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    Gamecube on Switch?

    Interesting...

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...onsole-support

    Does this mean we'd be able to play Goldeneye?

    And would it work on the Shield Tablet?

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    Re: Gamecube on Switch?

    I'd rather just play them all on the 'cube I've still got lying around...

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    Re: Gamecube on Switch?

    Goldeneye was an N64 game so would require Virtual Console, it isn't actually available though on the VC on Wii U, thing is Rare are or were at least owned by Microsoft and not forgetting the larger licensing side of things. There was Goldeneye Rogue Agent on the cube but it wasn't as good as the N64 game.

    You can play Gamecube discs on the original Wii (not the later released mini), you can plug a GC controller into the side of the machine and away you go. I do have my cube setup on the TV and play on it quite often, great little machine and worth investing in one if not overly botherred by Nintendo's newer offerings.

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    Re: Gamecube on Switch?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post
    Goldeneye was an N64 game so would require Virtual Console, it isn't actually available though on the VC on Wii U, thing is Rare are or were at least owned by Microsoft and not forgetting the larger licensing side of things. There was Goldeneye Rogue Agent on the cube but it wasn't as good as the N64 game.
    Microsoft still owns Rare.

    And the bigger issue with Goldeneye is with the control of the James Bond franchise (which is typically exclusively licensed for a number of years to a given publisher)

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    Re: Gamecube on Switch?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post
    Goldeneye was an N64 game so would require Virtual Console, it isn't actually available though on the VC on Wii U, thing is Rare are or were at least owned by Microsoft and not forgetting the larger licensing side of things. There was Goldeneye Rogue Agent on the cube but it wasn't as good as the N64 game.

    You can play Gamecube discs on the original Wii (not the later released mini), you can plug a GC controller into the side of the machine and away you go. I do have my cube setup on the TV and play on it quite often, great little machine and worth investing in one if not overly botherred by Nintendo's newer offerings.
    I stand corrected. I just remember there being a lot of fuss over it (quite rightly by the sounds of it) but never got to play it. I did get Timesplitters 2 on PS2(?) I think, which was very good, and from the same studio, but always felt second best...

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