year old game to work out on anything?A complete lack of care. If it was a priority, it’s hard to imagine that the company owning all relevant tech data wouldn’t be able to get it done.
>>11408293>>11408297https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1861593424215838733And now they're available on the global Genesis app
Wonder what are they gonna do for nso next year.
>>11408821They'll finally add Radical Rex to the SNES.
>>11400624Now addLower class poor people to that line, since that's what they're most upset aboutMeth addicts also hate video games because they're part of the system. They have the same opinions as all the shiddy elites
Why arent you hacking your switch and getting NSO for free?
>>11408821Add new homebrew games?
>>11408346Japanese people don't care for the N64, that's the filthy westerners problem.
>>11408231Why people pay hulu and xbox pass?
>>11400519>>11400524I just hope it comes out to eshop for $25 once they're done developing the game.
>>11408821Smash 64/Melee Online+Smash Remix/Slippi's shutdown
>>11409818Nintendo bad mmkay?
>>11409818anti-social 4channers are not within the mind of a idiot consumer.They're not the target market, it's towards suckers who still can't use a smartphone.
>>11400609It's fun but FUCK https://www.mariouniverse.com/wp-content/img/maps/gb/dkl/mmcc-5.png THIS LEVEL RIGHT HERE
>>11410152that one and the 2nd gangplank galleon level (the one with the snakes on ropes) were the worst.
>>11409258can't play online nso
>>11410028There is literally nothing wrong with buying a subscription.
>>11408297>>11408398MERCS is a neat addition, expansion pass still isn't worth it though.
>>11410152>linking an image on an image board
>>11409258Get black friday or cyber monday gift card.
Heil Nintendo!
I just realized they didn't add the GBC alternate color palettes when I was trying DK Land on it. My PC is already hooked up to my TV so I'd rather just emulate there for more options. Still there's nothing wrong with NSO, it's a pretty good deal. I sometimes play games on it because I already pay to play Splatoon.
>>11414406>I just realized they didn't add the GBC alternate color palettes when I was trying DK Land on it.That's what gets me about the service. They do the bare minimum, at most (and not always even that much, see the untranslated Japanese releases). For paid ROMs, they really ought to roll out the red carpet here.
The NSO controllers are pretty awesome though. My only beef is that the NES controller got fucked with the bar on top instead of a charging port, but they couldn't add a little home button to any of them.
well i do hope they add more Genesis games.
>>11401185>>GameCube and Wii games are reserved for expensive remakes despite Virtual Console hosting N64 games when they were much younger than GameCube / Wii games are now.I'm pretty confident that Nintendo will do GameCube games on NSO, my feeling is that they'll make them Switch 2 exclusive as a selling point for the new console.There's a lot of GCN games that could be on there, even considering remakes. Mario Sunshine, SSB Melee, Mario Kart Double Dash, all the Mario Parties, all the Mario sports games, and I wouldn't even rule out them adding Metroid Prime 1 + 2 and Paper Mario TTYD because there are already a few games which have remakes but are still on NSO (Link's Awakening for instance). They might not add the Zeldas though, depending on if they re-release the HD versions as full-priced games.
Still awesome.
>>11403075my hopes are gone for sbk online then, but bomberman 64 is gonna be fucking sick. Unlike turok 2, it'll be easy to get full rooms going. Shame because 2 can be fun with cheats
>>11416126Who knows, I legit thought Goldeneye and Banjo-Kazooie would be the only Rareware games on NSO (maybe DK64) and that Nintendo would stop updating the app after they added all of their games but so far they're still updating it with shit I wasn't expecting (like I would never have expected Extreme-G, Shadow Man or Iggy's on NSO).I think SBK could be added eventually, Atlus hasn't completely forgotten it (iirc the ost of the games is available on music apps like spotify and the like).
>>11410152If you paste an image URL directly into the file browser after clicking "Browse..." to add an image to your post, you can attach that image directly without even downloading it first.
