Would Nintendo have done it better?
The moment that many waited for has arrived, the Expansion Pack at Nintendo Switch Online and with him, several games of N64 and Sega genesis. While it is something that many players have been asking for for a long time, the execution has not been the best, at least that is what several users online have expressed.
The two most recurrent complaints are that the image does not look good at all and the other is that there is a certain ‘input lag’ which is the response between the image on television and the control of, in this case, the Nintendo switch. Other complaints also have to do with how the buttons are laid out and the performance of the games.
A user on Twitter exposed that the emulation of the Nintendo 64 on the Switch ‘is bad’. ‘The texture filter is wrong and the fog is poorly emulated in Ocarina of Time. It’s graphically worse than Wii U ‘.
Another user in Resetera notes that Yoshi’s Story has various visual problems that may not be a big deal, but can be annoying in the long run. He even points out that the main problem with the emulation of the N64 on Nintendo switch it has to do with mixing the highest resolution with the filtering they use.
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Issues with controls, online gaming and more with the emulation of the N64 on the Switch
As you surely know, there is online game for him N64 at SwitchWhich sounds pretty good, but the performance is poor on paper. This is not only the fault of the emulation, it also depends on the users and their internet connections.
Here is an example in which a user shows how the online game of the N64. Be careful, the connection of the player is certainly poor and is what can influence the poor performance of the title.
Another complaint revolves around the control of the Switch which is totally unrelated to the N64. The way A and B were on the console more than 20 years ago is different from the buttons that are used now and that was not intended in the emulation since A is A and B is B, that leaves Y and X try to be the yellow buttons.
One thing we forget is that the emulator N64 Nintendo Switch Online lacks a Controller Pack, so Mario Kart 64 ghosts cannot be saved and that may be a problem for some.
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