Who here liked the Gamecube?

[PrototypeC]

I don't count anything Mario, because for me it will trigger unnecessary hatred and for everyone else it will trigger blind love. So, none of those.

First up; the controller. I loved that controller and still do in comparison to all else. It was rounded but not a shape that would get sweaty and/or harder to grip over time. It was pristine. It was flat on top so you could get to everything you needed to, and it didn't have that irritating Z-button on the back like the N64. Probably my favourite controller ever.

In terms of games the Gamecube had a much smaller library at first glance; the reality is that the game library was almost the same size as the PS2 and XBox, but that most of them were kiddie games of the worst sort, movie tie-ins or just generally rubbish. Those that stood out, though? They all became friggin' classics that the other two systems had to drool over from afar. (Eternal Darkness is one example). Other games had their best incarnations on the console (Megaman X Command Mission... what? I love that game and you should too).

Now the confession... I still have my Gamecube in a box in my Rec room closet. I haven't pulled it out in a year.

 

[Sam Doctorman]

i mostly played the 1st party games those were the best

 

[Lord Honk]

I still do, and just because I can, I'll give you a brief (lol) list of my favorites that I still play:
Jedi Knight 2
Zelda: Wind Waker
NFSU2
007: Agent under Fire and Nightfire
NFS Hot Pursuit 2
SSBM
Metroid Prime
XIII
SSX Tricky
Soul Calibur 2

The one thing I don't understand tho is the hate towards the controller. For me it always felt better than the PS controllers, and when I was younger the XBox controller felt awkwardly large... Dunno, maybe I'm just the right kinda person for it (now I do prefer the XBox controller, with my hands being huge and all xD).

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I love it! We hook it up to our common room TV sometimes and play Mario Kart tournaments. Great console and easily transportable.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I loved the PS2, but the Gamecube was great too. The Xbox was the only thing of that generation I did not like. The PS2 had the best games, but the Gamecube had great games making use of all my Nintendo nostalgia. Mario Kart Double Dash, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, F-Zero GX, and Mario Sunshine. Those were great games.

To be honest, I prefer the Gamecube over the Wii. It has shown that it has pretty good graphics, even better than Wii, and the motion controls just don't work with some games. Twilight Princess is an example of a game that is more fit for the Gamecube. Super Mario Galaxy would probably be more fun too on the Gamecube, the constant waggling with the Wii Remote became a nuisance after a while. And don't get me started on Metroid Prime 3. My God, was the aiming annoying.

 

[Padwolf]

I loved the Gamecube, for a while it was my favourite, and I still have the purple one with the original purple controller. It had quite a lot of good games, and one of my favourite Sonic games, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.

 

[MetaKnight19]

I love my GameCube, it's awesome amazing and years ago it netted me exclusivity as everyone else had a PS2. One of my favourite games on the GameCube is Donkey Kong : Jungle Beat. I would happily put that on anytime and play it from start to finish. At one point I had to since my memory card corrupted and all my save data was wiped, a feeling of both happy and sad. Happy because I had an excuse to play Jungle Beat, sad because most of my other save files were on this one memory card.

One thing that sucked (personal experience here) is that when I got it for my birthday, I was nearly going Nintendo 64 Kid mad. But when I found out that my parents didn't buy any games for it......that sucked.

 

[ntw3001]

It had Smash Bros. What do other consoles have? A bunch of worse games.

 

[Vykrel]

not really. only ever had 2 games for it (SSB: Melee and F-Zero GX)... and i only have 2 games for my Wii (SSB: Brawl and Mario Kart Wii)

but i had a ton of games for my N64. i really dont like the direction Nintendo decided to take

 

[THEMILKMAN]

Super Smash Bros Melee=awesome
LoZ: Wind Waker=2nd best LoZ IMO behind Ocarina of Time, Yes I played Twilight Princess, I was not terrbily impressed
Eternal Darkness: Best. Horror game. Ever.
and the awesome Resident Evil remake.

But most importantly, TWIN SNAKES! Anything with Metal Gear Solid on it is pure win in my book.

 

[meatloaf231]

The Gamecube, for all it's bizarritude and nonexistent internet support, has some of the best couch multiplayer games of all time. It's a good system.

Internet support it did have. It was only for like, one game (Phantasy Star Online?), and it was one of those retarded attachments you plug into the bottom of the system, I think.

Exactly. It technically had internet support, but... really...

 

[dillirgaf]

Love it, SSBM, wind waker, custom robo, defender, Mario cart DD, Metriod prime etc, etc. Great system. Oh and of course the wavebird controller still my favorite controller to date

 

[WakeTheDead1]

i loved my companion *game*cube
star wars rogue leader was great,
super monkey ball was fantastic with 3 mates,
and i actually really liked super mario sunshine regardless of what some players think of it,
wind waker was great,
f-zero GX was immense,
and i still stand by gamecube controllers being the comfiest controllers ever

 

[JEBWrench]

It was an excellent console, and its best games were phenomenal. There just weren't enough of them.

 

[Mr. Google]

Kirby Air ride anyone?

 

[MetroidNut]

I'm gonna have to agree with everyone who's been saying it had awesome games, but not enough. That said, I love the system. It was my first home console, actually. The controller was awesome (if not suited for shooters), and the first-party games were usually outstanding. Case-in-point(s)? I believe the best games of the venerated Metroid and Zelda series were their Gamecube iterations, Prime and Wind Waker respectively.

 

[Dragonforce525]

It was a great console with some amazing games, but my only problem is that I hated the controller, I found it to be really uncomfortable, but my hands were molded around the PS2's controller.

 

[lightningmagurn]

It was a great first console.

 

[PurpleSkull]

I had a gamecube until not long ago (gave it to my little sister)!

I loved Tales of Symphonia, the latest starfox game, (not the one with the dinosaurs), Wind Waker and my imported Naruto games :3

I paid 110? for it and i never regretted it. Not back then, not now.

 

[Josh Diaz]

i love the gamecube because it wasnt recognized a graphically power system re4 acutally a some scenery that could rival a ps3 game with all the setting for graphics on high killer 7 also had an amazingly high level of graphical powr going on there