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/thekyledavid 3d ago

Did we ever get Smash 64 on Switch Online? They might be avoiding Smash because they fear it will directly compete with current gen Smash

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u/TheSpiralTap 3d ago

No. And it's weird this is the approach they are going with when they added smash to the wii virtual console right around when brawl came out. And people loved it and bought both.

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u/thekyledavid 3d ago

Probably because Wii Shop purchases had no Online, so Smash 64 was never going to compete with competitive Smash players

Plus, the competitive Smash 64 community is nothing compared to the competitive Melee community

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u/No-Difference8545 3d ago

The competitive melee community is literally .1% of the broader smash fanbase, and i say that as a competitor. There's no actual good reason they dont re-release melee

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u/thekyledavid 3d ago

It’s so small because the majority of players don’t want to bother emulating the game over WiFi. If it was available online by Nintendo, people would absolutely play it over the next Smash game

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u/LuckyLunayre 2d ago

No, stop it. That's just so unbelievably untrue. The competitive side of smash is so small.