GameCube is 10 years old

[Jarrod]

A cheap imitation of this thread, just as with the Xbox so too is the GameCube ten years old.

Ten years of shitty third party support, software droughts, and purple handbags. And it was awesome.





Fuck yeah video games.
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[the_spensa]

10 points for whoever can name all those games.


Although I don't see any love for Tales of Symphonia or Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance up there.
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[G3ck0]

Absolutely loved the Gamecube, it was my favourite console at the time. So many good games, it was severely underrated, half the people I talked to hated it without playing it.

[Esposch]

This thread needs more Mario Power Tennis.
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[LeonJ]

Yeah Gamecube was a very very good console and at the time I loved it to death. I wanted it to cream the PS2 and Xbox at the time. Seeing it die was painful to watch. Kind of like the 3DS....
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[thebigm]

Still have a list of games I've been meaning to find and play eventually (along with my other backlogs) of the following:

Killer 7
WaveRace : Blue Storm
Lost Kingdoms 1/2
P.N.03
Baten Kaitos/BK Origins
Skies of Arcadia
Luigi's Mansion

Looking back though, there a somewhat sizable amount of good->great games, which unfortunately, were extremely limited in run

[The Giant]

One of these days, im gonna get odama and geist.

[Venom_TAG]

Motivated myself to play Pokemon Colosseum to finally try and finish to find my old save is gone /motivation lost.
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[Jedi_Amara]

I think Gamecube is still probably my favourite sconsole, it just had a great range of really good games. I'm finishing my collection at the moment
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[Macka]

The GameCube was amazing.

I bought the console solely for Super Smash Bros. Melee. I had five good mates who all owned it, and we had been playing together for a few months, but it was getting to that point where I needed to practice at home so I could keep up with them. I can't even begin to imagine how many hours I put into that game, we literally spent entire weekends having tournaments and were still playing regularly right up until Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was one of the next games I picked up for the system. I loved pretty much everything about the game; the cel shaded art style, the sense of exploration - I was probably one of the few people who actually liked the sailing in the game.

I think the story was also the strongest of the series. It had twists I didn't expect and characters that I actually grew to care about. I especially liked Ganondorf's story in Wind Waker, and come on, his katanas were fucking awesome.



While nostalgia does not allow Wind Waker to overthrow Ocarina of Time as my favourite Zelda game, it definitely secures the number two position.

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Then there was Metroid Prime. Exploring Tallon IV remains the most memorable and atmospheric experience I have ever had in a video game. The world truly felt alive and was littered with so much history to uncover. The game also managed to convey an absolute sense of solitude; I was completely alone throughout the adventure and it allowed me to relate to Samus and walk in her shoes.



I still remember how I felt the first time I wandered into the Phenandra Drifts and was blown away by the scope and the beauty of the area. Or when the power went out after acquiring the Thermal Visor in the Research Core and Space Pirates appeared and started attacking me out of nowhere. Perfection is truly an understatement for Metroid Prime and it remains my favourite video game of all time.

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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is another GameCube game that resides in my top ten of all time. It is also one of the most unique games I have ever played. It had an engrossing story and I loved how everything started to come together as you played through each characters' chapter.

The combat was intense, with a variety of spells and physical weapons to use. The main draw of the game, however, was the sanity system. When the character you were playing as would come across a monster, their sanity would decrease and various effects would begin to occur. The sanity effects were unbelievable. The world would distort, the walls would bleed and I remember how creeped out I was the first time I noticed the statue of the head that would turn to watch you as you passed it in the hall.

I'm still hoping for a sequel, which has been rumoured for years.

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There was so many other high quality games. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was my introduction to the Metal Gear series, and made me fall in love with the franchise. The remake of the original Resident Evil is probably THE scariest game I have ever played. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance was fantastic, although I still think the 2D sprites from Game Boy Advance games is a much better look for the series. Paper Mario, Battalion Wars, Pikmin, killer7 and Luigi's Mansion were also amazing.

The Gamecube was also THE multiplayer console of choice. I've already mentioned how much time I spent with Super Smash Bros. Melee, but there was also F-Zero GX and TimeSplitters 2, which kept my friends and I entertained for years.

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There are still a few GameCube games that I'm yet to play, most notably the big RPG's of the system, Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia. It's good to know that I still have some of the systems best games left to enjoy!
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[Gamesta]

I never bought a GC even though I REALLY wanted to play REmake.
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[Ciel]

I still have my spice orange Gamecube packed away some where. I loved my Gamecube, had some really awesome titles that I couldn't part with.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2 - This made me want a Gamecube, when I first played this in a videogame store when I was holidaying in Hong Kong, I simply had to have it.

PN03 - Loved the Vanessa character design and the game was quite unique, with the whole dancing and shooting thing well ok not so much dancing more like hip gyrating. I kinda really hoped that this series would continue.

MGS: Twin Snakes - loved it back on the PS One days and had to play the remake with updated graphics, re-done voices and the cut scenes that was done by one of my favourite directors (Ryuhei Kitamura) was a must buy.

Resident Evil - the series shifting to the Gamecube, Zero, Remake and Four. Love the series and the Gamecube I thought really bought more life to it with the gorgeous graphics at the time.

Then of course you had all the awesome Nintendo IPs, Super Mario Sunshine, Wave Racer, Winder Waker, Metroid Prime, F-Zero, etc.
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[Benza]

Ahh the gamecube, the console that made kind of hate nintendo.

Way to fuck up that generation Nintendo.
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[theory]

Oh Benza, you lovable troll.

Gamecube didn't have the biggest amount of games, but definitely had the BEST games of that generation. Quality over quantity.
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[Benza]

It was fine if all you cared about was the Nintendo Exclusive titles.
And yeah they were pretty great. shame my faviourte series of the last gen was Prince of Persia though, try find the first or third one for gamecube, fucking impossible. Even the day of release there were only like 2 copies of PoP 3 on the cube in the entire CBD. That shit is fucking absurd.

It was the gen that really cemented that
A: Nintendo didn't give a shit about releasing games for the Australian audience
and
B: Nintendo didn't give a shit about giving their fans a chance to play any non exclusive games.
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[theory]

Yeah I totally agree with you on points A and B. I bought an NTSC Cube as well, even though that cost me around $200 I reckon I still came out on top by importing games.
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[GooberMan]

I have all three Prince of Persia games on the Gamecube, PAL format. I didn't even realise the third one was released in Australia until a workmate was selling it second hand.

Terrible support, but strongest library. WTG Nintendo.
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[Jarrod]

[Benza]

[theory]

Is it up to Nintendo to release third party games though? And come on, it's not like we can't just order from the UK. Is/was it that much of a pain?
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[Jarrod]

[Benza]