Every time I hear a new piece of news about the Switch 2 it’s disappointing. Bummer
It’s hilarious that it will work with any game on the Steam Deck.
“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games. While this is no confirmation that the same will be the case with the GameCube controller, it does at least provide some hope that it won’t be as locked-off as Nintendo says.”
Well at least they got their clicks.
The headline is not misleading in any way. That’s exactly what Nintendo said.
It’s somewhat misleading. It’s not providing the additional background information, and it leads the headline with the claim (not that Nintendo is making a claim).
I don’t think it’s a bad headline. It’d be hard to include all the information in the headline. But if someone only reads the headline (something like 73% of people), they could end up with a mistaken conclusion. And those people will have been lead in that direction (so, mislead).
I think it would be bad form to put their speculation on the headline.
To clarify, I don’t think the writers did anything wrong. The headline will be misleading because Nintendo’s being somewhat misleading.
I don’t know how much the headline could be improved, if at all.
Nintendo says NS2 GC controller will only “officially” support GC games
Or if they can’t quote “officially”, they could quote “only”. Which could arguably be more clickbaity, but also clue in a casual reader that there’s more to what Nintendo officially says.
I genuinely can’t tell if milking outrage is more prominent in gaming than elsewhere. I guess not, because… I mean, look at the planet in general, but it does feel like gamers got to that state of mind first and do it best, at least.
Huh? My actual GameCube controller works with all games on the Switch 1, although it doesn’t have all the buttons used by some games.
In particular it would be absurd if this new GameCube controller doesn’t work with Smash Ultimate.
Lol pathetic
So it seems this may just refer to “official support” and the piece of news is at least misinformation-adjacent, but it does make me wonder if there is any forwards compatibility with the Pro Controller. There are plenty of solid alternatives for Switch 1 and that wasn’t particularly picky about taking in third party devices.
Not sure if anybody has brought it up in the news deluge.
Yes it has Bluetooth support and, naturally, USB C.
It’ll continue to take anything that supports those, and that’ll include the switch 1 pro controller, since it supports those for other devices.
That’s nice. Gamecube replicas are a bit of a niche case, but there are plenty of expensive fight sticks that would be great to use if compatible. I guess we’ll know for sure once it’s out.
Yes it has Bluetooth support and, naturally, USB C.
Even regular ass USB keyboards work with Switch. Usually not for control input but typing search terms in the e-Shop, for example.
I guess I’ll just skip this generation like with the WiiU.
That sucks since it has analog triggers and a lot of people I watch were hoping it could be used for certain shooters.
“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games.”
They’re just not officially supporting it. I hope Reto will informally make Metroid Prime 4 work with this the same way as MP1. I don’t like twin stick controls and mouse controls are not feasible on the go.
“We are also pleased to announce that, next year, we will be adding support for Gamecube games other than Super Smash Bros. Melee.” /s
I doubt it. Why wouldn’t it just be a modified Pro controller like every other classic controller they’ve released. My guess is they are just managing expectations that it won’t be automatically usable with every game and mapped correctly.
I doubt I’ll ever connect this to my Switch 2, it’s going to be a replacement for the aging used WaveBirds that are hooked up to my Wii. With BlueRetro as the receiver, my guess is they’ll work day 1 or shortly after. For that, they’re awesome options.
i C EMUlation is the way to go, huh doug?
