GameCube News (Page 4)
Video MVG Checks Out "Awesome" Update For GameCube Emulator On Xbox
Can we have GameCube now, Nintendo?
The GameCube might not have had much success in terms of sales, but it was actually home to quite a lot of amazing first-party titles. To this day, many of them are still essentially locked off on the same Nintendo platform. This includes games like Eternal Darkness, F-Zero GX, and even third-party hits such as...
Random NASCAR Bans Ross Chastain's "GameCube" Inspired Wall-Ride Move
It was fun while it lasted
It's not every day you see someone applying video game skills to real life, but last year this actually happened when NASCAR racer Ross Chastain recreated a move from the GameCube title NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup to secure the final qualifying spot for the championship. While it was quite an impressive feat at the...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Viewtiful Joe
Henshin a go-go, baby!
Hello folks, welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! For last week's brawl, we took a look at one of a handful of Virtual Boy games (and one that many of you had forgotten even existed): Panic Bomber. It wasn't a particularly close race for this one, with Japan winning comfortably with 71% of the vote. Well done, Japan!...
Random Careful! It Looks Like There's Another Softlock Super Mario Sunshine Glitch Out There
Only on the Italian version of the game
We are used to finding game glitches at a pretty early phase in our playtime (heck, opening week for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet saw our Twitter feeds flooded with 'em), but this isn't to say that there aren't more out there. One such example has been brought to our attention today and it is, predictably, to...
Soapbox Whether The Rumour Is True Or Not, Baten Kaitos Deserves A Remake
A white whale
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, rumours of a potential Baten Kaitos remake have got Alana all fired up... Of all the wild remake rumours I thought I would hear in 2023, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost...
News Missed Out On NYXI's GameCube-Inspired Switch Controller? Pre-Orders Are Now Available
Secure yours today!
Last week, peripheral maker NYXI unveiled a new GameCube-themed Nintendo Switch controller called the NYXI Wizard. As you can see, it takes a lot of inspiration from the GameCube pad, right down to the original indigo colour. It also promises "no drifting" and comes with a turbo function, an ergonomic slip-free design and...
News The Simpsons Hit & Run Soundtrack Is Out Now On Spotify And Apple Music
Can we have the game now as well?
There have been a number of stories over the years about possibly reviving The Simpsons Hit & Run - a Grand Theft Auto-like title set in the fictional town of Springfield. While we don't seem to be any closer to a comeback, it seems the game's soundtrack was actually uploaded to services like Spotify and Apple...
News Retro-Bit Gaming Reveals A Game Boy Player-Inspired GameCube Controller
An authentic experience for GameCube and Wii
Retro-Bit Gaming has been behind a number of funky throwback-inspired controllers for Switch over the years, and now the company is taking us back in time even further with a Game Boy Player-style controller that is made for the GameCube (or Wii, if you're so inclined). The Legacy GC Wired Controller has...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Shares Kirby Air Ride Stories In Latest Video
"The game shouldn't be about striving for perfection"
Masahiro Sakurai, the brilliant mind behind a library-full of our favourite Nintendo titles, has moved onto another development story in his latest YouTube video. This time, the discussion is all about Kirby Air Ride as the legendary creator discusses how the idea came to be, development...
News Sega Producer Shows Interest In A Possible Billy Hatcher Revival
"I would like to make his new adventure"
Sega has had its high and low points over the years, but perhaps the most challenging moment in its history was the company's exit from the console market in 2001. Despite this uphill battle at the time, it still managed to pump out several amazing games, and even some new franchises that captured the hearts...
Soapbox Sega's Greatest RPG Is 20 Years Old And Long Overdue A Remaster
A (sky) pirate's life for me
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, on the GameCube port's 20th anniversary, Alana is desperate to see Skies of Arcadia Legends on modern consoles... Sega isn’t really known as an RPG developer, but it...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Brotherrrrrr!
Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! In the last bout, we took a look at the SNES version of Prince of Persia, and well... it's safe to say that there was a pretty clear winner. Japan's elongated design was absolutely stunning and really knocked it out the park, ultimately landing 89% of the overall vote...
