One of GameCube’s most expensive physical games has just become free.
With a new update available for the Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics application on Nintendo Switch 2, version 1.5.0 introduces the addition of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. For a quick reminder as to what the game entails, here is the official NSO description:
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Nintendo)
Released in: 2005
Number of Players: 1
This installment of the classic strategy role-playing series Fire Emblem was released for the Nintendo GameCube™ system in
2005. Fully-voiced cutscenes and 3D maps accompany the return of the brutal battle system where your units are gone for good if they fall in a fight! On the continent of Tellius, two races (the human beorc and the half-human laguz) have built a history of strife, mistrust, and compromise. Now, sinister forces emerge from the shadows to pit the two groups against each other.
Follow the protagonist Ike and a colorful cast of characters as this grand drama unfolds around them. Dark days are rising…
Will you be playing Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance this week? Let us know!
About Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Switch Online:
Nintendo GameCube™ – Nintendo Classics, only available on Nintendo Switch™ 2!
With a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership, Nintendo Switch™ 2 players can now access a collection of Nintendo GameCube™ games to play anytime, anywhere! Sail the seas in The Legend of Zelda™: The Wind Waker™, race at breakneck speeds in F-Zero™ GX, and clash weapons (and souls) with fearsome fighters in SOULCALIBUR II.
Choose between a standard screen style and a retro CRT mode that simulates the look of older screens. Suspend points make it easy to take a mid-dungeon break in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, while online and local wireless multiplayer make it easy to challenge your friends to SOULCALIBUR II’s VS Battle and VS Team Battle. And since you’re playing on Nintendo Switch 2, don’t forget to try out GameChat while battling it out.
More titles will be released in the future!

