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Nintendo News & Update: Nintendo Switch Will Launch A Game Cube Virtual Support

Nintendo News & Update: Nintendo Switch Will Launch A Game Cube Virtual Support

"GameCube" support is already tested and working, we understand, and three Nintendo games have already been prepped for Switch.

"Nintendo Switch will be able to play GameCube games via its Virtual Console service," as stated by EuroGamer.

Those games are Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Wii, Wii U and 3DS have all offered a "Virtual Console" service for downloading games released on earlier Nintendo hardware. Switch will still be the same too.

And while the number of platforms to be offered on "Switch's Virtual Console" has yet to be nailed down, we've heard that there should be an upgrade programmer similar to that available on Wii U, where earlier purchases of Virtual Console NES games can be 'upgraded' for a small fee rather than being bought again at full price.

We've also heard that Nintendo Switch's Virtual Console is being engineered by "Nintendo European Research and Development" (NERD), the studio behind the recent NES Mini micro-console which sold out in many stores ahead of Christmas.

A version of the "GameCube Animal Crossing" is currently being tested for potential release.

Animal Crossing is a particularly interesting title as it included more than a dozen NES classics - such as Donkey Kong, Mario and Zelda - to obtain and play within the game.

Impressively, we've heard that support for these games is currently in "Animal Crossing's Virtual Console" build and working. So, if all goes to plan, you would be able to be playing an emulated NES game within an emulated GameCube game on your Switch on the bus.

Nintendo is also looking at Switch support for the "Wii U's GameCube" controller adaptor peripheral, although we understand that a final decision has not yet been made.

The results were promising and suggested Switch should be able to run each game at least as well as its original state.

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