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> The NES games inside Animal Crossing blew my mind as a kid Sounds similar to Donkey Kong 64 (1999) that had an arcade machine inside a level that let you pla

> The NES games inside Animal Crossing blew my mind as a kid Sounds similar to Donkey Kong 64 (1999) that had an arcade machine inside a level that let you play the original Donkey Kong (1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwPRHdhhVK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwPRHdhhVK8 > Nintendo doesn't simply have its entire catalogue available via virtual console Not entirely the same, but Nintendo does offer a lot of their classic games through the Nintendo Switch Online membership: https://www.nintendo.com/us/online/nintendo-switch-online/classic-games/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/online/nintendo-switch-online/cl...

nemomarx 1y ago
What I think they're pointing out is that the Wii, Wii u, and 3ds did have the virtual console and basically the full back catalogue available on it. It took the lifetime of the switch for the new service to get a comparable line up.
krs_ 1y ago
> Sounds similar to Donkey Kong 64 (1999) that had an arcade machine inside a level that let you play the original Donkey Kong (1981) Interesting tidbit about that is that it was carefully recreated from scratch by Rare, rather than being emulated, because Nintendo doesn't have/own the rights to the original source code. They originally had Ikegami Tsushinki do the programming for the arcade version, who later claimed ownership of the source code and eventually won the lawsuit. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-secret-history-of-i-donkey-kong-i- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-secret-history-of...
- ndiddy 1y ago
  Nintendo and Ikegami settled out of court. I'm assuming Nintendo got the rights to the arcade version as part of the settlement, as the arcade version of Donkey Kong got a release on Switch as part of Arcade Archives. https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-donkey-kong-switch/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-d...
AdmiralAsshat 1y ago
The distinction is, if I stop paying for the Switch Online membership at any point (or forget to renew), all those titles go away. By contrast, my Animal Crossing Gamecube disk still works. :) People have even come up with generic gift codes that can unlock some of the NES games Nintendo never "officially" released for AC, like Legend of Zelda, Punch-Out, and a few others. My entire basement house in the original Animal Crossing is filled with nothing but gyroids and NES games.
- LocalH 1y ago
  Fun fact: Nintendo originally had the idea to make other games available in such a way that you could download them to a GC memory card (or indeed the N64 original) and play them from there. https://youtu.be/2w0U_evVEd4 https://youtu.be/2w0U_evVEd4 https://youtu.be/A5YdD1pYzes https://youtu.be/A5YdD1pYzes + https://youtu.be/0cpjhIS6ClI https://youtu.be/0cpjhIS6ClI

nemomarx 1y ago

What I think they're pointing out is that the Wii, Wii u, and 3ds did have the virtual console and basically the full back catalogue available on it. It took the lifetime of the switch for the new service to get a comparable line up.

krs_ 1y ago

> Sounds similar to Donkey Kong 64 (1999) that had an arcade machine inside a level that let you play the original Donkey Kong (1981) Interesting tidbit about that is that it was carefully recreated from scratch by Rare, rather than being emulated, because Nintendo doesn't have/own the rights to the original source code. They originally had Ikegami Tsushinki do the programming for the arcade version, who later claimed ownership of the source code and eventually won the lawsuit. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-secret-history-of-i-donkey-kong-i- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-secret-history-of...

ndiddy 1y ago
Nintendo and Ikegami settled out of court. I'm assuming Nintendo got the rights to the arcade version as part of the settlement, as the arcade version of Donkey Kong got a release on Switch as part of Arcade Archives. https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-donkey-kong-switch/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-d...

AdmiralAsshat 1y ago

The distinction is, if I stop paying for the Switch Online membership at any point (or forget to renew), all those titles go away. By contrast, my Animal Crossing Gamecube disk still works. :) People have even come up with generic gift codes that can unlock some of the NES games Nintendo never "officially" released for AC, like Legend of Zelda, Punch-Out, and a few others. My entire basement house in the original Animal Crossing is filled with nothing but gyroids and NES games.

LocalH 1y ago
Fun fact: Nintendo originally had the idea to make other games available in such a way that you could download them to a GC memory card (or indeed the N64 original) and play them from there. https://youtu.be/2w0U_evVEd4 https://youtu.be/2w0U_evVEd4 https://youtu.be/A5YdD1pYzes https://youtu.be/A5YdD1pYzes + https://youtu.be/0cpjhIS6ClI https://youtu.be/0cpjhIS6ClI