According to Kimishima, Nintendo Online Services will let players set play appointments, chat with friends and, of course, play games online. The interesting part, however, is he described all of that being done on a "smart device," not on the Nintendo Switch. The details of that aren't clear, unfortunately -- and neither is the service's monthly fee. There are a couple of silver linings, though: The service will be free until sometime this fall, and subscribers will get to download one free NES or SNES game a month -- some of which may be patched to have online multiplayer. Not bad, Nintendo. Maybe you'll figure this out after all.

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