Nostalgia for Nintendo’s older systems will continue to play a part in video game culture, hence, all these remakes on the Switch. The company is going to try and make even more money from that nostalgia, announcing new retro fidget clickers for Japan’s gacha machines.
Officially announced by Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter, these new fidget clickers are based on the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and Gamecube. Fans can get each system’s button layout for their controllers and their analog sticks as prizes from these gacha machines.
It’s not yet known if these fidget clickers will be released worldwide, so fans interested in these collectibles will need to buy a ticket to Japan. Otherwise, they can just buy these controllers from second-hand stores and not even bother with these, admittedly, cool collectibles.
Seeing these items on sale isn’t a huge surprise, since Japanese fans love these small collectibles in their gacha machines. Anime like One Piece and Dragon Ball are frequently getting new toys that can be won from these machines. Video game media is also no stranger to these machines, so seeing retro Nintendo systems make it in here makes sense.
Gamers have been pretty vocal about their love for these older Nintendo systems and the company has listened to them. SNES and N64 games are playable on Switch, as long as players are paying for the NSO + Expansion Pass service. While Gamecube games aren’t part of the service, remakes like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door show that there’s plenty of interest in that old console.
Expect the Switch 2 to have similar support when it comes out, if not more. Since this is going to be a more powerful version of Nintendo’s current-gen system, adding Gamecube to NSO would get plenty of attention. Hopefully, fans will be able to play some of their current Switch games on the new system, though Nintendo has yet to confirm this wanted feature.
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