No Virtual Console For Nintendo Switch At Launch

And here we go. It's either...

"No VC at launch? Nintendo sucks!"

or...

"The VC launched with the Switch but it sucks!"

What do you want; For Nintendo to launch the VC in time with the Switch only to have it be the hot mess that it was on the Wii U, or have them push it back for a while so that they could potentially get it right?

The silver lining on this is that it sounds like at least the day 1 update won't be the same hot mess that it was on the Wii U.

I understand that every console does this now (which I like to interpret as "All the new consoles suck", but I can see how some people would like each of them), but this is a terrible thing to put on the back burner.

The Switch is already suffering from a lack of interesting launch titles, and considering how many gamers skipped the WiiU, many of the Nintendo games re-released in that time could have really helped pass the time until there are more new games for Switch.

It's a simple task to run an emulator. It's a simple task to sell ROMs. If Nintendo doesn't have them for some reason, they can find ROMs for their own games online. (And laughably, have been caught reselling them in the past).

So one can only surmise they do this on purpose.

Not great for a portable to be missing virtual console games. I really wish Nintendo had waited till fall and had it all more together. They will dangle in the wind for several months after launch. Not coming out strong.

no console over the last 10years has launch with everyset planned feature..nothing new here.. NEXT

Come on guys....was anybody expecting Nintendo to actually have a working virtual store during the Switch's launch?

It's like believing in Santa Claus.

So all the die-hard Nintendo fans have to deal with an unfinished system during this soft-launch so Nintendo can finish up the system updates for the holidays. Your reward for being an early adopter is being an unpaid beta tester.

By the way it is looking next week it will be: "The nintendo Switch won't run games at launch. But the feature could come to the console at a later point"

Oh FFS Nintendo

WTF Nintendo! Déjà Wii U?

TBH, I couldn't care less. give me Zelda and I'm good to go.

Good thing I didn't preorder now! My whole VC libary need to get transfered to the switch before it's a must buy.

This.......is a bummer, and was the info I was waiting for. Looks like I won't be getting at launch, and will wait it out a bit.

Additionally, the eShop will have a "news feature" that will inform people about "the latest additions to Nintendo eShop, as well as providing information about upcoming games and other updates from Nintendo."

So ads.... great feature, I hope its magical.

The Switch is looking more and more like a winner with each passing day before it's launch Kappa

No biggie. I have 52 Virtual console games on the 3DS. I can play those games there if the itch gets big enough.

...So basically a $360 copy of Zelda.

Hmph....

The amount of negative vibes this is giving people is alarming. Virtual Console is definitely something Nintendo should've had in there from the start. I suspect it's due to the amount of money Nintendo has. Thanks to the failure of the Wii U, they simply don't have the budget to produce a high-caliber console anymore. Part of the reason why I pre-ordered mine is because I want to support Nintendo and help keep them in the race, since I do believe this will be their last console.

I have no problem with this, I'll be busy with Zelda BotW anyways, plus other games. And it doesnt say that they will never have it, just at launch, like the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS when they first launched

Not much of a surprise considering the 3DS and Wii U didn't have it at launch but shame anyway.

Hopefully it won't take them that long

There really is no reason to buy this thing at launch. I will just wait till after E3 or next year to get this.

Deal breaker for me. I can't believe this, but I think the Wii U is actually better at this point.

If Switch gets a Virtual Console, of course I'll buy it.