My Top 10 GameCube Games
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- The Nintendo GameCube was an incredible little console with a boatload of amazing games. Here are my ten favorites.
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The GameCube wasn’t the success Nintendo was expecting but it was a success in our heart I had so many beautiful memories with my GameCube
Well said! 💕
Ohyes!
Preach it!!
I'll never understand why the Gamecube performed so poorly. Its games have a pure quality that leave the Wii's motion and the Switch's portability in its dust!
@@derekw8039 It was that generation of gaming that made it clear that just saying, "This console lets you play these fun games" wasn't going to work anymore.
The GameCube was competing against the PS2, which many people bought purely as a DVD player because it was cheaper than actual DVD players, and partly because of the PS2's huge sales numbers, all the third-party devs flocked to the PS2, giving people even more reason to pick the PS2 over the GameCube. The most notable example of that was the Capcom 5: five Capcom games were promised to be GameCube exclusives, and only the bad ones and the cult classics ended up remaining GameCube exclusives; the rest, including Resident Evil 4, got PS2 ports that greatly outsold their GameCube versions.
Nintendo learned that they couldn't maintain console sales purely through first-party titles anymore, while PlayStation and Xbox learned absolutely nothing. So, today, Nintendo relies on creative hardware features to stay relevant while PlayStation and Xbox rely on hoarding exclusive titles to stay relevant.
I'm just gonna say it: I loved the Spider-Man 1 game
It was a great game and I remember completing it and being told to go outside and I did
Is there any other game, not ego, that let's you fly around as the Green Goblin?
Spider Bowling was so addicting! I also like that they put in villains that were not in the game like the shocker and vulture. Underated gem by treyarch.
Nice
@@skyboxeye cool
The GameCube lineup was seriously something else.
Yes but c'mon, stop the nostalgia trip, the Switch's library is basically objectively way better.
The first party games are better, I will defend to my death that Mario Sunshine is a bad game, and the GC doesn't even come close the Switch in terms of third parties, the GC had some good ones but overall it was ridiculous. The Switch may not have all the big new AAAs, but other than that it has basically most major franchises of all gaming history.
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@@lucashen9686 It does not have as many good games as the Gamecube does, but ye at the end of its life cycle it might have
@@snosan if absolutely does. First, Mario Sunshine is not a very good game, it's the worst 3D Mario, Mario Odyssey is one of the best. GB did not have many legacy games. LM3 is the best game in the series. KFL is the best in the Kirby series.
It did not have mainline Pokémon games. No mainline 2D Metroid. Melee is not as good as Ultimate, we don't even need to compare Double Dash to MK8D. The Switch has Splatoon, Xenoblade. Paper Mario OK might not be as good as the old ones, but you have the first one on NSO.
And when it comes too third parties, the Switch absolutely humiliates GC.
The only major thing the Switch is missing is Metroid Prime.
The Switch has far more good games, 4-5 times more.
The only thi
@@lucashen9686 Mario Sunshine is not a very good game according to you maybe, but to most people (me included) its a great game and one of my favorite Mario games. The pokemon games on the GC are better then the pokemon games released so far on the Switch, athough arceus is absolutely a step in the right direction. GC has Star wars rogue leader2, metroid prime 1+2, pikmon 1+2, Zelda windwaker, twilight princess and Collection + master quest, melee is considered by most to be the best smash game, eternal darkness, soul calibur 2, resident evil 4, RE: remake, MGS, best paper mario game, killer7, F-zero GZ viewtful joe, tales of symphonia, PSO 1+2 and the list goes on.
You can make a case that you personally dont think GC has more good games, but I think most people would disagree with you on that. GC had an absolutely insane number of good games. Also when it comes to exclusive 3rd party the GC was way superior, the switch barely has any of those it mostly have ported 3rd party games from the last generation.
The switch is a great console for sure and it still has milage left which is why I say that it will probably be on par or better when its all said and done, but imo its not there yet.
It’s still surprising to me that Nintendo considers the GameCube a failure. It’s library is one of the most solid line-ups ever. The hardware seldom ever experienced issues and the games all ran so well.
Sales matter more than anything.
It's the second worst selling Nintendo system only behind the Wii U, it's basically Nintendo's equivalent to the Sega Saturn right down to the unreasonable prices for its games. It barely was beaten by the XBOX. If not for the Dreamcast' demise the GameCube would have been in last!
True but idc, the gc is amazing either way sales or not.
The Gamecube sold 21 million. If I remember correctly, Nintendo did lose a lot of fans during that era. It is a shame though because the console did have amazing games on it. However, compared to the PS2, the Gamecube had poor 3rd Party Support and the hype of the PS2 having the ability to play DVDs is what hurt it.
@@polycube868 damn the wii u and gamecube did worse than the virtual boy
When I clicked on this video I pretty much knew he was going to say TTYD, Wind Waker, Sunshine, and at least one of the Pikmin and Metroid Prime games.
Same!
And that he was going to leave out Pac-Man World 2… 😣
I wonder if the Pac-Man community with members like SuperStarfyKid2002, Nic2751, Soshi the Yoshi, factor5fanatic and etc are gonna find this comment. 😁
It’s been a week and even they never found out. 😕
And?
He isn't wrong 🤣
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F-Zero GX deserves so much more love. It’s easily my favorite racing game of all time
F-Zero GX is my favorite Gamecube game and just one of my favorite games of all time. It's a shame it's forgotten so often.
GX is the best racing game of all time*
Greatest arcade racer I've ever played. No racing game has the mechanics, perfect control, speed, as fun tracks etc with 30 other racers like GX. It's in a league of its own.
Metroid Prime is, to this day, my favourite game of all time. For a first-timer jumping into the world of Metroid, and still relatively young to gaming, it really opened my eyes to what games could truly be. The environmental story-telling, the massive amounts of lore that you have to find and piece together, the feeling of getting stronger the farther you push into the game, the beautiful world, the excellent music, the fantastic gameplay... nothing else really comes close for me. Every other game I play, I can point out flaws, I can point out problems, and I can even have my opinion completely flip over time. But if Metroid Prime isn't perfect, then it's as close as it gets.
Agreed completely, 100%. I truly think Metroid Prime is literally a perfect game, or at least the closest thing to a perfect game the world has ever seen. It’s truly, truly an incredible game.
better than dread?
@@Road_to_Dawn is it better than dread
100% agree man what I would do to replay the whole series again with no knowledge of tricks and the game overall even after the countless times Ive played Prime is still my best game of all time.
Metroid prime a masterpiece unto itself
The Gamecube is probably my favorite home console. So many memories. Some of my top games
F Zero GX
SSBM
Path of Radiance
Tales of Symphonia
Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime
The list can honestly go on forever. Just so many amazing games.
Welp, it seems like (almost) everybody likes to sleep on Pac-Man World 2 because I’m the only person who wants to see it on lists of best sixth-Gen console games but I bet it’s just so upset that it never saw the light of day on those lists.
