drinkag1.com/austineruption Get a FREE bottle of Vitamin D3K2, plus five AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase of AG1! EVERY GAMECUBE LAUNCH TITLE. EVERY REGION. I AM READY TO GO. That's 23 different games and I sure hope you're ready to hear me go IN on International Superstar Soccer 2. For like 1 minute. What is your favorite launch title? Lemme know here or any other consoles you'd like to see me do!
...Kinda crazy that Luigi's Mansion is the one series on this list that actually went on to become more of a series, right up to the modern day. Loved the game from the start myself, part of why I brought a GameCube, but~ it was this crazy strange experiment even by Nintendo standards for the longest time.
I mean... Super Monkey Ball, Sonic Adventure 2, Crazy Taxi, Extreme G 3, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 were either already well-established franchises, or were the beginning of a now established franchise. Crazy Taxi would go on to have 2 sequels from the time, a few mobile games, and most recently a new Crazy Taxi game in the works, revealed last December. Super Monkey Ball has of course gotten multiple games, usually one per console, even if some have been pretty bad leading up to the recent releases of both Banana Mania and Banana Rumble, it's still a fully-fledged franchise. Extreme G 3 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, well, were the third entries in both franchises. Sonic, I don't even have to explain that one, you know what Sonic is, clearly that had existed long before Adventure 2, and has continued to exist long after.
the gamecube definitely didn't have a great library overall - some standouts but not a deep library. This is why I'm worried for the Switch 2. I just don't know what they're going to have ready to go
@@StewNWTwell I guess they'll 'series x' it. Full backwards compatibility of the previous consoles library with neat extra bells and whistles, to supplement what new games come out for it and to instantly provide a library of hundreds of games out of the gate.
Wow! I learned something new today: Being from Argentina, of course Football soccer (or FÚTBOL) is crazy popular here, so every kid that had a PS1 or PS2 had a Winning Eleven game (official or not). Since those games were all in japanese, I thought that the localized version of them were the International Superstar Soccer games, which later become Pro Evolution Soccer. But NO! Those two are separate series? Why, Konami!? Great video as always, Austin! I love seeing you uploading More frequently, keep up the good work!
No need to called it Football Soccer, football should have been the default name because it is literally use your foot to control the ball all the time lol ... US are so weird, they called a game about holding a ball all the time to the enemy base while kicking it once in a while as FootBall. If they refer the name football to the act of kicking the ball with foot, it should have been more appropriate called as kickball... it just doesnt make sense at all
Didn’t even knew that, here in Brazil Pro Evolution Soccer was the most popular, because there was a mod called Bomba Patch, and this mod/patch added our regional tournaments and players. Great times!
Seein' the SEGA logo pop up when bootin' up SA2B for the first time the day I got me launch Strayan Cube was was more incredible than words can express haha.
CART was an old IndyCar league/championship that was run and sanctioned by the teams in it. There was a big split between the owner of the Indy 500 and the CART league in the mid 90s leading to two series, IndyCar and CART so there were two completely separate IndyCar series at once. Everyone called them Indy Cars, but a lot of games and media made sure to specify if it was Indy Car (the series run by the Indy 500 owner) and CART. I believe CART could not officially advertise themselves as Indy Car, despite having long done so before the split, but for a while they had by far the most experienced and famous drivers in American open wheel racing. But CART eventually collapsed and all the teams merged back into IndyCar by 2008, so a lot of the media for them just feels really confusing or dated. you’ll have an IndyCar movie or game without the Indy 500, the biggest race in the world. But now you hardly even get that unless it’s a crossover with Forza or another existing racing game because how expensive games are and the series not being as strong as it was in the 90s.
The problem is that Konami bought the ip and was going to make 5 but then canceled it. That was back in 2010 or so. Yeah, we never getting another one and we almost at 15 years since then.
The nostalgia I have for that purple box is unreal. Can't believe after all these years the shear sense of joy I get from just seeing a picture of it and I only really played RE4 and Star Wars on it 😂
Better get started on the rest of the library, then! ;) (But seriously, there are a ton of fantastic games. F-Zero GX and Metroid Prime 1&2 would probably be my first picks.)
I consider SA2B a superior port because of Chao functionality. The Dreamcast version relied on the online service to buy things for your Chao but it's shut down. They future-proofed it starting with the GC port. Plus, all of those interruption in dialogue and bad music mixing are funny. "You're not even good enough to be my fa-" "I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!"
Rogue Squadron 3 was definitely pretty disappointing, but I'll never forget the mission where you play as Wedge who's A-wing goes down over Geonosis and it awakens a bunch of sleeping Battle Droids and you have to fight your way to an abandoned Episode II Jedi Starfighter to escape. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen in a Star Wars game because it was a classic era Star Wars character interacting with elements from the prequels and it was the first time I'd ever seen something like that outside of unlockable non-canon characters and such.
It was those janky on-foot levels that ruined it. If they took those out and spent the time adding more space/air based levels it would have been as awesome as II was, and II is still my favourite Star Wars game of all time.
For years I thought mario cart double dash was a launch title because that was my first gamecube game in a bundle. And what a glorious launch title it was.
You should try being Middle Eastern. If I don't shave every 2 days I have a new beard on accident. And I have to shave directly under my eyes, the tops of my cheekbones, everywhere. Like the man said, a blessing and a curse.
15:07 always seeing that Impact font in the crazy box challenges made me laugh, if the game was released a decade later I bet that text would read as "Epic Fail".
My man Austin Eruption finally played and reviewed Cel Damage for the first time ever! ❤ This channel has now reached peak! I’m a bit of a Cel Damage person myself!
My best friend at the time rented NHL Hitz 2002 on a whim and brought it over. We instantly loved the game. We both loved it so much that we went in and put our money together, walked over to our local mall and bought the game. We shared the copy between each other for a few years before my friend decided he didnt want to own any old games anymore and wanted to trade the game. I said nah, i still want it. haha I still have it too. NHL Hitz 2002 is a blast and i still highly recommend it to people if they can.
Quick correction at 35:59 -- The game Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure is a look at Universal Studios Hollywood, not Japan, though there is a second game called Welcome to Universal Studios Japan (published by Konami for the PS2) that is a very similar game but is a walkthrough/collection-of-mini-games centered specifically around Universal Studios Japan.
Despite growing up with the GameCube, I don't worship the console like everyone else my age does. Even if Super Mario Sunshine & a realistic Zelda were launch games, I don't see anything really saving the GameCube from last place. That said, I'll stand by Double Dash supremacy forever.
I didn't grow up with any of them, I grew up with the following generation. Currently I only own a PS2 and a Dreamcast in my collection, but from my experiences with the 6th generation, I'd say I'd put the GameCube even lower than the Dreamcast or original Xbox. I don't despise the console, but not liking The Legend of Zelda or Fire Emblem, I always thought the library was lacklustre, the lack of a solid Mario platformer, and the lack of exclusive third party games didn't do anything to help it push boundaries. The console itself was pretty hideous in my opinion, literally a cube with a handle which was so stupid, and the fact it used mini-discs instead of regular discs defeated the whole point of using discs at all.
Yeah, same. Like, sure. It's respectable in hindsight, being the most graphically powerful and having Nintendo backed games. But some of those Nintendo games were seen as iffy back then and still are now (even if nostalgia has made them popular), but it's not nearly as good as the PS2's overwhelmingly large library, nor was it aiming at the then-mostly-ignored western audience like the Xbox.
I was 20 and owned all 4 consoles at the time. GameCube is pretty over rated now in my opinion. I enjoyed it at the time but if it were my only system I would have been pretty disappointed. Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube, ps2 imo.
I still remember my aunt in a Blockbuster, saying she would either get me a Gamecube, or 3 GBA games. Turns out I'm bad at math, cause I took the 3 games.
Luigi’s Mansion is still my favorite launch title for Gamecube. It’s still the one I go back to the most. One of the best consoles ever despite it’s lacking sales. I’m thankful I grew up with that cute Nintendo lunchbox. ✌🏼
By far the best TH-camr. Great videos and ad breaks i never need to skip even if i am a Yopparai in Osaka Japan it feels good to see someone sponsored by some positive healthy drinks!
Of these launch titles, I had Wave Race: Blue Storm, FIFA Soccer 2002 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Both were amazing, and still some of my favourites. Blue Storm had amazing weather and wave effects.
I have never been a Nintendo person and despite my family always having play stations the GameCube was MY first console when I was 8. Resident evil, sonic adventure 2, ultimate spider-man, man good times! Going Quackers was the first game I ever completed by myself all the way through!
I remember getting my GameCube day 1 with Luigi's Mansion, and renting Wave Race and Super Monkey Ball. Spent most of the rental time with Wave Race, since I also had some inflatable GameCube chair (preorder bonus?) and leaning back and forth on that made it really feel like you were on a jetski.
Out of all these launch titles, I grew up with Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, and the SA2B trailer on Sonic Mega Collection. I also played a Burnout on PS2 growing up, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me if it was 1, 3, or both.
41:04 the Game Boy Color game as the same name as the home console game, but the GBC game is actually a sequel to Deep Duck Trouble on the Game Gear and Master System. It's a very good platformer, improves upon the first game in many ways, and has a nice double jump. Also, the graphics are really great for an 8-bit Game Boy Color game, it's just an all around good game
I was really impressed with the GameCube! I was one of those GC fans who found himself getting asked 'Why did you get one of those little kid systems when you shoulda got a PS3 or an Xbox 360?' I wasn't that impressed with the PlayStation and Xbox series of consoles just cranking out systems that were pretty much the same only with a better processor and graphics card. I found Nintendo's lineup of consoles more interesting with how different and innovative the consoles were. I kinda wish I had kept it when I bought my Wii. I no longer 'trade in' consoles when I buy a new one, but I used to do that almost every time once it became a thing. I did keep my GBA and DS though. I'm still glad I did as I often play them even today. It amazes me that the GC and some its games have become expensive collectibles now. When I sold them, I think I got just enough to get a discount on the Wii and something like three games with the proceeds. Weird, but not in a bad way.....that sums up Nintendo pretty much. I love how quirky they are. It's great that Sega and Nintendo patched things up, got over the console wars and made some great games together. Getting Sega games on Nintendo consoles was a really smart move. Super Monkey Ball for Game Cube is a good example of that. There was also later a very impressive version if it for the Wii in which you controlled the ball by tilting the controller. Genius! Burnout 2!!! It is my favorite racing game. When I play racing games, the main thing I do is crash, so why not play a racing game that rewards you for crashing? Brilliant! Here's a funny thing, I helped a friend's kid, who I was tutoring, learn a bit about how to drive before his dad allowed him to touch his car. We'd play Burnout 2 with a steering wheel and pedals and talk about what Nevada laws we were breaking, what the damage would cost to fix in today's world, what sorts of injuries you'd sustain from the wrecks, etc. It was fun, but it did help me get my point across about the importance of driving safely. Cell Shading! It looks fantastic! The GC was pretty good at rendering it as well. Looked so much better than the blocky polygonal attempts at photorealism that were around back in the day. One of the best examples of it was Legend of Zelda Wind Waker. Batman Vengeance certainly looked cool. It did a good job of capturing the wonderful animated series. I enjoyed playing it coop with my wife who is almost as much of a comic book and game nerd as I am. Star Wars Rogue Leader is excellent! Even better than the N64 version. That game and the GC Metroid games proved that this little box could actually do. Too bad that they didn't release more games as good as these two. This video was fun to watch. Thanks!
ESPN Winter Sports 2002 as a series goes all the way back to the NES with Konami's "Track & Field." It makes more sense as a minigame collection than a sports game.
Glad to see you cover the launch of the gamecube, plus it couldn’t have come out at a better time because i just rebought Sonic adventure two, and the resident evils.
when I was a kid, I got batman vengeance and I couldn't get past like the third level, but boy did I play it alot. Now it houses both my original copy, and my Simpson's hit and run disc
It's wild to hear someone bring up Tarzan Untamed. It was one of the few games my parents got me for the GCN and I definitely did not enjoy it nearly as much as my parents thought they would 😬
Extreme G is still the fastest game I have ever played on even to this day, that going through the sound barrier 😍this series needs to be revived definitely my favourite racing game of all time without a shadow of a doubt.
Ironically wave race bluestorm was referenced in the most nintendo way possibile: Its the Gamecube disc you can find in Pikmin 4 specifically a japanese copy too
Man, Super Mario Sunshine really didn't drop as a launch game ANYWHERE, huh? I had actually forgotten about that... Gamecube was a somewhat sad thing for me as it was the console where I actually skipped Nintendo for the allure of Sony. It was the included DVD, I tell ya- made my parents really favor that one. Also, oddly enough- Devil May Cry. I had read about that game and become OBSESSED with it for some reason, and as Christmas time came rolling around and I could make a wish for a console I wanted the one that could play Devil May Cry. Dante just has that aura, what else can be said?
I remember seeing RE remake in magazines at the time and wow. Rouge squadron is still a looker and probably the best looking game that generation, the water in Sunshine still looks awesome. Really enjoyed the GC overall graphical presentation, it’s too bad Halo was on Xbox lol
@@alexandrebelair4360 yes, on paper the the Xbox is more powerful, but the ATI “flipper” graphics chip was a bit more advanced than the Nvidia one in the Xbox. Both were no slouches at the time. I just prefer the Gc output, always looked “cleaner” to me
I got a GameCube for Christmas in like 2003ish I think, but I still have it. Loved that thing growing up, about a month ago I noticed the cmos battery must’ve died because when I replayed twilight princess, my GameCube’s clock read a date for 2016
The first game I owned for the GC was Mario Party 7 'cause it was bundled with mine...but the first game I ended up playing on it was that Ed, Edd, n Eddy Mis-Edventures game. Those sure were simpler times lol.
Fun fact the GameCube came out around when I was born! (I was born in November 14 along with the OG XBOX) Also Harry Potter and the scorcher’s stone! When do you think you should talk about the OG XBOX launch titles?
