Nintendo Switch Online: Wave Race 64 is coming August 19th

New additions to Nintendo’s hybrid portable console online service. And finally a real highlight that many players are waiting for as eagerly as for a worthy successor with a contemporary look.

With Wave Race 64 for the Nintendo 64, the Japanese hardware and software manufacturer achieved a real coup in 1997: Jet skiing over water surfaces that had been almost unrivaled until then was not only incredible fun, but, as is typical for Nintendo, it was easy to do learn but difficult to master.

Retro Flash coming to Switch Friday

Just in time for the coming weekend, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can finally experience the fascination of yesteryear again today. Whether the chic transparency effects and wave animations from 1997 can stand up to current water representation references in games like GTA V or Sea of ​​Thieves may be doubted, but of course that doesn’t change anything about the top-notch gameplay of the hot wave ride.

However, when playing this classic, the inclined gamer cannot help but imagine what a Wave Race or F-Zero might look like on a switch today. Since Nintendo hasn’t even announced new editions of these top titles until now, you’ll have to be satisfied with the old versions for better or for worse.