But yeah, those games are also awesome and defined fun for the GameCube, I just wish the Pac-Man World games for home consoles got about as much recognition and praise (heck, even Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2 are GameCube games that are more talked about than any Pac-Man game for the same console with the recent releases of Super Monkey Ball games like Banana Blitz HD and Banana Mania!)
Path of Radiance is such a great game, as are so many GameCube games to be honest
yesss F-Zero GX
F Zero GX is hands down my #1 GameCube game…. It’s so good my top 5 would be
1.F Zero GX
2.Super Smash Bros Melee
3. LOZ Windwaker
4.Metroid Prime
5.Luigis Mansion
Same here - I was fortunate to be raised in a family that thoroughly enjoyed playing videogames, so I had the privilege of my family having a GameCube, N64, Wii, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, etc - but the GameCube is the ONLY console I still find myself routinely going back to.
Luigi's Mansion
Paper Mario
Mario Sunshine
Battalion Wars
Mario Kart Double Dash
Zelda Wind Waker
Zelda Twilight Princess
Smash Bros Melee
Mario Party 4, 5, 6, and 7
Mario Strikers
Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2
Metal Arms - A Glitch in the System
Harvest Moon
Mario Golf
Mario Baseball
These are games that still hold up today, that I frequently wip out at parties and everyone's down to play. And when you look at the processing and graphical leap the GameCube had from the N64, it's absolutely NUTS in retrospect. Plus, my console never failed, my controllers always worked, it was easy to bring to friend's houses, the system is a total 10/10.
I was actually just having a chat with my girlfriend the other day about how it's a shame Nintendo seems to never acknowledge GameCube nostalgia the way it does with the NES, SNES, and N64. Stop at any store that sells graphic tees and you'll find a shirt with these consoles referenced - and yet, I've never seen a GameCube shirt in the wild before. I've met many people with mixed opinions on the NES and N64 but I've *never* met more devoted and nostalgic fans than GameCube fans.
I will never forget booting up my GameCube for the first time and being blown away by Prime and Melee's graphics.
The jump from the N64 to the GameCube generation was the most dramatic improvement I've ever seen.
I still remember the first time I saw GameCube graphics "in person". It was Wave Race at a kiosk at a music store. I was struck by the frame rate and resolution.
Definitely loved the framerates. Amazing that our beloved N64 Zeldas ran at 16-20 fps.
I’ll say right now that TTYD is my favorite GameCube game… what an era man.
One of the best ever made
It’s my favorite game. GOAT.
Same! I don't care HOW many haters say it's "Kinda Overrated"! It's still a masterpiece!
Such an excellent game^^
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Animal Crossing seriously felt so magical when I was younger when information about games wasn't immediately avaiable. It literally felt like the amount of random encounters and interactions was endless depending on what time you were playing. Just the idea of playing at an hour you normally wouldn't having new bugs and fish and even npcs was so cool. Playing it with my siblings and not knowing what we could encounter the next day are my favorite gaming memories ever
I love Pokemon Colosseum and XD a lot, the former in particular. They're fascinating experiments for the Pokemon series. They have a darker tone with grittier locals, a fantastic soundtrack, and making a game entirely out of Double Battles was a great idea to freshen things up. I just wish we'd get another game in that series one of these days.
TTYD is one of my all time favorites. I can't say anything that hasn't already been said about it. It's fantastic, and sadly it seems like Nintendo never plans to return to that style ever again.
Chibi Robo is a blast and a very unique experience.
Soul Calibur II is probably my all time favorite fighting game.
Rebel Strike and Rogue Leader are incredibly fun and have great multiplayer modes.
Monkey Ball is of course excellent and always will be.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is one of my all time favorite co-op games.
Not all of these are exclusives, but they're some of the games I played the most on the console. And I just have a ton of fond memories of the console... even if I didn't own one as a kid.
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My problem with pokemon XD is that the main character looks sooooo uninteresting, the coliseum one looks way cooler, i wish they kept him for the sequel
I, too, have come to want to see Pokemon games employ more double battles, primarily so that the more defensive and supportive mons (ex. the Happiny line) could hold more viability in story playthroughs. That and the other different battle formats can, in fact, probably help each mainline game feel more diverse as well (though not necessarily as a full substitute for shake-ups in the formula as a whole) and make players figure out different strategies for each one.
XD would definitely be my number 1. I played that game over and over and never got bored of playing it.
Funny story. We bought the Spider-Man 1 game at a used game store, but when they put the disc in behind the counter, they gave us Spider-Man 2 on accident. We fell in love with it, but being honest people we decided to make it right... by also buying the 2nd game and telling them to put the Spider-Man 1 disc in it.
It was certainly a downgrade, but we had some fun with it.
The SM1 game isn’t the greatest, but it was fun back in the day.
“Looks like the freak wants to play!”
Who's we?
@@DeltathRiylaan My family. As in I have siblings. And my mom was there. She kind of drove because I was 13.
@@nathanlasart226 No way to know without clarification!
Even though I didn't grow up with the GameCube, I got it recently and it's honestly one of the best consoles I've ever played! So many great ideas and it was seriously Nintendo at its best! I mean, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Four Swords Adventures were basically GameCube treasures and were incredibly unique while offering great gameplay still! Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, and more got their starts here on GameCube and are arguably still the best game in their series still! I just seriously love this thing, man! By the way, do you guys have any GameCube memories you'd like to share? I'm genuinely curious!
I never owned a GameCube, but every year I'd go on a long drive to a summer camp with my friend and we'd play his GameCube the whole way there. We were in an mini-van with one of those little flip-down screens in the backseat. For six hours there and back the only thing we'd do is Monkey Ball and Melee.
I didn't think I would see anyone else mention Four Swords Adventures. I bought the game hoping to play it with my siblings, as I thought a multiplayer Zelda would be cool. I was immediately disappointed when it turned out that the multiplayer required those GBA cables, which we did not have. Eventually, I figured I may as well play it single-player. So I did, and it was a lot of fun. Even when playing alone, controlling four Links at once was a lot of fun thanks to clever stuff like formations and having one Link be able to grab and throw another. I honestly would've loved to see a proper single-player Zelda game that used Four Swords Adventures' method of controlling four Links at once; that could've been really good.
The "Secret" levels of Super Mario Sunshine. I have distinct memories of jamming out to the background music that played in those levels at first and then slowly would curse the heavens for the hard platforming for my 10-year self at the time.
The other is playing Metroid Prime for the 1st time and getting the the Phazon Mines and getting legitimately scared everytime I entered a new room because of the Space Pirates. Love that game though. I remember getting lost and scanning every nook and cranny with the scan visor.
I remember discovering the platinum GameCube hiding in a closet that would be my Christmas gift with super Mario sunshine. I couldn't stop thinking about it and couldn't wait to open it.
Sunshine looked amazing, I hadn't gotten too far into it when I couldn't find the game case and freaked out. My dad took it by accident along with blockbuster movie rentals and returned it. I cried to him about losing the game and went to blockbuster and they had it there🤣
DK Jungle Beat is absolute batshit crazy fun. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn't played it, especially with the original bongo controls.
Twilight Princess, F-Zero GX, Starfox Adventures, Kirby's Air Ride, Resident Evil Remake (and Zero)! Man, this console was awesome back in the day. It still is!
