One of the biggest announcements of Thursday’s Nintendo Direct was the confirmation of an additional tier being added to theNintendo Switch Onlinesubscription. This subscription “Expansion Pack” will unlock access to a select library of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games with an increased monthly cost, though the price was left unannounced. As part of the reveal,Nintendoteased several Nintendo 64 games that wouldn’t be available at launch, but that are planned for release later on.
One of the biggest offerings that will be available when the new service launches in late October will beThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It’s only fitting then that one of the first confirmedNintendo 64 gamesto be added at a later date will beThe Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, the sequel toOcarina of Time. Neither of these iconic Nintendo 64Zeldaclassics are otherwise available for the Nintendo Switch, so it’s an exciting occasion.
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Several other Nintendo 64 games that were teased to be released for Nintendo Switch via theNintendo Switch Online Expansion Packat a later date. These games includeMario Golf,Pokemon Snap,F-Zero X,Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards,Paper Mario, and alsoBanjo-Kazooie. Sadly, no Sega Genesis games were teased, so it’s unclear if more games from the platform will be added later or not.
In comparison to what’s been announced to be available for the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack’s launch, the teased releases for the future are surprisingly few. At launch, the service will offer 9 Nintendo 64 games, includingSuper Mario 64andMario Kart 64, as well as14 Sega Genesis games, includingEcco the DolphinandSonic the Hedgehog 2. That’s 23 games available at launch with 7 more announced for the future, for 30 total announced at the moment.
Those excited for Nintendo’s plans to make Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games available have another opportunity, too. Nintendo will be releasing specialNintendo 64 and Sega Genesis controllersfor the Nintendo Switch. A Nintendo Switch Online subscription will be required to purchase the controllers, which each costing $49.99. They are, of course, entirely optional.
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