Everything GREAT and TERRIBLE about Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy games...

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[@Martin-gf1hh]

Nintendo is the king of selling you the same stuff over and over

[@desupernoodle]

That is why I resort to piracy

[@fantasytky28]

And Nintendo fanboy are king of buying same stuff over and over again

[@southdubify]

Have you met Todd Howard?

[@Merkantoine]

Your average Nintendo fan: omg it's always the same games Also your average Nintendo fan: Super Mario Bros? Yes I bought it seven times

[@Sojkaaaa]

Ekhm.. Skyrim?

[@supermist]

Really hoping to see the GBA version of A Link to the Past since that had Four Swords and that would be amazing for online

[@feIon]

agreed

[@GrabEmByTheJoystick]

Four Swords online would be incredible

[@CasualGamerDude]

YASSS

[@SuperQueenV.]

Yes!

[@praxedissanchez5101]

It's just a matter of time

[@marcmcphee]

I have the Nintendo Online expansion pass and quite enjoy it. I am annoyed, however, that one day the service will disappear and I won’t be able to play these games conveniently on the Switch. I will then revert back to my GBA SP and maybe get a Steam Deck for emulation. Selling these games physically on compilation carts would be amazing but will never happen.

[@TheRealOGTrainer]

The only thing that makes me wonder if thats how it will go down is if they do what is happening with Pokémon Bank. Once the 3DS servers go down, Pokémon Bank is free for everyone and will always work so it makes me wonder if Nintendo will follow suit. Thats the only thing that makes me somewhat hopeful for future. Hopefully they do it because a lot of people would LOVE that.

[@SuperSikarlo]

Emulation

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

They BETTER let you have the games forever once the service shuts down These games aren't kept on servers, or anything, all the service does is verify if you're allowed to acces

[@TheRealOGTrainer]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 Im just trying to keep an unbiased and 0 expectation for the positive and negative outcomes until it happens. I feel like it would be way too easy to let us keep it, but who knows.

[@ralsei3157]

​@@jesusramirezromo2037nope, they'll shut it down, they already have the millions of dollars total worldwide, and you won't keep Jack, face the facts

[@inspica380]

For mariokart on GBA... use a light character like toad or princess peach and you will not slide around the track like it's made of ice, unless it's an ice track. You have a lot more control over the cart with lighter characters and it makes it a much more enjoyable game. I love playing it on the analogue pocket.

[@ItsSpoody]

Golden Sun is probably the biggest surprise of the upcoming line up, with that and Baiten Kaios being talked about makes me excited and very hopeful for mother 3 and other JRPGs trapped on the GBA

[@MiBrCo4177]

Yeah. I was so pissed when I found GBA on the eShop having not seen the direct lol. Only to find it apart of the expansion pass :(. Not worth it yet for me but having golden sun (even though there is emulator on PC) appear on the platform, maybe eventually they'll give us GS2 and ... 3 lol. Hell maybe we will get more Sega games eventually. And maybe Sega Saturn and CD lol. If anyone deserves to own Sega and it's IPs let it be Nintendo.

[@jetrifle4209]

@iiiiiiiii no.

[@ProcrastPerfection]

Mother 3 is a never lol. I think the same is one of the best but… There is just no way a game with homop****a and child su****e is going to go over well in 2022.

[@rodneywarren1905]

I am hoping we get great greed for the gameboy. Hands down my favorite rpg for the gameboy.

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

i feel like Rhythm Tengoku and Mother 3 will come as like the closer games when they stop updating the GB[A] emulators

[@Nanobit84]

The great thing about it is that I don’t have to worry about spending hundreds of dollar on a Analog pocket. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised they add Pokémon games on Pokémon Day.

[@keepwatchingthat]

You didn't have to you can back up your games pretty easily. And pretty much every modern day electronic can handle the games.

[@jameshenderson4089]

Agree. The pocket is cool but after 1 month of owning I started to use my original gameboy advance instead. I just don’t have nostalgia for the pocket and it’s display.