My top 10 would be
10. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
9. Luigi's Mansion
8. Starfox Adventures
7. Pikmin
6. Super Mario Sunshine
5. Sonic Heroes
4. Pikmin 2
3. Smash Bros Melee
2. TLOZ Windwaker
1. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Based on how much I played all of those as a kid... I'd say that's my placement. Chao garden was my favorite thing to do.
No TTYD! NOOOOOO!
based list
Actually, I have a lot of fondness for Star Fox Adventure too. Very different, but good.
StarFox Adventures. Wow - core memory unlocked. I still remember to this day, not being able to complete a stupid button mashing mini game that you had to do at some point in the game to continue the story and getting really, really frustrated and upset and then my big bro comes and like beats it for me on his first try.
Fair enough
I'm going to assume you've never played the Gamecube Pokemon games and recommend Pokemon Colosseum to you. When modern Pokemon isn't quite doing it for you, it's not a bad idea to go back and try a game in the series you haven't played before. It's a really interesting take on the world of Pokemon that keeps the gameplay from the main series while offering a completely unique journey through a new region. And though its sequel was technically a lot better, that first game to me feels way more special.
If you have played them and just didn't like them then I apologize.
Edit: Shoutouts to the dude in the replies who started a Let's Play to prove a point.
The mandatory 2v2 battles really add a layer of strategy beyond "make pikemon strong hit hard" that the base games become. And the shadow pokemon are just a fun concept
I remember being super excited for Pokemon Colosseum. I got it day one with the bonus disc and started playing it right away. I absolutely hated it. The story was boring, the characters were underdeveloped, the mechanics were clunky. I was hoping for a next gen Pokemon Stadium and all I got was a mediocre stadium clone locked behind an underbaked Pokemon game.
I got way more use out of the bonus disc. That Jirachi spent a lot of time in my party in Pokemon Ruby.
He hasn't played them, and if he did he'd mention like 2 1/2 things he liked about them and then spend the next 8 minutes going on about the dozens of things he hates about them. and then he'd insist that no, really, he likes Pokemon games, he really liked them 17 years ago so obviously that means he still likes them today, right? yeah he still likes Pokemon, he just only hates all of the ones that have come out for the past decade, that's all. But he still likes Pokemon, really....
@@Davanthall You can't let someone's thoughts on a series live rent-free in your head like this, man.
@@Davanthall why do you care if Arlo doesn’t like the new pokekmon remake lol ? did you make it ? 😂
I'm just here for a second to let everyone know how great Eternal Darkness was.
taking your advice and pirating it right now
Someone else who remembers Eternal Darkness!!! That's one of my all time favorite GC games. It's a shame it was so underrated in its time, and it's a complete shame that Silicon Knights went the way of the dinosaurs and we'll never get another one.
This would have been on my top 10 list too!
Yes yes yes!
Probably the creepiest game ever made.
honestly, luigi's mansion still looks really good today. the lighting in particular is a really creative implementation of dynamic shadows.
I remember playing it when it came out, and it was such a massive leap over the n64 that it totally blew my mind.
Eternal Darkness was a stand out title for me, it was perfect for playing late night with friends, and I think it really predicted it crystallized a lot of internet horror culture.
I will always love the James Bond-games for the GameCube. But also Animal Crossing, Double Dash, Monkey Ball and many more. Such a great console. Also, I love the Zelda music at the start
What's moneyball? Or did you mean Monkey ball lol.
007 everything or nothing was one of the games I grew up with, no clue at all if it holds up the test of time since it's probably been close to a decade since i've played it, but I have pretty fond memories of that game.
I remember playing Nightfire multiplayer a lot with my relatives. That was a lot of fun.
Moneyball is a great movie. Haha
@@slenderfoxx3797 I meant monkey ball, thanks
The GameCube will forever by my favorite game console. It was my first home game console I got during a Christmas and was my first time getting into so many genres of games and IP's from Nintendo. So many great memories ❤
Metroid Prime is the most important game I have ever played, and probably ever will play.
The original Metroid was difficult and obtuse, and I quickly resorted to online maps and tips, but Super Metroid drew me in. I wanted to explore, find things for myself, and conquer its challenges myself. It and Symphony of the Night defined my favorite genre. So when I saw Metroid Prime moving into 3D (a year after Halo, when FPS seemed to be taking over) I lamented. I was worried Metroid had become another game series trying to chase the success of Halo.
But I picked up the game anyway, and not only did I get a masterpiece of a game, I learned that a genre of game isn’t as locked to gameplay or graphics as i thought. It completely changed my attitude toward the soon to be released wind waker, and has shaped how I judge games ever since.
On an unrelated note, the GameCube has a solid Mario, two excellent Zeldas, two Pikmin, a solid Mario kart, one of the best Smash brothers, and (before dread) my two favorite Metroid games. As far as games released first party, it’s Nintendo’s best console. The Switch is capable of beating that, but its not there yet.
Just dropping a comment to give StarFox Assault some love, as it's my favorite game in the series and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. Great visuals, a banger of a soundtrack, and an addictive multiplayer that my friends and I spent way too much time playing.
Given your stated love for Twilight Princess in some of your early videos I'm kind of surprised it didn't at least get an honorable mention along similar lines to Prime 2 (GC game but primarily played on Wii).
I absolutely adore the Gamecube. It was my first console and it will always be very special to me. Unfortunately, collecting for it is not fun right now. So expensive.
Maybe he prefers the Wii version and he's saving it for a Wii list?
Yeah he said it was his fav. Odd
To me Twilight Princess is a WiiCube game lol.
I really liked Kirby Air Ride. Just roaming around Endless City Trial Mode was a good time. With all of the mechanics in place for controlling just Kirby off of any Star, I'm surprised there wasn't a 3D Kirby Game?
Yeah, I really liked Kirby Air Ride. There was so much you could do in that game. And the events, and city trail make it super replay able
Id love to see a sequel/remake with a larger sized city trial. The concept was fantastic though the execution was a bit flawed. We need a sequel to do for City Trial what Breath of the Wild did to Windwaker
TL:DR I passed up the option to buy smash for Kirby.
i was at Toys R Us and my dad said i could get ONE game so i kept looking and my dad said "how bout this one" handing me a copy of smash. im thinking the kid equivalent of "WTF is this? How would a game with all the Nintendo characters play?" so i decided that whatever game i was going to pick should be one i know i will like. i had played kirby superstar on my friend's dad's SNES so i went with Air Ride.
i later played smash on the wii and was blown away. instant love. Especially the campaign.
Kirby airide is better than mario kart in my opinion
I played so much of Air Ride! I loved every mode in that game so much, but I especially remember just spending HOURS exploring City Trial Mode over and over again.
Star Fox Adventures was the source of some surprisingly nostalgic memories for me. It wasn't a very good Star Fox game, but it was enjoyable.
