Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: N64, SEGA Mega Drive, GBA + GameCube (5th June 2025)

[Julius]

...and GameCube, exclusive for Switch 2! 

New wireless GameCube controller coming too! 

Both available June 5th! 

Edited 21 hours ago by Julius

[Julius]

Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom - Switch 2 Edition upgrades will be available at no additional cost to NSO + Expansion Pack members. 

Oh, and also: GCN NSO controller will be available for preorder from the official store on 24/04. 

[Ike]

I can finally give Soul Calibur II a go.

[Julius]

I was genuinely weighing up picking up a GameCube by the end of the year to then hunt down and tackle Gale of Darkness XD and Colosseum for the 30th anniversary of Pokémon next year. 

This will be much cheaper 

[Glen-i]

19 minutes ago, Julius said:

Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom - Switch 2 Edition upgrades will be available at no additional cost to NSO + Expansion Pack members. 

Would be the two games I don't give a toss about, wouldn't it?
I guess games with actual new content will have a higher upgrade price.

Edited 20 hours ago by Glen-i

[Hero-of-Time]

The announcement of Gamecube games for the service gave me the push I needed to start getting rid of my collection. I figured that prices would start tumbling now and so I jumped in the car and headed to CEX as soon as the Direct finished. I took 11 of the 100+ Gamecube games I have and walked out with £770. It's time for some other collector to enjoy them now.

[Nicktendo]

14 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

The announcement of Gamecube games for the service gave me the push I needed to start getting rid of my collection. I figured that prices would start tumbling now and so I jumped in the car and headed to CEX as soon as the Direct finished. I took 11 of the 100+ Gamecube games I have and walked out with £770. It's time for some other collector to enjoy them now.

Congratulations on your Switch 2 launch budget. 

[Nicktendo]

2 hours ago, Julius said:

I was genuinely weighing up picking up a GameCube by the end of the year to then hunt down and tackle Gale of Darkness XD and Colosseum for the 30th anniversary of Pokémon next year. 

This will be much cheaper 

It's cray cray that we get these two games but the cowards won't even give us R/B & G/S on the GameBoy app. 

[Glen-i]

2 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

It's cray cray that we get these two games but the cowards won't even give us R/B & G/S on the GameBoy app. 

They see them as spin-off games. Therefore, not as valuable.

For that reason, I don't expect you to be able to transfer Pokémon there to HOME.

In fact, I'd be astonished if Wind Waker lets you use the Tingle Tuner.

[Dcubed]

2 hours ago, Ike said:

I can finally give Soul Calibur II a go.

Still the best game in the series.  And the GCN version is still the best one.

@BowserBasher @S.C.G Mario Party 4-7 online is gonna be LIT

Edited 18 hours ago by Dcubed

[Jonnas]

I legit squealed when I saw Soul Calibur II The version with Link is finally back! With online! Oh, my sweet heart!

They went with some of the absolute best possible choices for the launch of the GCN NSO. F-Zero GX is still a technical showcase to this day, and it's one of the best Gamecube titles to never be rereleased (multiplayer is still mediocre at best, btw). SC2 has been rereleased, but never THIS version. And people had been anticipating Wind Waker for a good while.

I'm looking forward to see this selection grow. My personal top pick for it is Tales of Symphonia: let modern players see what the original, uncompromised version of that title looks like.

[Glen-i]

15 minutes ago, Jonnas said:

I legit squealed when I saw Soul Calibur II The version with Link is finally back! With online! Oh, my sweet heart!

Yup, pretty much the only arcade fighter I've ever enjoyed.

And it's not because Link is incredibly OP, shut up!

I'm wondering how the hell Nintendo got Namco to agree to this.

Edited 11 hours ago by Glen-i

[Jonnas]

10 minutes ago, Glen-i said:

I'm wondering how the hell Nintendo got Namco to agree to this.

Presumably, the fact that the Link version of the game can't be rereleased on any other console probably helped a lot.

Edited 11 hours ago by Jonnas