With the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 also came the possibility to play GameCube titles as part of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. And after years of begging, fans finally get to play The Wind Waker again...
However, it's not the 100% experience that you might want it to be. You don't have access to the Tingle Tuner, which required a Game Boy Advance connection back in the day. To be fair, it wasn't exactly the greatest feature, but it's basically the equivalent to what we have with the Zelda Notes app today. And without it, you won't be able to unlock the five Tingle Statues, nor Knuckle, Tingle's lost brother. So, Tingle Island will stay quite empty and you will be missing a figurine in the Nintendo Gallery, though it can be "completed" without him.
This isn't the biggest loss, but if they are going to feature Four Swords Adventures in the future, they will need to come up with a solution for the Game Boy Advance connectivity. It might be easier to implement there, however, because you're going to stick to a "controller". Either you're playing with a normal controller in singleplayer or you're using the Game Boy Advance in multiplayer. In The Wind Waker you would need to be able to swap between the two at any given moment, or even allow couch coop for two players.
It may also be possible that Nintendo will patch in the support for the Tingle Tuner later on, but I wouldn't hold my breath. And everyone who's going to complete the game now will be screwed out of the Knuckle figurine.
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