Hey, it's great to see that kids today are interested in the GameCube and Xbox... oh, wait a minute... you're entering your mid 20s now? _Aging intensifies_
The GCN did not get the recognition it deserved on release. I was late to the new generation, having a GBA before even a GC, and only playing a small portion of every consol before it. When PS2 was launched and the Dreamcast failed, lost was a portion of good ol' Arcade (points & coins/lives) and Platform Adventures. With greater fidelity came more reality. GCN, and perhaps early XBx, tried to hold on to that mentality. These launch titles were well thought out Tech Demo Games. Nintendo no doubtedly has a spicefic image in mind for their company and can push out some timeless stuff. P.S. I played THPS3 for the first time on PS1.
Looking forward to this new type of videos you're making & honestly I want to see one for the PlayStation 3 also I was surprised at the Scarlet Nexus mention, need to play more of that game
4:24 So the Gamecube's controller was originally planned to have the A, B, and Start buttons be the same colors as the A,B, and Start buttons on the N64?
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EVERY GAMECUBE LAUNCH TITLE. EVERY REGION. I AM READY TO GO. That's 23 different games and I sure hope you're ready to hear me go IN on International Superstar Soccer 2. For like 1 minute.
What is your favorite launch title? Lemme know here or any other consoles you'd like to see me do!
Super Smash Brothers Melee (2001) is my favorite Nintendo GameCube game!
You forgot one. 007 Agent under fire. It was my first gamecube game.
I don’t think I
Can have vitamins. I’m a GameCube. But I can have. Mkdd with a side of prime and a nice cold sunshine drink
I don't think Sylvester Stallone remembers the Sylvester Stallone movie Driven
Perhaps that is for the best
I am 39 and this is my first time
it is a very fun film to watch, it doesnt take it self too serious
I'd be Driven to forget I was in Driven
He didn't even get to be the main character in that movie, he was playing an older guy mentor role
Hearing the midi version of “All I want” just gives me this mental image of Doom guy being the taxi driver.
Looking on the road like 🤨
Getting a call on their fancy new colour screen phone haha
...Kinda crazy that Luigi's Mansion is the one series on this list that actually went on to become more of a series, right up to the modern day.
Loved the game from the start myself, part of why I brought a GameCube, but~ it was this crazy strange experiment even by Nintendo standards for the longest time.
They'll definitely make Luigi's Mansion 4.
I mean... Super Monkey Ball, Sonic Adventure 2, Crazy Taxi, Extreme G 3, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 were either already well-established franchises, or were the beginning of a now established franchise. Crazy Taxi would go on to have 2 sequels from the time, a few mobile games, and most recently a new Crazy Taxi game in the works, revealed last December. Super Monkey Ball has of course gotten multiple games, usually one per console, even if some have been pretty bad leading up to the recent releases of both Banana Mania and Banana Rumble, it's still a fully-fledged franchise. Extreme G 3 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, well, were the third entries in both franchises. Sonic, I don't even have to explain that one, you know what Sonic is, clearly that had existed long before Adventure 2, and has continued to exist long after.
the gamecube definitely didn't have a great library overall - some standouts but not a deep library. This is why I'm worried for the Switch 2. I just don't know what they're going to have ready to go
@@StewNWT Vroom in the Night Sky 2
@@StewNWTwell I guess they'll 'series x' it.
Full backwards compatibility of the previous consoles library with neat extra bells and whistles, to supplement what new games come out for it and to instantly provide a library of hundreds of games out of the gate.
The Gamecube honestly made my childhood. I'm so glad that the rest of the world finally appreciates how amazing this console is
Oh yeah, here we do, it’s sports time
I've never played a BMX game before, but I'm going to give it everything I've got
Reading the video title I thought it was a TripleJump video lol
Wow! I learned something new today: Being from Argentina, of course Football soccer (or FÚTBOL) is crazy popular here, so every kid that had a PS1 or PS2 had a Winning Eleven game (official or not). Since those games were all in japanese, I thought that the localized version of them were the International Superstar Soccer games, which later become Pro Evolution Soccer. But NO! Those two are separate series? Why, Konami!?
Great video as always, Austin! I love seeing you uploading More frequently, keep up the good work!
No need to called it Football Soccer, football should have been the default name because it is literally use your foot to control the ball all the time lol ... US are so weird, they called a game about holding a ball all the time to the enemy base while kicking it once in a while as FootBall. If they refer the name football to the act of kicking the ball with foot, it should have been more appropriate called as kickball... it just doesnt make sense at all
@@dacollbns6336they call it soccer in Australia as well. And the English invented the word
.I always thought ISS became Pro Evo (or Winning eleven). Edit - just reliased you were referring to the game cube version, ignore me
@@wussup12345 But why english call their organisation FA ? not SA ? Its out of curiosity question though... Is that word used on everyday convrsation?
Didn’t even knew that, here in Brazil Pro Evolution Soccer was the most popular, because there was a mod called Bomba Patch, and this mod/patch added our regional tournaments and players. Great times!
