What's your stance on Nintendo online paid membership guys?

I had the basic service, way before the expansion pak tier.

Back then there were 3 games I was actively playing that made the service worth it, Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing.

Since I played those to death, I cancelled the online service. Which meant I can't play Splatoon 3, it just sits there sadly.

With the introduction of games like Perfect Dark and Goldeneye on the expansion pack service, it irks me that we can't play these games on the basic package.

But also I would rather just pay to permanently own these games.

The expansion pack includes access to dlc like the MK8 expansion, Splatoon 3 expansion and Animal Crossing expansion too.

But I'd rather wait for a great price drop and get them to play whenever I want, not just when I have a Nintendo online sub.

I'm conflicted about the whole thing, I think I want to reactivate the service, but not if I have to pay for a higher tier to get real access to better stuff.

Having to pay to play online is bullshit in my opinion, but it's a war I've completely lost. And I do appreciate that Nintendo is charging a significantly lower rate than the competitors for that.

I still really don't like the forced option to pay for the service in order to play the older libraries though. I've bought and in some cases, reebot these games on the virtual console already. The idea that I have to now pay another fee to keep playing these games is ridiculous. They know who I am, they know what my past purchase history is, I should be able to continue to play them regardless of the hardware.

And, it's a battle I'm not going to win, but I'm going to stand by it and I won't pay for Nintendo online. Then again, not having a switch anymore makes that a much easier stance to take.

It's been Yakuza 3 Remastered for me this weekend. Core story is good. The controls and lack of QoL changes are a little rough, though not terrible. The golf mini game on the other hand? That's terrible.