The Gamecube was disappointing?

[veronica_marsfan]

Sure.

An emphatic yes.

The N64 had Fzero X, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Wars Racer, Banjo Kazooie 1, Banjo Kazooie 2, Mario 64, Zelda Ocarina of Time (a masterpiece), Masks of Majora, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and on and on and on.

The Cube had... um... er... well Metroid Prime was fun. And then there was... uh... darn. I can't think of anything else. (Zelda sucked. Mario Sunshine sucked. Banjo Kazooie on the Cube never happened. It was just one bad sequel after another; nowhere near as good as the N64 versions which were true masterpieces.)

The Gamecube was a beautiful system.
I loved it's nice compact shape.
But the software was disappointing.

Footnote: (It's worth pointing-out that I consider third-party games to be PS2 games, since I play them on my PS2. So any mention of a "good cube game" that I currently play on my PS2, would be a non-persuasive reason to keep my Cube. The Cube's going to Ebay.)

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[In terms of SALES I think the cube was a success. The Gamecube was essentially TIED with the Xbox. Nobody calls the Xbox a "sales flop" so why would the Cube be a "sales flop" when it sold the same number of units? Xbox == Cube in terms of sales performance (~25 million units)

[geneshifter]

yup, I agree. I liked several games on it but they were released for xbox/PS2 as well such as I-ninja, RE4, etc... I just sold mine as well since the Wii plays all my NGC games anyway.

[Oobgarm]

Super Smash Bros. Melee?
Animal Crossing?
F-Zero GX?
Pikmin?
Wario Ware?
Starfox Assault?
Mario Golf/Tennis/Baseball/Strikers?
Luigi's Mansion?
Mario Party et al.?
Game Boy Player?

I don't think it was disappointing at all. Even with the Wii, it'll remain a mainstay in my entertainment setup.

Nintendo always supports their machines with the games people want to play. It might scare some third parties away, but it was never common to see a 'Cube Exclusive' game anyway.

[mailman187666]

the gameboy player is pretty much the only reason I am keeping my gamecube (since the wii will play the regular games.) You also forgot to mention Ikaruga in there too.

[PentiumMMX]

SSBM was all you really needed for GCN, though Luigi's Mansion and Mario Party 5\6 where good.

Everything else worth playing had a version for another console (Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast), Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast), Lego Star Wars (PlayStation 2), Soul Calibur 2 (Xbox), etc.)

[8Ways2Tuesday]

I've put many, many hours into my Cube and Fire Emblem. And I look forward to at least trying out the Baiten Kaitos games.

(and yes, PSO and Skies of Arcadia and Evolution were ports, but they were good ones)

[itobandito]

I don't think it was successful business wise however for me personally it was successful and I love it. Plus yeah I love my GBA player

My favs,
Ikaruga
Resident Evil remake, 0, and 4
Star Wars Rouge Squadron 2 and 3
Zelda Windwaker, and Four Swords
Fzero GX
Wave Race: Blue Storm
Mario Strikers
Nba Street Vol 2 with Nintendo characters
Metroid Prime
Mario Party games
All Donkey Kongo Games
soo much more.

[Poofta!]

theres a handful of games... but its still better than the n64, the n64 sucks ass, gamecube improved on n64's games with a couple of its own. really though the gameboy player is the only reasoni still have mine, what with the wii and all now, but honestly i dont like the wii either, annoying system and its been ages since i sat down to play a cube game, some of the latter ones werent that bad... battallion wars, fire emblem. banjo wasnt THAT good, just a mario64 clone... theres a bunch better games on the cube than that. mario64 found its new home on the wii and ds...

i cant stand the ps2's graphics... i was a spoiled computer gamer that dabbled in consoles a little here and there, i just cant play ps2. i alwys bought the xbox versions. now, the 360 i love... games, marketplace, graphics, streaming... everything.

this is gonna get locked, we've had this conversation like a dozen or so times.

[Videogamerdaryll]

I don't think it was disappointing at all. Even with the Wii, it'll remain a mainstay in my entertainment setup.

Ditto....

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Battalion Wars
IKARUGA


Eternal Darkness(haven't played yet


Curious:
What's the going rate today for a Gamecube on Ebay---------or store trade in?


