The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack certainly got off to a rocky start. Between the substantial price increase over the cost of the basic subscription and a handful of N64 and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games available at launch, the value proposition is a bit thin. And that's before factoring in the technical issues that gamers have reported with the N64 emulation since day one. The service should have given us a new departure from the best Switch games, but first impressions leave a lot to be desired. Fortunately, things could improve a bit for the top-tier subscription service in the near future. As reported by Eurogamer, a Nintendo Switch data miner named MondoMega shared his findings on Twitter, which included discovering entries for at least 38 N64 titles.
The initial data extraction of the N64 app is somewhat successful. According to the game's identifiers, at least 38 N64 titles are planned for NSO. The list is in alphabetical order, so you can already fill in some of the gaps; 37 is Majora, 32 is Smash, 33 is Wave Race, 14-16 is Mario Party, etc. pic.twitter.com/tiVcugmc88 October 26, 2021 See More MondoMega's findings should, of course, be taken with a pinch of salt before official confirmation from Nintendo arrives, but their data mining efforts show that several titles N64 fan favorites could still make their way to the framework of the Expansion Pack service. However, the dataminer did not stop with N64. Those of you who loved the addition of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games will be surprised to learn that MondoMega has discovered at least 52 upcoming games in the Genesis games list. That's at least ten more than the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini collectible console released in 2019. Finally, MondoMega notes that every console represented on Nintendo Switch Online is marked with a number, SNES, N64 and Genesis/Mega Drive are 2, 3 and 5 respectively. This means that an elusive "4" that you might not have yet is making an appearance. , which is confirmed by reports that Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles may eventually make their way to Nintendo's online service.