The Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube game library - formally known as ‘Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics’, because Nintendo is so good at naming things - arrived on June 5 alongside the launch of the new console.

With a balance between modernizations and authenticity, the GameCube controller for the Switch 2 should be your go-to for any Switch Online games that drop moving forward.

The nature of the Switch 2 GameCube controller and its versatility make me hope we could eventually see more NSO peripherals.

Now this could mean that GameCube games are going to come to Nintendo Switch Online post-Switch 2 release. But to momentarily play devil’s advocate, that’s not a surefire thing.

Here are some GameCube games we want to see ported to the Switch as soon as possible. The list could be longer, but we're not including games that already have Nintendo Switch counterparts, like ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 is fantastic—already a contender for the biggest gaming hardware launch of 2025. I'm still playing it daily—monkeying around in Donkey Kong Bananza, enjoying tearing up its destructible game worlds, whether I'm playing on the big screen or tucked up in bed with handheld mode.

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