US Edition‘Wario’ Gamecube Classic Gets Surprise Nintendo Switch 2 Launch
Wario World joins the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack’s GameCube library, expanding classic titles for subscribers and continuing Nintendo’s 2025 nostalgia push.
- On December 11, 2025, Nintendo added Wario World to the Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube Nintendo Classics library as part of its ongoing Nintendo Classics rollout.
- Just after announcing new N64 arrivals for December 17, Nintendo focused on the GameCube lineup that debuted alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this year, drip-feeding titles since launch.
- Wario World, originally released in 2003, is a Treasure-developed 3D action/platformer featuring garlic-fuelled combat, moves like Wild Swing-Ding, puzzle mini-games, and four stages rescuing Spritelings.
- For Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members can now play Wario World on Switch 2, broadening the GameCube catalog on Switch 2 and prompting nostalgia-driven praise from long-time players.
- Despite earlier lists promising certain GameCube games, Nintendo chose Wario World over the previously expected Pokemon Colosseum, while Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble arrive December 17.
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Wario’s one and only 3D platformer is now playable on Switch 2
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Read the original note in the following link: Wario World also joins the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Nintendo catalog surprised its users by adding Wario World to GameCube's Switch Online + Expansion Pack catalog. The title was developed by Treasure and originally debuted in 2003 as Wario's first and only three-dimensional adventure. The story features Wario facing a cursed jewel that distorts his castle and steals his treasure, init…
The 3D platformer Wario World is now available for the Switch 2 with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Fun. In the game originally released for the GameCube in 2003, you take over the role of Wario and take back your treasure and castle that was stolen from you.
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