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That’s on the Switch to some extent.

Albeit with a limited library (Although I'd say nearly every game worth playing is already on there, besides a couple N64 games). For reference, with the Switch Online subscription you get

* NES

* SNES

* N64

* Sega Genesis

I guess you could argue that Gamecube isn't represented yet, but that's the only major out of date system that isn't included (Understanding that almost any game playable on the WiiU is also on the Switch).

> Although I'd say nearly every game worth playing is already on there, besides a couple N64 games

I'd say it takes a very narrow view of what's "worth playing" to say that.

To me, the Switch Online emulation services are defined by what they're missing.

What would you say they're missing? I mean, all of the NES, SNES, and N64 Mario games are on there, along with all of the Zelda games on those consoles. Nearly all of Nintendo's IP's are on there. I can't really imagine anything that it's truly missing.

(edit: This comment speaks to the N64 only)

Nintendo IPs: Donkey Kong 64. Diddy Kong Racing. Kirby 64 (Crystal Shards). Any of the Pokemons. Any of the Bombermans. Excitebike 64.

Non-Nintendo IPs: GoldenEye. Any of the Tony Hawk Pro Skaters[1]. Either Duke Nukem. Doom 64[2]. The second Banjo-Kazooie. Wave Race. Earthworm Jim.

[1]: Pro Skater 1 & 2 have been released for the Switch separately from NSO; $40 for both of them as a bundle. 3 has not been released for the Switch.

[2]: Doom 64 has been released for the Switch separately from NSO; for $5.

The non Nintendo IPs are necessarily Nintendo’s to use.

The $40 THPS 1+2 isn't emulated, though, it's a full remake.

I had been lead to believe that it's a source-port + remaster, not a full remake. But IDK.

Likewise, I assume the Doom 64 release is a source-port, not emulated.

> all of the NES, SNES, and N64 Mario games are on there

Super Mario RPG isn’t.

Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 6, Mega Man X, TMNT. I’d even pay a couple bucks to waste an hour playing Bart’s Nightmare again.

Pokémon is a nonentity.

It’d be a hell of a nostalgia trip to play Rampage, IronSword, Monster Party, Linus Spacehead, Treasure Island Dizzy, Super Robinhood, or Boomerang Kid.

Chrono Cross and FF6 have rereleases out now (don't remember the platforms). The issue with that being you have to play Chrono Cross, which you probably don't actually want to do.

It does have Radical Dreamers though.

You don't get N64 or Sega Genesis with the basic Nintendo Switch Online subscription, you need to go for the more expensive "Expansion Pack" subscription to get those.

The N64 library is quite small, and only has a handful of games. I mean, the ideal N64 library is also quite small: only 306 North American or PAL (~English language) games were ever released. But 306 seems so eminently achievable that it makes the small selection of games on the service that much more dramatic.

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