The emulation of Nintendo 64 on the Switch Online it has been a problem for more than one. Since the arrival of this version of the game, many have complained about the lack of fog and other visual elements that made the original releases special. Although many might think that such complaints fell on deaf ears, it was recently revealed that a new update for this service is now availableand solves part of this problem.
Specifically, fans were complaining about how the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time. The lack of haze and a change in water textures completely removed the atmosphere of the N64 classic. Fortunately, Nintendo has tried to remedy this. On January 20, an update arrived that modified the water, making it look more attached to the original title, and on February 24, a new update arrived, which makes the mist not only return to Ocarina of Timebut to various titles of the Nintendo 64.
As several fans have pointed out, with the arrival of Majora’s Mask and update 2.0.0., the mist has been restored, and the Water Temple has returned to its original state. Along with this, this update has also fixed a couple of issues with Banjo-Kazooiealthough at the moment it is unknown if the error that breaks Paper Mario no longer exists. In a chat with Kotaku, LuigiBlood, a famous data miner, explains why the N64 emulation on Switch Online was not working:
“[El emulador NSO N64] it is based on the Wii U Virtual Console emulator, which included per-game specific graphics display functions within it. But in an attempt to get more games to work, it was decided to remove these features from the emulator and try to have a way to configure the graphics through external means like configuration files. This was done specifically for NSO, and in their attempt to do so, they clearly broke the graphics emulation in the process and possibly didn’t have enough time to fix it.”
N64 Switch Online: they added fog back. I believe Choco Mountain in MK64 didn’t have fog either? Final picture is how the Forest Temple entrance looked at launch. #Nintendo 64 #NintendoSwitchOnline #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/Cnvvpw3g4Z
– Fernando 🇲🇽🌬 (@Ferchou_27) February 25, 2022
Fortunately, it seems that Nintendo is listening to the fans this time, and it’s likely that we’ll see similar improvements for other N64 titles in the future. On related topics, Nintendo acquires a new company. Similarly, it has been pointed out that the Big N is “destroying” its own history.
Editor’s note:
It’s good to see Nintendo trying to fix the emulation issue on Switch Online. When this service hit the market, many pointed out the bugs that were present. Hopefully this is just the beginning, and we will see several substantial improvements.
Via: Kotaku