While we're getting a Pikmin renaissanceꩲ with the release of the original two games on Switch, the release is also killing the dreams of Nintendo fans eager to see GameCube titles on N💟intendo Switch Online.
Nintendo Switch Online is the platform's paid online multiplayer service, which also features a selection of occasionally-updated NES, Super NES, and Game Boy libraries. The more expensive Expansion Pack version of the subscription also includes Nintendo 64, GBA, and Genesis/Mega Drive games. Fans have held out some hope that the subscription would eventually expand to include Gam🤡eCube games, but those hopes are starting to fade.
After today's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Direct, the original two GameCube Pikmin games hit the Switch eShop at a relatively pricey $30 each, or $50 for a bundle of the two. This comes after Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which featured largely unremarkable ports of three Mario games including GameCube's Super Mario Sunshine, launched for $60. It also comes after Nintendo brought us an excellent $40 GameCube upgrade with Metroid Prime Remastered, and amid long-standing rumors of standalone ports of the two GameCube Zelda games for Switch.
In short, it sure seems like Nintendo is more interested in 🌸reselling GameCube games at premium prices than it is in making them a bonus for subscri🌳bers.
"This kinda cements that GameCube gam♈es won't be part of Nintendo Switch Online's future," as one puts it. "Shout out to the people on this sub who called Nintendo will just sell us GC ports instead of being an online service," as .
Pikmin 1 and 2 on Switch technically fit the bill as 'remasters,' but it might be more accurate to simಌply call them 'ports,' since the only real improvement over the GameCube originals seems to be the clarity of HD resolution - though that certainly doesn't do the original textures any favors. These versions don't even go the extra step to include the option of the pointer controls from the Wii ports. In fact, the one major change here seems to be the .
It's always a good time to play some of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best GameCube games.
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