Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Listed As 'Playable With NSO', But Let's Not Jump To Conclusions

(sighs) we're all going to jump to conclusions, aren't we?

I think chances are 50/50 that 3DS will come to the higher NSO tier soon.

The lack of a second screen would make it challenging, and it would be cumbersome to add one via USB. As much as I'd love this to be true, I suspect it's an error.

Maybe the games will be playable….in TATE MOOODDDDEEE!!!!

@UpsideDownRowlet time to break out my Jump to Conclusions Mat

If it was Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks, I could maybe believe it. Nintendo isn't going to do 3DS before DS on NSO, if they would even decide to do it

@UpsideDownRowlet It's the internet, of course we are.

The only thing playable about this on NSO is the Music. You can play it on the Nintendo Music App.

"Ah well, back to our 3DS copies we go, then..."

Or back to Azahar on a modded console for those who sold their 3DS and their copy of the game to buy a Switch (and for those who did not ...)

@ElkinFencer10 The two screens would probably be handled like the DS Castlevania games were on the Dominus collection.

I'm really curious to see if Nintendo try to get DS/3DS somehow working on Switch. Would kill to play Pokemon Soulsilver/Heartgold and Black/White 2 on the Switch 2.

@LinktotheFuture Oh man, that's actually a really good point. Those didn't even cross my mind. Hope restored.

“I want to believe”
—X-Files

I would like to play this one. And of course Kid Icarus Uprising.

I’d buy a reasonably priced 2nd screen just to play those 2.

@Max_the_German Though there’s only a 10 percent chance of that.

3ds on NSO+ might just get me to upgrade. But I also have a retroid pocket duo (dual screen snapdragon handheld) coming in the next couple months so I might not ever use it on my switch 2...

@Hank_Scorpio

„You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?“
„I'd say more like one out of a million.“
„So you're telling me there's a chance. YEAH!“

@Max_the_German That's extremely optimistic. Even if 3DS does someday come to the service, I expect the DS to be first by at least a year.

Ommiting the Stereoscopic 3D effect would be a colossal blow, but still cool to have access to nonetheless. But this will most likely be a part of NSO 3DS & DS, that includes an accessorty for NS2 in handheld for S3D functionality & DualScreens.

To be able to play this in higher resolution thanks to NS2, in handheld, would be the Burger King's chef's kiss. Er?

This feels like a mistake… I feel like they’d more likely sell us a standalone remaster of the game (they should definitely do that, it’s a great game!)

DS games with Mouse control makes sense

I'd prefer this to just be a mistake so that it can get an actual port with physical copies available that doesn't require NSO, especially since my NSO is going away in April 2027 and I refuse to renew it anymore.

I hope this is real! Easily one of the best 3DS games and Zelda games in general

Oh and Samus Returns would be the cherry on top while they’re at it

Man, that would be exciting. After they made an entire Virtual Boy for the service, I do think we'll see the dual-screen handhelds get there eventually.
UPDATE It's been removed. Ages is still missing it though.

And I still never finished that game. Gotta go back.

While I think it'll happen sometime in the Switch 2 era as part of the Expansion Pack, this specific situation looks like an error rather than a tease. Oracle of Ages doesn't have a NSO logo despite being playable via base NSO so it looks like they just put the NSO logo in the wrong place.

While I’d love 3DS games on NSO I seriously doubt this is hinting at that and it was more than likely an error on Nintendo’s end. One can dream though.

Just plop a Switch 1 onto a Switch 2

I mean nintendo could communicate things clearer so people don't jump to conclusions. But then again social media will speculate anyway

Nintendo having zelda notes and other android apps makes me wo der if 3ds and ds would be possible with a phone app for the second screen.

But most likely a fumble and relly should be playable on the music app.

I would say it's a mistake. Surely Wii and DS will be added before they get to 3DS. And if I image there's more chance of a LBW Switch 2 remaster before it ever becomes available as an NSO title.

@LastFootnote Way more than a year. New systems seem to be spread out at least every 2 years, and we're most likely getting DS and Wii first so 3DS should be 2031 at the current pace we're going. But given the increasing scale of complexity of more modern systems they may have to spread them out further, we might go to 3-4 now. I'm honestly skeptical we'll even get 3DS this gen, they'll want to get through some of those earlier systems first and I think there's multiple 3DS games they'd prefer to give remakes/remasters this gen rather than port them to NSO (and ALBW is probably one of them). I suspect 3DS NSO is next gen.

It has already been removed. Seems like an error. Nothing more.

I thought as soon as I saw the usb-c port on both top and bottom, that the switch 2 would eventually get a 2nd screen attachment so that it could play DS/3DS games. If they made a 3ds 3D screen for Switch 2, that would rock.

Also, Switch 3D CONFIRMED! haha

I don't think we will ever see 3ds on NSO

Yeah, I can't wait to not being able to play 3DS games docked in 4k and forced to look down at my switch 2s awful lcd

I doubt it will happen, i guess if they did ever add ds/3ds games to NSO the two screens could be just placed side by side or a more original layout in TATE mode.