>>11416040Oh sweet
I don't even have a switch. The first party games don't interest me in the slightest, and any 3rd party games are multiplatform and run way better on other consoles. NSO is a fucking joke. There are free fan projects that provide a way better user experience. Nintendo presses a button and you get shit. They didn't even bother machine translating menus for the Japanese releases. What a joke.
>>11416389>>11410152I like this level in principle but goddamn sometimes those edges on the platform felt fucky.
>>11416809>NSO is a fucking jokeYou pay for the online service to access servers for Mario Kart and Mario Party and shit like Pokemon battles. The games are an extra.
>>11416809>They didn't even bother machine translating menus for the Japanese releasesGood, I don't want AI slop on NSO.
>>11416809
>>11399891Goldeneye 00 agent playthrough. I haven't played it since childhood but a lot of it came back quickly. Up to jungle right now. I know its the hardest difficulty but there's a lot of bullshit in this game.>>11409258I'll do it when Switch 2 comes out. I play online with friends.
>>11416809How do you avoid tripping over your enormous balls waving your dick around while you strut into threads with the Prince Ali song playing?
>>11399891Donkey Kong 64 when?
>>11418572never ever
>>11418572A funny gag would be for Nintendo to drop a bunch of crappy NSO games on the 24th and call it "Nintendo Ruins Christmas" or something like that.
>>11418572rare replay when?
I'm trying to beat Excitebike 64, this game is really hard I can't even get a win on the first race in Pro Mode.
>>11400137This. It’s an online service that doesn’t even work. Smash and Splatoon are pure paywall jokes. Nintenbaby faggots cope that they are “only” paying $60/yr for a bunch of old ass roms that they probably bought and lost on Nintendo’s previous cash grab online shop.
>>11409258cant play fzero99 that way afaik.
>>11417841PussyFree yourself from the mafia
Finally.
>>11420819Best Tetris
Been on a Mario binge. Started with Super Mario Bros and worked my way up. Currently, replaying Yoshi's Island.
>>11420758Back to >>>/g/ shill
Does anyone know where to get box art for switch games?
>>11421619https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/
Bump
https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1864114440653951203DK Land 3 has arrived (in japan)
>>11422903https://youtu.be/U8jS-HXN99Y
Diddy Kong racing and DK 64 is next.
I fucking loathe DK64 but I feel like I owe it another shot after 25 years
>>11422903This HAS to be building up to something more impressive right?So far we’ve got a new DK game every week for the past 3 weeks. Surely it’s not gonna end at the 3 land games? It has to be DK64 and DKR at the end
Now back to Excitebike 64>>11423257Maybe next week they'll add Donkey Kong 94 or GBC DKC and before Christmas they'll add DK64 or DK Racing.
>>11423325That’s what I’m thinking
>>11423257>Surely it’s not gonna end at the 3 land games? It has to be DK64 and DKR at the endWhat about King of Swing?
>>11399891even with if the jumping feels really offSame. I don't remember the jump being that bad. I'm probably out of practise, but I may try to play it on a gameboy color with a flashcart, just in case.
>>11424087Land 1 has bad jumping regardless where you're playing it, you just have to get used to it.Land 2 and 3 improved on the controls a lot.
>>11408235>>11408284>>11409818>>11410869>/vr/ now defends a subscription service to rent a few select ROMs that Nintendo still has the rights to that barely covers the NES libraryJeez... what happened to this place?
>>11424898marketers moved in and setup shop, first they came from limited run, retrotink, mister, chinkhelds, and jewtubers, then nintendo sent a few over and once the manufactured consent was forced enough people just regurgitate it on their own now. They didn't even need full time marketers, just enough to have the brainrot take root and then they left.
Super Mario 64 for me. Debating whether or not to go for 120 stars or just beat Bowser. Is it just me or are the colors desaturated? Yellows especially.