[@3spanishfreaks970]

Why would you need to do that anyway? There are hundreds of devices that can emulate all GB and GBA games (not just the limited list Nintendo is giving here). This channel has reviewed at least a dozen different devices at $100 or less.

[@abelperez1434]

I love my analouge pocket and play it all the time. It is expensive but worth it

[@heisenbergwhite00]

Analog pocket gives you Native gaming experience, the switch is only emulation, your comparisons are horrible as the pocket is better

[@KevinPfeifer]

I usually skip VPN ads.... but this VPN-Dog-Ad-Combo is just 10/10

[@seanbrent4245]

Bob knocks it out with his ads lol. Only creator I don’t skip past ads lol

[@andydiggydeesmoothiii1926]

I will never get over how well made and thought out your sponsored bits are

[@Death3336]

Her's the problem I have with all of this subscription/online/expansion pack stuff: When the switch goes offline/the console support ends... you have nothing. This stuff goes bye bye. You own none of this stuff.

[@Am_morning]

and THAT is the beauty of it.......they will get to sell it to you again

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

A lack of button mapping on emulated software in 2023 is practically unforgivable. I mean, come on guys, seriously.

[@MFKARMA]

I have a feeling we'll get some sort of announcement on Pokémon GameBoy titles whenever they hold the Pokémon Day event later this month. I'm sure they will since the digital store for the DS is going away next month. Just seems likely they would make those available once the DS store closes up shop.

[@Icycapy8755]

3DS* not DS. The DSi shop closed in 2016-2017

[@Slenderquil]

I really hope they announce compatibility between Gameboy Pokemon games and the stadium games on 64 online

[@danielbrunsch4196]

I feel like Nintendo will intentionally not give us any Pokemon games for some weird reason I cannot comprehent. Hope for the best tho. That Trading Card game was pretty fun back then too.

[@AndrewJacksonSE]

I’m betting there will be another tier “pokemon pass” …

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

Better transfer your Pokémon from Bank to Home

[@Jeema13]

The shark ad bit with Zim omfg HALARIOUS. Bob does it again 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richparkinson9647]

I'll say it every single time. The dude is the king of the video advertisement. Love every single one he does.

[@kennypitts4829]

Mine was interrupted, by an ad. Loss of faith achieved.

[@clseabus]

I think Wulff is the only person to succeed in making their ads watchable

[@SonicSweden1]

TomSka has some amazing ads on his second channel

[@supericy06]

And Jon Tron

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

Ryan George

[@Heidegaff]

Nintendo be like: "Pay 80 bucks to play these Game Boy Advance games from 20 years ago that cost about 10 bucks used on Ebay!"

[@Octav2000]

The small screen option actually makes handheld mode around the same size as an actual gb or gba

[@xtalviper]

You can emulate GameBoy games on your watch at this point, no way I'm paying for a monthly service to play them for a limited time (meaning for only as long as the service exists).

[@oonevetsoo]

You know, for someone that has every handheld emulator there is, including an FPGA analogue pocket. You sure are excited for like a handful of games, that you’re essentially renting.

[@ZERARCHIVE2023]

And that have a lot of problem at launch, like bad map configuration for the inputs... Things that are done, in 5 secondes on any fucking emulators.

[@joemarais7683]

Man, can’t wait to see how these emulators are incapable of stacking up against existing emulators.

[@nicojan]

A) As usual your ad segments are killer. You put a lot of work into them and it shows. B) Does the purple GBA SP we see in this video have a custom screen? I don't remember mine looking that good... C) For the button mapping issue, you can go to the Switch system settings, create a new mapping for GB games and save that as a preset. It would be better if done by app, but at least it's there!

[@thunderbro7218]

Hey give Nintendo props for giving us the e reader levels built in instead of doing something stupid like making them paid dlc

[@fryke]

You mentioned it: SML 1 is clearly missing. I get that Nintendo somehow tries to hide it, as it somehow doesn't really fit any other Mario game's look & feel, but it's the one I grew up with, the very first one I had (after the Game & Watch Crystal Screen version I borrowed from a friend, that is, which was also missing from the 35th anniversary Super Mario Bros. G&W somehow). So I hope they'll just add it at some point.

