Today, we’re going over a bunch of popular GameCube games and how likely they are to come to Nintendo Switch Online on Nintendo Switch 2.
In somewhat of a surprise move, Nintendo recently announced that titles from that console are coming to Switch Online + Expansion Pack members exclusively on Switch 2. The reason this is surprising is that GameCube games on the service sort of run counter to Nintendo’s strategy with GameCube games on the current Switch. Up until now, Nintendo has been content to release individually-packaged GameCube games as standalone titles – or remake them altogether. Pikmin 1, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are all playable on Nintendo Switch already. That may knock out quite a few titles from Nintendo Switch Online, though it’s technically still possible that they could get a release later.
We have news about a few additional tech-related announcements for Nintendo Switch 2, with Criware, Yesbis, and Enlighten middleware support planned for the console.
For Criware, the announcement notes that along with “developing new games that utilize the new hardware,” it “will also support audio and visual expression on the new console, including porting previously released games and multiplatform support for playing the same title across platforms such as PCs and smartphones, and contribute to the creation of new ways to play.”
Freedom Wars Remastered earned one of its more notable updates this week with the Nintendo Switch version now at version 1.7.0.
The team implemented many different adjustments across the board. Also unsurprisingly, a bunch of bugs have now been fixed.
The full rundown is as follows:
RedDeerGames, in partnership with Mudita, readied a launch trailer for the new Nintendo Switch game Pilo and the Holobook. Released this week, the game features a mission to catalog the secrets of the galaxy using the powerful and mysterious Holobook.
Additional information is available in the following rundown:
April 5: A new Lunar Remastered Collection trailer has dropped focusing on the story. There’s a good chunk of animated cutscenes here, but we do get to see some new footage as well.
As a reminder, Lunar Remastered Collection includes Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete. Full details can be found in the following overview:
Limited Run Games today announced a brand new physical release for Doom + Doom 2 on Nintendo Switch.
New versions of the classic shooters were released digitally on the console last year. This is what Limited Run Games’ latest boxed editions are based on.
Nintendo will be introducing games supporting 120 frames per second on Switch 2, and based on what we’re hearing, Mario Kart World is one such title that will make use of that.
Only a few whispers are out there at the moment. One of the main sites reporting on this is Engadget, following a hands-on session. The site writes: “Racing has never looked this smooth on any Nintendo console and this game might be the best first-party showcase of the Switch 2’s upgraded display and performance.”
February 13: Bandai Namco is bringing Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny Remastered to Nintendo Switch, the company just announced. The game launches on May 22, 2025.
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny originally released in 2012 for the PS Vita, but only in Japan. That means the game is coming out in English for the first time, as well as its first appearance on a Nintendo platform.
Bandai Namco has shared the following details thus far:
Thanks to Game Studio, we now have a release date for the Nintendo Switch version of Ao Oni: The Horror of Blueberry Onsen. The title will be available on April 25, 2025.
Ao Oni: The Horror of Blueberry Onsen, a horror puzzle action adventure game, was only just announced for Nintendo Switch a month ago. We last had a spring launch window.
Catch up on everything you need to know in the following overview:
