davyK wrote:

GC was a mixed bag. 

There was Pikmin, Eternal Darkness, and Luigi's Mansion as new IP

Mario Golf and Tennis were "just" updates to the N64 games but they are rock solid. 
Double Dash is underrated. Melee was very good. Animal Crossing moved up a notch.

Windwaker split opinion and the 1080 and Waverace updates didn't get any real love but they are solid , polished games.

There was experimentation - Donkey Konga and the GBA linkup features inc Pacman Vs and Zelda Four Swords.

Mario Party 4 & 5 were solid but it started to lose focus with 6 & 7.

F Zero and Metroid got great updates albeit farmed out. I really liked the WarioWare update from GBA too.

But overall it does feel like a workmanlike Nintendo era. It was a safe pair of hands more than anything.

timesplitters 2 and Capcom vs SnK 2 weren’t Nintendo it were top tier for that console

Monkey Ball was Gamecube for me. There were good handful of other games I enjoyed, but SMB was my 'purchase justified' game. Wish I'd finished Viewtiful Joe but I flitted between all sorts back then rather than completing what I'd bought. Didn't get through Resi 4 either. Or Metroid Prime.

Don’t forget Paper Mario Thousand Year Door!

GameCube was absolutely brilliant.

Skies of Arcadia!

Only bought MGS because people raved about it. Never played more than 5 minutes.

Good shout. The closest other one I can think of is Mario 64 ds but that released about 4 months after twin snakes.

There were some DC ports but I wouldnt really call them remasters.

Virtua Racing Deluxe though, sort of.

Got my GC on launch day with Wave Race (which wasn't as good as WR64 but still a great game). Monkey Ball became an all time uni favourite. Resi4 was a straight 10/10, and TS2 and SC2 became mainstays also. Great days.

SoulCalibur 2 was the best in the series and GC had the best version.

Twilight Princess was an actual GC game wasn't it? The Wii version was only a port? Can't remember. So it got a traditional Zelda and the experimental WindWaker - not to mention the Four Swords.

Gamecube was what a lot critics wanted - a powerful, more conventional console (albeit with that disc format which was probably more about anti-piracy than a creative or engineering decision). It had new IPs that didn't sell. People moaned about not getting new stuff but any time anyone came up with something new it didn't sell.

It also gave us Wavebird. It felt like sorcery at the time.

It got decent third party support. Losing Rare didn't help though but Sega filled that gap with interest. 

I think they looked at what happened with that mainstream approach and went back to their more off piste thing.

I have 3 of them. Two of them with the network adaptor (LAN mode 1080 and DD using a crossover cable) and a Japanese one.  Have 2 perma-setup in my den.

Bit of a fan of the console.

mistercrayon wrote:

The wii version of twilight was the first version of the game.

Ah right - didn't know that.

They really should release Monkey Ball again. SMB2 was such a disappointment because they threw out the linear progression.

Yep, it was a GC that they delayed so that the Wii port got released first.

Played all 3 of the Mario 3D collection yesterday, on a rare afternoon off, never played Sunshine before, but enjoyed what I’ve played so far. Mario 64 is showing its age, but still a remarkable game for its time.

Galaxy I previously played on Wii, looks glorious on my big telly, looking buttery smooth. I forgot how fast the transitions from place to place are.

All put a big smile on my face, all I could ask for.

regmcfly wrote:

All this writing about the game cube and no mention of Eternal Darkness smdh