Summary
This week’s Nintendo Direct was a busy one, with newSwitch 2games and a bunch of regular Switch games being Enhanced for the Switch 2 revealed, as well as a lot more information on the console itself. Not only that, Nintendo also announced thatclassic GameCube titles will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online, with fan-favourite Zelda game The Wind Waker finally coming to Switch 2 after being requested for years.
The GameCube games are exclusive to Switch 2, so you’ll still have to fork out for a new console to play them.
However, whenever fans imagined The Wind Waker coming to Switch, Twilight Princess was supposed to be right there alongside it. You’ve probably seen the fan mock-ups of an HD remaster double-pack with the two games,though with game prices these days, maybe that was always a pipe dream.
Still, the two have long been conflated as a pair: they’re both GameCube-era Zelda games (though Twilight Princess also launched on the Wii) and they both received HD remasters on the Wii U.
So why has Nintendo left Twilight Princess behind for its reveal of GameCube on NSO? Surely it wouldn’t just casually drop the game on a random Tuesday later in the console’s lifetime? Nintendo being Nintendo, though, I wouldn’t say that’s off the cards.
Could Nintendo Be Holding Back On Twilight Princess For A Remake?
I’m a huge Twilight Princess fan, so I’m huffing pure copium here, but… what if Nintendo isn’t putting OG Twilight Princess on NSO just yet because it has another,biggerreveal up its sleeve? Perhaps a full remake?
I know we have Twilight Princess HD, and it looks pretty good, but its textures have definitely aged significantly worse than The Wind Waker’s cel-shaded style. Plus, I want it for purely selfish reasons, and I won’t be alone in that desire.
I never had a GameCube growing up; I was a bit too young in that era - sorry to whoever spontaneously sprouts grey hairs from reading that - and my dad is more of a PlayStation guy. I didn’t buy a Wii U (who did?) so my option fell to the Wii version, because everyone had a Wii.
I played Twilight Princess with a ten-year-old Wii remote and nunchuck so broken I couldn’t unlock Link’s special attacks because they simply wouldn’t register no matter how hard I tried. And I still loved it.
Except that awful protect-the-wagon section, though that was also probably made worse by my barely functioning Wii remote.
But I didn’t get the same experience everyone else had on the original GameCube or on the Wii U. Is it so wrong to want to play one of my favourite games how it’s actually meant to be played?
No, I will not buy a Wii U in the year of 2025, sorry.
Please Let Me See My Wife, Nintendo
Remake or not, it’s been too long since we’ve seen Midna. Why are you keeping us from her, Nintendo? The best way to test out the Switch 2’s graphical capabilities would be to show off her Twili beauty. Just like Link, I’d have no words left.
It seems like another one of those classic, weird Nintendo decisions that no one can wrap their heads around. It would make perfect sense for The Wind WakerandTwilight Princess to come to NSO together, especially at a special, once-in-a-generation showcase.
Maybe I just need to wait a little longer for Twilight Princess’ time to come, but until it does, I’ll hold out a little hope that we’ll be getting something more than a simple virtual console port.