[@demonicbrawler3792]

Thank you Bob for saying, " Why the F*** can't I remap the buttons in 2023? "

[@3up3rn0va]

I normally hate KZbin ads especially sponsors, but somehow you always make it hilarious every time I love how you copy and paste yourself. 🤣

[@Dieter-4]

Title is completely wrong. There's nothing great about Nintendo drip feeding content to us behind a pay wall behind another pay wall. That's why i sold my Switch and got a Steam Deck.

[@nashanthename1886]

Idk if anyone has mentioned this, but I really do like how each of Bob's "Bleeps" effects correspond to whatever topic he's talking about. Such as the Gunshot from Goldeneye when he's speaking about... Well, Goldeneye lol

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

The Game Boy app on the Nintendo Switch sucks. For example, whenever you win or lose on the Game Boy version of Tetris, the game will not save your high scores and your name entries! What's up with that?

[@JoseLuisGodinez]

I think the small screen mode is also missing the glass screen borders. It would've been cool to see the border change with the different filters and to have the "Power" indicator sync up with the console battery level.

[@jeralgrant]

Oooh yeah. The Super GameBoy frames would be a nice touch.

[@3spanishfreaks970]

I thought this was a really cool update, then I realized I have 5 other devices that can play GB and GBA games... Give us gamecube already and stop messing around, Nintendo.

[@YourUncleBenis]

Tbh, I don't think having Switch Online have those games is a bad idea(though GBA is not worth the $50 tier, I'm sorry). The approach of just having a singular emulator app is also a good way to save space. The problem is that Switch Online more or less holds these games hostage. If they let you play certain retro games for free if you buy Switch Online, AND let you purchase them separately from the eShop, it'd actually be worth it, I think. Cause like you said, Switch Online is a good place to try out games, I just view it as a bad way of preserving games. I want to pay Nintendo money for Metroid Fusion and stuff. I don't want to pay Nintendo money for the online play that I'll rarely ever use, and get permission to basically rent Metroid Fusion for a year.

[@Argonisgema]

I already barely play my switch so i don't pay for the expansion pass. it be nice to play these game from my childhood but i don't want to pay a sub just to play them sometimes. would rather buy them outright so that when i do wanna play them i haven't spent a couple months worth of money in subscription fees.

[@podracer35]

I'd love it if they implemented a system like audible where you can redeem one game each month to keep forever. Maybe let us buy all the games anyways, but give a free retro game each month or something to give the Online Pass a better feel for value.

[@Argonisgema]

@@podracer35 also make purchases able to be transfered tp other systems. Yeah we know that's never gonna happen but if they did then it would keep me from buying kirby's dreamland for the 3rd or 4th time already

[@modermonkula]

I get inspired by their rom offerings, then just download them and play them on my Steam deck

[@TPLS2]

My problem is the amount of apps. For the different regions. I wish we could just toggle Pal and Japanese versions and they could just release all the games no matter what.

[@amber88565]

That Zim ad has to be one of the best KZbin sponsor ads I’ve seen in a while

[@hanktank45]

My feelings are so mixed about this. Gb and gba are my favorite consoles of all time. The addition of wireless and online functionality is awesome. However, I really don't like subscription services that drip feed 20+ year old games. I'm really curious about what they do with pokemon now. I'd much prefer a buy to own model. Really curious where this goes.