The GameCube was my first console ever and I can't express how much I love it. My favorites (in no particular order) were F-Zero GX, Super Mario Sunshine, TLOZ The Wind Waker, Wario World, SSBM, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2 and Luigi's Mansion
I still love Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. It was the one that got me into the whole series, and I have so many fond memories of the game... as well as some great contenders for favorite characters in media as a whole.
Same; Path of Radiance is the game that got me into Fire Emblem (though Smash Bros. Melee was how I learned that the series existed) and it's still my favourite video game, and Ike is definitely one of my favourite game protagonists (#1 is either him or Link).
Metroid Prime is one of the best games ever made.
I went from knowing nothing about Metroid to being a massive fan in the last 6 months
Big mood, I hadn’t played any of the Metroid games till I started playing Super Metroid on the Mini SNES like 6 months ago and now I’ve played all the 2D games and am halfway through the Prime trilogy. It’s wild to think I was missing out on so many amazing games for so long
One of us, one of us...
same. its my favorite game of all time
same actually. I'd only finished super metroid a few months ago, and since playing through dread, prime, and a plethora of metroidvanias, it's become, in all likelihood, my favorite game series of all time.
Very good taste, highly recommended the randomizers for prime 1 and 2 if you ever want a twist when replaying the games. No trick or glitch knowledge required
Eh... My personal favorite game on the GameCube feels like a bit of a hidden/underrated gem: Chibi-Robo! It's just kinda weird, lovable, and quirky game that really caught my attention at the time. Still does even though there hasn't been a real mainline title for the series on a console since. Just 3 hand held titles in total, (and one of those was a Japanese exclusive). The park Management one was fun, and stuck to the series formula with a nice twist. But I totally hate the Zip-Lash game it took everything that I personally found fun (from the other 2 games, besides Chibi-Robo!, in the series that I've actually been able to play) out of the game formula but kept the character and asthetics for seemingly no other reason than to get the fans of the series' hopes up. Plus I think buying that game is still the only way to get a Chibi-Robo amiibo. Which feels a lot like Nintendo 'nostalgia pandering' to help inflate poor sales figures looking back on it. Which feels a kinda scummy. Definitely loved Pikmin 2 also. And loved Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion.
Chibi-Robo was excellent. A modern port would be incredible to see but I think Nintendo's given up on the franchise, unfortunately.
Really difficult to make a top ten of what's also my favorite console of all time, but here is my attempt:
10. Sonic Adventure
9. Skies Of Arcadia
8. Wind Waker
7. Luigi's Mansion
6. Mario Kart: Double Dash
5. Metroid Prime
4. Pikmin
3. Mario Sunshine
2. Resident Evil 4
1. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
5 honorable mentions:
Eternal Darkness
Pikmin 2
Sonic Heroes
Resident Evil (Remake)
Metroid Prime 2
I loved Skies of Arcadia so much, too!
SUCH a great console with such incredible games! Here's my top 10!
10. Chibi-Robo
9. Smash Bros Melee
8. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
7. Mario Kart: Double Dash
6. The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker
5. Luigi's Mansion
4. Pikmin 1 and 2 (I couldn't choose one over the other)
3. Kirby Air Ride
2. Metroid Prime 1 and 2 Echoes (See 4)
1. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (No, it's NOT overrated!)
And yes. I also had the first Spider-Man movie game. The best part was hearing Bruce Campbell randomly say he was getting a sandwich during the tutorial.
@@googamp32 I loved that part too XD
@@googamp32 Owned the first Spider-Man game. I love that Bruce Campbell is so sarcastic during the tutorial. If you die against a grunt he will say, "Well, you got pounded up by the WEAKEST Enemy in the entire game....that's not something to brag about.
I'll regulate my list to 1 per series. (Sorry Resident Evil.) In no particular order:
Resident Evil 4. I consider this to be my favorite game of all time.
F-Zero GX. I was OBSESSED reading the character profiles in the manual. The blistering fast races, wanting to complete the story mode (I never did), and the so bad that they're good cutscenes kept me coming back for more.
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Though I never completed it, the sanity meter and story hooked me until I couldn't get past the next to last level. (I knew it was the next to last level because of a strategy guide.)
Mario Power Tennis. I had many fun matches playing this with family. It's also the game that made me fall for Daisy. Lastly, I'd rewatch that opening cinematic A LOT. It just looked amazing.
Metroid Prime. This...is just...a masterpiece. Need I say more?
Super Mario Strikers. Another one where I had a ton of fun playing with family.
007: Everything or Nothing. I only ever played the coop mode with my little sister if you can believe that. We enjoyed it a lot. I may have done the first level in the campaign.
Time Splitters: Future Perfect by a hair over 2. The controls were just better in FP vs 2. My little sister and I had a blast with campaign coop, vs mode multiplayer, arcade challenges, map maker, etc. It's the type of game where if it released for the first time within the past 10 years, a 3rd of the content would probably be paid dlc. Just so much fun content.
Super Smash Bros Melee. I wasn't a pro player or anything, but the trophies and adventure mode made me a Nintendo fan. That's another where I watched the opening cinematic multiple times and REALLY wanted Nintendo to just make an Nintendo All Star crossover animated movie.
Beyond Good and Evil. I bought this on sale for $15 or $20 a few months after its release and was pleasantly surprised. Such a solidly good action adventure game for the time.
Honorable mention to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds. I liked the show back in the day and this was one of the few licensed games done well at the time. It kept true to the source material without feeling gimmicky or forced game mechanics other than the multiplayer. Not perfect (I spent more time fighting the camera than Anya in her boss fight), but if you like the show, definitely worth a playthrough.
Final note: The 1st Spider-Man movie tie-in game was the first GameCube game that I bought and that was mainly because the Toys R Us I was in didn't have Resident Evil, there were no other stores close by that sold games, and I REALLY wanted to go home with a game that afternoon after buying my GCN. It wasn't a bad game. It was short. Bruce Campbell narrating tutorials/tips was a good listen. It was serviceable until I bought RE.
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The gamecube was a magical system. I hope we get all of these games on the switch
Maybe.... but only with an additional gamecube extension pass for 35,99$ per year 8)
Oh and there will only be 5 games at the start.
And now we have Metroid Prime Remastered, getting Tales of Symphonia in a couple weeks, and getting Baten Kaitos I and II in a few months!
And TTYD remake.
Personally my favorite is Tales of Symphonia, amazingly deep characters that don't seem like much on the surface, banger ost, 10/10 gameplay, and the dungeons and puzzles (EXCLUDING THE DARKNESS DUNGEON) are pretty fun!!
It's kinda amazing how much Gamecube games revolutionized so many franchises into what they are now. Games like Melee, Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Pikmin, and so many others experimented with so much, and so much of it worked. Even the experiments that unfortunately never left the Gamecube generation are still monumental and mark several of my franchise favorites, and really deserve a 2nd chance in the modern generation, particularly MarioKart DoubleDash and especially TTYD. While I don't think the Gamecube was quite as revolutionary as the N64 it was a worthy successor to it, and while the Wii and Switch are their own legendary hardwares the Gamecube is a severely underrated gem that definetely deserves more recognition. (Sadly, the Wii U is the runt of the litter that is hard to praise outside of Splatoon.)
Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, & Animal Crossing all started on GameCube. Mario Party 5 revolutionized Mario Party games, I have to disagree with you on Sunshine revolutionizing Mario though. Pokemon Colosseum & XD:Gale of Darkness were in the category of Double Dash & Kirby AirRide. Sonic made the leap to 3rd Party by means of GameCube & GBA which could link together. Paper Mario TTYD was a refinement of the N64 Paper Mario, which serves as a shining beacon of what the series is supposed to be like. Goombella really deserves to appear more as a way of representing the Paper Mario series.
The GC introduced Krystal to the Star Fox series by means of its most experimental game. The GameCube saw the tech development of what would eventually be the 2010s Decade Kirby Main Series. GameCube had the capability of playing games at 720p HD & 1 game (Phantasy Star Online) actually came with an online adapter for it. GameCube even had a few other add ons like LAN & the GBA Player. Let's also not forget that GameCube had the best controller that Nintendo has ever made. I never will understand how GameCube supposedly got outsold by Xbox.
If only some of the other franchises of Nintendo's didn't take a final bow here...could you even imagine a modern _Wave Race_ ?
I know it's no longer a Nintendo exclusive, but Viewtiful Joe was just a stellar game, and I sometimes forget that the series debuted on GameCube, since it still holds up rather well, in terms of graphics, gameplay, music, and pretty much every aspect (though it definitely is on the short side). Such a cool and unique title! 🔥
Agreed! A solid title on the gc for sure. I just picked up a copy to replace the childhood copy
Also glitzville is my absolute favorite part of thousand year door I always look forward to redoing it i just find it charming
I had fun with the first Spider-Mam game. I remember appreciating it had additional scenes beyond the movie story, like fighting the Vulture.
My two favorite Gamecube games that get overlooked are Lost Kingdoms 1&2. It's a really interesting twist on both action RPGs and card mechanics. I rented the first after seeing it in Nintendo Power and got the second as a day 1 purchase.
Overall Good List! Even though on my personal taste, it is missing:
- Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
- Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
- Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness
- Mario Kart Double Dash
- At least one of the Mario Parties
Are you me? Especially with Path of Radiance, but all of those would be on my top 10
I'm happy to see a lot of people listing Path of Radiance in their top 10s; it is a fantastic game.
I'll always remember the Gamecube for being the console that truly got me into the "weird" games. Viewtiful Joe was a huge staple of my childhood, and I loved Geist when I borrowed it in high school. I'll never forget the weekend I rented Billy Hatcher...
2 games I would add to this list that made my gaming teenage years are, Tales of Symphonia and Phantasy Star Episode 1 and 2. I remember a time where I went to a complete stranger's house who was a friend of a friend, that played Symphonia with one of there friends just so we could be 4 real players to beat the secret boss on both are memory cards. Made new friends that day. As for Phantasy Star I still have my memory card with way more hours put into a game then any other I've ever played. Honorable mentions Zelda four swords and Final fantasy Chrystal chronicles. Great games, limited by the fact we needed 4 GBAs and 4 wires to play multiplayer but still amazing experiences.
Fantastic choices.
Things have come and gone for me these last 20 years; relationships, jobs, apartments, opinions on old films I saw as a kid. But one thing that comes to mind as consistent, my love and appreciation for the GC since I got it for xmas of 2002 with Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil remake and Star Wars Rogue Leader.
The Resident Evil remake is hands down my favorite GameCube game. I bought one specifically to play it
Other than that I liked The MGS remake, Twin Snakes
And Eternal Darkness
StarFox Assault was pretty good, and challenging, and did something different but was still good. The last good StarFox.
And the multiplayer! I know it's not the kind of _Star Fox_ people are clamouring for, but I'd love to see the franchise attempt an arena game.
Thanks Arlo, I really enjoyed that!
My favorite Gamecube game will forever be Gotcha Force and I'll jump with joy if Capcom ever decides to expand on it. It's somehow everything I like from my games: Colorful artstyle, a varied cast of playable and collectible characters, NG+ to replay the game infinitely while collecting them all and a charming and goofy story that'll brighten my day. It's very VERY specific, but as a Pokemon only kid (my parents were rather strict on my gaming habits) Gotcha Force was my gateway into more action-focused games. Sadly, it never got a sequel and to my knowledge it's still very unique to this day, so I've been replaying it for the last 18 years and I've loved every second of it.
Pikmin 2 is a masterpiece. Best game on the GC
But Kirby Air Ride...
Pikmin is ugly and unappealing
But thousand years door man… it’s so good
It's not even the best pikmin game on the GC (imo)
Pikmin 2 was better than the original. If it had some differences regarding the caves, it would have been perfect
I was born during the GameCube era. I am now in early adulthood. If you played on the GameCube during its life cycle, you should now feel really old.
My top 10 of the ones I've actually played; there are still a number I'm meaning to get round to:
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Pikmin
- Sonic Adventure DX
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Viewtiful Joe 2
The GameCube is also my favorite console of all time! My favorite GC games are:
10. Sonic Heroes
9. Star Fox Adventures
8. Metroid Prime
7. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
6. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
5. Luigi's Mansion
4. Mario Party 7
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
1. Super Mario Sunshine
My favorite GameCube Game? By far: Tales of Symphonia. I saw my brother play it before I could give myself the chance to try it myself, and when I did, I was HOOKED! The characters, the combat system, the strategy, it was a true RPG treasure! Yes, the game is no longer GameCube exclusive, and the GC version dosn't have the updated content it would have in later re-releases, but only the GC version has that juicy 60fps framerate that everyone who played it loved! I cannot recommend this game enough!
Absolute favorite game for me. Number one.
Apparently you can get a mod for the Steam version that restores the FPS. It's silly how the PS2 version didn't have 60 and just because they used that version for future releases, it got stuck with 30.
I have tales of Symphony and skies of Arcadia for 1-2 years now must get around to playing one day for first time. Which one is better?
ToS is in my top favourite games as well. No exaggeration, I played through the game from start to finish like 15 times.
@@TheSattocs wow really cos next payday I was thinking for my 3ds to get radiant Arcadia eshop £28 which looks very very similar to tos. My 3ds I have every single top RPG series apart from the shin games. Xeno blade chronicles and bravely the higest rated on 3ds.
While this really makes me nostalgic, when you say its the 20 years anniversary now, that also makes me think about how that was the last time we had the chance to play F-Zero..
Also i really do miss Eternal Darkness. That was such a left field game back then. And not only hasnt this kind of sanity meter trolling be done ever again, also the kind of narrative going through different epochs, and experience the things in different times with different characters really drew me in.
I think it helps that the GameCube came around just around the time I graduated from high school and I had a job, so I could buy whatever games I wanted. I think I have sunk more hours into Phantasy Star Online Ep. 1&2 than I spent earning my degree. My friend and I honed each other's Soul Calibur 2 skills to a lethal edge. I was so hell-bent on earning an A rank on every mission of Sonic Adventure 2 that I have every inch of Metal Harbor committed to memory. And this is the tip of the iceberg. I frickin' love that lunchbox.
