Now that the Nintendo Switch 2 and its initial wave of accessories have made it into fans’ hands, players have been surprised to discover that Nintendo’s GameCube controller for the Switch 2 supports gyro controls.
The new controller, available exclusively through Nintendo Switch Online and at select physical Nintendo stores, looks almost exactly like an original GameCube controller but features some key upgrades. The original c-stick doubles as the Switch 2’s new C-button, which will open GameChat, and the internals have been re-arranged for a more responsive d-pad, according to a parts breakdown on Reddit.
The most surprising new addition is the gyroscope, which wasn’t mentioned by Nintendo in the lead-up to the Switch 2’s release. Surprised fans instead discovered the added functionality themselves upon unboxing the new controller–such as Japanese Splatoon content creator Sashibu, who posted to X about the new option to play Splatoon with a GameCube controller.