This game is already wonderfully playable on the 3DS. However its multiplayer gem of a sequel, Tri Force Heroes, is not due to the shutting down of online services.

I am once again asking Nintendo for a Tri Force Heroes re-release.

@Rice I mean never is too harsh, at some point the 3DS will feel ancient to the point where they'll need it on NSO to make it accessible. But I don't think it's happening this gen at least. I could see next gen though, it will be an ancient "classic" system by then that will literally be about 20 years old by that point. We'll be viewing systems like the 3DS and Wii U in the same light as we currently view systems like the GBA, GC, DS, and Wii right now.

If they keep adding consoles to NSO, we don't want more subscription tiers. I can only imagine them adding a third paid tier above the Expansion Pack. NSO + Expansion Pack+

Why not just port the 3DS game to Switch and Switch 2?

It can be done after all.

@DennisReynolds bit of a presumption you'd get pokemon!

@anoyonmus thst is far more likely a remaster would look pretty close to links awakening

@UpsideDownRowlet You can't stop me!

They're going to make us buy a 2nd switch so we have to dock one and hold the other to play DS / 3DS aren't they?

@SoIDecidedTo I predicted a 2nd screen attachment for DS when the Virtual Boy was announced. Quite a few folks disagreed with me. I'm confident it'll happen, and it'll cost more than it probably should.

Just gimme the damn game already. I’d happily buy it again. Probably my favorite 2D outing.

I'm hoping Nintendo's next system is the Switch 3D. Don't improve the resolution; just give me a stereoscopic 3D screen.

@Rice
I don't think we'll ever see an NSO Virtual Boy...Oh wait!

If were talking about LBW on switch/2 i would personally preffer a version which was "playable without NSO" (really could say that about any classic game though)

@LastFootnote I want them to make a Switch that's a two screen clamshell except make the screens detachable. Then they could properly emulate DS, 3DS, and Wii U setups.

@WaveWitch I don't see it coming, purely because too much possible money in remasters/releases

This is a Zelda remake I'd actually buy, along with Zelda 2.

I feel like most DS and 3DS games will need to be remade from the ground up due to the dual/touch screen > single screen transition

@ElkinFencer10 Most of the 3DS games use the second screen for UI panels. Like inventory, character screen, settings, etc.

So all that needs to be done is turning the second screen as popup UIs like regular single screen games.

Would be nice on Switch, but it's on my 3DS anyway.

They should remake it properly along with A Link To The Past in order to make both games consistent and sell this as a 2-game collection.

....Please make 3DS games playable...at this point I don't care if the resolution stays low, having Monster Hunter 3U and 4U playable on the Switch would be awesome.

Hmm that's one game I'm willing to reactivate the 3DS for, at some point. I think I'd miss the 3D effect playing it anywhere else.

ALBW and Mario 3D Land. Maybe after I'm done with OOT!

Looks like they fixed this error

@LastFootnote 3DS would make more sense if they want to keep Zelda hyped after the recent OoT release.

Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks on DS wouldn't be just very funny on Switch given it would need to be handheld only for the touchscreen or they would need to add pad/stick controls to them.

This will only work acceptably with a second screen attachment, which we NEED ASAP!!!!!

@Olmectron Well, the DS and 3DS are handhelds, and touch-based games would not play well at all on a TV screen.

Just like Virtual Boy NSO, this would need to be an undocked experience.

Event Ocarina of Time 3D uses the touch screen for the ocarina button and some item slots.

Simulating touch using a joystick would not be fun at all.

I’d be so upset if they skipped the ds… Ive been really itching to play the Mario & Luigi games on my tv

@elpardo1984 Oh i know it won't happen. But if they done a Switch Edition of Soulsilver/Heartgold i would pay whatever they want

@ElkinFencer10 already had DS games on the Wii U single screen controller.

You always say that,
I want to jump to conclusions!

I mean, it would be nice if they could bring DS and 3DS games to the Switch 2, but my question is how they will deal with the dual-screen mechanic. After all, several games on the DS utilized that feature, such as you having to close your DS when playing The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass to get the symbol for the location of one dungeon from one screen to the other. Granted, the Wii U got around that by having you press the Home Button, but it was still a unique feature to have on the DS.

But besides the DS and 3DS, it would also be nice if we could get the Wii and Wii U libraries on the Switch 2 as well, even though several games for the Wii and Wii U have seen rereleases on the Switch and/or the Switch 2.

I rather get a full HD switch 2 port/remaster than a NSO thingy

Would love if DS/3DS games came to NSO, but hopefully without any gimmicks or caveats. I don’t want to have to buy any peripherals or only be able to play in handheld mode.

I want them playable in docked mode with my pro controller i.e. optimized for Switch systems

Even if it was available for the cheaper plan, I'd probably still reach for my 3DS when I feel like playing this one, the 3D made it such a cool experience. I do think the cheaper plan needs to be thrown a bone for once though and DS/3DS games would be nice incentive to get more people to at least jump on that, then make Wii games part of the $400-640 per gen plan I guess. But then it wouldn't make sense that GBA is still tied to that one, so either they bump it down or yeah this one's a mistake.