One of the many Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack concerns has been addressed
All Nintendo 64 games included with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack can be played in 60Hz English language versions. Select games will also have the option to play the original European PAL version with language options.pic.twitter.com/gS0ajmtxnY
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK)June 01, 2025
Notably, some of Switch Online’s included Nintendo 64 games will offer an “original European PAL version with language options,” so depending on how extensive that list is, or how much you’d even care toplay at 50Hz, this is a best-of-both-worlds situation.
Granted, you might care about exactly none of this depending on how the N64 pricing shakes out, or what the library looks like longer-term, or how these games even run on a Nintendo Switch. As much as I have a soft spot for the Nintendo 64, to the point where I’ll probably get one of thoserevamped controllersto play this stuff on my Switch, there’s still so much that can go wrong here. I can’t go back to those sluggish frame rates.
One day, I want to pour Moyse a tall drink and have him open a can of worms about PAL vs. NTSC gaming in the ’90s. How long would it take fora song to break out, do you think?