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

A subscription model might be a good fit if you consider that if Nintendo makes a new console, they'll probably start things over again. At that point, if you want to own the game it's just better to either get the original hardware, or just emulate it. Otherwise you end up in the same situation as a long of long time Nintendo fans are now: "Guess I'll buy Super Mario for the 10th time now"

[@megaman37456]

@@Fernando-ek8jp Which shows how behind Nintendo is. Gamespass spans across multiple platforms, PC, Xbox One, Series S, Series X. Nintendo could do the same with newer consoles and a buy to own model, but they CHOOSE not to, because they make some of the worst business decisions in the industry I'm gonna say it: If you want more retro games on Switch, Mod your your switch and pirate them, that way you own them

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

@@megaman37456 And the worst part is that basically everything from the NES up to the N64 could easily be handled via emulation by the switch. I get wanting to get more money, but if they cared a bit more about online services, they could have totally just come out with an official emulator for the switch, charged for it (given the amount of money that people spend on re buying those old games, they could have easily charged $60), and allowed people to re-download the games that they had bought in previous devices. The problem being that since there is no unified Nintendo account, that's basically a non starter.

[@fryke]

@@Fernando-ek8jp There is, now. It just starts from _now_. They've made it quite clear in their financial meetings, that the current online accounts will be taken into the future. Sure, it sucks that you bought the games on 3DS and Wii-U and can't use those on Switch - but we'll have the digitally bought Switch games on the next console, and it'll continue the Online Subscription as well as the Expansion pack, to which subscribing makes sense if you're into Nintendo's games, anyway. They want (and need) a constant flow of money, and their current model is _clearly_ working for them better and with _much_ more success than during the Wii-U/3DS times.

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

@@fryke Which is the worst of all worlds because now you don't even have the choice to own anything, because it's subscription only. For me the subscription model for Nintendo makes sense because they end up abandoning hardware anyways, so if you want to own something you're better off buying the game used and then get a rom. Having it be subscription only is sad. To be clear, I like subscription models, I actually use the EA one, but at least there I have the option to buy the game as well.

[@SansINess53]

Nintendo online service : Bad online Perks : Mediocre old emulation

[@DaileyDoseOfJoseph]

I agree that the software would be better with button customization within the software itself, but don't forget, you can remap all buttons inside the Switch menus itself. I play Animal Crossing with one hand entirely.

[@mdiaz2795]

People are so hyped for this when you can literally emulate gb and GBA games perfectly... Nintendo expansion is a joke has no value whatsoever , thank God i modded my Switch

[@Wiihelfer]

You can remap the buttons in the Switch System Settings->Controller and Sensors->Change Button Mapping. You can also save it as a preset. I use this for GoldenEye to play with modern controls. :)

[@djjjjjd]

The drip feeding of classic games in so pointless, and Nintendo would make so much more money if it wasn't for the vast amount of omissions in their online library. Most of them can be emulated so easily elsewhere that it eliminates what would be the main selling point for them: the convenience of having them all in one place.

[@Saroku1000]

Nintendo: Expansion pass is expansive Fans: *expEnsive

[@ParanoidThalyyMVS]

Imagine getting excited for having effing Game Boy games that you don't even own on an overpriced subscription service when a myriad of handheld emulator devices that can play games up to Dreamcast exist LMAO.

[@SuperLuigiSixty4]

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is my favourite version on SMB3. It was the way I got to replay it as a kid in the years between my NES getting stolen, and being able to replace it/when Wii Virtual Console came out

[@JamesKeiling]

"Thank GAWD there were some Game boy games" *aggressively loves pupper* -Bob Wulff 2023

[@jr01theweeb]

Kuru kuru is that one off trophy in melee that I always wondered what game it belonged to.

[@ZERARCHIVE2023]

THEY ARE ALL ACCESSIBLE WIDELY already for those who wants them. For free, not behind a stupid paywall.

[@NotAnRPGGuy]

Fun fact, the only person who was excited for Game and Watch gallery 3 was Rogersbase. Watch his reaction I've never seen someone so excited for Game and Watch in my life

[@smcdonough1427]

you have 20 different emulators to play gba games on instead of paying nintendo's shitty subscription fee

[@pkmn-96]

I hope they add the gameboy and gba Pokémon games to the service

[@diddypancakes4430]

The "smaller screen" effect is for handheld mode. I have an OLED model and compared the sizes of my Gameboy Color screen and the size of the screen from the Switch Gameboy resize effect and they're not quite the same. I'm sure if I was running it on my original Switch it'd match up to scale properly or at least more similar in size.

