Nintendo details Switch’s online service features ⊟
Online play will be free on the Switch until Nintendo launches its new paid service next year, but here’s an advance look at what you should expect. You’ll pay $3.99 for one month, $7.99 for three months, $19.99 for a year-long subscription to the console’s online service.
One of the service’s components will be a smartphone app:
“Our new dedicated smart device app will connect to Nintendo Switch and let you invite friends to play online, set play appointments, and chat with friends during online matches in compatible games─all from your smart device. A free, limited version of this app will be available for download in summer 2017.”
Nintendo also mentioned being able to “download a compilation of classic titles with online play” (Super Mario Bros. 3, Balloon Fight, and Dr. Mario being named) – that language is a bit different from the “monthly game download” the company initially promised for its Classic Game Selections. Maybe that’s a good thing, considering how much people didn’t like that idea?
[Update: The company told Kotaku that it has adjusted its plans to release monthly game downloads with limited availability: “Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will have ongoing access to a library of classic games with added online play. Users can play as many of the games as they want, as often as they like, as long as they have an active subscription.”]
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