Switch 2: 10 GameCube Classics That MUST Be Added

While the Switch 2's inaugural year has not been an unqualified triumph (for every Pokopia-sized success there has been a Mario Kart World-shaped disappointment), there has been one indisputable highlight in the console's library 

GameCube games are back!

For many of us who were there the first time round, the revelation that GameCube games would be playable on the Switch 2 was the highlight of the console's reveal. Indeed, playing through the three initial offerings was the highlight of the console's launch window - Wind Waker is still the most charming Zelda game ever made, the GameCube edition of Soul Calibur II is the best version of a fantastic fighter, and F-Zero GX lives up to 22 years of memories as the peak of futuristic racing games (sorry, Wipeout fans).

While Nintendo have done a fine job updating the Switch 2's list of GameCube titles with a mix of big hitters and oddball curios (Chibi Robo!), there are dozens more GameCube titles that deserve a second chance. This list will look at ten of the best - and weirdest - of said bunch, which brings us to our first entry...

In 2005, game studio Ice-Pick Lodge released Pathologic into the world. A wilfully miserable, maddeningly obtuse yet utterly beguiling experience, PC Gamer UK summed the game up with the line, "It will definitely be someone's game of the year. It almost certainly won't be yours". It's a great line, and one that applies equally to Nintendo's Gamecube-exclusive kaiju-em-up.

Doshin The Giant sees players control the eponymous titan as he interacts with the human residents of his home island. Players can either look after the villagers by terraforming the island to suit their needs, or act out their Godzilla fantasies by flattening their homes and loved ones as Doshin's evil alter-ego, Jashin.

 And that, put simply, is that.

While there is a story of sorts to follow, Doshin's simplistic gameplay means the game truly thrives as a chill-out simulator. Whether you're relaxing by taking care of the villagers or throwing them into active volcanoes, Doshin the Giant is a perfect fit in the podcast-gaming genre - something to tinker with while you listen to your favourite wrestling podcast, as a completely random example. 

Like Pathologic, Doshin The Giant likely won't be your game of the year. But it's definitely worth taking the plunge to see if you do belong in that most exclusive of categories.