There are few things I’d love more than an hours long retrospective on the GameCube from the boi himself Arlo
I think breath of the wild is the most recent game that took my breath (haha) away as much as these games on the gamecube did. Mario Kart double dash is still probably the most unique and interesting game in the series, i made a ton of friends at school who all played animal crossing, and mario sunshine. Even if the gameplay was kind of janky, i just loved moving around in that world and just being a part of it was amazing..
And of course, paper mario. Me and my dad would play through the first one together because i didnt know how to read yet at the time, but the thousand year door was out when i was finally old enough to play and enjoy the world on my own, and nothing will ever be able to match that feeling.
True to that. Most gamecube games to me felt so revolutionary and unique for their time. Such a magical and fun time this system was. Imo the Gamecube is Nintendo's Peak era
Mine would be:
10. Pokemon Colosseum/XD Gale of Darkness
9. Super Smash Bros. Melee
8. Luigi's Mansion
7. Custom Robo
6. Pikmin 2
5. Super Mario Sunshine
4. Metroid Prime 2
3. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
2. Paper Mario TYOD
1. Kirby Air Ride
Honorable mentions: Mega Man Command Mission, The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures, and Bomberman Generation.
Other: No Windwaker (I'm not really a fan of it, its actually my least favorite Zelda game. It didn't sit well with me.)
I love Double Dash, but Kirby Air Ride was just leagues better content wise in my opinion. Also, I didn't want to put two racing games in my list.
I sadly didn't play any of the Starfox games when I was little, but I was able to get Command Mission a few years back. Have yet to beat it though. I need to be in the right mood.
Yo you crazy about windwaker but a good ass list. Custom robo and bomberman generation though? So sick, Bomberman jetters was fire too.
@@joejones6353 Its mostly personal reasons why I don't like Windwaker. I thought that only 6 dungeons was a bit boring, the islands barely provided anything fun for me to explore. Ganondorf (Who I absolutely loved in OoT) got fat for some reason-, The Rito being evolved from Zora... for some reason..., and all the Pictograph model stuff. That last one made me literally say: "NOPE. I'M NOT 100 %'ing THIS GAME. IT CAN FUCK ITSELF". Like, it had okay music in my eyes, but not amazing.
Also the fact you lose your sword 5 minutes after acquiring it really really made me angry.
But like, it had enjoyable moments...
Side Mention, Metroid, FE, Bomberman Generation and Jetters, I played around 2010-2013. That's when I was looking for older games I missed and had a few dollars to spend.
@@joejones6353 _CUSTOM ROBO_ IS GREAT AND THE MOST UNJUSTIFIABLY OVERLOOKED FRANCHISE IN NINTENDO HISTORY
Your hype leading up to Animal Crossing and your obsession with it after it was released sounds exactly like my experience. All I had was like two screenshots and a short blurb in Electronic Gaming Monthly, and I was already planning out everything about my town, house, and character. I don't think I've ever been THAT excited for a game since.
The 3 pillars of Arlo. Metroid, Pikmin, and Paper Mario.
My Favorites:
0. (Zelda Twilight Princess) (i played that only on Wii tho)
1. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle #BringBackChaos #SonicAdventure3
2. Super Monkey Ball 1/2
3. Luigi's Mansion
- Mario Sunshine
- Harvest Moon
- Pikmin 1/2
- Mario Party #?
- FZero GX
- Zelda Ocarina of Time (Bonus Disc)
Finally some F-Zero love!
@@Nelsathis I'm saying the same thing. Thank you. It's my #1 easily, followed by Melee and Prime
I adore Fire Emblem Path of Radiance on GC. FE wasn’t super popular yet so it won’t be on many top ten lists but it and the direct sequel on Wii are the peak of the series for me. Shoutouts to F-Zero GX as well. What a note for that series to go out on 😔✊🏻
I agree about Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn being the peak of Fire Emblem; those games were fantastic. Path of Radiance in particular is not only my favourite GameCube game, but my favourite video game.
The GameCube was my very first home console! I agree that all 10 of those games are amazing! Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Arlo!
Watching this video in 2023 is something else. Metroid Prime Remastered was released this year. Resident Evil 4 Remake was released this year. Pikmin 1/2 HD were released this year. A Thousand Year Door Remake was even announced this year! That's almost half of this list represented in just one year of rereleases/updates. Crazy.
The GameCube lacked the majority of worthwhile third-party titles & online features the other consoles had, but the exclusives of GameCube are the only reason people care about it. PS2 & Xbox had their own great exclusives & MASSIVE libraries of games, but it's the GameCube exclusives that people talk about more than the GameCube itself.
Gamecube also had the best versions of many of the few multi-console titles it got. 007 Nightfire, Time Splitters 2, Soul Calibur 2, etc were all multi-console releases that shined on the Gamecube. The exclusives certainly helped sell consoles, but the 3rd party offerings weren't lacking in quality!
GameCube had 1 game with actual online by means of an adapter Phantasy Star Online. Xbox didn't have much in terms of great exclusives & really the GameCube should have beaten it by a large amount in terms of sales. Of course people underestimated the GameCube throughout the entirety of its era because they didn't understand it. Nearly half of GameCube's Library was multiconsole titles I thought. From what I heard GameCube was easier to develop for than its competitors for some 3rd Parties with it being preferred by Sonic Team. Also apparently GameCube could potentially play games at 720p.
The original Xbox didn’t have many exclusives (nor many great ones), as good as Halo was so I’m not sure what you’re talking about there (the 360 was brilliant on both fronts but not its older brother).
It’s true that in terms of quantity Xbox and to a much greater extent the PS2 had more but when it comes to quality I have to disagree and say the GameCube library was superior in terms of the amount of AAA games.
What “amazing” exclusives did the original Xbox have which are genuinely on par with the best 20 the GameCube has?
@@SRPC21 Well said & I question how Xbox sold as many units as it did to this day when it had the least to offer in 2005. Xbox was a joke compared to the 360 & I think Viva Pinata was 1 of the few exclusives Xbox actually had going for it. From what I understand the Disc Scratching was a huge problem & I can't remember which Xbox made the weird sounds if you kept it plugged in.
Still you shouldn't forget that PS2 had Kingdom Hearts 1&2 exclusive to it & managed to amass a library that could rival GameCube's. Of course the PS2 had the weakest hardware of the 4 Gen6 Consoles. I personally still prefer GameCube & know it got cheated out of the sales it deserved.
Finally the GameCube is getting some attention, freakin love that console
Nobody ever talks about it
Attention from longtime Nintendo fans, collectors, younger fans...
Everyone, perhaps, but the dagum company that made it. This is the prime opportunity Nintendo has to take advantage of nostalgia, release ports of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess to Switch, remake the Metroid Prime Trilogy, abd more.
Instead they act like Wind Waker doesn't exist, they have no way to play gamecube on their overpriced online service, and they are out for blood with people that want to play Melee.
It is awful because we WANT to give them money but they want to go in their own bizarre direction.