[@Tjoeb123]

It's worth noting that while there were indeed 38 World-e levels in SMA4, most of those were Japan-only because the e-Reader was discontinued in NA not long after the 1st series of SMA4-e cards released. They weren't just Level Cards either - there were Power-Up Cards (gives you an item) and Demo Cards (shows you how to play the given level; this can include speedruns).

[@AndehX]

I don't get why people get excited about this. There are a million different ways you can emulate Game Boy better than Nintendo...

[@ocha-time]

I think Classic Feel looks awesome on an oled, especially the Pocket gridlines. Very bright, very readable. Looks like what I'd expect a backlit Pocket to look like! Mario Land 2 and Kirby both looked great playing through. The controls, I'm upset about.

[@Hamood113]

The whole drip feeding a few games at a time thing is ridiculous

[@SourxStacksz_]

I was so happy for golden eye and that excitement lasted all about 2 minutes after I started playing and it was ridiculously hard to just line up a shot and move comfortably they need a button reconfiguration ASAP

[@ZERARCHIVE2023]

This, should've been worked on and meet your expectation as a consumer. An emulator runs it better OUT OF THE BOX. And that's how bad their service is.

[@RickMidds]

First of all, you have to remember that this is one of the first console shooter games and when they ported it to Switch they kept it as original as possible or people would have bashed it all over the internet. It has auto aim, so just point yourself in the direction of an enemy and pull the trigger and they go down. Now if you try to aim down sight it’s not very steady. Movement is forward, backwards, left and right because all you had was a D-pad and one thumb stick for movement back then. You can reconfigure the buttons to a more modern set up. Just look on KZbin. There are plenty of videos on how to do it. You can even save the new button configuration and name it something like 007. When you want your controller back to a normal configuration when you turn on the Switch it will ask you if you want to reset the buttons back to normal or keep the current modified configuration. When you want to play 007 just go back to the controller settings and click on your saved custom settings. I was hoping when they first said it was coming to the Switch that it would have a second more modern version of the game but that didn’t happen. Who know maybe in the future they will.

[@SourxStacksz_]

@@sorey4622 will do thanks

[@SourxStacksz_]

@@RickMidds I get what u saying but it’s 2023 and they are a multi billion dollar company .. the controls should atleast operate like it’s 2023.. it’s unacceptable

[@RickMidds]

@@SourxStacksz_ I agree. Like I said, I wish they would have also added an updated modern version of the game. Then you could play it old school or modern. It does play a lot better once you re-configure the buttons to the modern style as I mentioned. Especially if you use a pro controller or at least use the adapter to put both controllers together. You should try it, you might be surprised.

[@gamer3ed484]

There are so many weird omissions they still have with the SNES and NES apps. Startropics 2 is probably the biggest one. That and Duck Hunt, since it was ported to Wii U with gyro aiming. Also, Mario RPG not being on the SNES app will never not bother me.

[@RAFAEL60160]

A great addition to this can be the Super Game Boy palettes and borders, the option to save the prints from Game Boy Printer features as images on the Switch Gallery

[@Knight41b]

I would love to have the GameBoy Player Zoom/Full Screen feature for all of Nintendo Online.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

I think what they could have added was a frame option when doing the small screen mode, which would help eliminate the plain looking blackness. The GB and GBC and even the Game Gear games on the 3DS VC have console frame options that complement the small screen. I'm not sure why the NSO apps for the GB and GBA games don't have that. Even the NeoGeo Pocket selection has that.

[@itohagan]

I had alone in the dark for game boy when I was 7. Had absolutely no idea how to play it and couldn’t get past the first area. 10/10 will play it again

[@jefgirdler7232]

I'm getting hype for M&LSS alone. But I would be extremely grateful if they dropped Prehistorik Man from the SNES and added the GBA version, that soundtrack was INCREDIBLE

[@vwmullen]

Totally agree with you about the filter options. You should be able to set it per game. I don't want to change it every time I switch between games.

