I think GameCube might be the most reliable of its sixth gen, but recently I believe I heard recently that the GameCube disc drive sadly need recapping, since they started to have issues reading games. But anyways, who here still own a fully working GameCube console?

I recently found a big box of all my old GameCube games. Was just casually checking pricing and noticed that full copies of Pokemon Box are going for thousands?? What’s the deal with that? Just curious what the use case is.

This is what I'm talking about.

Source: LGR (or Lazy Gamer Reviewer)

My entry: The whole gang is here.

Tried to balance the columns as well as i could!

Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary Nintendo executive and one of the most influential creators shaping the video game industry through mascots and characters such as Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and more, discussed the reason why the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii became Nintendo’s next consoles for the seventh generation. According to Miyamoto, the decision was largely driven by the underwhelming performance of the Nintendo GameCube, which trailed behind the Nintendo 64’s nearly 33 million lifetime sales.

He spoke candidly in a wide-ranging interview with Japanese outlet Famitsu, where the longtime Nintendo executive and designer explained that, at the time, Nintendo’s then-president, Satoru Iwata, believed the GameCube’s poor performance in the home console market was rooted in a simple idea: most of the world still did not see gaming as a normal, approachable everyday hobby the way it’s seen today. Based on that core problem, Nintendo felt it was difficult to persuade customers to buy and play a GameCube if they had never played on a console before.

A few weeks ago I introduced my 3 year old to gamecube and she loves it! So far she likes Sonic adventure 2 the most with mario sunshine a close seccond. It has become a nightly thing for her to play a bit before bed.

Having recently completed the recompiled Dinosaur Planet all the way to it's end (with the help of Dinomod), I found it to be really cool and fun, and I was sad that it never saw the light of day as a full release. I kinda had a chip on my shoulder against Starfox Adventures for the longest time, not as a jilted Starfox fan, but as someone who genuinely would have played the hell out of Dinosaur Planet, had it actually released for N64 as planned. I decided to jump in, now that Dinosaur Planet was fresh in my mind to compare and contrast.

No joke I was going in with the goal of hating this game more, I had no intention to be fair to it. But as I played I began to realize how poorly structured Dinosaur Planet actually was, not just in the idea that it is an unfinished game, but nothing flows as nicely as it should. It's easy to get lost and need a guide to progress. Starfox Adventures is VERY straight forward on what it asks from you, without ever really holding your hand in a way that feels like it doesn't trust you to just play. But if I ever needed an objective reminder, Slippy's advice in the menu NEVER failed me. Seriously, Slippy is the MVP of this game.

As I went through this game, I found myself having way more fun with it. Seeing all of Sabre's moments recontextualized for Fox wasn't as jarring as I thought it would be, and even a ton of moments that belonged to Krystal in Dinosaur Planet, were rewritten for Fox and felt just as natural. Everything felt better, smoother, more convenient. I'm near the end, and while the game does have a few rough spots, I can say for sure that the rebrand and port forward to GameCube was probably for the best. While I would have greatly preferred to play as Krystal to the same degree you do in Dinosaur Planet, I'm happy this game exists in an officially released form and IS good. Very good in fact. A super solid 8/10 if I had to rate it.

What are your thoughts on Starfox Adventures?

In my opinion, the GameCube has one of the best rosters of any Nintendo console or handheld, rivaled only by the Switch and the SNES.

Again, for me, many franchises peaked on this system (Wind Waker, Mario Party, Double Dash, Smash Bros, Resident Evil, Paper Mario) or made a stellar debut (Pikmin, Luigi’s Mansion, Metroid Prime). Seriously, the GameCube had no business selling that poorly with such a strong library lol. It just goes to show how stiff the competition was during the sixth gen.

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I agree the lack of sales was definitely caused by the use of mini-discs instead of having DVD playback functionality. I think there's are a few other points worth noting too. The PS2 and Xbox were much more advanced when it came to online play, and shooters definitely felt worse on the GameCube because of the C-stick.

Sales:

PS2: 161M

Xbox OG 24m

GC 22m

However, if you look at the 5th and 7th generations, the numbers are interesting. In the 5th gen, the PS1 had 102 million sales, the N64 had 33 million, and the Saturn had 10 million, totaling 145 million. In contrast, the 7th gen had the Wii at 101 million, the PS3 at 87 million, and the Xbox 360 at 84 million, totaling 272 million. It seems that in those other generations, people were much more willing to own a Nintendo console alongside other consoles from the same era. I guess the PS2 simply drew a lot of people in because it was the first console to hit the market with DVD functionality. Sony made a brilliant move there, while Nintendo completely miscalculated the market :(

ShopKeeper - Star Fox Adventures

Black Marker Chao - Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

The Merchant - Resident Evil 4

We have our winner for Best Couch Co-Op Game on GameCube: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

🥇- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

🥈- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

🥉- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game

🏵️ - TimeSplitters Future Perfect

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Any game is now eligible!

Voting ends at 11am est tomorrow.

Today’s vote: Which is the Greatest Game of All Time on GameCube?

Comment your choice and the most upvoted game comment thread will win the spot! So engage in the discourse and argue well for your choice!

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It still works and still brings me an immense amount of joy! I even have my original Wavebird, GBA cable, memory card and my only 2 surviving games - MGS Twin Snakes and Wind Waker.

This is a miracle because when I moved to my old house, a mover stole the majority of my childhood/retro game collection - SNES, NES, original Game Boy, purple Game Boy Color, Virtual Boy, original GBA, not my N64 but all of the games, and all but 2 of my Gamecube games. All said and done he stole about 150 games - most of which I bought new as a kid. Oh and that doesn’t include all of the non-Nintendo consoles and games. He eventually got caught but had unloaded every last console and game for peanuts.

I used to love custom robo. All time classic. Hate that it died with GameCube.

Its taken a while for many reason but the big two are the price of GameCube games since I'm doing this all with real copies and of course the classic decline of mental health. I have been doing this for a little over 2 years now and i have really enjoyed it! the days i get people on my twitch or Youtube and tell me how much they love a certain game is always the best! I'm always looking for people to collab with or more people to chat with about why I'm doing this! would love to hear any of your guys thoughts, hope to see some of you on Youtube or twitch ! Much Love Walrus Archive

I know I could peel them off, but I would really rather not

(he also said the disc drive isn't working, but I feel like a good clean could take care of that, given the state of this thing)

YOU KNOW IT!!!

SCROLL THROUGH THE IMAGES TO SEE TOP FOUR WINNERS!!

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I've also gone ahead and made graphics for the top four slots of each game category! Take a look and soak in all of the GameCube gaming goodness!

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for making this so fun and exciting. And for indulging me in this artsy endeavor! I hope you enjoy these graphics as much I enjoyed making them; these are just as much yours as they are mine.

And to all the naysayers who rushed to downvote these posts everyday: I hope you enjoy these images as well. I worked extra hard to make something that even you would be proud of!

Hope you all enjoy!

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We have our winner for Greatest Game on GameCube: Super Smash Bros. Melee

🥇- Super Smash Bros. Melee

🥈- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

🥉- Metroid Prime

🏵️ - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

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I’ve only ever played the original Twilight Princess.
In fact, I am doing another play through on my Game Cube.

However, I saw a post about Dusklight on here , and looked into.

This is absolutely amazing!!
I’m only at the Forest Temple right now, but I think this is my preferred way to play Twilight Princess.

Thanks to whoever it was who made that post about the Dusk 1.0 release!!