We know very little about the Virtual Console service on the Nintendo Switch. It’s obviously coming but Nintendo is not entirely ready to talk about it yet. One of the persistent rumours is that we are getting GameCube games on the platform. Yoshiaki Koizumi from Nintendo basically confirmed this in a recent interview with French publication Melty. He wouldn’t give a straight answer, but he did say that they’re working on something along those lines.
“We cannot give a concrete answer, because we have nothing to announce at the moment. But there’s something I can tell you: we are working on some things along those lines.”
With the flexibility of the Switch platform, it’d be fascinating if Nintendo released a wireless GameCube controller for the Switch with analog triggers and some well-done Virtual Console ports. We can dream.
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I have this slight hope that he’s hinting at HD remakes instead of VC..
I think at this point either would be welcomed with open arms.
Agreed. Or just sell me a GC Classic Edition, lol.
I love the Classic Editions, but the lack of an expandable or customizable game library is a shame.
they wouldnt need remaking just up rezzing but yes some extra polish would be cool
*CoughDolphinEmulatorcough*
*cough* illegal roms *cough*
*cough* Bugs *cough* Viruses *cough*
*justcoughs*
*cough*where the fuck are you downloading dolphin from to get viruses*cough*
the fuck? where’d you get your dolphin emulator xDDD
*CoughIllegalCough*
Emulators have never been illegal.
The roms you download to play the games are.
rip them yourself or stop being a pus
The only illegal thing is if you download ISO’s But who gives a fuck. They don’t sell the games anymore so its their fault. I would buy them if i could.
Most of the most popular games you can get on the original system. If you want them so bad, buy them.
I would if the games were not overpriced and easy to acsess. I would give nintendo my money if they let me.
Just because the game is not available in the format you want doesn’t mean downloading it for free is legal.
||You will still give us your recources regardless, it is inevitable…||
Logical as ever, Commander.
Sir I mean from 3rd party sellers. I would buy it from nintendo.
https://youtu.be/r0mO6UY6uTg?t=27s
How quickly the excuse changes from I would buy to too much and I don’t want to.
who cares no one will come after you for them
Just because you won’t get caught doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Good people do the right thing when no one is looking.
…it’s not the right thing to do, morality applies to other human beings not corporations…
…multi billion dollar business empires are not entitled to, nor do they deserve your kindnesses…
That’s a poor argument… You wouldn’t say it’s okay to steal a candy bar from a gas station, would you?
Corporations are simply collections of human beings. And multi-billion dollars or not, those humans deserve to be paid for their work. To say nothing of legality.
If the Joy-Con shoulder buttons are still digital and not analogue like Cube controllers’, I’m not sure how they’re going to do it. Games like F-Zero GX, Mario Sunshine, and Luigi’s Mansion come to mind when I remember what games extensively used analogue shoulder buttons.
Give me Mario Sunshine and Luigi’s Mansion please.
Luigi got a great game on 3DS! I wouldn’t be against seeing him in the glory of HD though. Sunshine wasn’t quite as innovative as the Galaxy series, but would be very welcome.
I’d like to add Eternal Darkness to that order. And Rogue Leader.
And PN03!
Oh and Double Dash! Ugh. I’ll just keep my Gamecube.
Fortunately, I have a backwards compatible Wii, so I’m set.
Yeah…it was a tough decision. Keep my Wii, or Keep my game cube and transfer my Wii to my WiiU. I went with the later, kept my GC and transferred my Wii to my WiiU.
I hope my GC never breaks!! (none of my Nintendo consoles have so far! Except for a dozen 3DS screen replacements!)
My family keeps ALL of our retired consoles. My mother is kind enough to hold the family archives. Everything from NES to Wii. Looks like the Wii U will be in the archives fairly soon.
Nice. I enjoyed Mario Sunshine on my PC again recently, but I’ll play it again if I can take it with me on Switch!
Now if melee came……👌
Ugh… Hold on, gotta speak the dialect… Argh, me matey! Why ye pirates be so enamoured with ye old Smash games? Smash Wii U seemed to me to be far superior to previous games. I thinks it be high time ye abandoned that sinking ship. She be headin’ to Davey Jones!
Just stop.
Melee is easily the best smash game ever. No question. And you don’t have to be a pirate to play gamecube games on your computer. It’s easy enough to just rip the ISOs from the actual game discs.
Mr. Giraffe… I will not argue your love for Melee. I just don’t understand the reasons why people like it so much more than later games. I highly doubt more than .00001% of anyone in the world legally rips games from genuine GC discs that they own.
Melee had the best combat in my opinion. Smash for Wii U and 3DS had the best roster, clearly. But the combat wasn’t as good as Melee. Better than Brawl though.
I’m not a hardcore Smash fan, but I can see how fighting techniques could be important.
The first game out of the gates should be Melee, complete with HD graphics and online play. People would buy the Switch just for this.
Really? Two of you? Can someone explain this fascination with Melee to me please? It seems like blind nostalgia to me…
Melee still has a competitive seen, and there are very few people that can play the game at god level. It takes years to master, and even if you don’t play it competitively it’s still fun so why not.
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Eh…. No one can argue with “Why not?” :)
It’s not just blind nostalgia. I know plenty of people that never played Melee until Sm4sh came out and still prefer it. Melee is just a better game. Sure, it doesn’t have nearly as much content, and it’s “not as pretty” as Sm4sh, but the game just has a more enjoyable pace. And when you add in the fact that the skill ceiling is incredibly high while retaining a very low barrier to entry, it should be easy to see why this game continues to be so popular.
So what specifically is better?
I hope we can customize the inputs though, and ya online for melee would be stellar.
I want GameCube and Wii games. There’s still lots of those I haven’t played
I really hope they have gamecube virtual console on Switch. I want Mario Sunshine on the go.
I think they’re hinting at more N64 games for VC. Because the N64 was some thing like the gamecube right?
I don’t think so… Totally different technologies. I think the N64 had a processor built by Silicon Graphics and the GameCube was a processor built by IBM.
I hope they are not just going to update the textures and sell it full price
as if dolphin didnt exist
I’ve been hearing this for years.
Why did they stray away from analog triggers?
That’s actually a good question! I’m actually wondering that myself now.
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HD remakes for games like Eternal Darkness, Super Mario Sunshine, & the Baten Kaitos games would be more welcome than VC games. I’d gladly pay 60 bucks for those games if they are updated with new content & better models.