{"id":2128,"date":"2017-02-23T09:18:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/nintendo-switch-wont-have-virtual-console-games-at-launch\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T09:18:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:18:31","slug":"nintendo-switch-wont-have-virtual-console-games-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/nintendo-switch-wont-have-virtual-console-games-at-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch won\u2019t have virtual console games at launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With next week\u2019s launch looming, illness<\/a> Nintendo has provided a few more details on what its online shop will look like for the Nintendo Switch. One thing that won\u2019t be there when the device launches on March 3rd is retro games: today the company announced that its virtual console classic games service \u201cwill not be available on Nintendo Switch at launch. We will share more information in the future.\u201d Previous reports claimed that the Switch will eventually feature GameCube titles<\/a> as part of its virtual console lineup.<\/p>\n

There will be at least a few titles on the Switch\u2019s digital eShop at launch, sale<\/a> however. Three indie titles will be available on the 3rd, shop<\/a> including old-school platformer Shovel Knight<\/em>, its latest expansion Specter of Torment<\/em>, and W…<\/em><\/p>\n

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With next week\u2019s launch looming, illness Nintendo has provided a few more details on what its online shop will look like for the Nintendo Switch. One thing that won\u2019t be there when the device launches on March 3rd is retro games: today the company announced that its virtual console classic games service \u201cwill not be… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t