Sometimes it's just not worth selling if you aint going to get shit for it...I'd like to own a second Cube myself...
.Flea market vendors are asking $50.00 for a used system..

Mario Kart Double Dask is linkable Right?

[cyberfluxor]

I paid $100 for the Platinum edition little over 3 years ago at Best Buy and was totally worth it. I only own around 25 games for the system but there's others I want. My GC collection is listed here and out of it some of my favorites are:
Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance, Chaos Field, Serious Sam Next Encounter, TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters Future Perfect, Worms 3D

There's still a lot of games I need now that I think about it.

Curious:
What's the going rate today for a Gamecube on Ebay---------or store trade in?

There's about a dozen places around here that sell GCs for $35, sometimes with 2 controllers. They are very affordable.

[veronica_marsfan]

I never played Ikaruga!!! Maybe someday.

No fun in 1-player mode: Super Smash Bros. Melee?
No, because Real-life is more fun than fake life. Booooring: Animal Crossing?
Nope: F-Zero GX?
No because I hate puzzles: Pikmin?
Never played: Wario Ware?
FUN: Starfox Assault?
Yawn: Mario Golf/Tennis/Baseball/Strikers?
YEP! : Luigi's Mansion?

Gameboy Player - I don't like Gameboy games. I view them as inferior/lesser versions of the TV consoles. And in many case, direct copies of games I already got (Yoshis Island on SNES). There are exceptions like Metroid Zero, but not a good enough reason to waste my money on a Gameboy.

[Kid Ice]

I thought Super Monkey Ball 2 and Beach Spikers were two of the best multiplayer games ever (especially with 4 Wavebirds), not to mention Pac Man Vs. I wasn't overly impressed by any first party stuff with the exception of Metroid Prime, and even that I found tiresome after a while. IMO Resident Evil 4 was the game that would have made the system wholly worthwhile, but it came out for PS2. To me after RE4 it seemed the system had pretty much run its course. Yeah, kinda disappointing.

[DigitalSpace]

Masks of Majora

You mean Majora's Mask.

Anyways, bangtango said it best, and my post would mostly be repeating his, so...

[Sylentwulf]

The GC is about the same as the N64 IMO. Sure, everything nintendo released was great..... But that sums up the entire system library (excepting a VERY few like ikaruga and eternal darkness, etc..)

Honestly, I wouldn't be too surprised to see the wii in the same state after 2-3 years.

Does that mean the systems aren't worth it? Hell no. You could get a Gamecube with the top 20 games for, what, $400 total? Are you saying there wouldn't be $400 worth of the best videogames in the past 5 years included in that lot compared to a similar lot of PS2 or Xbox games/system?

Now once you get past those 20 games, you may be a bit screwed

[ozyr]

Well, you're entitled to your opinion, but I think the GameCube kicked ass. Still due, and still play games on it. Deal with it.

Oh, by the way, in my honest opinion the Xbox, PS2, Xbox 360, and PS3 are alll disappointing. Just to let you now... (and I mean this too)

[crisssybwoy]

The Gamecube was disappointing?

Not for me. Loads of fun games on the good old 'cube
. Chibi-robo, Animal Crossing, RE & 0&4, Pikmin, Mario Kart DD, Ikuruga. Probably all been mentioned above but for me it is a great system with plenty of great games.

[poloplayr]

The Cube had... um... er... well Metroid Prime was fun. And then there was... uh... darn. I can't think of anything else. (Zelda sucked. Mario Sunshine sucked. Banjo Kazooie on the Cube never happened. It was just one bad sequel after another; nowhere near as good as the N64 versions which were true masterpieces.)

Zelda sucked?! Zelda...sucked?! Sorry, but saying that the masterpiece that is Wind Waker sucks, renders the rest of someones opinion not valid, in my book.

[veronica_marsfan]

Sorry, but saying that the masterpiece that is Wind Waker sucks

Yes. Wind Waker was boring. Sparse in dungeons. Tedious in triforce-fetching. Lame in story. Overly-long (like Titanic). It was not worthy of repeat play, and landed on Ebay the same month I bought it.