You’ll be able to play classic GameCube games on Nintendo Switch 2 the same day the console launches on June 5. That’s a sentence that still doesn’t feel quite real to me, but as someone who grew up playing the boxy purple wonder,

The GameCube game library will launch on the same day as the Switch 2, June 5th, and will be available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online: Expansion Pack.

GameCube games will be available on Nintendo Switch 2 from its launch date on 5th June 2025. Since Nintendo first released NES and SNES games via Nintendo Switch Online, players have been hoping that games from its famous purple box would join them.