It's completely insane how Nintendo expects us to pay for an online network that doesn't have a party system, doesn't have a messaging system, uses friend codes, and only works for two games (Mario kart and Splatoon 2). And the online for these two games aren't anything great either, certainly nothing to the point where we have to pay to play online. There's frequent disconnects and server issues, and none of these games use dedicated servers. It's all peer to peer which is BS.
Nintendo has to be completely out of their minds if they really expect us to pay for what is essentially a dogstuff network system that has no features other than allowing you access to play online, nothing to the likes of PSN and Xbox Live.
Actually, forget what I said about them being out of their minds. The fanboys are going to eat this stuff up and defend them to the end, even if the nintendo network system lacks basic loving features.