7:35 Wave Race Bluestorm is a treasure in Pikmin 4!
SPOILER
It's held by our dear friend, the Water Wraith! I love Pikmin 4.
There's a Wave Race: Blue Storm reference in Pikmin 4? Wow.
Seein' the SEGA logo pop up when bootin' up SA2B for the first time the day I got me launch Strayan Cube was was more incredible than words can express haha.
CART was an old IndyCar league/championship that was run and sanctioned by the teams in it. There was a big split between the owner of the Indy 500 and the CART league in the mid 90s leading to two series, IndyCar and CART so there were two completely separate IndyCar series at once.
Everyone called them Indy Cars, but a lot of games and media made sure to specify if it was Indy Car (the series run by the Indy 500 owner) and CART.
I believe CART could not officially advertise themselves as Indy Car, despite having long done so before the split, but for a while they had by far the most experienced and famous drivers in American open wheel racing. But CART eventually collapsed and all the teams merged back into IndyCar by 2008, so a lot of the media for them just feels really confusing or dated. you’ll have an IndyCar movie or game without the Indy 500, the biggest race in the world. But now you hardly even get that unless it’s a crossover with Forza or another existing racing game because how expensive games are and the series not being as strong as it was in the 90s.
This is great because it opens the door to cover ALL the console launch lineups: PlayStation 2, Xbox, and much more
The 6 of us that actually enjoyed EverGrace are certainly looking forward to being roasted! Seriously though, do it, Austin. We can take it.
I just want another Bloody Roar entry, even in spiritual successor form.
YEAHHHHHH
loved bloody roar primal fury
The problem is that Konami bought the ip and was going to make 5 but then canceled it. That was back in 2010 or so. Yeah, we never getting another one and we almost at 15 years since then.
Who knows man, fighting games are blowing up again, and Konami is getting back into games slowly. Fingers crossed
@@carlisborgon I'm truly hope so as well.
I love that the process of playing all the launch titles ended up shaving Austin's beard off lol
The edge of shadow the hedgehog did it.
The nostalgia I have for that purple box is unreal. Can't believe after all these years the shear sense of joy I get from just seeing a picture of it and I only really played RE4 and Star Wars on it 😂
Better get started on the rest of the library, then! ;)
(But seriously, there are a ton of fantastic games. F-Zero GX and Metroid Prime 1&2 would probably be my first picks.)
The phrase "Nintendo doesn't feel the same way." literally goes for basically EVERYTHING they do nowadays. :P
This made me realize I love the tease/troll of releasing a modern "Classic Zelda" game, and they literally made it a Zelda game, no Link 😂
Older programmers leave, new people come in. Time goes on and that's why Rare failed so bad after moving to Microsoft.
In Australia, Final Fantasy X & the Gamecube launched the same day. I was very spoiled that day... & broke.
I stand by Vroom in the Night Sky. Was it good? No. Was it great? Yes.
I consider SA2B a superior port because of Chao functionality. The Dreamcast version relied on the online service to buy things for your Chao but it's shut down. They future-proofed it starting with the GC port. Plus, all of those interruption in dialogue and bad music mixing are funny.
"You're not even good enough to be my fa-"
"I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!"
Those flesh-colored boots are accurate to the real-life sport of ice-skating.
Rogue Squadron 3 was definitely pretty disappointing, but I'll never forget the mission where you play as Wedge who's A-wing goes down over Geonosis and it awakens a bunch of sleeping Battle Droids and you have to fight your way to an abandoned Episode II Jedi Starfighter to escape.
It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen in a Star Wars game because it was a classic era Star Wars character interacting with elements from the prequels and it was the first time I'd ever seen something like that outside of unlockable non-canon characters and such.
It was those janky on-foot levels that ruined it.
If they took those out and spent the time adding more space/air based levels it would have been as awesome as II was, and II is still my favourite Star Wars game of all time.
Your pfp probably triggers ptsd in people.
Honestly crazy how you make these quality videos so quickly with how many games you play for each video.
For years I thought mario cart double dash was a launch title because that was my first gamecube game in a bundle. And what a glorious launch title it was.
This mans beard grows at an alarming rate. Im jealous. 😂
It's a blessing and a curse cause I look like a neckbeard in 3 days.
@@austineruption relatable i remember working restaurants and having to be clean shaved its hell
You should try being Middle Eastern.
If I don't shave every 2 days I have a new beard on accident. And I have to shave directly under my eyes, the tops of my cheekbones, everywhere.
Like the man said, a blessing and a curse.
@@austineruptionI understand you don’t want to look like a malady guy.
I remember at the time people were thinking WTF is Luigi's mansion ?..not being mario and being a completely different game type just felt...odd
15:07 always seeing that Impact font in the crazy box challenges made me laugh, if the game was released a decade later I bet that text would read as "Epic Fail".
