It’s remarkable how modern these Switch 2 GameCube titles feel

A Nintendo GameCube game on Nintendo Switch 2
(Image credit: Lewis Packwood)

Mario Kart World will naturally be grabbing all the headlines on what is Switch 2 launch day (see our Switch 2 unboxing), but the re-release of three absolutely stellar GameCube titles on Nintendo’s new console is also a rather noteworthy event. And possibly the main event if you’re particularly nostalgic for Nintendo’s much-missed purple cube.

The GameCube titles are exclusive to Switch 2, and they’re free to download for anyone with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. At launch, the three games available are The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX and Soulcalibur II, all of which date from 2003.

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Lewis Packwood
Video games journalist

Lewis Packwood has been writing about video games professionally since 2013, and his work has appeared in The Guardian, Retro Gamer, EDGE, Eurogamer, Wireframe, Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, PC Gamer and Time Extension, among others. He is also the author of Curious Video Game Machines: A Compendium of Rare and Unusual Consoles, Computers and Coin-Ops (White Owl, 2023).

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