One of the more unique and curious entries in the Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Colosseum not only thrusts you into the role of an established trainer, but you’re also tasked with snagging Pokémon from your opponents instead of catching them out in the field.
It’s a bold choice that we feel likely wouldn’t go down so well in a mainline title, but feels right at home in this oddball spin-off. Friends can get together and take part in tournaments, and Colosseum let you link up the Game Boy Advance titles so you could trade to your heart’s content.
We’d love to see this spin-off series make a return, but in the meantime this will be playable on Switch 2.
Proving that there’s little that the portly plumber can’t turn his hand (or foot) to, Next Level Games’ Mario Smash Football (or Super Mario Strikers in the US) offered solid soccer action in a colourful package with Mushroom Kingdom residents brightening up the beautiful game and adding a little flair and excitement to proceedings – no nil-nil draws here!
The polar opposite of the simulation style that ‘proper’ football games were going for, this is a fast-paced five-a-side frenzy that did well enough to get a similarly satisfying sequel on Wii. Now playable on Switch 2, here’s a fun fact: it started out life as a soccer-platformer hybrid in the prototype stage.
Using the GBA-GC link cable, it was possible to connect any of the Game Boy Advance mainline entries to XD for battling and trading and, although it didn’t change things significantly from its predecessor, it still provided a decent 3D Pokémon experience before the mainline games went into the third dimension.
Chibi-Robo is difficult to describe because it doesn’t neatly fit into any particular category or genre. It’s part-platformer, part-adventure, part-amiable helper game which mixes in elements of Toy Story as you work to help the Sanderson family solve their everyday problems.
The eponymous altruistic robot himself is a charming little chap who’s starred in several games since this GameCube introduction (and he also has the most devastatingly cute amiibo imaginable), but he’s never quite reached the heights of his debut here. Lovely.
So there you go: all GameCube games on Switch 2. A fine little selection, wouldn’t you agree?
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GameCube Nintendo Switch 2 Online FAQ
Finally, we answer some common questions Nintendo Life readers have about the GameCube games on Switch 2.
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