News Turn Your Switch Into A GameCube With This Gorgeous Controller Case
Gotta go back in time
Before the Wii U Pro Controller and the Switch Pro Controller, the general consensus amongst Nintendo fans was that the GameCube controller was, in fact, the very best plastic shell to enable the wiggling of various thumbsticks. Granted, when compared to what came before it - the safe, yet dependable NES and SNES controllers...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Talks Super Smash Bros. Melee In Latest Video
"We had no spare time whatsoever"
Legendary game creator Masahiro Sakurai continues to throw out one video after the next on his YouTube channel 'Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games', and his latest effort delves into the development of the GameCube classic Super Smash Bros. Melee. Widely regarded as one of, if not the best entry to the Smash Bros...
Feature Every Metroid Prime Location, Ranked
From Phazon to Phendrana
Note: the YouTube embeds featured in this article will naturally contain footage of some of the boss encounters within Metroid Prime, including the final boss. If you've never played the game, take this as your spoiler warning! (Also, you've never played Metroid Prime!? *tuts and shakes head for several minutes*) The...
Anniversary Fans Celebrate As Metroid Prime Turns 20 Years Old
Still the best GameCube game..?
Metroid Prime, the iconic first-person adventure game from developer Retro Studios, celebrates its 20th anniversary today. Originally launched in North America back on November 18th, 2002, the game marked a drastic change in direction for the Metroid franchise, moving from 2D spaces to a fully 3D rendered world,...
Soapbox Resident Evil Zero's Train Scenario Is Still One Of The Franchise's Best
Choo choo, zombie express
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, as RE0 turns 20, Ollie remembers one of the series' best openers... Resident Evil Zero gets a pretty bad rap. When it launched on GameCube on 12th November 2002 —...
Random Metroid Prime Devs Kept A GameCube In The Freezer To Run Patch Code
Put it on ice
We are rapidly approaching the 20th anniversary of the GameCube classic Metroid Prime on the 18th November (the same date as the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and the anniversary of the Wii U - Nintendo really knows how to plan its dates) and the development team has some stories to tell. If you have been brave enough to...
Random Talented Console Modder Shows Off "Blue Crystal" Wii/GameCube Console
Based on a blueprint you might have seen before
We've covered console modder and YouTuber 'GingerOfOz' here on Nintendo Life on a number of occasions in the past, and now they're back with their latest creation - a transparent "blue crystal" portable GameCube, that's actually running on Wii hardware. If the design looks familiar, it's because the...
Random Metroid Prime Software Code Was Used To Render In-Game Effect
Electrifying!
The critically acclaimed Metroid Prime is swiftly approaching its 20th anniversary, having launched on the GameCube back on November 18th, 2002. To celebrate, ex-Retro Studios dev Zoid Kirsch will be sharing daily anecdotes on the development of the game leading up to the anniversary on the 18th. He's already knocked out about five...
Random NASCAR Driver Stuns To Qualify For Championship With GameCube Move
"I never knew if it would actually work"
Video games and sports have a lot of overlap, and we've spent a lot of time trying to recreate our favourite stunts and moves in various sports games, but NASCAR racer Ross Chastain has done the opposite — he recreated a move he used to perform in NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup on GameCube to secure the...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
I see that box art... Silent Hill
Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! For last week's brawl, we took a look at the fantastic arcade first-person shooter Timesplitters 2 for the GameCube. Largely regarded as one of the most influential games of its time, it's safe to say that the box art for the game wasn't entirely...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Timesplitters 2
"Heir apparent to GoldenEye"
Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at the fourth entry in Capcom's Mega Man franchise: Mega Man 4 for the NES. It wasn't a close one, either; far from it! A whopping 79% of you preferred the Japanese variant, with the EU version bringing in 15% of the vote, and the North...
Random Turns Out You Can Make The GameCube's Game Boy Player A Lot Better
With a few cheeky exploits, mind
The GameCube was home to some pretty incredible games, but it also gained one of Nintendo's most interesting and, dare we say, sensible peripherals: the Game Boy Player. Designed to be whacked onto the bottom of the GameCube itself, the Game Boy Player does exactly what it says on the tin: it lets you play Game Boy,...
Random Modders Recreate Super Mario Sunshine Stage From Space World 2001
Blast from the past
Cast your minds back to August, 2001 (if you're old enough, that is!), you might remember that Nintendo hosted its last ever Space World event, during which it showed off a brief snippet of Super Mario Sunshine and introduced the world to the joys of cel-shaded Zelda (or 'Celda', if you like). The company was gearing up for the...
News Fan Discovers GameCube Dev Kit That Uses Early Wii Menu Build
A sensor of history
Update [Mon 3rd Oct, 2022 16:00]: A previous version of this article reported that a GameCube development kit was found in an early build of the Wii's menu. This was incorrect — a GameCube development unit was discovered to be using an early build of the Wii menu. We have amended the article to reflect this. A GameCube...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Star Fox Adventures
“Meanwhile, in a lost corner of the Lylat System...”
