Rumour: Insider Says N64 Is Coming To Switch Online, Believes It Will Introduce A “Higher-Priced” Subscription Tier
A few weeks ago, known insider ‘NateDrake’ revealed on his podcast how Game Boy and Game Boy Color games would supposedly be coming to Nintendo’s Switch Online service in the near future.
Eurogamer added to this – noting how “other retro platforms” are also likely to show up. While no systems, in particular, were mentioned, the same insider now says one of these “other” platforms is the Nintendo 64. Here’s exactly what he had to say on the latest episode of his podcast:
“Eurogamer went one step further, having noted that additional platforms will also be added to Nintendo Switch Online in the future. And today I would like to add to that, yes – that information is accurate and one of the platforms that will be coming to the Nintendo Switch Online in the future is the revolutionary Nintendo 64.”
While the rest of the discussion about the N64 coming to the NSO is for most parts speculative, Nate seems to think Nintendo will use this generation of games to introduce a new Switch Online price tier. In other words, you could be expected to pay more to access these titles – roughly estimated to make memberships around $5 – $15 USD more per year.
“What I’m going to propose, is that when Nintendo 64 does come to Nintendo Switch Online it is going to come with a higher-priced tier – a premium version of Nintendo Switch Online, if you will.”
“I don’t think they would try to double the price of it… I’d come in at $30 a year, $35 would be the ceiling, any more than that I think Nintendo would be really pushing things.”
Further speculation from the insider and his co-host ‘MVG’ touches on the “elephant in the room” being Rare’s library of games (e.g. GoldenEye 007), licensing and even the fact Super Mario 64 was only recently released as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection.
While the insider is “confident” N64 will eventually appear on the NSO, he’s not quite as sure about the date of its arrival:
“I would give a very realistic probability that it happens in the current fiscal year…but that’s a guess. I mean that’s a guess but you know, we will find out as we said, September is the month of reveals, the anniversary of the platform itself, so hopefully, we have some news about Nintendo Switch Online this month, but there is no rule that it has to come this month.”
The main focus here though is that Nintendo 64 games will apparently be coming to Nintendo’s Online service. If this was to happen, what classics from this era would you like to see return? Tell us down below.