Editing GameCube (section)

=== Discontinuation ===
Nintendo launched the [[Wii]], the home console successor to the GameCube, on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 in other regions. In February 2007, Nintendo announced that it had ceased first-party support for the GameCube and that the console had been discontinued, as it was shifting its manufacturing and development efforts towards the Wii and [[Nintendo DS]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2007 |title=Nintendo Confirms the GameCube Is Officially Dead |url=http://spong.com/article/11856/Nintendo-Confirms-The-GameCube-Is-Officially-Dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520180057/http://spong.com/article/11856/Nintendo-Confirms-The-GameCube-Is-Officially-Dead |archive-date=May 20, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2019 |website=Spong}}</ref><ref name="gcndiscontinued">{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2007 |title=Nintendo Ends GameCube Support |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-ends-gamecube-support |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601030811/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-ends-gamecube-support |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=January 16, 2011 |website=[[MCV (magazine)|MCV]]}}</ref> GameCube controllers, game discs, and certain accessories continued to be supported via the Wii's backward compatibility, although this feature was removed in later iterations of the Wii console. The final game officially released on the GameCube was ''[[Madden NFL 08]]'', on August 14, 2007. Several games originally developed for the GameCube were either reworked for a Wii release, such as ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', or released on both consoles, such as the Wii launch game ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''.

GameCube controllers continued to be supported via backward compatibility on Nintendo's next consoles, the [[Wii U]], and [[Nintendo Switch]], with the GameCube controller adapter in 2014's ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' and 2018's ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. While on the Wii U the controller was only allowed to be used in ''Super Smash Bros.'', the Nintendo Switch recognizes it as a [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller|Pro Controller]]. Thus, the GameCube Controller can be used in any game where the Pro Controller is recognized. However, due to the GameCube controller lacking motion controls and some buttons, it may not be fully playable in some Switch games.