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covfefe2020:
you guys actually keep the discs in the cases? thats such a waste of of space, I keep all my gc disks of the games im currently playing in a stack then sort through it like a deck of cards whenever Im swapping out a game, all my cases got thrown away a long time ago.

burningdoom:

--- Quote from: covfefe2020 on September 29, 2021, 10:02:57 am ---you guys actually keep the discs in the cases? thats such a waste of of space, I keep all my gc disks of the games im currently playing in a stack then sort through it like a deck of cards whenever Im swapping out a game, all my cases got thrown away a long time ago.

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That hurts to see. Those poor discs.

burningdoom:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on September 28, 2021, 10:02:39 pm ---The Gamecube came hot off the heels of my favorite Nintendo console of all time, the N64, so it had some pretty big shoes to fill for me. I remember when the Gamecube was first announced and there was that amazing Space World Zelda demo, my hype levels were through the roof for it. I was even planning on scamming my parents into letting me take the day off school so I could pick it up and play it all day. Unfortunately as it got closer to launch day for the Gamecube my excitement quickly turned into disappointment.

First off, instead of getting a sequel to Super Mario 64 like I'd dreamt about we got Luigi with a vaccume cleaner, and later Mario with a Super Soaker. Instead of the Space World Zelda demo being transformed into a full game, we got the cell shaded chibi graphics of Windwaker. At the time Nintendo really dropped the ball on so many levels for me which really killed my excitement for the Gamecube fairly early on. I instead gravitated towards my Dreamcast and PS2 instead, meanwhile I cared very little for the Gamecube. That is until of course Resident Evil Remake was released.

Resident Evil Remake was the game that finally inspired me to get a Gamecube and it's still to this day one of my favorite games. Then there was RE0 which I absolutely loved. And then all the classic RE games were ported. And then finally there was RE4 which was originally a GC exclusive and while it wasn't the game I was necessarily hoping RE4 would be, I still loved it. However, my enjoyment of the Gamecube was not limited just to its amazing library of Resident Evil titles.

Like most Gamecube owners I played the hell out of Melee, both at friend's houses and on my own Gamecube. I finally, sort of got my wish with the Space World Zelda demo in the form of Twilight Princess, except I would first play it on the Wii. There were a handful of other games I owned and rented on it as well while it was Nintendo's current console, however it was always second fiddle compared to most other sixth gen consoles, at least for the time. While my little brother did own an original XBOX back in the day, it wasn't a console I played a ton, and wouldn't fully appreciate its greatness until years after it was discontinued In fact, I grew to like the original XBOX so much I actually prefer it to the Gamecube, which unfortunately means the Gamecube is my least favorite 6th gen console. And if I'm being completely honest, the Gamecube is one of my least favorite Nintendo consoles, second only to the NES; the NES is a great system, however I had a Genesis back in the day and a huge chunk of its games are hard for me to get into when I try playing them now.

Don't get my wrong though, I love the GC and totally get why for many it's the defining system of their adolescence and youth. It birthed some incredible games that still hold up strong to this day. It just never hit that same note with me as it did for many others, but that doesn't mean it wasn't amazing. Honestly, I wish I was able to have the same passion and love for the Gamecube that others have, which reminds me of how I feel about the Dreamcast and Nintendo 64. But yeah, great console, just not one I love nearly as much as many others.

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Oh man, how could I forget RE Remake. Such a great game. The lighting effects in particular blew me away when that came out. I've since upgraded to the Xbox One version so I wasn't thinking about it as GameCube.

telekill:
I consider Gamecube the last good Nintendo system until Switch. Great controller. Great games. It was my Zelda box as I had every Zelda on it from the first to Twilight Princess. My top 10 games on the system include...
- Zelda Twilight Princess (favorite in series - specifically the GC version)
- Zelda Collector's Disc (1st, 2nd, OoT, MM included)
- Zelda Wind Waker
- Smash Bros
- Resident Evil Remake
- Resident Evil Zero
- Resident Evil 4
- P.N. 03
- Mario Sunshine
- Mario Kart DD

Many of the third party games on Gamecube were also on PS2 so that's where I played many of them. I also had the GBA Player and used the GBA cable as well in games like Zelda Four Swords. Then I had the network adaptor for it as well which allowed LAN parties. Fantastic with Mario Kart.

covfefe2020:
wait is the zelda collectors edition thing the same as that ocarina of time master quest disc on gamecube?

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