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I owned more games for GC than I have ever owned for any other system Jragghen Send a noteboard - 09/06/2011 03:07:55 AM
It was underpowered, and had few amazing exclusive titles. And the ones it did have were the Nintendo staples. Zelda. Metroid. Mario Kart.

Those were all really fun, but compare that to the revolution that was Xbox Live, or the stacks of amazing RPGs for the PS2? Doesn't compare.


Excepting the NES, the PC, and I may have passed it with the DS.

And a lot of them weren't Nintendo. The various Resident Evil games. Skies of Arcadia: Legends. Baten Kaitos (with Origins being the far better of the two). Ikaruga. The Monkey Ball series. Eternal Darkness. Then there's the multi-platforms where it had the best versions: RE4, Viewtiful Joe, Killer7, Twin Snakes, etc. (With many of those having the 'cube versions come out months if not years prior, to boot). And that's not even touching on the various Nintendo games on it, which aren't even limited to the ones everyone talks about - Cubivore was great, for example.

As far as "underpowered" is concerned, the Dreamcast was the least powered of the generation, followed by the PS2. Gamecube and Xbox were close to one another, and the GC had one or two bullet points where it was better, but overall the Xbox was more powerful, largely because of various limitations (optical storage being the foremost in my mind).

The 'cube was an awesome little system - if you didn't get to realize this, you weren't paying attention and I kinda feel bad you missed out.


I owned 37 'cube games and of those, I'd say only three or so weren't worth the purchase (and all three were gifts :v)
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E3 - Wii U (aka, that's it?) Wibble - 07/06/2011 11:57:01 PM 877 Views
Wii nonsense just about sums up my view of it A Deathwatch Guard - 08/06/2011 01:12:51 AM 574 Views
Re: E3 - Wii U (aka, that's it?) Jragghen - 08/06/2011 01:36:26 AM 673 Views
I hadn't thought of that! Wibble - 08/06/2011 01:46:42 AM 621 Views
Oh, and the other thing Jragghen - 08/06/2011 02:07:26 AM 615 Views
E3 - Wii U: it's a stupid name. *NM* Japhy - 08/06/2011 03:32:53 AM 260 Views
Everyone says Nintendo is stupid for the things they do... Zalis - 08/06/2011 03:41:05 AM 584 Views
It could, of course, be the new Gamecube. *NM* Stephen - 08/06/2011 11:13:57 AM 273 Views
It's possible. I'm not saying this is a guarantee, but we've seen how the DS & Wii have printed $$$. *NM* Zalis - 08/06/2011 03:24:23 PM 275 Views
Which was a fantastic console. *NM* Jragghen - 08/06/2011 05:29:42 PM 274 Views
And also made Nintendo money. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 08/06/2011 05:57:45 PM 246 Views
It's still not something Nintendo wants. Aemon - 08/06/2011 08:02:01 PM 632 Views
Shush. Let not your plague of truth and reason enter this discourse! *NM* lord-of-shadow - 08/06/2011 08:49:46 PM 256 Views
Heh. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was a bad console. Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:24:48 AM 770 Views
Please. It picked up at the end of its lifespan, but it doesn't come close to XBox or PS2 beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 12:45:29 AM 511 Views
I owned more games for GC than I have ever owned for any other system Jragghen - 09/06/2011 03:07:55 AM 675 Views
Gamecube was the top of my leaderboard in quantity and quality of titles owned, too. Until the 360. TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2011 09:55:59 PM 569 Views
Same here. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it has the best library of any console I've ever had. lord-of-shadow - 10/06/2011 01:54:36 PM 527 Views
I came across a "fact sheet" earlier today listing most of what's known about the Wii U. Aemon - 08/06/2011 05:00:37 AM 754 Views
It's all about the games, and we haven't seen those yet. But I have some concerns. lord-of-shadow - 08/06/2011 02:59:27 PM 583 Views
What does Nintendo have against processing power? You don't HAVE to cripple yourself! beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 12:55:21 AM 536 Views
It's all about price point Wibble - 09/06/2011 01:11:44 AM 579 Views
No. It's not. Jragghen - 09/06/2011 04:15:14 AM 671 Views
Console wars respond poorly to logic. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/06/2011 04:57:14 AM 257 Views
If I'm wrong I stand corrected beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:22:17 AM 556 Views
That jpeg thing was unfortunately fake - we don't have specific specs, but here's what we've got Jragghen - 09/06/2011 07:26:22 AM 702 Views
Nintendo stock fell 5% *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2011 02:06:01 AM 271 Views
That's also being affected by disappointing 3DS sales. Wibble - 09/06/2011 02:23:55 AM 548 Views
One of the reasons I didn't mention Sony's post-E3 stock drop. TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2011 09:53:02 PM 515 Views
Only one Wii U controller per system. That's a big downer, IMO, even if they'd be pricey for 2+ Zalis - 10/06/2011 04:04:43 PM 698 Views
I'm ecstatic, actually. lord-of-shadow - 10/06/2011 04:18:10 PM 520 Views
Still have to buy more controllers, though Jragghen - 10/06/2011 06:14:10 PM 575 Views
I think it uses Wii remotes with pointer controls. Not sure though. lord-of-shadow - 10/06/2011 08:39:12 PM 513 Views
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