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Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water (www.nintendolife.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I mean.....I guess. I wouldn't exactly call SatellaView the same thing as internet downloaded games.

My understanding is it was a Japan only thing, that you downloaded the actual game from local corner stores (like 7/11), and then dialed in for the "live" voice acting from random actors. So even though they'd be reading the same script, your experience would differ wildly, and the audio was about onpar with a telephone call being played out of your tv speakers.

And the reason it was Japan only is because as patchy as that sounds, it's still more advanced than what we had available in terms of connectivity in the USA at the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Your first statement is ironic because the SatellaView is literally internet downloaded games. It used satellite internet. You also didnt need anything other than the peripheral and the included software disk. It downloaded and stored the games locally.

That being said its not entirely related to the question of downloaded games on the switch 2. SatellaView games were all free. The service was free. You just paid for the peripheral. The games were a variety of stuff, some that were minor modifications of existing games, some that were basically leaderboard based challenges, and some that were actually pretty fully fleshed out titles based on existing franchises.

The voice acting bit youre remembering is true, but the games themselves were still downloaded via satellite and stored locally on the peripheral.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

that you downloaded the actual game from local corner stores (like 7/11)

No, games were broadcast via satellite modem - hence the name.

The live radio dramas were only part of a few special event titles, but there was a lot more on the service, including standard downloads of both retail games and Satellaview exclusives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Both the Satellaview and its competitor the Sega Meganet allowed for direct downloads. As did the US version Sega Channel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

that 7/11 thing existed but it wasn't the satellaview. it was a program they made to sell off older games for older consoles until 2006. The name of the program itself escapes me however.