Oh dear... The GameCube has so many great games!
Not really sure which one to put as my nr. 1 game, as I played both Wind Waker and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle to death as a kid.
Other great games are Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Twilight Princess, Four Swords Adventures, Mario Party 4-7, Sonic Adventure DX, Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2, Wario Ware, and Pokémon Colosseum.
I sadly never owned Super Mario Sunshine or Luigi's Mansion myself, or else I'd probably have those on my list as well.
I also for some reason had a really good time chillin with Pikachu in Pokémon Channel. And me and my friend used to play hide & seek with the horse in Harvest Moon.
@Tasuki Hm, odd. I suppose that would mean that you've had quite the long streak of bad luck, then.
Regardless, I wouldn't give up on it, if you really want it. They can't all continue to fail on you.
@HobbitGamer We aim to please.
I used to own Auto Modellista myself, but I could never get along with its difficulty curve, and the feel of it. Looked cool, played less cool, in my opinion. My favorite "realistic" racing game on the GameCube was R: Racing Evolution. Also really loved the Pacman vs bonus game that came with it.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX So it seems. I wish I still had my launch day Cube but sadly I had to sell it at the time since I was inbetween jobs and needed the money.
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@Tasuki Ah, that sucks. I've been in dire straits as well, several times actually, but I rather just ate bread all week, than sell any of my games and/or consoles, and as such, I never did, so luckily, I still have all my consoles and handhelds, ever since the N64.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
I got my Cube just before my last year at university and in the 6 or so years before I got a Wii only had 9 games for it (but they were all great) and then gave it to my housemate when I got the Wii. Bought another one 3 years later for the study/man cave.
Best game? It’s hard to top Rogue Leader. I remember the first time I payed that in a store. Even after playing the PC Star Wars games for years that first Death Star level was pretty impressive. 100%ing Super Mario Sunshine was good fun and my favourite Mario Kart is Double Dash!!
‘You swapped three different N64 games for Pokemon Stadium? Where’s your pride? Your dignity?!?
Gamecube is the only Nintendo home console I’ve never owned. I was a broke college student when it launched and skipped that generation. My Wii can play GC discs, but I want to play the games on the console and controller that they were designed for. That’s all. I leave in shame.
@RedderRugfish Yeah, I have certainly gotten my share of that as well, but for me in this case, the fun overrules all the frustration, and because it's such a good looking game, and because I'm a Star Wars fan, I still wanted to keep playing it regardless. Never 100-percented it, though.
@bimmy-lee Well, if you've got about 60 bucks to spare, you could still get one, you know?
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX - Oh yeah, I’m going to get one eventually. I actually have a small number of GC games that I picked up to play on my Wii, but then decided I want to play them on the original hardware. I picked up a used PS2 right after college because it was offered to me on the cheap. I played so much Viewtiful Joe and NBA Street Vol. 2 that I bought GC copies cheap at the end of that generation. I have a couple other obvious games as well.
I bought a used 'Cube late on in the generation and abused it to run home-burnt ISOs on full-sized discs. But it was the first console I ever bought, and now that I'm much more into console gaming and Nintendo consoles specifically, I feel regretful about how I pulled my poor purple 'Cube apart.
So I started looking for used 'Cubes on ebay in very good condition and found a white one in Like New condition. Being in the UK the colour variants for 'Cubes were fairly limited, and I hadn't seen a white one before, and really liking white console hardware I splashed out on it (came with two Like New genuine Nintendo controllers too to help justify the £120 price).
When it arrived I realised I shoulda done my homework - it wasn't 'white' white as expected, but pearlescent white. Which isn't quite so much to my tastes, but it's comparatively rare compared to the purple, black and silver versions, so I'm keeping it for now. Don't intend to actually use it much, just keep it nice - I'm installing all my Gamecube games to my Wii U for actual playing.
My overriding Gamecube memories are the first time I played Mario Strikers, having never seen any footage, and just absolutely loving how emphatic the goal celebrations were; and playing as Arsenal a lot on FIFA '06 and constantly yelling at Adebayor
My Gamecube collection is very much underplayed so I need y'all in this thread to inspire me to make progress with it.
Been gradually building up my collection, but I fear a couple may never be in my reach - UK PAL copies of The Thousand Year Door and Fire Emblem go for a lot of money.
And they don't just sell the hardware for competitive prices, they also sell a lot of games for equally competitive prices: https://www.lukiegames.com/nintendo-gamecube-games.html#/?_=1...
Two of my all-time favorites, 1080 Avalanche and Wave Race Blue Storm, are available for ridiculously low prices as well...
Now, you may have noticed that I recommend this site to a lot of people living in the US, so one might expect that there's something in it for me, but it's just that I've made use of them a couple of times, and I've found their customer service to be second to none, so if something positive like that happens to me, I've no problem whatsoever with recommending a store or web shop to someone else.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Even if games are sold out, you can still add them to your wish list and get notified once they're in stock again.
I checked the collection for you, and currently, Paper Mario and Fire Emblem aren't in stock, but you can always send them an inquiry, also to hear what it would cost you.
Alternatively, you could also just buy US/NTSC versions of the games, and then get a FreeLoader or Action Replay disc. The latter comes with the FreeLoader software included. It's a soft-boot method to play region free games. You can find either one of them on the British Amazon site, or at any retro game store you might know.
A third option, seeing as you've already soft-modded your Wii U anyway, is obviously to download the ISO's for these games, which can be found quite easily. And on a soft-modded console it also doesn't matter if you get the PAL or NTSC version, so that's another plus point for that option.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX How very decent of you, thanks - I'll take a look at those links later tonight.
