No love for the Gamecube?

[Tanooki]

I imagine I've owned just about 100 games of the library that's around 560~ games in the US so that's quite a bit all things considered. A lot of the games it did get you got updates on sega stuff, a heap of pure garbage nicktoons and other cartoon tripe too so the quality level drops further for total chances at fun as I see it.

[ExedExes]

As an active collector of GC for 5 years, there's lots of great stuff if you know where to look.

I could just throw a ton of games out here, but I really need more exclusives, a lot of the stuff I have (and played or completed) is multi-platform. I don't have anything mega-expensive, but I did splurge on the component cables (look amazing) and some of the more desirable games, 74 as of right now.

[Tanooki]

Any time I go into a thrift, flea market, etc I know odds are it will never ever happen I dig the cables and one thing at the top of that list is the Gamecube ones, and anything else of screwball value that doesn't turn up without eating it on ebay.

I wish I had the time to focus on more games, but with as things are, and the fact I do like new stuff too and some variety I just can't actively grow a selection of games for the GC or many others as it just would be more corral space for the dust bunny farm I don't want.

Perhaps if I ever just truly got over it I'd just dump a crap load of stuff and just keep like one or two things, but I know I would just get antsy and get after something again.

As of now Dreamcast aside I've cut Sega out of the picture and Sony too, NES and SNES sit and don't grow, same with the N64 and GC though if I saw something cheap+highly desirable I'd not ignore it. And that doesn't even get into the 110+ Gameboy titles of all variety too.

[Sarge]

I thought I posted something in here earlier, but I guess I just closed my browser. The GC was a solid system, but I like Nintendo's first-party Wii output a lot more. Still, lots of great games on the system that you can't get anywhere else (or you couldn't for a while, anyway). I remember a friend of mine being super-excited about Viewtiful Joe after playing the demo, but I don't think he was expecting the sheer challenge that game threw at you. I persevered, of course.

[jmbarnes101]

It's my favorite console with a slew of great games. Sure the SNES is great and I like all Nintendo consoles but the little purple lunchbox is my favorite. I have over 125 games and don't consider any of it fluff, just a very overlooked and enjoyable system.

[Fragems]

I'll never forget the console durability test X-play did back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWnoOjP9IA

I miss xplay

[Xeogred]

I'll never forget the console durability test X-play did back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWnoOjP9IA

I miss xplay

Sadly, I've kind of lost all my love for Adam Sessler after following him on twitter a bit of last year. Never have I seen such a huge human baby child complain about everything.

[Tanooki]

It's my favorite console with a slew of great games. Sure the SNES is great and I like all Nintendo consoles but the little purple lunchbox is my favorite. I have over 125 games and don't consider any of it fluff, just a very overlooked and enjoyable system.

That last bit, that sums up the Gamecube 100%. (many) games and don't consider any of it fluff, just a very overlooked and enjoyable system.

You really can't put it any clearer than that. Lots of stuff to do, a lot of it was unique to the hardware, yet so many fools fell into the trap of the online dazzle game of the media leg humping the xbox for halo, and well PS2 just dominated. People just didn't give it a chance or it would have performed sharply better instead of keeping up and then on the back last couple years petering out hardcore allowing a third place swap to finish.

[chuckster]

The Gamecube (and the Dreamcast in a smaller way) really stands out for me in the 6th gen. In a sea of muted color and drab environments that pushed the gimmick of 'mature' content over quality content, the Gamecube offered very tightly designed games that had great art and a focus on good, straightforward fun.

RANT WARNING

This was really the departure point for Nintendo. I wouldn't have guessed it at the time, but this sort of disparity between Nintendo and the rest of the industry was really the first ripple that turned in to the Wii Tsunami. Generally, the games industry at large went for as AAA titles were slick graphical experiences that pushed games into more mature territory in the sense of M-rated themes of sex, drugs, and violence (and occasionally the true maturity of narrative and innovation). Especially today, it seems that video games are made for 18-24 year olds, not the 10-13 year olds that the earlier generations aimed for. You can't blame them really, they follow the money and any craftsman wants to feel like he is advancing his craft over what has come before.

Nintendo chased this last goal, but in a different way. They focused on the maturation of a few core concepts (gameplay, craftsmanship, mass-appeal), while attempting innovations that would open up new vistas for those basic values. Looking at some of their biggest series, each new Mario or Zelda retains the core mechanics of the franchise, but adds a new dimension (some may say gimmick) to attempt to push the series forward. There are certainly missteps, but I feel each mainline Mario or Zelda game was an honest attempt at trying something new that the developers believed in. That is something I feel and appreciate in each title, even if it doesn't always work out for me personally. This is where a lot of Wii and especially Wii U games really fell flat. In many cases, motion controls or the U gamepad were thrown in just 'because'. This is of course not solely the fault of a publisher, developer, or Nintendo, but it further highlights the fact that Nintendo struck off in a different direction, and as the industry at large got further away along it's own path, it could (or would) no longer cater to that difference without massive incentive.

RANT OVER

Anyway, rant aside, I loved Melee, I have over 1000 hours logged on it with everything unlocked. Wind Waker was a fine entry and looks gorgeous but I could not bring myself to slog through the last stretch of the game. Twilight Princess was not really what I was looking for graphically, but it was a lot of fun and I actually finished it twice! Viewtiful Joe was great as well, the second didn't seem as good to me at the time, but I may have just been burnt out on the style by then. Metroid Prime was one of those games I was sure would see a glut of rip-offs, but aside from a few borrowed mechanics, remains a unique and very solid title. I just recently got F-Zero GX and it's amazing, I finally understand the hype and I'm officially in the camp clamoring for a sequel. REmake added too much fluff for my taste but looked fantastic, as did Zero, which I really enjoyed. Rogue Leader kicked my butt as a kid, but I love zipping through some of the missions nowadays. Sunshine grows on you I think. Once you really give it a shot it's not a bad 3D platformer, it just stung after playing Mario 64 for years.

A game I really enjoyed on the Gamecube that I hardly hear about these days is Darkened Skye. It wasn't stellar but I thought it had a lot of good personality. It's pretty much a poor man's Beyond Good and Evil in my view, which isn't such a bad thing. Then again I'm a fan of Starfox Adventure, so take that with a grain of salt!

[jmbarnes101]

It's my favorite console with a slew of great games. Sure the SNES is great and I like all Nintendo consoles but the little purple lunchbox is my favorite. I have over 125 games and don't consider any of it fluff, just a very overlooked and enjoyable system.

That last bit, that sums up the Gamecube 100%. (many) games and don't consider any of it fluff, just a very overlooked and enjoyable system.

You really can't put it any clearer than that. Lots of stuff to do, a lot of it was unique to the hardware, yet so many fools fell into the trap of the online dazzle game of the media leg humping the xbox for halo, and well PS2 just dominated. People just didn't give it a chance or it would have performed sharply better instead of keeping up and then on the back last couple years petering out hardcore allowing a third place swap to finish.

I tried online on the Xbox during beta testing and had a 10 year old kid, age approximately, yelling obscenities at me. I never went back online again. I had an Xbox and a PS2 before I acquired a Gamecube but have since sold them off and the Gamecube is one of three consoles I actively collect for. I did reacquire an Xbox but for CoinOps purposes only. If you haven't tried the Cube give it a chance and I think you'll be very happy.