Summary
Nintendo just announced that Switch Online is getting its first mature games starting withPerfect DarkandTurok: Dinosaur Hunter, two classic N64 shooters.
You can buy Switch Online + Expansion Pack (which includes the N64 library) for just £34.99 per year. Not only will you get access to Turok and Perfect Dark, but other classics like Majora’s Mask, Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap, Harvest Moon 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and more.
Perfect Dark will even support online multiplayer on Nintendo Switch. The original had both a co-operative mode and deathmatch, which included AI bots.
If you haven’t played or heard of either of these games before, Turok is aDoom-inspired FPS in which you search various jungle-based levels for pieces of the Chronoscepter. As the name suggests, you fend off dinosaurs, but also demons, poachers, and of course, gunmen. Perfect Dark on the other hand puts you into the shoes of Joanna Dark as she unravels a conspiracy involving little grey aliens. It’s a spiritual successor to Rare’s iconic GoldenEye 007 game which is also available on Switch Online.
Perfect Dark Is Also Getting A Remake
Four years ago, Xbox announced that it was remaking the Rare classic for modern consoles, although details have been incredibly scarce withreports of it being in a “very rough state”(although some insiders such as Jeff Grubb claim that it’s actually in a “really good state”).
However,during the Xbox Game Showcase earlier this month, we finally got a new trailer giving us our first proper look at gameplay. While we don’t yet have a release date, you’re able to at least try out the original that it’s based on via Nintendo Switch.
Alternatively, there’s a Perfect Dark remaster which you’re able to play right now on Xbox via backwards compatibility which launched way back in 2010. You can play it for free with Game Pass or pick it up for a mere £5.40. It features enhanced graphics and, as with this new port, online support, but if you wanna see the N64 version as it was in 2000, now you can.
