NINTENDO CONFIRM:monthly 'FREE' game only available for a MONTH,mario kart MAYBE free to play ONLINE

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

I was thinking, Nintendo would be insane to charge people to play Mario kart on switch when the same game is FREE on the wiiU, so I headed over to the Nintendo website and found some interesting wording

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Available in March (Free trial)
Online Play on Nintendo Switch

You’ll be able to play compatible co-op and competitive games online by signing in with your Nintendo Account. Online play will be free for Nintendo Account holders until our paid online service launches in fall 2017.

After the free-trial period, most games will require a paid online service subscription from Nintendo in order to play online.

This service is only for Nintendo Switch. It does not affect Wii U or Nintendo 3DS systems or online play.

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Nintendo Switch online service – Nintendo Switch™ Official site – Online gaming, multiplayer, voice chat


the sheer fact it says MOST is very telling.


NINTENDO also confirmed the monthly free games will ONLY LAST FOR A MONTH

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Monthly game download
Subscribers will get to download and play a Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (Super NES) game (with newly-added online play) for free for a month.

 

[Tunez]

 

[winb83]

I was thinking, Nintendo would be insane to charge people to play Mario kart on switch when the same game is FREE on the wiiU, so I headed over to the Nintendo website and found some interesting wording

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Available in March (Free trial)
Online Play on Nintendo Switch

You’ll be able to play compatible co-op and competitive games online by signing in with your Nintendo Account. Online play will be free for Nintendo Account holders until our paid online service launches in fall 2017.

After the free-trial period, most games will require a paid online service subscription from Nintendo in order to play online.

This service is only for Nintendo Switch. It does not affect Wii U or Nintendo 3DS systems or online play.

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Nintendo Switch online service – Nintendo Switch™ Official site – Online gaming, multiplayer, voice chat


the sheer fact it says MOST is very telling.


NINTENDO also confirmed the monthly free games will ONLY LAST FOR A MONTH

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Monthly game download
Subscribers will get to download and play a Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (Super NES) game (with newly-added online play) for free for a month.

If people wanna play these old games any PC can emulate them for free right now.

 

[ORDER_66]

nintendo fail again...

 

[The Guru]

A whole free nes/snes game for a month

 

[GreenGrass]

might as well go the netflix route and put all nitendo games online

 

[ORDER_66]

might as well go the netflix route and put all nitendo games online

They could but they Wont!!!!

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

If people wanna play these old games any PC can emulate them for free right now.

yeah we all know that
but in this day and age if you gonna pay for online play you have to get something back like a game, that's the industry standard.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

A whole free nes/snes game for a month

breh its outrageous

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

we need a pokemon smiley or a mario smiley

 

[KevCo]

Im on the fence bout this...on one hand it be cool if you could keep the game, on the other i have rarely bought sn old game and played it for more than a month....if I wanted to own it id hit uo the videogame store and buy the cartridge or disc since i still own all the systems ive bought

 

[winb83]

that's the industry standard.

Nintendo, industry standard. You don't see the problem there?

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

we need a pokemon smiley or a mario smiley

:MPALM:

 

[ORDER_66]

:MPALM:

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Nintendo, industry standard. You don't see the problem there?

asking customers to pay for online yet offering less than other companies, you don't see the problem there?