[@Danbo22987]

I have absolutely no idea why anyone wouldn't choose the GBC option every time though

[@gdlpe05]

@@Danbo22987 aesthetic/nostalgia??

[@AltairEgo1]

Been playing a lot more than Tetris for Gameboy. Tetris, Kirby's Dreamland, Link's Awakening, Gargoyles, Super Mario Land 2. There's lot of games worth playing

[@marksutter182]

The Minish Cap is surprisingly good. Once I got used to the controls, I had fun with Mario Kart Advance. Doesn't remapping in the main settings apply to the online service?

[@ScurvyBay]

Yea it does!

[@Reen40020]

The nso subscription is actually a great deal to buy classic games imo, but it's also pretty scummy that the subscription is the only way to play these games. Nintendo should keep the subscription service while also letting you buy titles individually that you can play without needing nso.

[@RazielIgor]

I had Switch Online, it expired on June or something, I didn't even realized that it expired until I bought Pokémon Scarlet. I was thinking about re-subscribing to it, but I wanted to complete my Scarlet Pokedex first. Adding GB, GBC and GBA games to the Switch Online would be huge for me, if it had Pokémon games. Just adding Pokémon TCG won't cut it for me. But I would subscribe to it immediately if they add Pokémon games to the roster.

[@deckblackwing]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Pokemon main series games never come to NSO. Game Freak would need to remake all the online features and make them compatible with Pokemon HOME. And the worst part: give the games for free. I can only see this happening if Nintendo agrees to share NSO and expansion profits (%) directly with gamefreak to justify all the work.

[@breachless5320]

Metroid Zero Mission is the best GBA game next to Mario and Luigi. Really hoping we see that one at some point.

[@Silver77cyn]

Hell yeah!

[@thelordstarfish]

Ya hopefully they don't just be like "Who needs that when the NES version is already on there?" Like, Nintendo, you have three different versions of SMB3 on this service right now. And Zero Mission gave Metroid 1 enough of an overhaul to where it's basically a different game. A different game that is also FAR more accessible than the original. It would indeed be neat to have that still be available after the Wii U eshop dies next month. ...The fact that Fusion was shown to be coming might be a good sign, though?

[@lpfan4491]

@@thelordstarfish I don't even like Zero Mission, but I'll actually be mad if they don't keep it available when Metroid 1 is. Because unlike that rushed mess, ZM is actually a good game.

[@DANCERcow]

For the west, in NSO + Expansion there are 205 old games presented here some upcoming, so $50 a year for 205 games is about renting each game for 24¢ a year! For less than 3¢ you are renting each for a month! Xbox game pass ultimate is $160 for 600 games(90% of it being modern current gen games) so take this with a grain of salt. Even being generous and counting all 600 games, you are still pay 30¢ a year for each game. And plus we know Nintendo will be doing GameCube and the DS series and potentially Wii and Wii u!

[@weclock]

I loved Game and Watch Gallery 3, I had it as a kid and it stayed in my Gameboy more than some other games, just because of the variety of different things.

[@henrybarney3202]

PlayStation and Xbox subscriptions … here’s a bunch of current games. Nintendo subscription… Here’s some 30 year old fossils. Nintendo fanboys… YAAAAAAS!!!!!!! CLAP CLAP CLAP

[@seanbrent4245]

These two systems really pulled the direct out of the mud for me lol so happy to see these and spent a lot of time yesterday playing both systems as well as Metroid prime

[@mattfisher1916]

First, Everyone needs to stop paying for online capabilities and an online expansion is the biggest scam yet. Second, DLC is killing gaming and paid DLC is a scam. Time it takes to make DLC takes away from other games development and let's them push out incomplete games at full price then charge extra. Essentially games have been over $70 for a while now.