I did actually get a Freeloader disc in the bundle when I bought my first 'Cube, though I'm pretty sure that was one of the very few things my dog damaged when he was a pup. Relying on an extra disc for every boot was never my preferred way to do it anyway, but I've not totally discounted getting another.
I've already got the ISOs, it's those scrummy boxes, manuals and original discs that I crave.
The thing for me nowadays with NGC gaming is that I don't have a CRT TV anymore, and I don't remember which my best A/V cable is but don't think I ever managed to get my hands on a component cable. So from a presentation perspective playing via the Wii U's HDMI cable seems my best bet.
And then there's the controllers... I've now got four Like New official controllers. But they look and feel so nice I'm kinda wary of using them. Maybe i should explore what the best alternative is and get a couple of them too for everyday use and save the official ones for special occasions...
Starting to sound like a right wally about it now, but hardware preservation feels really important to me now that I've invested in it.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@gcunit No man, you don't sound like a "right wally". I'm of the exact same sentiment. Still got all my consoles, handhelds, games and peripherals, and I try to take care of them the best way that I can. So far, nothing has died on me yet. (knock on wood)
And you're welcome. Had nothing to do today anyways, so doing a bit of online research is always an entertaining pass time for me.
As for that FreeLoader/Action Replay disc: I agree it's a bit of a hassle to have to swap discs all the time, but if you can play the superior NTSC versions of games in exchange for having to go through that little bit of effort, then I'd say it's still a considerable win.
And if you do decide to get it, just store it on a shelf that's high enough, so that you're dog won't be able to reach it.
By the way: you can get more controllers at any of the shops that I linked to, so you're basically provided for now.
Alternatively, you could always get some of these cheap Chinese knock offs, from Amazon...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@gcunit As for those cables, and/or a good video connector: why not invest in one of those custom GameCube to HDMI plugs that are always mentioned in articles on here? Might be a good investment, also to guarantee that your GameCube will remain compatible with whatever new screen or TV you'll get at some point.
Mine has to be one of the most durable consoles I've ever owned. I brought it to friends back in the day, moved it around a lot. Can't imagine how many times I dropped it, but it still works perfectly fine. There's a light scratch mark on the top, but that's all (and easy to miss if you don't know what you're looking for).
Anyway, I'm always open to recommendations. If there's a weird hidden gem that's worth playing, let me know!
@Octane Does it HAVE to be weird?
Also kinda depends on what you're looking for, or what you like/don't like, but there's more than plenty of good games on the ol' purple Cube.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX lol no. Definitely not. But chances are that I'm familiar with most of the ''normal'' games. It's often the weird ones that fly under the radar.
@Octane I've just gone through my entire collection, physical as well as the more "obscurely acquired" digital ones on my Wii's external hard drive, and I'll just list the less familiar (or at the very least the less often named) ones, and there are also some weird ones among them, so you can look them up on YouTube and see if they might possibly interest you. So, here they all are, in alphabetical order:
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker - an Arcade conversion, pretty cool game imho.
Amazing Island - Somewhat hard to describe. I'd say a mix of monster builder, mini games & adventure.
Black & Bruised - Cell-shaded third person boxing game. Pretty good.
Bloody Roar: Primal Fury - Pretty good 3D fighting game.
BlowOut - Run and gun shoot em up action.
Conan - Action adventure role-playing game.
Cubivore - Action-adventure game with boxy-looking animals. Minecraft creatures before there was Minecraft...
Defender: for All Mankind - 3D shooter with various types of gameplay, loosely based on the classic game.
Doshin the Giant - Really weird, totally Japanese God-sim game. Probably not for everyone.
Freaky Flyers - Mario Kart but with airplanes. Features pretty wacky characters as well.
Freedom Fighters - Third person shooter, set in an alternate universe. Pretty good.
Freekstyle - Part of EA's Big series. Think SSX but with motor bikes.
Geist - First person action adventure/shooter, in which you can possess both living beings and tech.
Gladius - Tactical role-playing game, situated in ancient Rome.
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde - RTS game in a fantasy setting.
Hot Wheels World Race - Pretty decent arcade racer with all kinds of stunt tracks.
I-Ninja - Very good 3D platformer.
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age - Turn-based tactical role-playing game.
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 - Best of the three available. A whole bunch of classic arcade games.
Mortal Kombat Deception - The 2nd GameCube MK game. Never released in the EU.
Outlaw Golf - Hilarious if somewhat cheesy humor, but a great golf game lies underneath it.
Ribbit King - Golf game with frogs instead of golf balls. No, really. I'm not kidding. Fun game for all ages.
Rogue Ops - Great and often overlooked 3rd person stealth shooter.
Scaler - Really good 3D platformer with you playing as a shape-shifting lizard.
Sega Soccer Slam - In my opinion, a better 3-on-3 soccer game than Mario Smash and/or Strikers.
Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the EVOLUTION - A very good futuristic racing game. JAP NTSC.
Smashing Drive - kinda looks like crap, but tons of fun to play, completely over the top arcade racer.
Smuggler's Run - Free roaming mission-based Mad Max-style racing game by Rockstar Games.
Spartan Total Warrior - 3D hack & slash game. Spin off from the more strategic Total War PC games.
SpyHunter - Play a B-movie secret agent, and complete missions with a multi-purpose vehicle.
SRS: Street Racing Syndicate - Street racer by Namco. If you like NFS Underground, you'll like this too.
SX Superstar - Motorbike racing game. Mix between sim and arcade.
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions - Like Crazy Taxi, but in a cops vs robbers style, set in Tokyo, Japan.
X-Men Legends - Predecessor of the Ultimate Alliance games. If you like those, you'll like this.
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse - Even better than the first game.
XIII - Cell-shaded first person shooter, based upon a really good comic.
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