In the case of them rereleasing old games without doing a remaster, in Canada at least, it is legal to have a digital back up for any game you own, and running it in an emulator is legal.

(Edit: I'm implying here that classic games are $80 on the Nintendo store, they are not. Still legal to have digital backups of modern games, still legal to emulate them as long as you own a physical copy.)

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But then you still have to buy the game.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, but it wouldn't be $80 for most of them. (Edit: classic games on the Nintendo store are not $80, statement retracted. The general sentiment stands.)

Game deals is in New Westminster. Not necessarily great prices, but you can get Super Mario Cart for $60. And that's a proper reseller, definitely get a better deal for a loose cart online.....it doesn't even have to be working. Get a better deal on one that isn't functional, physical media degradation is one of the reasons why you're able to keep digital copies.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought we were talking about Switch 2 games?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You think they're going to sell repackaged SNES and N64 games for less than that?(Edit: incorrect, they are in fact less than $80) How bout switch 1 games? Those are "modern" so significantly cheaper, still legal to have a backup, still legal to emulate....and will be run in an emulator on the switch 2, no native backwards compatibility.
As for switch 2 games....just waiting for a while getting them 2nd hand means they'll be cheaper, if you can actually get a hardcopy, and all the things I just said still apply....

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They do not sell SNES and N64 games for $80, no. You know those are on the NSO app already, right?

Look, if you wanna be mad that Mario Kart World is $80, that's fair to be mad at. But you don't gotta make up misinformation.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't intentionally spreading misinformation. Classic games, as you said, are cheaper. However switch 1 games are still $80. And my point about legally being able to emulate them stands.
I'll retract my statements on the cost of legacy games here and go back through my previous comments and change them to reflect this.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Switch 1 games are not $80.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/games/mario-games/#sort=df&p=0

I beg to differ

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's CAD, the article in the OP was about USD.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just nitpicking now.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you were intentionally trying to mislead, but you know that this discourse was never about CAD, right? You know that the article is discussing USD, right?

It's not nitpicking to say that you've been misleading, whether intentionally or not.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Fair enough. Not doing it intentionally. Just a dumbfuck 🤷