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| Nintendo Gamecube turned 20 years old recently. |
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| mrkonasoni:
》KonamiCode+Start》》| Did you know that the reason a bunch of users around the internet use the term "GCN" for the Nintendo Gamecube instead of just "GC" is fault of a lot of magazines that used it at the time? It's something I have never been able to forget it, and sincerely... I don't like just calling it "GC". Anyway, Nintendo Gamecube turned 20 years old recently and I didn't wrote a thread because I was way too busy and sick... Again, anyway, I just wanted to remind everyone of a console I personally have way too much nostalgia and good memories. Most of the time I don't like to mention details about the development for the consoles I use to mention, but this time I will make an exception and sincerely I have always loved some stories at the time... Stuff like Microsoft trying to buy Nintendo just to get laughed at, people thinking the console was a toy because the lack of multimedia and the design, and even little stuff like the console itself having a chip with a printed dolphin on it... it's stuff I just loved and for some reason I have never been able to feel at all with modern or current gaming. My favorites games? Well. Most Nintendo stuff like always, Luigi Mansion, Smash Melee, Pikmin, Star Fox Assault... and some oddities like Eternal Darkness or Geist. And for thirds parties. You know the drill. Just love for Konami and Sonic games. Playing countless times Sonic Adventure 1 + 2, Riders or Heroes. And some Konami games that I just thought were great like Frogger Beyond, TMNT 2 Battle Nexus, Crocket! 3D and more. I also loved some platforming games, Pitfall The Lost Expedition, Pac-Man World 3, Spyro, Crash and more. And there more stuff I just think deserve a cheer up... Judge Dreed, Tony Hawk, SSX, Ikaruga, Need for Speed, Viewtiful Joe, Dragon Lair 3D and just more stuff. Nintendo Gamecube may lost the battle against the Xbox and PS2, but still I consider it a memorable console that had a pretty good library of games that even nowadays people still enjoying. - See you next mission. |
| kamikazekeeg:
For me personally, of the main Nintendo consoles, this one is near the bottom, above the Wii, for placement. Not that it doesn't have some good games here and there, but at the time I was just way more into a few particular games on Xbox and a lot of stuff on PS2, and I never owned one. The amount of games I've played on it are generally quite low, but I would say my favorites were... Resident Evil 4 - I beat it so many times on GC whenever I could, up until it came out on PS2. Animal Crossing - I played it quite a lot at my friends place, though unfortunately I lost my memory card and in turn lost my file, so never was able to go back to it. Metroid Prime - I was not a fan of the Metroid series, never really played it, but I played a good bit of Metroid Prime when it went first person. Didn't love how it controlled, but was a cool game. Didn't play a ton else, I could probably think of a few more in particular (I count Twilight Princess as a Wii game, not a GC game, and I wasn't a Wind Waker fan), like I enjoyed Super Mario Sunshine, but never beat it, and I remember playing MGS: Twin Snake abit. |
| jdkw50:
As a 90's baby, my first home console was Gamecube and man was it amazing. I still remember playing a Luigi's Mansion demo at a MacDonald's play area kiosk and hoping to get this for the holidays. Fast forward a couple months, and I got for Christmas a Purple Nintendo Gamecube bundled with Super Smash Bros. Melee. My favorites were definitely F-zero GX, Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, Resident Evil 4, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Tales of Symphonia. Oh and who could forget the endless hours of City Trial on Kirby Airride. |
| covfefe2020:
That's always sounded so interesting to have game demos at fast food locations, but I imagine they got super nasty, especially at McDons. The gamecube is one of two consoles I don´t think is overrated. I got so lucky to have cousins older than me who loved Melee and Kirby Airride, Playing with them was the highlight of every holiday trip. On an unrelated note, does anyone know why it's been 20 years and there's still no 3rd party version of the gamecube LAN adapter? It seems like it would be so easy to recreate it and sell it for $20. |
| burningdoom:
Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Star Fox Assault, and Sonic Gems Collection made it worth owning a GameCube for me. Though I didn't buy it at brand-new retail price. Bought one used for $30 at GameStop after already owning a Dreamcast, Xbox, and a PS2 (went in that order for me). More importantly than those games, though, was the Game Boy Player. I still fire up my GameCube for that amazing accessory. It's not the NES or SNES. Those were Nintendo's golden years, as far as I'm concerned. But I did enjoy it much more than the N64 since it had a decent controller. And I enjoyed it more than the Wii after it, since I'm not the biggest fan of motion-controls. |
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