Hi everyone; welcome to another edition of 'Box Art Brawl'! We hope you've all had a fun and productive week since our last battle. Last time, we took a look at a GameCube classic with Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life to celebrate the recent announcement of its remake, Story of Seasons: A...
News Takaya Imamura Celebrates Star Fox Adventures' 20th Anniversary
Update: Former Rare artist Wil Overton shares art too
Update: It's not just Star Fox's creator who's getting in on sharing art for the GameCube game's anniversary. Former Rare artist and magazine cover designer Wil Overton reveals that he managed to get the Star Fox crew — with Fox McCloud, Krystal, Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and General Pepper —...
News Newly Translated Interviews Reveal "Serious Debate" Over FLUDD In Super Mario Sunshine
"He wanted the GameCube Mario to be something wild"
Shmuplations has translated two interviews from 2002 on the development of the then-upcoming Super Mario Sunshine, and both reveal some rather interesting details about how the game's FLUDD mechanic, and Mario's short-sleeved look, came to be (thanks, Time Extension!). The first of these...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
"Your dad and I shared the same dream, you know..."
Hello everyone; welcome to another edition of 'Box Art Brawl'! It's kind of mad that another week has passed already, right..? Where is the time going?! Never mind. Last week, we took a look at one of the all-time greats on SNES: Mega Man X. It was a ruddy close one, too! Europe and North America...
Random Reggie Fils-Aimé Played A Ton Of GTA During The GameCube Era
Wait... that wasn't on GameCube!
Ex-Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé is well known for his showmanship and love for Nintendo games, but if a recent interview is anything to by, it seems he may have spent more of his time on the PlayStation 2 during the early 2000s rather than the GameCube. Traitor, right..? Nah, we're kidding...
Random Hidden Texture Found In Super Smash Bros. Melee Stage 20 Years Later
Super Snack Bros.
Getting good at Super Smash Bros. Melee (and any Smash Bros. game at that) is a matter of muscle memory. You learn the controls until your thumbs are moving independently of your mind, you merely need to think and your character attacks, and before you even register an oncoming punch, your shield is up. What this has produced in...
Random This New PC Platformer Is Designed To Be Played With DK Bongos
And it's free!
Nintendo has long been a pioneer of creative controllers. There was, of course, the Wii remote which revolutionised mainstream motion-based gaming, the N64 controller which finally let you play a game with three hands, and, the crème de la crème, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat's DK Bongos. Many of us still have a pair or two of these...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Was The First To Praise Resident Evil 4's Camera System
Capcom's pioneering camera system made a huge impression
Resident Evil 4 is, by all accounts, one of the most critically acclaimed and influential games of all time. Released for the GameCube back in 2004 (before making its way to what felt like every console in existence), Capcom's soft reboot of the Resident Evil franchise went through several...
News Chibi-Robo Director Doesn't Think Skip Ltd Will Release Another Entry In The Series
"Most of the staff have moved on to other companies"
There's nothing quite like Chibi-Robo. The teeny, tiny little robot came out late in the GameCube's lifespan in the west and never really got the love he deserved. We never forgot about him at least, but it's been a quiet few years since developer Skip Ltd and Chibi-Robo have plugged into...
News This Stealth GameCube Mod Allows You To Play With Any Bluetooth Controller
Pre-orders now available
The GameCube might not have had the same widespread appeal as the PlayStation 2 or the original Xbox, but it was still an amazing gaming system. One thing it arguably did better than other systems at the time was wireless controllers - with the Wavebird considered by many as the pioneer of modern wireless gamepads. If you...
News Electronic Duo Autechre Say It Almost Got To Do Metroid Prime's Soundtrack
M62 stands for Metroid62
Influential electronic duo Autechre, who hails from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has stated that it was asked to compose the music for the hugely popular GameCube game, Metroid Prime. Revealed in a Twitch AMA and shared on Twitter by @GoodWillsmith, Sean Booth — one member of the duo — responded to a question from a...
Feature SEGA's Astonishing GameCube Rebound Following Defeat In The Console Wars
How SEGA turned its fortunes around and made friends with Nintendo
For gamers old enough to remember the turn of the century, the console landscape looked very different from how it does today. Everyone was excited for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo was getting the GameCube ready to succeed the Nintendo 64. Microsoft's Xbox was also in development...
