Retro-game tournament reason for compatibility Switch

Interesting perspective on the switch on Eurogamer, they are going to add gamecube compatibility, partly because they want to facilitate Smash bros melee (the 2002 version most played offline) tournaments.. I do wonder if the diehard smashbros players will accept emulation? but still, interesting how a retro competitive game can play a role in nintendo s thoughts... www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-12-07-so...tual-console-support