Walmart Looks to Have Leaked Two Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Classics — and Some Fans Think It's Now Over for a Metroid Prime 2 Remake

Walmart is advertizing Nintendo Switch Online with a poster that includes respective GameCube classics yet to beryllium made disposable via the service.

An representation disposable present connected Walmart.com shows a room of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack titles including the superb Pikmin 2 and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, neither of which are presently playable connected Switch 2.

Metroid Prime 2 is of peculiar involvement to fans, arsenic immoderate had speculated its merchandise was deliberately being held backmost truthful Nintendo could merchantability a afloat remake of the crippled instead. The institution launched a afloat Metroid Prime 1 remake backmost successful 2023, but has since made nary remark astir continuing to relaunch the remainder of the classical trilogy.

Walmart's Nintendo Switch Online poster, including Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2. Image: Walmart/Nintendo

Now, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes seemingly being added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack catalogue, immoderate fans person said their hopes of a remake person present dimmed. Others, meanwhile, person criticized the determination to simply re-release the game's archetypal GameCube mentation erstwhile its Wii re-release included immoderate notable equilibrium changes.

"I americium precise gladsome we are getting Prime 2, but I was truly hoping for a remake similar Prime 1," wrote pojosamaneo. "Prime 2 is incredible, and deserves a remake."

"Prime 2 being an NSO crippled isn't conscionable not preferable implicit getting the remaster treatment, but due to the fact that the OG GameCube merchandise is rough," wrote Mymouthiscancerous. "It has insane trouble spikes with bosses similar Spider Guardian and Boost Guardian which were lone rectified with the Wii larboard arsenic portion of Metroid Prime Trilogy. It's the aforesaid crushed wherefore Nintendo conscionable plopping Wind Waker connected NSO alternatively of porting HD conscionable sucks erstwhile there's an objectively amended mentation retired determination stuck successful Wii U purgatory."

Pikmin 2 already got its ain Switch remaster, of course, launched backmost successful 2023.

This isn't the archetypal clip a retailer has leaked upcoming Nintendo Switch Online games earlier Nintendo itself has made them official. Back successful October past year, chap GameCube summation Luigi's Mansion was leaked by Target, conscionable anterior to Nintendo confirming its accomplishment to its subscription service.

As anticipation mounts for a afloat Nintendo Direct successful February, it whitethorn not beryllium agelong until Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2 are besides made official.

Before each that, determination is different Nintendo Direct this week — focused connected upcoming Switch societal sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. This volition travel conscionable days aft past weekend's Nintendo Direct that debuted a caller Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer.

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