[@felmaguin]

I agree with some of your points, some of the nitpicks don't. I've been playing gba on original hardware mixing it with some emulations for hard to find titles, and having the og resolution makes a lot of sense. Specially when comparing with og hardware. But it was a great move from Nintendo! Love your videos man. Keep it up

[@crow_g1639]

he is a kind of showing privilege in some parts on this videos

[@ben-tendo]

I would 100% get behind a Sonic Advance Trilogy remaster package. With the current Mania/Origins visual treatment and upsampled MIDI music.

[@jasonzervos]

About the button mapping, I think the integrated one that the switch has is okay. It would be nice to have it individually on the app and don't have to go out, but the solution we have isn't as bad

[@KhalidTheSequel]

Since this is the ONLY WAY for anybody to play Multiplayer GBA games online, I'm more than satisfied. You can give me a 30 step plan on how well multiplayer GBA games can work through emulation, but man is it overly complex and finicky. I just want to play Kirby and the Amazing mirror with my casual friends, not give them a full lecture on GBA emulation.

[@Wotvr]

I remapped the buttons in the Switch OS so I could use Y and B like you mentioned while playing Super Mario Land 2 and it works perfectly. Saved it as a layout config for easy swapping but I mean come on. We shouldn't have to do that. Either way I love all the display options.

[@HybridDivide]

You're right. We SHOULDN'T have to do that. And with the system-wide remapping, I really wish there was a quick menu toggle to change those, instead of having to go digging in the settings to do so.

[@CharmedReally7]

@@HybridDivide yeah it should be an option in the menu where you can change the screen brightness and sound, perfect spot tbh

[@puffdaddy6488]

I’m shocked somebody who is big in to the technical side, and controllers and control options, doesn’t know you can customize the controller layout on the Switch. I hated that they didn’t just get the controls right on the Switch Online classic system naturally, but I remapped, and saved different profiles depending on what classic system I’m playing.

[@TheMatt_SD]

You are able to remap your controler in the system menu. Also, GoldenEye has an option to turn off the inverted controls in the in game menu.

[@bland9876]

Ya but that's a janky solution. On Steam if you go into desktop mode If you go into the controller settings there is an option to remap your controller in there and if you do that every game gets changed which is pretty much what you're doing on the switch. Versus having the controller remapping that Steam has built into itself for every game where you can map individually each game how you like. Then you only need to make one one configuration software and it'll work across all the games Big brain move valve.

[@WheeledHamster]

Where is the GameCube games so that the GameCube Joycons is actually useful for once?

[@michaeldemers2716]

I love how the NES Online controller has just the right amount of buttons for Gameboy Advance. I use mine for my Consolized GBA with the 8bitdo SNES dongle. It's perfect.

[@562.anthony2]

Don’t advanced games use L and R buttons though?

[@michaeldemers2716]

@@562.anthony2 Have you looked at the NES Online controller? It has them on top. Check again they are there. It works great. I put the joy-con attachment on the top to make the buttons easier to push.

[@michaeldemers2716]

The English translation for "For The Frog The Bell Tolls " would be awesome but I don't see it happening. Color would be nice as well. Hope someone gets bored and does it someday with a hack.

[@Nubzly]

Yesterday when the GBA and GB were released I streamed myself playing a lot of the games. Alone in the Dark and Gargoyle's Quest were surprisingly some of my favorites to play! I spent way more time on those than I expected 😅

[@FoxSeba]

Man that's what up they are good nostalgia, whats your twitch ill go give you a follow, im thinking about streaming when The new zelda game drops

[@thelordstarfish]

It's amusing to me that there are now *three* separate versions of SMB3 on the Switch... And any one of them could be considered the "best" one depending on your priorities. Like, for me, the SNES version was literally my first video game ever and so I will always prefer that, but I'm sure folks who grew up with the NES and/or want the completely untouched original experience appreciate having the original, and the added levels on the GBA version are a neat touch, even if I feel that one is a downgrade from the SNES audio-wise. (I don't like the voice clips, and I think some of the music sounds really crunchy.)

