Zelda: Twilight Princess Finally Lands On Nintendo Switch, Thanks To The Fans

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Twilight Princess Link in front of a couple Nintendo Switches.

Published Apr 21, 2026, 6:01 AM EDT

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For many, Twilight Princess remains one of the real high points in The Legend of Zelda series, with the realistic approach taken to gameplay and graphics totally altering the tone from anything players had seen up to that point.

That's why, in a world of remasters and remakes, it's extremely surprising that Nintendo hasn't, at the very least, brought back the original release to play on the Switch and Switch 2. Fortunately, there are a lot of very clever players out there, and they have successfully managed to bypass the lack of action from the developer to get it running themselves.

Zelda: Twilight Princess On Switch? Finally

The Legend of Zelda's Link in front of Twilight Princess' Fishing Hole.

Over on Twitter, one user shared a post where they confirmed that the GameCube and Wii are now running on Nintendo Switch (without Android or Linux), for the first time ever, thanks to Tico Alpha version 0.7.0. Even more excitingly, in the preview image provided, Twilight Princess features as a downloaded and playable game.

Furthermore, when one of the responses expressed their excitement at its appearance, the OP confirmed that the game is "running well," at the time of writing. It's a genuinely impressive technological leap forward, with Nintendo consoles quite hard to crack in recent years.

Obviously, a lot of the need for emulation systems like this one was addressed by the release of the Classic Games Catalog, which is available to Switch Online subscribers. The fact remains, though, that there are plenty of players out there who can't afford the monthly subscription, and a ton of games that are yet to debut onto the service for some reason.

If you want to get the software running for yourself, it's all available to download for free via the creator's github, where you'll also find (relatively simple) instructions about how to get it all installed.

A Ton Of GameCube Games Are Now Playable On Switch

In case you hadn't worked it out yet, this essentially means that any games from the GameCube and Wii generations are now available to play on the Switch and Switch 2. Unsurprisingly, the comments were resultantly filled with individuals expressing which releases they were most excited to play on the new hardware.

With Zelda's 40th anniversary going by this year, we can also still hold out hopes for some pretty big announcements from the developer. Though we haven't had confirmation of anything yet, the rumors of an Ocarina of Time remake continue to swirl, with further speculation that the next mainline game in the series may also be revealed.