Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
GameCube games are coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Online service…
In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.
Fuck literally everything about this launch.
Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.
I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
I mean, it's Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words "Nintendo", "Mario" and such, they'd do it without hesitation...
Yes, it’s the same for their other classic controllers.
Well that got me all worked up for no reason, didn't it.
Thanks for the clarification.
COME ON, OP!
Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don't want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.
Remember, Nintendo tried to sue a grocery store in Costa Rica. Maybe don’t support them.
Remember Nintendo… please feel free to list the hundred other crappy things they did here.
- Periodically killing mods and fan projects
- going after palworld
- using last-gen hardware in their consoles
- never decreasing prices
using last-gen hardware in their consoles
I mean there’s nothing inherently wrong with that (if only they charged last-gen prices as well lol)
but anyways here’s a bunch more shit they’ve done:
- charging full price for basic rereleases
- removing reviews from the switch eshop
- killing emulation projects
- patenting basic gameplay elements
- sued a man so hard he was forced to pay them part of his income for the rest of his life
and for a few older ones, just to show that they’ve been shitty this whole time, actually:
- attempting to kill game cheating devices (like the game genie)
- attempting to kill video game rentals
- preventing 3rd parties from releasing games on competitor’s consoles, essentially giving themselves a monopoly
(also they’re partly owned by the saudi government, so, there’s that)
(and pls remember that, despite all of their shit, nintendo is far from the worst. it's a systemic problem, not an individualist one. remember that ubisoft covered up sexual assault for years and that microsoft is literally engaging in genocide. the problem is that capitalism lets these companies get away with it.)
K. I'll just wait for the 8bitdo clone.
I’ve been waiting years for 8bitdo the make a fully functional clone and they haven’t yet.
The closest they've come is a retrofit electronics kit for the OG shell last year.
I wonder if the Mayflash GC adapter would work.
Bullshit. They are doing that to cause a fever of pre-orders in the US despite the tariffs. Within a year, they will be on shelves.
Nintendo pulls Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs
Edit: also, these will never be on shelves. They will be a membership exclusive online order regardless, even after the preorder-only window.
Lol gimps trying to squeeze as much profit as they can get from the people
Yes, Nintendo! Please paywall my nostalgia of the very first game console I ever played! Charge me an exorbitant price during an economic crisis to satisfy my childlike need to regress to a time before I understood what money was!
Hang on, Nintendo fans are into findom? That would explain a few things. On a related note, I think I finally understood why people keep giving Chris Roberts money for Star Citizen.
I mean, I bought the starter ship for SC which was 40€ I believe and I still play occaisonally. I'd say I definitely got my money's worth out of that game.
I have the version that was made for the OG Switch and the build quality is garbage tier. Developed stick drift in both sticks in less than a month.
Really? I have the Wii U ones and they put up with a lot of abuse. The rubber on some sticks have completely deteriorated but they still input accurately.
It's honestly what's made me so bitter about the Joy Cons.
I'm intrigued to see if the new switch, with its higher price tag, lasts any longer or if it's gimped to make consumers keep buying replacements again.
I can't buy any of their classic controllers here in Norway. Never understood why we were left out.
sure i'll only buy my contollers for nintendo consoles from 8bitdo from now on. good idea, nintendo.
I guess they don't want your money if you're not buying the switch. Strange move, but I guess it's their prerogative to alienate more consumers.
or if you can't afford it when you get the console.
Gross.
The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) Controller – Nintendo Classics will be exclusively available for Nintendo Switch Online members and will initially only be offered to those invited to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 console
Does this suggest I can buy it later or am I going to have to pay scalper price if I want it?
I think you can buy it later. They still sell all the NES, SNES and N64 controllers on their website.
I think you'll always need NSO sub if buying directly from Nintendo, but pre-order rule only seems to be because of scalpers, so that only those who can actually use it, buy it.
I bought the one they released for the Wii U and it only worked for Smash
That one was a reissue of the original GameCube controller with the original connector and everything. It works on the original GameCube and Wii and with the USB adapter that was released with it, you can use it or any other GameCube controller on the WiiU, Switch and maybe even Switch 2.
This new controller looks like a GameCube controller, but is something entirely new. It is a modern wireless controller that mimics the GameCube controller shape and button layout but won't work on the original GameCube, at least not without some additional adapter hardware