[@marcmcphee]

You could purchase Super Mario Advance 4 with all the e-reader levels on the Wii U. I still have it and it was only like maybe $10? This was back when Nintendo sold retro games instead of tying them to a subscription service.

[@Argonisgema]

isn't the wii u eshop gone?

[@icediamondshark4010]

Not yet

[@thebearup]

Shame they couldn't use the DX ROM hack for SML2. I bet the dev would have loved to see that get adopted in an official release.

[@MisterBrodo]

I think imma just get the miyoo mini plus instead of upgrading to the expansion subscription to play GBA games

[@callmeliam9948]

good luck with that with the miyoo mini being discontinued

[@MisterBrodo]

@@callmeliam9948 that's why I said the miyoo mini plus that is launching soon.

[@Mario-tq9pi]

i’ll sell you my miyoo mini

[@MisterBrodo]

@@Mario-tq9pi appreciate the offer, but I want the larger screen and WiFi on the plus

[@liamkraut6370]

huh, didn't see the plus. well then good choice. the miyoo library is always going to be better than nso

[@maxweb32]

It's insane to me that nintendo got emulation right on the Wii U with the virtual console, they had individual games so you could own the ones you got perminantly without being a subscription model, and they had button remapping out of the box on an app level rather than just telling you "do it system wide". this feels like such a massive step backwards to me but i'm glad we are at least FINALLY getting some GB and GBA games.

[@Nathanwp07]

Sonic Advance 1 on NSO would be crazy!

[@abelperez1434]

I just finished the game again recently and it still holds up well

[@ScarySkele]

I can already play GB & Gameboy Advance & GBC with my Steam Deck using the Epilogue. No need for Switch Online, not happy with subscription services.

[@MarkTheMagnificent]

I'm always looking for the ideal scanlines filter on my AYN Odin Pro and it can vary game to game and for SURE varies from system to system. This classic feel option looks like it'd feel really nice on the GBA, so that'll be fun to try out.

[@gunpeiyaboi5280]

you don't think ANYBODY is excited for Game & Watch Gallery 3?? >:c

[@Goldfire345]

I'll stick to my modded 3ds and my hundreds of Roms

[@KitsuneJimmy]

My problem with the Game Boy app is that it doesnt take into account the NES Joy-Con's lack of SL/SR like the NES Emulator does.

[@desupernoodle]

Piracy is king

[@japroject1]

Preach

[@_BELMONT_]

tell it from the mountain!

[@joed5150]

Get a job loser

[@cadenwr]

The screen size thing is more for handheld mode, it makes the screen size of the Game Boy and Advance games about the size of their original console screens.

[@ryantwomey3463]

Shit we've been emulating perfectly for years? alright sure you do you Also no mainline pokemon game come on now

[@macuser7048]

Pokemon Trading Card Game is coming to Game Boy online so that means other Pokemon games will too. Add that to the Stadium games coming to N64 online. Those would go great with Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

[@aalfonso1981]

I feel the Gameboy stuff is a little too late, now that I already got a handheld emulation device. Why pay again for stuff you already have? If anything, I was hoping they were gonna revive old games like Def Jam or somehow bring Red Dead to the Switch.

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

Nintendo is waiting to see who still buys pokemon virtual console games on the 3ds eshop before it shuts down by the end of next month. So I think we can expect it to come to switch around that time.

[@AndrewAJT]

You can remap the buttons in the switch settings, but it’s annoying to have to do that

[@Artistscorner54]

They need to make these games downloadable and not behind a pay wall . They are shooting themselves in the foot with it .

[@delecti]

Considering all the portable emulators you cover, I'm kinda surprised this was so exciting. There are even a half-dozen of the things in-frame in the background.

[@jaredalbin5658]

With all the Gameboy emulator devices Bob has, I knew he would be excited about the Nintendo Switch Online gameboy systems :) Don't worry I'm 39 and I was excited for it too. Gameboy was my first system. SuperNintendo was 2nd, then Sega Saturn, then PS1, then Sega Dreamcast and PS2, and now PS4 and Switch.