New Nintendo Switch Online tease has GameCube fans on edge

A new Nintendo Switch Online tease from Nintendo itself has alerted GameCube fans, although they may be looking at that tease too much. After the N64, the next home console to come to Nintendo Switch Online is expected to be the GameCube. The question for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers has always been when GameCube games will be added to Switch Online, not if.

However, the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 complicates matters. The next Nintendo console is expected to release next year, and based on previous teases from Nintendo, a plethora of rumors and reports, and recent leaks of the hardware itself, the next Nintendo console will be a successor to the Switch.

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What does this mean for Nintendo Switch Online? Well, it will probably stay the way it is. If this happens, the following console will need to be added to Switch Online. What better time to introduce GameCube games to Switch Online than when you release the next Nintendo Switch console? Well, the aforementioned plague can achieve just that.

To celebrate the three-year anniversary of Nintendo Switch Online, subscribers have received said anniversary emails from Nintendo. The content of the email is not interesting, apart from the very last part of it: “What excitement will the next year bring for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members? Stay tuned to find out!”

This is probably just general marketing speak. However, the stars seem to be aligning with GameCube games finally being added to Nintendo Switch Online. However, if this tease is indicative of that, then it’s also likely an indication that GameCube games will be locked behind the Expansion Pack level, just like N64 games, which would disappoint many Nintendo fans.

For now, all we have is speculation. While the tease confirms that Nintendo Switch Online will continue in 2025, and thus will presumably continue with the Nintendo Switch 2, that’s about all it confirms.

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