Nintendo Points Assertion on Swap On-line Leak

It was lately leaked that Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Pikmin 2 could possibly be heading to Nintendo Swap On-line’s GameCube assortment. Nevertheless, Nintendo has simply issued an official assertion relating to the leak, denying that both recreation is deliberate for launch on Swap On-line right now.

A serious promoting level of the Nintendo Swap 2 upon its June 2025 launch was that it added an unique GameCube assortment to Nintendo Swap On-line. At launch, simply three traditional GameCube titles got here to Swap On-line, these being F-Zero GX, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Soulcalibur 2. During the last seven months, one other 5 video games have been added to Switch Online’s GameCube library, together with heavy hitters like Luigi’s Mansion, Tremendous Mario Strikers, and most lately, Hearth Emblem: Path of Radiance.

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Nintendo Denies That Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2 Are Coming to Nintendo Swap On-line

Nintendo Switch Online Walmart Leak — Nintendo Swap On-line Walmart Leak

On January 27, Walmart posted a brand new picture on its web site promoting Nintendo Swap On-line. Together with traditional titles which are already out there on the service, like Donkey Kong Nation, Tremendous Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: A Hyperlink to the Previous, and Tetris, the promotional picture included Pikmin 2 and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, two GameCube video games that have not come to Nintendo Swap On-line but, and have not been confirmed to look on the service sooner or later.

A day later, Nintendo issued an official assertion to IGN relating to the Walmart leak. A Nintendo of America spokesperson instructed IGN that the promotional picture Walmart used did in truth come from Nintendo itself, however that the picture supplied “incorrectly included video games that aren’t deliberate for launch right now.” The Nintendo spokesperson additionally acknowledged that picture has been faraway from Walmart’s web site, and that the corporate apologizes for any confusion. Whereas this clearly implies that Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Pikmin 2 will not be coming to Nintendo Swap On-line instantly, it doesn’t suggest that they could not arrive on the subscription service later down the road.

Although Nintendo’s official assertion on this GameCube Swap On-line leak is perhaps disheartening for many who have been hoping to play Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2 on their Nintendo Swap 2, there are some on the market who is perhaps respiratory a sigh of aid. When this Walmart leak first surfaced, a large group of Nintendo followers theorized that Metroid Prime 2‘s potential place in Swap On-line’s Classics library would imply {that a} full remake of the GameCube sequel within the vein of Metroid Prime Remastered would not be one thing Nintendo was presumably concerned about. With Nintendo confirming that Metroid Prime 2 is not heading to Swap On-line anytime quickly, some followers may take it to imply {that a} Metroid Prime 2 remake could possibly be again on the playing cards.

Upon its announcement again in April 2025, Nintendo confirmed that Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, and Tremendous Mario Sunshine could be coming to Nintendo Switch Online’s GameCube collection “sooner or later.” Followers are nonetheless ready for these three video games to be added. It is doubtless that followers will discover out extra about the way forward for Nintendo Swap On-line in the course of the subsequent basic Nintendo Direct. Whereas Nintendo hasn’t formally confirmed the date of the subsequent Direct, it has continuously hosted one in early February, and a latest report from trade insider Nate The Hate has claimed {that a} Nintendo Direct could possibly be happening within the opening week of February, doubtless on Thursday, February 5. Although, Nate The Hate did state that they do not know if the February Nintendo Direct will likely be a basic one or some sort of Accomplice Showcase.