As revealed during last night’s Nintendo Direct, N64 and Mega Drive games are finally heading to Nintendo Switch Online, and they’ll be accompanied by physical controllers inspired by both platforms.
Nintendo’s newly announced retro controllers, which will be available to purchase at £39.99/€49.99/$49.99 apiece, are intended to offer a more authentic playing experience when N64 and Mega Drive games come to Switch as part of a new premium Nintendo Switch Online subscription tier arriving in October.
Over in Japan, Nintendo also confirmed Mega Drive’s much-loved six button pad variant will be available for purchase, but only in Japan.
And if it’s any consolation, none of the currently announced Mega Drive titles originally supported the six button controller anyway.