The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Is Not Worth It—For Now

The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is not a good service to subscribe to due to poor emulation and a lack of value.

[PhillyDillyDee]

We know. How many times do we need to see this?

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea no sh*t, we called it when they announced it.

[MadLad]

*goes back to playing emulators that run on basically any somewhat modern PC nowadays*

I have love for Nintendo.
I grew up playing my brother's Super Nintendo. The N64 was MY first official console, back when I was just a little s**t.
But they're weird today. Barely ever discount their games. Don't know how to make a proper online system work. Can't even make proper emulation work, when people have been doing it well for decades now.

Get yourself together, Nintendo.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

But they're the only console that widely supports visual novels which is why I sold off a majority of my PS4 collection to go towards more visual novels and a Switch OLED. So they do have some positives. This is the first Nintendo system I've owned since N64 back in the 90's as I've strictly been Sony since the first Playstation.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Last I checked N64 emulation was terrible. Most games have video and/or audio glitches. The cost of getting an N64 working on an HDTV with minimal input lag and a non ugly display is very high.

When Nintendo eventually fixes the issues with the expansion pack, I plan on purchasing for a year at least.

[MadLad]

I've had no issue with emulation on my end. Every once in a while minor audio issues that typically fix themselves by just running a different.
I run my PC off of my 4k OLED with no issues, honestly.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Worth it? LMAO When you can get the emulator on PC & every single ROM and it will look so much better for free. Or a Raspberry Pi 4 or whatever SOC you like to use for a nice emulation machine.