In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???

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      2 days ago

      I mean, it’s Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words “Nintendo”, “Mario” and such, they’d do it without hesitation…

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      2 days ago

      That’s been standard for the switch retro controller releases. And yes it’s been bullshit the entire time. I would have liked an N64 one.

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        1 day ago

        But you don’t have the sub (cheap when sharing a family pack) so you can’t play the N64 games anyway.

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              5 hours ago

              unless you stumble on a brick, fall down and accidentally install a rp2040 on the switch, then accidentally flash picofly when trying to understand what’s going on

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      1 day ago

      A controller that is useful only when you have that online subscription to play the back catalogue, yes.

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        11 hours ago

        The new switch has a whole button that doesn’t work without a paid online subscription 🤪

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          11 hours ago

          Lemmy 24/7: “if its free, you’re the product”

          Lemmy on Nintendo: “Why should I pay for online play?! It needs to be free, moderated, and exist indefinitely even after the obsolescence of the product. Otherwise, I’m entirely justified in pirating everything.”