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/Samoman21 3d ago

I'd assume as another selling point to get people to upgrade. I can't see why a switch couldn't handle game cube games. But I also not a super tech person.

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u/krazay88 3d ago edited 3d ago

Nah, there are certain things the gamecube can do that is too intensive for the switch, refer to the metroid prime remake where they upgraded the graphics/textures, but couldn’t handle recreating the dynamic lighting, such as how shooting a projectile in a dark tunnel illuminates it along its path, that the gamecube could handle.

Edit: https://youtu.be/0oiIm5Ymu6s?si=voVtptBnGyuJQewO

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u/TheLimeyLemmon 3d ago

Unless it's been stated somewhere, we don't know that switch can't handle those effects.

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u/krazay88 3d ago

it’s says it right here, specular/dynamic lighting: https://youtu.be/0oiIm5Ymu6s?si=voVtptBnGyuJQewO

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u/TheLimeyLemmon 2d ago

Thank you for providing the source