The 12 best retro gaming gifts for the 2025 holidays

The stream of new video games never ends, but for some of us, nothing beats the classics. If you don’t feel like hunting through eBay and local game shops for old cartridges to add to your loved one [...]

Nintendo is adding 'Super Mario Strikers' to its Switch Online GameCube library

Super Mario Strikers, the first game in the Mario Strikers series that was originally released for GameCube in 2005, will soon be available to play on Switch Online. Nintendo is adding it to its GameC [...]

Nintendo is putting an extremely rare GameCube game on Switch 2 next week

When Nintendo announced that it was adding GameCube games to its (inexplicably Switch 2-only) Nintendo Switch Online offering, people were understandably excited about the likes of Super Mario Sunshin [...]

The Nintendo Switch 2 will play GameCube games

Nintendo Switch Online is getting a Switch 2-exclusive upgrade. On June 5, the same day the new console goes on sale, the service's Expansion Pack service will begin including GameCube games. At [...]

Nintendo seemingly confirms the Switch 2 GameCube controller only works with GameCube games

It seems that the new Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games in the Online Classics library. [...]

Luigi's Mansion will soon be playable on Nintendo Switch 2

You'll be able to play the first game in the Luigi's Mansion series on the Nintendo Switch 2 starting on October 30, just in time for Halloween. The gaming company is adding the title to its [...]

8BitDo drops an NES-inspired collection for the console's 40th anniversary

It's been 40 years to the day since the Nintendo Entertainment System made its US debut, and to celebrate, gaming accessory maker 8BitDo has unveiled a line of NES-themed products. The NES40 coll [...]

Wario’s one and only 3D platformer is now playable on Switch 2

Nintendo has been slowly drip-feeding us GameCube games since the console joined its Nintendo Classics offering when the Switch 2 launched in June, and we just got another one. Switch Online + Expansi [...]

Xbox Game Pass Retro Classics has over 50 old-school games for people over 50

Game Pass members can now play over 50 old-school games for free. Microsoft's Retro Classics is a library of old-school Activision and Blizzard games from the '80s and '90s, like Pitfal [...]