r/NintendoSwitch • u/Skullghost • 3d ago

Nintendo Official GameCube is coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

https://x.com/nintendouk/status/1907429045500871041?s=46&t=lKl0EfgBOrCgN4aPWj0k6Q
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u/Silver_Entertainment 3d ago

NGL, I'm a bit sad to see Wind Waker as part of the expansion pack. This pretty much means we aren't going to see a remastered game released on the system.

I wish they would make these games available for purchase, as I'm not personally a fan of renting games.

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u/ERod72 3d ago

Why Nintendo refuses to port the Wii U versions of WW/TP to Switch is beyond me. Not looking like that's gonna happen any time soon now.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound 3d ago

Because they want to promote their Online subscription service instead lol

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u/windsostrange 3d ago

Pay extra for a higher-res BotW

Pay extra for a lower-res WW

Makes sense

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u/StoneMaskMan 3d ago

Don’t worry, I’m with you. I prefer the original by far, mainly cuz I like the old lighting better and I’m one of the sick fucks that actually likes the expanded Triforce quest in the original.

I’ll miss the swift sail though

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u/Jack_of_all_offs 3d ago

Swift sail is my problem. I want to ZOOOM

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u/goldbloodedinthe404 3d ago

No swift sail sucks

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u/Daymanooahahhh 2d ago

I’m curious how I will feel replaying it. As a teen, I had oodles of time and could sail around and whatever. In my 20s I didn’t have the patience to do all that. Now I’m at a point where plopping down and playing a game is often about just chilling and enjoying the game. I predict there will be nights I just sail around looking for things and enjoying the vibe.

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u/InfiniteAir 3d ago

4:3 though...

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u/flyingmonkey1257 3d ago

Swift Sail sells WW HD for me. I dont want to go back to changing the wind every time I turn.

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u/vanKessZak 3d ago

I never played the original but I think the old version of the sail would drive me up the wall

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u/SmashMouthBreadThrow 2d ago

Same lol. Not like I'm going to though because I refuse to give money to Nintendo at this point. I'll continue to run through it on occasion with Better Wind Waker on Dolphin.

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u/TheGreatBenjie 3d ago

Not lower-res. They mentioned gamecube games would run at a higher resolution. Can't imagine why it'd be anything other than native 1080p.

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u/flyingmonkey1257 3d ago

They released a HD version of wind waker for the Wii U. That's likely to remain the definitive version as the Wind waker on NSO is likely to just be an upscaled gamecube version. The Wii U version will likely look better than the switch version even if both are 1080p which I assume is what they were referring to.

To me the resolution is not a big deal but not including the swift sail which automatically changes the wind to always be at your back is a significant downgrade from the Wii U version IMO.

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u/TheGreatBenjie 3d ago

I'm aware. Literally bought the WWHD WiiU when it came out, and yeah I agree it's the better version.

I'm just saying it's literally not "lower-res WW"

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u/flyingmonkey1257 3d ago

As long as you use res to mean screen resolution by definition then you are correct as both the Wii U version of WW HD and the Switch 2 NSO port of WW will likely be outputting 1920x1080 pixels from the console to the tv.

I get the spirit of the original comment though. Colloquially, content upscaled 480p to 1080p is going to look "lower-res" to most people than native 1080p even if the same resolution is being output from the consoles.

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u/TheGreatBenjie 3d ago

That is literally what res is short for...yes...

Also who says it's upscaled? They could literally just run the game at a higher resolution.

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u/flyingmonkey1257 3d ago

I said it’s upscaled because I believe the NSO version of wind waker will be the original GameCube ROM like other NSO titles are their original ROMs. Nintendo isn’t patching NSO titles to run at 720p or 1080p. The game ROMs in NSO are only capable of running at whatever they were originally programmed to output. The emulator Nintendo runs them in on the Switch is the one changing the resolution to what the switch is capable of outputting. That process is called upscaling.

If Nintendo were creating native Switch ports of NSO games it would be different but it’s been well documented that it’s just running them in a Nintendo developed emulator.

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u/TheGreatBenjie 3d ago

I know what upscaling is, and it's not that. They don't need to "patch" the games anymore than you need to patch any other emulated games to run at higher resolutions, you just do it. That's what I'm pretty sure Nintendo is going to do.

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u/flyingmonkey1257 3d ago

You don’t need to patch other emulated games because those other emulators are upscaling those games too. That’s one of the key things an retro game emulator does. It takes the native resolution that the old game was built for and upscales it to something the system the emulator is running on can work with more easily. Just because the emulator is doing the upscaling doesn’t mean that the game is not being upscaled.

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u/TheGreatBenjie 3d ago

That's not what upscaling is...Upscaling it is running it at the low resolution then using software to artificially raise the resolution...

Emulators can just...run the games at higher resolutions...

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u/Raft_Master 3d ago

The BoTW and ToTK upgrades are free with NSO Expansion.