The GameCube era ended years in the past, however the controller for this method remains to be a well-liked selection for a lot of Nintendo fanatic with regards to choose titles. If you’re hoping to see help for this specific gamepad on the Swap 2 in a roundabout way or type, you may be in luck.
A brand new FCC submitting by Nintendo for a “recreation controller” has not too long ago gone reside. The mannequin quantity prefix connected is ‘BEE’ – matching up with the Swap 2. One different bit of knowledge suggests will probably be a “wi-fi Bluetooth controller” and connected are some fundamental photos.
That is the place the hearsay half kicks in – with some detective work on Famiboards suggesting one of many photos (exhibiting a label location on the rear of the controller) matches up with the again of the GameCube controller, the place the C-Stick is situated.
The opportunity of this submitting being a ‘Swap 2 Professional Controller’ has apparently been dominated out, because it would not seem to help NFC performance (which is seemingly set to return based mostly on a separate submitting final week).
The very fact it is also a “wi-fi Bluetooth controller” has led to hypothesis this controller may have potential hyperlinks to the Swap On-line service, as Nintendo has already reworked different basic controllers into wi-fi fashions (together with USB-C connection and cable to cost). Wired connections are usually most well-liked for preventing video games like Tremendous Smash Bros. Final.
Nintendo’s present Swap On-line subscription service consists of the NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and Recreation Boy libraries. Legacy platforms just like the GameCube have been requested in the course of the Swap era, however essentially the most we have seen are GameCube re-releases like Tremendous Mario Sunshine (as a part of a limited-time assortment), Metroid Prime Remastered, and extra not too long ago Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yr Door.
Nintendo will share a full reveal of the Swap 2 initially of April in a particular Direct broadcast, which may embody updates about Swap On-line. This newest GameCube controller hearsay follows a number of others updates over the previous 12 months.
