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TheNintendo Switch 2is fast approaching though we still don’t know exactlyhowfast.
If you’ve been aNintendofan for any time at all, you know that both must live in harmony.
It’s been 17 years since the last game in the robot battler series.
It went further with the handhelds, bringing over Game Boy Advance and DS games.
Why Is The N64 The Last Retro Console?
In the Wii U’s case, the end of the N64 being the cut-off is strange.
The Wii Uwasbackwards compatible, but only with the Wii, not the GameCube.
Wouldn’t it be more convenient to just let us buy digital versions of those games on Virtual Console?
With the Switch, Nintendo maintained the same, strange line of demarcation.
But, if you wanted GameCube games, you had to wait around for sporadic remasters.
But many more were left behind.
Where Is GameCube?
So, what gives?
Does Nintendo hate money?
Is there some tech reason that makes it difficult to get GameCube games running on Switch?
That last one is extremely unlikely.
There have obviously been graphical advancements, and Nintendo Switch games boast a lot more polygons than GameCube games.
But the generations leading up to the GameCube showed significantly larger leaps especially the jump from SNES to N64.
GameCube games have aged, but with a little cleaning up, they basically feel modern.
Catering to our nostalgia can be very lucrative.
Remembering the aesthetic brilliance of Nintendo’s bold, cube-shaped console, 20 years later.
