{"id":1250431,"date":"2026-03-01T05:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-switch-2-gamecube-latency-tested-why-do-games-run-with-more-input-lag-on-vastly-more-powerful-hardware"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:56:10","slug":"switch-2-gamecube-support-latency-performance-boosts-and-resolution-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/switch-2-gamecube-support-latency-performance-boosts-and-resolution-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 GameCube support: latency, performance boosts and resolution tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/switch-2-gamecube-support-latency-performance-boosts-and-resolution-tested.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>One of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-nintendo-switch-2-the-digital-foundry-hardware-review\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>&#8216;s big perks is its official GameCube classics support, available to those with a Nintendo Online Expansion sub. The selection is Switch 2 exclusive, and while the current range of GameCube titles is still in its infancy with just four on offer so far, they are at least all great picks. However in testing the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/f-zero-gx\">F-Zero GX<\/a>, Soul Calibur 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/legend-zelda-wind-waker\">The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker<\/a>, plus the latest addition, Mario Strikers, today there is one question: does Nintendo&#8217;s GameCube emulator on Switch 2 add any input lag versus running the game on real GameCube hardware? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-switch-2-gamecube-latency-tested-why-do-games-run-with-more-input-lag-on-vastly-more-powerful-hardware\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-switch-2-gamecube-latency-tested-why-do-games-run-with-more-input-lag-on-vastly-more-powerful-hardware\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Nintendo Switch 2&#8216;s big perks is its official GameCube classics support, available to those with a Nintendo Online Expansion sub. The selection is Switch 2 exclusive, and while the current range of GameCube titles is still in its infancy with just four on offer so far, they are at least all great picks. However in testing the likes of F-Zero GX, Soul Calibur 2, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, plus the latest addition, Mario Strikers, today there is one question: does Nintendo&#8217;s GameCube emulator on Switch 2 add any input lag versus running the game on real GameCube hardware? 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