I miss being a kid with my GameCube & Ps2 😭 the best times ever
The little purple lunchbox thst could.
Really gotta appreciate how bizarre and experimental the GameCube era of Nintendo was, honestly sort of miss it.
You may be laughing at Lil D but nobody else got the chance to beat The Slim Jim Guy at his own BMX game.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX was one of my favorites. I love when you unlocked the mode where you ridiculously bounce everywhere when you bail.
My man Austin Eruption finally played and reviewed Cel Damage for the first time ever! ❤ This channel has now reached peak! I’m a bit of a Cel Damage person myself!
My best friend at the time rented NHL Hitz 2002 on a whim and brought it over. We instantly loved the game. We both loved it so much that we went in and put our money together, walked over to our local mall and bought the game. We shared the copy between each other for a few years before my friend decided he didnt want to own any old games anymore and wanted to trade the game. I said nah, i still want it. haha I still have it too. NHL Hitz 2002 is a blast and i still highly recommend it to people if they can.
One of your best episodes! You managed to make sports games interesting
Quick correction at 35:59 -- The game Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure is a look at Universal Studios Hollywood, not Japan, though there is a second game called Welcome to Universal Studios Japan (published by Konami for the PS2) that is a very similar game but is a walkthrough/collection-of-mini-games centered specifically around Universal Studios Japan.
A new Austin Eruption video? I've only got one thing to say to that.
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!
I LOVE this idea for a series! It's such an interesting look at video game history. Would absolutely be keen to watch these for other consoles!
Who would have thought that the European launch would have two games featuring sexy bats.
I've been listening to Amoeba since I was a kid. My dad had a cassette tape of Rodney on the ROQ that had it on it.
Your CRT is only 30 lbs! 50+ lbs or bust!
Excuse me.
Despite growing up with the GameCube, I don't worship the console like everyone else my age does. Even if Super Mario Sunshine & a realistic Zelda were launch games, I don't see anything really saving the GameCube from last place. That said, I'll stand by Double Dash supremacy forever.
I didn't grow up with any of them, I grew up with the following generation. Currently I only own a PS2 and a Dreamcast in my collection, but from my experiences with the 6th generation, I'd say I'd put the GameCube even lower than the Dreamcast or original Xbox. I don't despise the console, but not liking The Legend of Zelda or Fire Emblem, I always thought the library was lacklustre, the lack of a solid Mario platformer, and the lack of exclusive third party games didn't do anything to help it push boundaries. The console itself was pretty hideous in my opinion, literally a cube with a handle which was so stupid, and the fact it used mini-discs instead of regular discs defeated the whole point of using discs at all.
Yeah, same. Like, sure. It's respectable in hindsight, being the most graphically powerful and having Nintendo backed games. But some of those Nintendo games were seen as iffy back then and still are now (even if nostalgia has made them popular), but it's not nearly as good as the PS2's overwhelmingly large library, nor was it aiming at the then-mostly-ignored western audience like the Xbox.
n64 > dreamcast > psx > gamecube
I was 20 and owned all 4 consoles at the time. GameCube is pretty over rated now in my opinion. I enjoyed it at the time but if it were my only system I would have been pretty disappointed. Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube, ps2 imo.
You're not alone. PS2 earned their win for that season of the console wars
I still remember my aunt in a Blockbuster, saying she would either get me a Gamecube, or 3 GBA games. Turns out I'm bad at math, cause I took the 3 games.
Gamecube had/has some great games. Although I don't think the launch helped intial impressions
Unfortunately even as a ps2 kid.
Tony Hawl Pro Skater 3 is THE BEST in the series..no debate.
Luigi’s Mansion is still my favorite launch title for Gamecube. It’s still the one I go back to the most. One of the best consoles ever despite it’s lacking sales. I’m thankful I grew up with that cute Nintendo lunchbox. ✌🏼
By far the best TH-camr. Great videos and ad breaks i never need to skip even if i am a Yopparai in Osaka Japan it feels good to see someone sponsored by some positive healthy drinks!
Rogue Leader is my favorite game from that whole generation. I may have even played it more than Melee.
Of these launch titles, I had Wave Race: Blue Storm, FIFA Soccer 2002 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Both were amazing, and still some of my favourites. Blue Storm had amazing weather and wave effects.
I have never been a Nintendo person and despite my family always having play stations the GameCube was MY first console when I was 8. Resident evil, sonic adventure 2, ultimate spider-man, man good times!
Going Quackers was the first game I ever completed by myself all the way through!
I remember getting my GameCube day 1 with Luigi's Mansion, and renting Wave Race and Super Monkey Ball. Spent most of the rental time with Wave Race, since I also had some inflatable GameCube chair (preorder bonus?) and leaning back and forth on that made it really feel like you were on a jetski.
