The Nintendo GameCube still rules

One of the astir breathtaking parts of Nintendo’s caller console is, well, an aged console. GameCube games are coming to the Switch 2 for Nintendo Online subscribers, and it’s starting disconnected with a beauteous slayer trio of releases: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (which someway was ne'er ported to the Switch), Soulcalibur II (with the all-important inclusion of Link arsenic a playable character), and F-Zero GX (a bid successful hopeless request of a caller entry). And aft having a fewer minutes to play F-Zero, I was reminded of conscionable however fantabulous Nintendo’s small cube utilized to be.

For the uninitiated, F-Zero is simply a futuristic racing bid that’s lone had a fistful of entries and is benignant of similar Wipeout but with Nintendo flavor. That means blazingly accelerated races and spaceship-like vehicles piloted by a ample lineup of memorable characters. GX is the past due console merchandise since 2003 (there person been immoderate portable entries and spinoffs similar F-Zero 99). Because of this, it’s go thing of a cult classic, peculiarly arsenic fans await a caller entry.

It’s besides a crippled that has aged incredibly well. Playing it connected the Switch 2, F-Zero GX was precisely arsenic accelerated and creaseless arsenic I remember, with graphics …

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