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Forbes
3 days ago
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How To Play GameCube Classics In Full Widescreen Mode On Switch 2
Soulcalibur 2 on Switch 2 Bandai Namco Did you know you can play two out of the three GameCube Classics available on Switch 2 in 16:9 widescreen mode, instead of 4:3 aspect ratio with the dotted black border that's on every other retro Switch game? Turns out you can! This should make the already excellent GameCube games on Switch 2 even better. Both Soulcalibur 2 and F-ZERO GX include widescreen support and it's just a simple toggle in the settings. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has widescreen support, even on Switch 2. It looks like any supported game will have the disclosure: 'About Screen Modes: This title supports 16:9 onscreen display' listed at the bottom of its details summary from the game selection menu. Since it's not a feature supported on every GameCube game released, that means it's a per-game setting and is not an overall GameCube Classics app setting. I think that's why I didn't realize it existed originally, even though I of course remember changing it in supported games as a kid when we got a better TV. I even went and checked my original case for Soulcalibur 2 on GameCube, which I still have, and sure enough it was a game with Progressive Scan support, so maybe that's an indication of which games Nintendo may be targeting primarily for Switch 2. In order to play those GameCube games in widescreen on Switch 2, all you have to do is go into the Options menus for each respective game. In Soulcalibur 2 you can find it under Options > Display Settings > Screen Ratio and on F-ZERO GX you can find it under Options > Screen Mode. That's it. Just toggle it on and then you can even do a quick save state so you don't have to ever remember to switch it on again. And quick shout out to 'lucasbenboss' over on Threads for letting me know these settings existed after I shared a clip of Soulcalibur 2 in 4:3 aspect ratio mode. In a perfect world, more retro games would have actual 16:9 widescreen support without stretching the image, but that's not the world we live in. Alternatively, I really, really wish you could disable the gradient border on the sides of retro games when playing Nintendo Classics. It's really distracting and not aesthetically pleasing at all. It would be even better if you could customize the border or just have a few different options. Which other Nintendo GameCube games do you hope to see on Nintendo Classics for Switch 2? I made a list of 13 more I hope to see added.
Forbes
08-05-2025
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- Forbes
Nintendo Released New Footage Of ‘Wind Waker' Running On Switch 2
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo We're less than a month away from the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, so Nintendo is trickling out more details and footage of games in action. Today, over on the Nintendo Today! app, they shared a new look at The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker running on Switch 2 via the Nintendo Classics subscription. You can see the footage here, which shows a few different scenes including combat, different environments, sailing, and more. It looks like a really smooth way to play the GameCube classic. Notably, this is not the HD version of the game that released previously on the Wii U, but is instead an emulated version of the GameCube original. That means it won't have the spruced up visual sheen, HD graphics, widescreen format, or slew of quality of life improvements the remaster got. This is the original version of the game as it released for GameCube back in 2002. Wind Waker is one of three GameCube games that will be available on Switch 2 at launch as part of the Nintendo Classics program included in the Nintendo Switch Online (with Expansion Pack) subscription. The other two games at launch are F-ZERO GX and Soulcalibur 2, but they've got several more coming soon like Luigi's Mansion, multiple Pokemon games, Fire Emblem, and more. I have no idea what's slated next, but I imagine games like Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Super Smash Bros. Melee are probably surefire bets. Since I enjoy speculation and predicting things though, I made a list of 13 other GameCube games that would be perfect for the platform, if you want some ideas yourself. There are tons of great games on that platform that have never been ported elsewhere and they could help bolster the lineup of titles in a big way. Hopefully we still get the HD version of Wind Waker on Switch 2 at some point, but for now the original GameCube version is a welcomed addition to an admittedly sparse launch lineup for Nintendo's new console.
