From Metroid Prime to Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and more, the 411 staff counts down the top 5 Nintendo Gamecube games of all-time!
The original Switch almost certainly can handle GameCube games.
Yeah I doubt there's a technical reasons why it's locked out of the origin switch I had GameCube emulation running fine on the Wii U
Wii u had hardware support for gamecube/wii same chipset. But cube was emulated on a tegra chipset (same as switch but wasnt downclocked as switch is) on some obscure asian console.
You have a point there's a architecture difference at play here
Quick google shows that homebrew community have not made it without a modification to clock speeds etc on the current switch might be wrong but it was a 5 minute google.
So I stand corrected good to know
The Switch is an extremely capable console when it comes to playing GameCube games. The reality is that it's a paywall to push their newer hardware, which is lame.
Which is why you can just torrent ROM collections and have a nice emulation machine, no need for a Switch or to pay Nintendo.
If you support Nintendo’s behavior, this is what you’ll get. They’ve been problematic for a long time, but damn if they don’t make some great games. It’s hard as hell not to give in. I’m definitely gonna hold out this time. Sucks though, because I want to play that GameCube Fire Emblem game.
I would love to meet that person and say, no I'll just torrent and take, now what lol.
Digital Foundry : GameCube emulation is part of the Switch 2 offering, but did you know that Nintendo has had excellent GameCube and Wii emulation for years?
The peripheral maker continues to impress with this retro-style controller.
i have the Nyxi Wizard GC style joycons and was very impressed. It made playing metroid prime remaster feel even better than i remember.
By the age of 10, the only consoles I have played were NES, SNES and Genesis. Genesis was my favourite out of the bunch but I can safely say that my favourite consoles has been the PS3.
I still love the Cube.