Considered one of Nintendo’s most weird however beloved peripherals ever is making a comeback. A restricted provide of contemporary GameCube controllers will likely be obtainable for the Change 2 which is including video games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX to its Change On-line Enlargement Pack subscription. Yay! However Nintendo additionally clarified that “the controller is simply appropriate with Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo Classics.” Boo!
Nevertheless, the corporate additionally had the same disclaimer for the NES and N64 controller re-issues on the present console, which did work with some Change video games. So it’s nonetheless doable you would possibly have the ability to play Mario Kart World or, extra importantly, the subsequent 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 received’t essentially not work with different video games on the Change 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 Change 2 system, there could also be some points when taking part in different video games,” the corporate wrote. —EG
