Nintendo Switch 2 is launching with a long-awaited feature: Nintendo GameCube games are finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online!

It seems Mario Kart World might not be the only file size update. The Nintendo Classics GameCube app listing on the US store has jumped from 3.5GB to 5.1GB in size. Along with this, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour has been reduced from 2GB to 1.6GB and the Kirby and the Forgotten Land upgrade pack is now listed as 11GB.

Pre-orders for the next major Pokémon game begin on June 5, and it's been confirmed that players who purchase either a digital or physical version on the Switch can upgrade their copy to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition via a $10 upgrade pack on the Nintendo eShop and My Nintendo Store.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 imminent, we look back at both the best and worst hardware launches Nintendo has mounted since the days of Mario and Luigi's 1980s debut.

With the release of Switch 2 imminent, gamers are nostalgic for its predecessor, the highest-selling games console of the last 20 years

Nintendo Today showed off some of the system sounds of the Switch 2! ⁰- There are different sounds for pressing the C Button and for selecting each icon on the HOME Menu. – A sound also plays when you wake up the docked system from sleep mode. pic.twitter.com/pqnYqER5W7

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and (with the upcoming launch of the Nintendo Switch 2) the new GameCube libraries. The app's 3.0.1 update not only drops the "Online" from the name, it also introduces a refreshed design to make it a little more intuitive to use. Nintendo Switch 2 ...