One among Nintendo’s most weird however beloved peripherals ever is making a comeback. A restricted provide of contemporary GameCube controllers shall be obtainable for the Swap 2 which is including video games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX to its Swap On-line Growth Pack subscription. Yay! However Nintendo additionally clarified that “the controller is barely appropriate with Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo Classics.” Boo!
Nonetheless, the corporate additionally had the same disclaimer for the NES and N64 controller re-issues on the present console, which did work with some Swap video games. So it’s nonetheless potential you would possibly be capable of play Mario Kart World or, extra importantly, the following Smash Bros. with the GameCube controller, it’s simply not one thing Nintendo is committing to throughout the board.
Replace 4/23/25 4:14 p.m. ET: Nintendo despatched Polygon an announcement principally saying it gained’t essentially not work with different video games on the Swap 2 however the firm’s making no guarantees: “Because it doesn’t have all of the buttons and options present in different controllers that can be utilized with the Nintendo Swap 2 system, there could also be some points when enjoying different video games,” the corporate wrote. —EG