Out of all these launch titles, I grew up with Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, and the SA2B trailer on Sonic Mega Collection. I also played a Burnout on PS2 growing up, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me if it was 1, 3, or both.
finally, somebody who mentions the slim jim guy in dave mirra. I was convinced people just ignored him being there.
Strange ass mascot.
41:04 the Game Boy Color game as the same name as the home console game, but the GBC game is actually a sequel to Deep Duck Trouble on the Game Gear and Master System. It's a very good platformer, improves upon the first game in many ways, and has a nice double jump. Also, the graphics are really great for an 8-bit Game Boy Color game, it's just an all around good game
I was really impressed with the GameCube! I was one of those GC fans who found himself getting asked 'Why did you get one of those little kid systems when you shoulda got a PS3 or an Xbox 360?' I wasn't that impressed with the PlayStation and Xbox series of consoles just cranking out systems that were pretty much the same only with a better processor and graphics card. I found Nintendo's lineup of consoles more interesting with how different and innovative the consoles were. I kinda wish I had kept it when I bought my Wii. I no longer 'trade in' consoles when I buy a new one, but I used to do that almost every time once it became a thing. I did keep my GBA and DS though. I'm still glad I did as I often play them even today. It amazes me that the GC and some its games have become expensive collectibles now. When I sold them, I think I got just enough to get a discount on the Wii and something like three games with the proceeds.
Weird, but not in a bad way.....that sums up Nintendo pretty much. I love how quirky they are.
It's great that Sega and Nintendo patched things up, got over the console wars and made some great games together. Getting Sega games on Nintendo consoles was a really smart move. Super Monkey Ball for Game Cube is a good example of that. There was also later a very impressive version if it for the Wii in which you controlled the ball by tilting the controller. Genius!
Burnout 2!!! It is my favorite racing game. When I play racing games, the main thing I do is crash, so why not play a racing game that rewards you for crashing? Brilliant! Here's a funny thing, I helped a friend's kid, who I was tutoring, learn a bit about how to drive before his dad allowed him to touch his car. We'd play Burnout 2 with a steering wheel and pedals and talk about what Nevada laws we were breaking, what the damage would cost to fix in today's world, what sorts of injuries you'd sustain from the wrecks, etc. It was fun, but it did help me get my point across about the importance of driving safely.
Cell Shading! It looks fantastic! The GC was pretty good at rendering it as well. Looked so much better than the blocky polygonal attempts at photorealism that were around back in the day. One of the best examples of it was Legend of Zelda Wind Waker.
Batman Vengeance certainly looked cool. It did a good job of capturing the wonderful animated series. I enjoyed playing it coop with my wife who is almost as much of a comic book and game nerd as I am. Star Wars Rogue Leader is excellent! Even better than the N64 version. That game and the GC Metroid games proved that this little box could actually do. Too bad that they didn't release more games as good as these two.
This video was fun to watch. Thanks!
Maaan back in 2001 i though Driven was one of the coolest films ever
ESPN Winter Sports 2002 as a series goes all the way back to the NES with Konami's "Track & Field." It makes more sense as a minigame collection than a sports game.
Glad to see you cover the launch of the gamecube, plus it couldn’t have come out at a better time because i just rebought Sonic adventure two, and the resident evils.
It's my birthday today! Thank you for a great birthday present man! Love the work keep it up!! 👍
when I was a kid, I got batman vengeance and I couldn't get past like the third level, but boy did I play it alot. Now it houses both my original copy, and my Simpson's hit and run disc
i know it wasn't a launch title but instead of dave's bmx and tony's board i loved Aggressive Inline
I had NHL Hitz growing up. Thank you for reminding me it exists. You just took me back
Sonic Battle 2 Scar me. The little chaos can never left my head..... and Madden 2002 was 0ne of The Best Madden Games that ever came out.
austin being a ska fan makes a lot of sense, i knew i was subscribed for a reason
Wave Race's water was the gold standard for years!! No one could beat that for so long
All your videos are well done and right up my alley this channel should be at a million subs by now cmon guys
I got my gamecube when Smash Melee came out. Best holiday EVER....!!!!!
It's wild to hear someone bring up Tarzan Untamed. It was one of the few games my parents got me for the GCN and I definitely did not enjoy it nearly as much as my parents thought they would 😬
Extreme G is still the fastest game I have ever played on even to this day, that going through the sound barrier 😍this series needs to be revived definitely my favourite racing game of all time without a shadow of a doubt.
Whats A Matter Man is an underrated classic on the THPS3 soundtrack and you wont convince me otherwise 😤😤😤
I appreciate you falling on this sword for me brother.
Ironically wave race bluestorm was referenced in the most nintendo way possibile: Its the Gamecube disc you can find in Pikmin 4 specifically a japanese copy too
Man, I played the hell out of Tarzan Untamed/Freeride when I was young. Spent a lot of time mastering the bungee jumping challenges!
