I was on the $20 base membership since it launched back in September 2018 because I wanted to play Smash, Splatoon and Mario Kart online. I had virtually no interest in the dripfeed of NES and SNES games since I’ve already owned the ones I’m interested in on prior consoles. At least Star Fox 2 is more readily available than ever, which means an entire generation of Switch players may actually get to grow up with and fondly remember a game that was considered lost media for the longest time.
I didn’t bother with the [Expansion Pack](https://youtu.be/SkQJAKJxfQ4) when it first launched back in October 2021 because the emulation quality of the N64 games was abysmal, the launch selection was uninteresting to me for the same reason as the NES/SNES games beforehand, and I had negative interest in the Genesis games since I can actually own them on Switch in other ways without having to subscribe to a higher tier. The DLC offerings weren’t enticing to me either, since again I can own them by purchasing them outright without upgrading. And I don’t care for Animal Crossing either, so I wouldn’t get any mileage out of Happy Home Paradise.
But then GoldenEye 007 came out. I had friends that were on the Expansion Pack and wanted to play it, so I finally caved and upgraded in February of this year. Yeah the netcode turns the audiovisual experience into an interactive banshee-demon summoning ritual, but when it worked it was still pretty fun. And what cosmic timing too as shortly after I upgraded, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games were added to the service. The selection of N64 and Genesis games by this time had also grown to a much more palatable number for me, so I felt confident and vindicated waiting to upgrade.