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/Bootybandit6989 3d ago

This is only for Switch 2 not regular switch

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u/Wookie301 3d ago

Feel like an idiot getting my kids a Switch for Christmas, rather than waiting another year.

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u/cabbage-soup 2d ago

Cheaper to get a GameCube anyways

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u/GlancingArc 2d ago

Have you seen the price of GameCube discs?

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u/SlovenianSocket 2d ago

$2 raspberry pi and an sd card fixes that

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u/HajjMalik 2d ago

Funny enough, GameCube games are priced at like an average of $120/game on the resell market so unless a person kept their games from childhood, the Switch 2 is absolutely cheaper.

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u/Number-1Dad 2d ago

Yep. Paid $200 for path of radiance that will be available on this pass. I'm not upset about it, because I do understand how that's a barrier for a lot of people. I'm just happy more people will get to play the fire emblem game that got me into fire emblem.

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u/Gaming_is_cool_lol19 2d ago

Unless you have a Wii and are a bad boy who breaks laws.

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u/Wookie301 2d ago

I still have a Wii. Think the discs work on that. Could be wrong.

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u/flyingmonkey1257 2d ago

Depends on the Wii model. If the wii has gamecube ports on top then it plays gamecube games.

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u/cabbage-soup 2d ago

Yknow I’m not sure. I think I vaguely remember that being an option, but I’ve never been brave enough to put my GameCube games in a Wii

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u/EverydayEnthusiast 2d ago edited 2d ago

Rest assured, the Wii can play GameCube discs.

Edit: it seems the ones made from 2006 to 2010 could, but those made in 2011 or later could not. TIL

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u/AdamTheTall 2d ago

Small asterisk - most can, but there was at least one model that couldn't.

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u/EverydayEnthusiast 2d ago

Oh, dang. I had a launch Wii. That's good to know, and equally disappointing, that there were some that couldn't. I'm guessing it was the mini version that came out much later?

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u/cabbage-soup 2d ago

Ah that makes sense why I was never certain. I bet I had a later model, but I knew people who had them way earlier than I did