Barnsy wrote:Hi. Sorry bunch of questions
1. I'm not sure I quite understand the Snes online. So is there an option of just buying the Snes games and owning the download like you can on Wii U or do you have to be a subscription paying member of Nintendo Online to play snes games on Switch.
If it has to be the Nintendo Switch online - I will be able to access all Snes games available with one off Nintendo Switch Online 12 month card for £15 for the year and there's no other payments? Is there any disadvantages to this?
2. I've asked this question on the Ori thread too - wasn't sure the best place to ask. Does anyone have any idea how much Ori and Blind Forest will cost on Switch? I was hoping it would priced about the same as current price on X Box One (under £20) I wouldn't fancy paying the price of main new release (above £50) as I already own it.
2.5. As x box games on Nintendo Switch are a thing - does anyone think the Switch will get Rare Replay
3. With the Nintendo Lite I'm aware you can only play in Handheld mode but is there any noticeable difference in the quality of sound, graphics, framerate or anything else that would lower the experience of playing the games in handheld on Lite over an original Switch (other than screen size)
4. How has everyone got on with battery life in handheld mode - I'm looking at the original Switch as they have a bundle I'm interested in (rather than the new one's with better battery life) - google says the old ones are between 2.5 and 65 hours. 2.5 is a bit on the low side but I would be happy with 4.5 hours
Thank you
I’ll try and give a few answers, probably not comprehensive but better than nothing right?
1 - When you activate a Switch online membership you can download a NES app and a SNES app that has the various games they’re currently allowing users to access as a bonus to paying for online. You can only access them if you have a current online membership active. No other payments for being able to access the NES/SNES games and online other than the one off fee, which depending how you pay may automatically renew after a year (or I guess just end if you’ve got a code? I’ve bought a year via the eshop so not sure on this).
2 - Like yourself I’m eager to see how much Ori costs, I’ve seen around $20 stated but waiting for it to appear on the eshop for a definite price. As for Rare Replay I really wouldn’t like to say, I’d love for it to come to the Switch but equally I wouldn’t be surprised if it stayed solely on the Xbox One.
3 & 4 - As far as I’m aware there will be very few differences playing on a Switch Lite to a normal Switch undocked, except that the battery life is better. With the old ones I find it varies wildly depending on the game, whether its in airplane mode or not and how bright you have your screen. Think the longest I’ve got playing Breath of The Wild undocked is about 3 hours, but that was with airplane mode on, screen brightness just off minimum etc.
Hope that helps, somewhat anyway!