@@WasatchWind Melee? More like Meh-lee
@@WasatchWind oh no _Wind Waker_ has to made do with the HD re-release it got on Wii U. Let me wipe away my tears for you with the NEVER, EVER GETTING ANOTHER _CUSTOM ROBO_ GAME EVER AGAIN
I believe WW and TP will probably be re-released on Switch somewhere down the line.
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II, Smash Melee, Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD are not only my favorite GameCube games but also 3 of my all time favorite games.
really enjoyed the passion in this video :D
One of my top consoles for sure. I’ve spent so much time and energy (and money) getting my cube modified to perfection. Beautiful system with great hardware features
Some of the ones I love are super smash bros melee, Starfox assault, tales of symphonia, battle for bikini bottom, sonic riders, sonic heroes, and Pokemon xd. I love these to death and recommend them all to anyone looking to play GameCube
battle for bikini bittom was a hidden gem. its sequel kind of squandered the art style though IMO.
banger after banger bro, gamecube was ridiculous
How I wish we'd get another game like Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness. So good.
I never owned Battle for Bikini Bottom on the GameCube, but I did own the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie game on the GameCube; for a movie-license game, it was actually not bad, probably because it reused a ton of assets from Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Arlo is an emotional little puppet.
I was an "adult" when I aquired my game cube. My favorite games on it were Wind Waker, Battalion Wars, Mario Kart, and Smash. Battalion Wars doesn't get much love but that game was incredible.
I grew up with the game cube and for me my personal favorites had to be Luigi’s Mansion, Melee, and Wind Waker. The time I spent playing those were truly amazing! Thanks for the memories Game Cube! ❤️
Some fun games that where on gamecube Destroy all monsters: Melee, Shrek 2, Turok: evolution, monsters inc: scream arena, Mario party 7(the best Mario party), Midway Arcade Treasures 2, Def jam: fight for NY, Rampage: total destruction(multiplayer), a lot of their fighting games are fun
Luigi's Mansion will always be my favorite game on the system. I've played that game to hell and will always be one i can go back to with ease. Along with Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, I've put over 200 hours into that bad boy and still love the hell out of it. Mario Sunhine is up there too. Love everything about that little blue lunch box I just wish Nintendo would release their games from the GC again in HD
Arlo: "My Chao meant a lot to me."
Also Arlo: *Throws a Chao across the screen*
😂
Gamecube was a big part of my teenage years. My most played games on it would be Mario Kart DD, Skies Of Arcadia Legends, Smash Bros Melee, Paper Mario TTYD, Fire Emblem: POR, Time Splitters: Future Perfect, WWE Day Of Reckoning 2, X-Men Legends, and Pokemon Pokemon Colloseum
I'm literally hunting for comments that mention Skies of Arcadia just do I can like them. That was such a positive, fun game!
@@videoket One of the best JRPGs I've ever played. It's so underrated.
I still think to this day that Wind Waker has the single best ending sequence in the entire Zelda series.
Its also the ONLY timeline in which Ganondorf STAYS DEFEATED. The Hero of Wind is underappreciated as one of the most powerful heros in Zelda. All of his enemies are nearly triple his size, the bosses are the size of buildings, he had to both earn AND recharge the Master Sword, and then beat Ganondorf in direct combat. Truly one badass kid.
This brings back so many memories!
My most cherished GameCube game will always be Mario Party 7
My Dad bought it with a GameCube for us for Christmas back when I was 4. And I was absolutely astounded, it was a like movie, but you could move the characters around and it was a game! My siblings did their best to teach me how to play (and secretly had me be a computer player at first), and I had a blast with it. I couldn't read yet back then but I memorized all the information I needed to and played so many rounds of Mario Party while waiting for my older siblings to get home from school. Mario Party 7 and the GameCube are both what got me into my love of video games and I'll forever cherish them for that.
I found myself nodding along with a lot of these (the chao garden!!! Luigis mansions graphics!! The entire perfection of the thousand year door!!!) but I haven't actually thoroughly played a lot of these other ones! Which is to say, I now have a renewed interest in playing them at some point. Fun list!
Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness was one of my go to games because of the unique approach that NEEDS to make a comeback.
Say what you will, but Luigi's Mansion was and still is a gem.
When it came to a good Sonic game worth coming back to, it's definitely Sonic Riders.
If there's 1 game series that deserves a revival, it's Custom Robo. The battles are fun and the story may be cheesy, but it kept my attention.
Smash bros. Melee kept catching me by surprise with some of the new characters showing up out of nowhere.
I'll never forget when I first got a GameCube for my birthday. The first game I had was Sonic Heroes. Before I opened up the game, my friends gathered around me to see the disc. When we saw how small the disc was, we were confused at first. But when I started it up, it was amazing.
Bottom line, The GameCube was a treasure and those who say it was the worst Nintendo console, take a good look at the Virtual Boy and the Wii U.
Awesome list Arlo! Your words with Paper Mario TTYD's story make wish yet again you would revisit Super Paper Mario one day and give it another go. It's the Paper Mario game you've talked the least about and I think it could lead to a really interesting discussion. It has so much heart and soul from TTYD, and the story experience that sticks with you as you said in this video is expanded upon 10-fold. Even if the gameplay itself has its flaws I think after years of being underwhelmed by Paper Mario, revisiting SPM would be a breath of fresh air for you, and you'll fall in love with its characters, worlds, and charm more than ever before.
Lovely list! Love the video.
1. Super Smash Bros Melee
2. F-Zero GX
3. Zelda Twilight Princess
4. Zelda Wind Waker
5. Paper Mario The Thousand year door
6. Super Mario Sunshine
7. Zelda Four Swords Adventures
8. Metroid Prime
9. Animal Crossing
10. Mario Kart Double Dash
Gamecubes library might be small for some but it's awesome beyond words. I didn't even mention Luigi's Mansion, Donkey Konga 1-3, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mario Tennis, Chibi Robo, Odama, Pikmin 1 and 2, Prime 2, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, Mario Party 6 and 7, Pokemon Colosseum and XD, Kirby Air Ride or any of the 3rd party games yet.
My cousin had the first Spider-Man game on PS2.
I'm curious as to why Twilight Princess wasn't mentioned in the runner-ups that couldn't make it due to technicalities. Because it technically released simultaneously on Gamecube and Wii, and I figured that even if you played the Wii version, you could get away with mentioning it as a runner up as an excuse to talk about it
Tales of Symphonia ❤ will always remain one of my favorite games of all time.
That needs a remake
I stopped playing games in highschool. SNES was the last system I had.
then ten years later, I was going through a late-20's breakup when I saw a trailer for windwaker. I couldn't believe it. it looked incredible. I didn't know that's where games were.
so I bought a GameCube and life was good again. windwaker, twilight princess, beyond Good and evil, resident evil reissue, eternal darkness, and more.
the GameCube is the most important system to ever affect my life
Something so special about gamecube for me, 29 years old now and I still replay a lot of the titles to this day
I can't believe you left out TimeSplitters, it was the perfect successor to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark since it was made by the original developers who left Rare after Microsoft bought them
The GameCube had so many good games that I can’t remember them all, but a few that I enjoyed that weren’t on your list were Viewtiful Joe, Ikaruga, and Killer 7. Wish I had been able to pick up Metal Gear Solid 2 and Cubivore as well but never played those.
