Switch, out of frustration that the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack doesn't allow button mapping. This is yet another recent criticism of the recently released Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, which has gotten a negative reaction ever since its announcement.
The initial reaction towards the pricing of the NSO + Expansion Pack was negative, with the announcement trailer receiving thousands of dislikes and social media reacting in the same vein. The initial service priced at $20 per year was already criticized for the quality of the service and the drip-feed of classic games, but the Expansion Pack's $50 per year price tag shocked many players. The reason for the price tag is speculated to be due to licensing costs for the Sega Genesis titles, but whatever the reason may be, the price tag is a hard sell for many players.
Even after the full release of the Expansion Pack, the cracks in the quality of the service have been showing more. Twitter Shiori_Ishimaru pointed out that the button layout on the joy-cons not only doesn't match the layout of the Nintendo 64 controller. The layout is also not customizable. The key difference in the button layout is most noticeable with the C buttons and the A and B buttons on the joy-cons. This has led to players requesting the ability to customize the button layout so that players can choose the button mapping that works for any player.
Another criticism of the NSO + Expansion Pack is the noticeable input lag some Nintendo 64 games have. The lag shown by various Twitter s ranges from milliseconds to unplayable at its worst. Considering the service's high price tag, many feel that this isn't the type of quality expected from a service that costs $50 a year. Even stranger is that despite Super Mario 64 previously being available on the Switch through Super Mario 3D All-Stars, the emulated version through NSO has a much worse lag.
All of these criticisms paint an even darker picture for an already controversial service. The Switch already allows button mapping for the joy-cons and the pro controllers, so not having button mapping for the Nintendo 64 control scheme when the button layout doesn't match up with the controller can make playing Nintendo 64 games a struggle for some players. The likelihood of any of these problems being patched up is currently unknown, but adding in the ability to customize button layouts would go a long way towards enhancing the Nintendo Switch Online experience when playing classic games.
Source: Shiori_Ishimaru/Twitter