I remember playing the FIFA World Cup 2002 game, I remember having a good time at it, laughing loudly at times.
Man, Super Mario Sunshine really didn't drop as a launch game ANYWHERE, huh? I had actually forgotten about that...
Gamecube was a somewhat sad thing for me as it was the console where I actually skipped Nintendo for the allure of Sony. It was the included DVD, I tell ya- made my parents really favor that one. Also, oddly enough- Devil May Cry. I had read about that game and become OBSESSED with it for some reason, and as Christmas time came rolling around and I could make a wish for a console I wanted the one that could play Devil May Cry. Dante just has that aura, what else can be said?
I popped for the Shining Force mention at the end. Kid me played nothing but that, Streets of Rage 2, Road Rash 2, and Clue on my Genesis.
Awesome, Gamecube love (also, despite having grown with BRPF, I never knew until now it was a launch title in PAL regions)
Bet he was proud of being LIL D forever lol...
I remember seeing RE remake in magazines at the time and wow. Rouge squadron is still a looker and probably the best looking game that generation, the water in Sunshine still looks awesome. Really enjoyed the GC overall graphical presentation, it’s too bad Halo was on Xbox lol
Rogue scadron looked good but any high budget xbox game looked as good or better. Still a beautiful game but the xbox was just way more powerful.
@@alexandrebelair4360 yes, on paper the the Xbox is more powerful, but the ATI “flipper” graphics chip was a bit more advanced than the Nvidia one in the Xbox. Both were no slouches at the time. I just prefer the Gc output, always looked “cleaner” to me
I got a GameCube for Christmas in like 2003ish I think, but I still have it. Loved that thing growing up, about a month ago I noticed the cmos battery must’ve died because when I replayed twilight princess, my GameCube’s clock read a date for 2016
The first game I owned for the GC was Mario Party 7 'cause it was bundled with mine...but the first game I ended up playing on it was that Ed, Edd, n Eddy Mis-Edventures game. Those sure were simpler times lol.
Fun fact the GameCube came out around when I was born!
(I was born in November 14 along with the OG XBOX)
Also Harry Potter and the scorcher’s stone!
When do you think you should talk about the OG XBOX launch titles?
Hey, it's great to see that kids today are interested in the GameCube and Xbox... oh, wait a minute... you're entering your mid 20s now?
_Aging intensifies_
The GCN did not get the recognition it deserved on release.
I was late to the new generation, having a GBA before even a GC, and only playing a small portion of every consol before it.
When PS2 was launched and the Dreamcast failed, lost was a portion of good ol' Arcade (points & coins/lives) and Platform Adventures. With greater fidelity came more reality.
GCN, and perhaps early XBx, tried to hold on to that mentality. These launch titles were well thought out Tech Demo Games.
Nintendo no doubtedly has a spicefic image in mind for their company and can push out some timeless stuff.
P.S.
I played THPS3 for the first time on PS1.
Rogue Squadron 2 still looks good!
Not a bad lineup, NHL Hitz series was a blast to play for sure. I actually like it better than Blitz if I go back to play one.
Jet skis are a relic?? I guess Austin has never been to a large body of water 🤣🤣
At least in mainstream media! They were EVERYWHERE.
I wasn't into the Tony Hawk series as a kid so the Dave Mira games were my jam, jank and all!
13:55 The segue was bad. I love it. :D
THERE'S A DRIVEN VIDEO GAME?! That movie is a giant meme in the Indycar community.
Super Monkey Ball is my favorite launch title for the gamecube
I was not expecting seeing La Brujita Verón getting a yellow card in an Austin Eruption, yet here we are
Acclaim REALLY loved the GameCube, huh? My favorite launch game is Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader!
41:51 Adventure Quackers.
I really like to see a remaster of Batman Vengeance in modern consoles. One of the best license Batman games made by Ubisoft of all people.
Looking forward to this new type of videos you're making & honestly I want to see one for the PlayStation 3 also I was surprised at the Scarlet Nexus mention, need to play more of that game
The PS3 is absolutely up there for me! I gotta talk about that one arpg whose name escapes me
@@austineruption oh sweet! Looking forward to that!
There has been at least one reference to Wave Race Blue Storm since its release. It's one of the collectible treasures in Pikmin 4.
Had my GCN day one. We got THPS 3 and NHL Hitz. Both certified bangers.
That dmake of the all i want was legit epic!!
Another lunch break, another AustinEruption banger
Someday a retro game you tube channel is going to do a launch lineup video of the 3DO. It will be 4 minutes long and just be about Crash N Burn
I loved playing Extreme G 2 on PC, a real hidden gem!
28:21 ooh, now get ready for Konami to pickup the Fifa license things are about to get crazier
4:24 So the Gamecube's controller was originally planned to have the A, B, and Start buttons be the same colors as the A,B, and Start buttons on the N64?