News Charles Martinet Thanks Super Mario Sunshine For The "Beautiful Memories"
Happy 20th, Sunshine
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 2002 GameCube classic Super Mario Sunshine. It's a significant part of Mario's 3D platforming history, and to this day is arguably one of the standout Super Mario adventures. While we've already remembered this anniversary in more ways than one here on Nintendo Life this week, the...
Soapbox 20 Years Later, Super Mario Sunshine Is Still The Best 3D Mario
Defending the GameCube outing on its 20th birthday
What you lookin' at? Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've got on their minds. Today, the overabundance of sunshine from the current heatwave has clearly got the better of Ollie, as he makes wild declarations...
Random Unique Collection Showcases GameCube Controller Prototypes
In all their horrific glory
We all know how incredible the GameCube controller is, right? Heck, there's a reason so many people still prefer to use it for franchises such as Super Smash Bros.; it's awesome. If you've seen the prototype design of the controller, however, then you'll know that the early design was uhh... different? No, that's not the...
Random The World's First 'NFT Console' Has A Very Familiar-Looking Logo
Born to play?
It's happening, alright. Polium, a Web 3 company (Web 3 is an idea of a new version of the internet that we know today, with a form distributed in the blockchain) has revealed the very first NFT video game console this weekend. Called the Polium One, this little black box is meant to be "a multi-chain console for Web 3 gaming" and...
Random Zelda: The Wind Waker Was Originally Going To Feature A Theremin
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Theremin?
If you're familiar with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (and if not, then you should be), then you'll know that Link is able to control the direction of the wind, among other things, with the game's magical baton known as the 'Wind Waker'. Originally, however, the Wind Waker was intended to be much more...
News Miyamoto Wasn't A Fan Of The Art Style In Zelda: Wind Waker When He First Saw It
He apparently "cringed"
If you weren't immediately sold on the art style in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, don't feel too bad. A new 'DidYouKnowGaming' translation (thanks, VGC) of a Nintendo Dream magazine from the mid-2000s reveals how Mario's creator Shigeru Miyamoto initially wasn't a fan of Toon Link or the rest of Wind Waker's cel-shaded...
Memory Pak After 20 Years, Eternal Darkness Really Deserves A Second Life
Being stuck on one system is pure insanity
Picture the setting. You’re walking around a grand mansion, testing out keys on locked doors, investigating every nook and cranny, and simply trying your best to figure out where you need to go and what you need to do. The rooms are well-lit and the furniture neatly positioned together. By all accounts,...
News The Panda Cup, An Officially-Licensed Smash Bros. Circuit, Begins Today At CEO
Update: First stop, Daytona Beach
Update [Fri 24th Jun, 2022 17:00 BST]: The first round of The Panda Cup Circuit starts today at Daytona Beach and the CEO Fighting Game Championship.This is the first stop in a series of eight tournaments that lead up to the finals in Los Angeles in December. From today until Sunday 26th, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel #100 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
A milestone number deserves a big game
Hello, and welcome to the 100th edition of Box Art Brawl!! This is a pretty momentous occasion for us at Nintendo Life and all of you Box Art Brawl enthusiasts, so thank you for participating over the years! We have a big one to kick off the celebrations, but first, we need to look back at last week. For the...
News New Footage From Kirby's Cancelled GameCube Game Emerges
A star find
Not many of Nintendo's big franchises skipped the GameCube, but Kirby is one of them. Sort of. Outside of the racing game Kirby Air Ride, the pink puffball didn't get his own mainline game. But Nintendo had intentions to give Kirby his own platformer on the purple lunchbox. Known simply as Kirby for Nintendo GameCube, the title was...
Random Sorry GameCube, LeBron James Likes The Nintendo 64 More
The King has spoken
King James, otherwise known as the Los Angeles Lakers' player LeBron James, recently held a Q&A on Twitter, and unsurprisingly there were a number of video game questions thrown at the basketball superstar. One, in particular, that's already received quite a bit of attention on social media is a question from the technology...
News Ex-Retro Studios Devs Laud Metroid Prime's Camera System
"You never lose sight of Samus"
In a recent video compilation from YouTuber KIWI TALKZ, a group of ex-Retro Studios developers spoke about the late Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, a LucasArts alumni who was in charge of the camera system for the Metroid Prime games. Mark sadly passed away in 2008 from pancreatic cancer and his former co-workers had a lot to...
