A contemporary model of Nintendo’s iconic GameCube controller seems to be to be in growth for Change 2, followers assume.
The proof right here comes from a latest FCC submitting for a Change 2 controller with an oddly-located product label – that matches the placement of the product label on a GameCube controller.
The submitting, for a Change 2 peripheral with the product code BEE-021, matches different Change 2 elements with the identical BEE prefix, and doesn’t look like a brand new Change 2 Professional controller.
Proof dug up by Famiboards (thanks, Nintendo Life) factors to the actual fact this system lacks NFC help – one thing included in Change 1 Professional controllers and Pleasure-Con – however does embrace wi-fi Bluetooth, one thing included in previous Nintendo Change On-line pads.
The suggestion, then, is that Nintendo is prepping a GameCube controller re-release in the identical manner it has carried out for different retro controllers, such because the N64.

Take a leap of logic additional, and the supposed existence of this controller may additionally level to GameCube help for Nintendo Change On-line… however one factor at a time.
Nintendo’s good GameCube controller and its great Wavebird counterpart are actually almost twenty years previous, however are nonetheless beloved by many followers – certainly, the pads are nonetheless a most popular methodology of management for a lot of hardcore Tremendous Smash Bros gamers.
Only a few weeks stay till Nintendo correctly lifts the lid on its Change 2 plans in the beginning of April. Might we see GameCube Change On-line help introduced on the identical time?