

Without the popularity of romhacks like kaizo Mario, would Nintendo have ever developed Mario Maker? That hack helped inspire a whole genre of "rage games" instrumental in the popularity of speedrunning and Let's Plays. Running games at 2x speed is another staple-an emulation perk now deemed essential in remasters of old JRPGs like Final Fantasy 8. Save states are so commonplace today we barely think twice about why they became a standard feature, but when Nintendo included save states in the emulator for its NES Classic and SNES Classic, it was leaning on something innovated (or at least popularized) by the fan scene. Save states, for example: Best as I can tell the ability to instantly save and load anywhere debuted in Nesticle in 1997, though another emulator might've gotten there first. Fan-made emulators are responsible for pioneering features that are now considered must-haves in official emulators. The blatant lie or ignorance of that line just keeps eating at me. Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack costs $49.99 annually for an individual user, and $79.99 annually for a family plan (for up to eight users).Nintendo can claim it's lost money to pirated games played on emulators over the years, and I'm sure it has-but it also made millions of dollars by launching a service that emulation proved viable. With the addition of Earthworm Jim, Alisia Dragoon, and Beyond Oasis, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers now have access to 32 Sega Genesis games. Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is the premium tier of Nintendo’s online subscription service, and offers access to online multiplayer for Switch games, a variety of expansions and downloadable content, and a library of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games (in addition to NES and Super NES games). Sega released a sequel/prequel, The Legend of Oasis, for Sega Saturn. Like Alisia Dragoon, it features large, impressive sprite work and a summoning system of its own. Beyond Oasis, a top-down role-playing game from Ancient, the studio founded by Yuzo Koshiro, whose music powered the Streets of Rage games.As the young sorceress Alisia, players embark on a quest of revenge to destroy Baldoure, unleashing lightning bolts on foes and summoning four pets - OK three pets and one ball of fire - in battle. Alisia Dragoon, a side-scrolling action-adventure game from Grandia and Lunar developer Game Arts.Joining Earthworm Jim are two arguably better, more overlooked games: Nintendo and Sega brought three new additions to the Sega Genesis lineup for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers on Thursday, including the addition of Earthworm Jim, a silly, well-animated side-scrolling platformer starring a space worm that you can enjoy if you’re able to separate the art from the artist.
