Regardless of being greater than 20 years previous, the GameCube controller stays stubbornly widespread with Nintendo followers, particularly with regards to sure video games. A brand new FCC submitting by Nintendo has some followers speculating that the Switch 2 may obtain some form of GameCube controller help, however it’s unclear if the connection is legitimate or not.
Over at Famiboards (by way of Nintendo Life), followers reacted to a FCC submitting from Nintendo that tackled recreation controllers. Followers seen that the mannequin quantity prefix hooked up is BEE, which corresponds to the Switch 2. A mockup of a “wi-fi Bluetooth controller” led one fan to overlay the GameCube controller over it, concluding that the controller could also be some form of wi-fi GameCube controller for the Switch 2.
Another followers argued that the mockup might be for the Switch 2 Professional Controller, however the unique poster argued that this controller lacks NFC performance, which a hypothetical Professional Controller would virtually definitely have.
It is value noting that Nintendo has already launched wi-fi variations of traditional online game controllers for its retro-focused Switch On-line subscription service, together with the NES, SNES, N64, and Genesis controllers. Nonetheless, we do not have GameCube video games on Switch On-line as of but, making them a attainable addition.
It is unclear if we’ll get any solutions to this query on the Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct originally of April, however we’ll preserve you posted with any updates we get.