Nintendo recently updated the Mega Drive / Genesis portion of its Nintendo Switch Online offering, bringing three new games: Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.
As spotted by Gaming Hell on BlueSky, the addition of Streets of Rage is especially interesting, as it's now the only legal way to play the game online with a pal.
"Because the XBLA set and the Mega Drive collections are delisted, this is the last remaining *official* way to play SOR1 online with a friend," says Gaming Hell.
While Streets of Rage 2 generally gets all of the praise and attention, we've got a massive soft spot for the original game here at Time Extension. It might not be quite as complex and deep as its successor, but back in 1990, it felt like it was leagues ahead of the competition—and its music is still utterly fantastic.
Sega has been delisting many of its classic collections across all formats, which has led some to speculate that the company is looking to launch its own subscription service.
Sega's Western boss, Shuji Utsumi, has previously said that such an offering would be "very interesting" and that the company is currently "evaluating some opportunities".
[source bsky.app]
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I feel like a Sega subscription could only thrive if they put arcade titles or Dreamcast or 3rd party stuff on it. That's what would get me, at least.
I feel like they'd need their own console to do that. I guess I don't see the vision there. I hope they don't.
@IceClimbersMain DC games on Switch 2 NSO would be killer.
So Sega Mega Drive Classics on Steam doesn't allow online co-op?
Fortunately, being official doesn't mean squat when it comes to classic gaming these days. Hurray for fans that make online gaming possible on many devices using superior emulation.
He's very much mistaken. XBLA Streets of Rage 2 still has online multiplayer on the Xbox 360. And Sega Genesis Classics on PS4 and XB1 also has online multiplayer that it still active (I don't own the Switch version, but assume it too has the feature).
Getting delisted doesn't have to mean that the online capabilities are shut down.
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