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    Default Nintendo Switch's Online Service

    Source: http://kotaku.com/nintendo-details-s...yea-1795743981

    Nintendo Switch’s online service will cost $20/year and will launch at some point in 2018, the publisher said today. Playing Switch games online will be free until the service launches.

    You can also get a one-month subscription for $4 and a three-month subscription for $8.

    As Nintendo previously said, voice chat and online lobby features won’t be available on the Switch itself. Instead, you’ll have to use them through a smartphone app that Nintendo says will be launch this summer. “Our new dedicated smart device app will connect to Nintendo Switch and let you invite friends to play online, set play appointments, and chat with friends during online matches in compatible games─all from your smart device,” the company says. “A free, limited version of this app will be available for download in summer 2017.”

    Nintendo adds that subscribers will get free versions of classic games with added online features, citing Super Mario Bros. 3, Balloon Fight and Dr. Mario as examples. Previously, Nintendo had said that subscribers will get access to a different game each month, but that plan appears to have changed:


    UPDATE (9:50pm): Nintendo confirmed that this monthly plan has indeed changed, telling Kotaku: “Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will have ongoing access to a library of classic games with added online play. Users can play as many of the games as they want, as often as they like, as long as they have an active subscription.”

    Nintendo adds: “Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will be able to play a wide variety of classic games, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Balloon Fight and Dr. Mario. More games will be announced at a later date. At launch the classic game library will include NES games. Super NES games continue to be under consideration, but we have nothing further to announce at this time.”

    It remains to be seen whether this classic service will replace Nintendo’s traditional Virtual Console, which allowed fans to buy old games on 3DS, Wii, and Wii U. When asked about the Virtual Console’s future, Nintendo offered: “We have nothing to announce on this topic.”

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    Honestly, $20 is not too bad. Usually Nintendo has the more unique lineup of games that you can't get cross console or on PC. Still would have been nice if they would have come up with a free service like the PC. That would have put them light years ahead of Sony and Microsoft as far as online pricing is concerned.

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    And it seems kind of goofy that they make you use a smartphone app for chat...instead of a Wii Speak type add-on.
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