Loved the GameCube. (I had a silver one, or did they call it platinum?)
Metal Gear Solid 2 was a PS2 exclusive
@@zaneheaston8254 I meant “Twin Snakes” not “2”.
Killer7 doesn't seem like arlos type of game haha
Some of my favorites that never get enough attention are Baten Kaitos, and Baten Kaitos Origins, from Monolithsoft. BKO had a compelling cast of heroes, a gorgeous world, a marvelous battle system, and a gripping story with one of the most stunning betrayal and redemption arcs I've ever seen. Then Baten Kaitos Origins took that, and somehow managed to improve on ALL of it, in a prequel that did everything right. Man, I wish I had time to play through those again.
My 10+ games, not in any particular order:
1. Super Smash Bros. Melee - An indeed a perfect sequel to Smash 64 and my most played Smash ever. Kept the charm, style, and the overall "little things" from 64 over to Melee while adding sooo much more! Debug Menu really helped give this game sooo much more life than it already has! You had the freedom to create flexible matches like: Metal Mario vs Shadow Mario vs Invisible Mario.
2. Luigi's Mansion - Feel in love with it the minute I saw the box art! Game was genuinely creepy that could give you nightmares! Loved the controls, the ghosts and overall style and personality of the game! The music really stands out here! Sadly they've changed the style of the music in future games.
3. Super Mario Sunshine - Loved how fluid Mario controlled, which is probably my favorite out of all the mainline Mario games. I loved trying to copy Shadow Mario to improve my skills without using Flood much.
4. Starfox Adventures - Zelda meets Starfox. Played this game so much back then. Freakin loved the majestic ost composed by David Wise, who also made tracks for Diddy Kong Racing and the Donkey Country series! Sad you never really get to play as Krystal, until finding out years later Krystal was the main character originally in a game called Dinosaur Planet before Fox got slapped in the mix, turning it into Starfox Adventures.
5. Timesplitters 2 - My introduction to the series and an awesome shooter, which is a spiritual successor to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, which are two games that I loved very very much! Loved the story, the coop, the multiplayer with bots that have soooo much personality (Example: Seeing a Monkey blast you while dual wielding Tommy Guns and randomly doing backflips and cartwheels, which looks awesome and fitting haha), unlockable weird, and wacky characters you get by playing through the various challenges, and mapmaker was incredible.
6. Timesplitters 3: Future Perfect - My second game in the series and an awesome sequel with a more in-depth Story, with more weird, wacky characters to unlock and play as! Years after this game, I went and got the 1st game in the series, which is exclusive to PS2.
7. Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2 - My cousin introduced this game among others. Together with my siblings, a 4 player split-screen multiplayer JRPG, dungeon crawler epicness! This is one of those games that had me playing for YEARS. We've all had fun creating our characters. Loved the atmosphere, the music, the gameplay, soo much replayability! You get these things called Mags, which you feed to help boost your overall stats. The mechanics of the Mags are very similar to the Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure! I've never gotten the chance to play this online during the GC days, which you needed an internet adapter for, though without it, you could play this game for many many years. Nowadays you can play on PC through private servers. I believe the community is still active there. Now I'm on Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, an open world free-to-play MMORPG. While a pretty cool game on it's own, It's not like the original Phantasy Star Online.
8. Soul Calibur 2 - Loved Soul Calibur 1 on Dreamcast. I was excited when I saw Link was gonna be a part of the sequel! I played the crap out of this game!
9. Sonic Adventures 2 - Chao Garden! I played the crap out of the Chao Garden! I remember liking Shadow as a character and loving the ost of this game. But Chao Garden!
10. Zelda: Wind Waker - Just like Arlo, I was confused with the art choice when this game was first revealed. After it came out, I played the absolute crap out of this game and really enjoyed it!
11. Eternal Darkness - An underrate gem of a game. A freakin awesome horror game! I remember playing and beating this game multiple times together with my older brother to get the different ending cinematics.
12. Paper Mario Thousand Year Door - I played this years after the GC days. I played this AFTER Super Paper Mario, which released on Wii. Loved this game when I finally got my hands on it!
Other games I've played and enjoyed, though some I've never completed:
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
Pikmin
Pikmin 2
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball 2
Mario Kart Double Dash
All I can think of from the top of my head x-x
Had a think and these are the ten games that come to mind for me re: Gamecube. Not in any particular order.
1) Pikmin 2
2) Smash Bros Melee
3) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
4) Super Monkey Ball 2
5) Luigi's Mansion
6) Simpson's Hit and Run
7) The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
8) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
9) Viewtiful Joe
10) Spider-Man 2
mad props for including viewtiful joe and hit & run
@@markasscop It helps that they're probably the best versions of those games.
Man all these games look amazing!...I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY THEM ON THE SWITCH
My favourite GameCube game is Chibi-Robo! It was a wonderfully original premise with a very rich set of characters, and the story covered a baffling wide range of social and interpersonal issues. I’d love nothing more than to see a HD remake so more people could experience it’s quirky and offbeat charm. It deserves a lot more love IMO.
I was 6 when the GameCube came out and I had only 3 games for it and it was Wind Waker, Sonic Adventure battle 2, and Melee. I was horrible at all of them but you couldn't get me to stop playing them. It took me 2 years to beat those games but now, 20 years later, I look back and love the memories I have from those games and I'm glad I never gave up.
I thought it was kinda weird the top 3 spots were all taken up by Pokemon Channel but i respect the list Arlo!
I’ve wanted to play TTYD forever, but it is so expensive now, same with Chibi-Robo, which I’ve also wanted to play for a while.
Edit: I got the game about a week ago, and it’s somehow even better than I expected.
Or you could use dolphin
Super solid list Arlo!!! Man, as one of my first home consoles and chock full of some of my earliest and favorite video game memories, the GameCube just has such a solid library that holds up even today all things considered. One of my favorite consoles ever, I’m so happy I found it four to five years ago buried under other junk when I thought my mom donated it after we got the Wii, still works like a beauty today. As for recommendations, I’m sure you’ve heard these countless times but I gotta go with Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, Pokemon Colosseum duology, and Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom! (Also funny story, I recently just got the first Spider-Man movie game, gonna give it a go with Ultimate Spider Man)
I love this.
It’s wonderful to connect about the past playing the GameCube. That whole console era was probably the most connected I’ve ever felt before playing games online, all the time. It’s a feeling that will _never_ occur again.
Don’t get me started, Wind Waker is probably the game I wish were on the Switch _the most._ The farther I get from it, the more I love it, the more I miss it.
Rogue Leader
Tony Hawk 4
Double Dash
Game Boy Player
GBA connectivity,
e-reader stuff
It was a shame when the GC missed out on a lot of the third party games the X-Box and Sony were getting (Burnout 3 for instance), but Nintendo wouldn’t go quietly into the night, the Wii and the Switch would prove that Nintendo would still have the final word.
Good times.