I never had a Gamecube in the last generation - I owned a PS2, and that seemed enough for my parents - but if there was one thing that Smash Bros/Mario Kart sessions at friends' places told me, it's that I was missing out on some damn fine games.
So now that I've got a Wii, I decided to try and chase up on some of the good games that came out for the system. I think multiplayer games are irrelevant: they - Smash Bros and Mario Kart especially - are getting updated for the Wii, and the three extra controllers are a bit costly anyway. That leaves acclaimed single-player adventures, like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil, and I'm more than willing to try those out, or even buy them. I've so far played Super Mario Sunshine - it's everything that it's cracked up to be - and I'm currently starting on Wind Waker, which seems to have that same, solid Zelda gameplay but has already irked me with that tiresome stealth dungeon. I'm faithful it'll get better, though. I also plan to buy Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, based on a great experience of playing that game at a friend's house, and maybe Eternal Darkness, if it's worth much beyond the insanity effects. Speaking of which: is it? Could someone tell me?
Anyway, what do you say? Have you taken to this Gamecube compatibility like I have? Does this mean some sort of revival for a good console that sadly underperformed in its generation? Probably not, but you still might have something insightful to say on the issue.
So now that I've got a Wii, I decided to try and chase up on some of the good games that came out for the system. I think multiplayer games are irrelevant: they - Smash Bros and Mario Kart especially - are getting updated for the Wii, and the three extra controllers are a bit costly anyway. That leaves acclaimed single-player adventures, like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil, and I'm more than willing to try those out, or even buy them. I've so far played Super Mario Sunshine - it's everything that it's cracked up to be - and I'm currently starting on Wind Waker, which seems to have that same, solid Zelda gameplay but has already irked me with that tiresome stealth dungeon. I'm faithful it'll get better, though. I also plan to buy Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, based on a great experience of playing that game at a friend's house, and maybe Eternal Darkness, if it's worth much beyond the insanity effects. Speaking of which: is it? Could someone tell me?
Anyway, what do you say? Have you taken to this Gamecube compatibility like I have? Does this mean some sort of revival for a good console that sadly underperformed in its generation? Probably not, but you still might have something insightful to say on the issue.