Did it deserve to be a flop, /v/?
>>319609109
No.
It literally had the best physical design. That handle.
Did it really flop? I'm pretty sure Nintendo was still making profit during that era
>>319609109
No.
And I'd hardly call it a flop.
>>319609109
I'd buy a few just to insure my smash melee will be played foreverrr
Yes, because not putting a DVD player on a system when DVDs were shiny new toys was the most idiotic business decision in vidya history.
Had they done that, it would have sold twice or three times as much.
Yes.
>>319609221
The handle is because it's a big brick. Unlike the PS2 it never got a slimline version either.
>dat controller
>metroid prime
>melee
>ttyd
>windwaker
No.
>>319609356
>he didn't hold his gamecube by the handle as he walked to his neighbor's house to play
>>319609109
with that shitty game library, yes.
i wonder if there were autists arguing about gamecube sales in 2001. i wouldnt know, because i was too busy being a kid and having fun with it with my friends
>>319609109
No it didn't.
>lost my copy of melee
>just when new homebrew came out that can be loaded using melee to run a GB player with way better video and reduced input lag
jdimsa
im sad that GBP is the only reason to use the gamecube, since wii does everything else plus dirt cheap component cables
>>319609109
It's what the Wii U aspires to be
Best Nintendo console
>>319609702
But anon, it had like 10 good games. Isn't that enough for a console-generation that lasted 5 years? :^)
>>319610046
>Super Nintendo exists
>>319610046
>Best Nintendo console
That would be the SNES
>>319610046
no, snes
>>319610132
>>319610165
>>319610235
>he likes shitty 2D 8bit pixel games
>>319610046
This
>>319610046
The SNES, NES, N64, and Wii U all beat the shit out of the GC.
>>319610046
SNES>GCN>N64>Wii>WiiU>NES
>>319609109
Speaking of... I have a GameCube controller and USB connector on the way for emulation. Are there any good games on this system, besides eternal darkness that weren't developed by Nintendo?
>>319610357
eh, maybe try throwing in "indie" next time
>>319609928
I lost my copy of melee years ago. That's really upsetting to hear.
>>319610431
Switch Wii and NES.
>>319610441
Resident Evil 0?
>>319610485
I can still play it on my Wii loader or Dolphin, but I can't find the fucker for less than $50. That's a lot to pay for a not-that-old game, that I likely would only buy just to own a copy.
>>319610046
super nintendo
wii u
THEN there's debate for gamecube's placement
>>319610484
I was thinking that but I thought it would be too obvious.
>>319610781
>wii u
>>319610645
Any of my friends that I would play Melee with have a copy of their own, and I have it on Dolphin for any extreme cases.
I just like playing around with homebrew stuff.
>>319610896
>all of the software and homebrew content of the wii
>can run gamecube isos though homebrew
>pretty decent lineup of exclusives
>can be connected to CRTs for emulation
It's a pretty good console. Only reason I'd want a Wii over it is for Bootmii and Project M.
>>319611012
well, in case you're wondering, this is what I'm on about
http://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3023
http://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2782
>>319611223
>emulation counts towards console quality
That means the PSP is the greatest handheld ever And The Wii is the greatest console ever.
>>319611369
The PSP is a pretty damn good handheld, though.
>>319611223
>can be connected to CRTs for emulation
I would really like to see some photos of this set up properly. Every time I tried it, I got a fucked up image with letterboxing, on 4:3 games, and the settings only make it worse by cutting off the edges, and there are no Wii mode settings. The whole shit was definitely designed for hdmi and 16:9. I'm glad I kept my Wii around because it's a billion times better for emulation, it seems.
>>319610629
waiting for the REmaster version on the 22nd
Nintendo consoles never really have too many great 3rd party titles do they
>he never played Gotcha Force
>>319609109
>Nintendo
Yes, it deserved to fail.
>>319611602
>never
see >>319610132 >>319610165 >>319610235
>>319611602
You could play Timesplitters if you really want.
I'm convinced the gamecube was nintendo's best console. They hit all the important points Nintendo succeeds at with the console: innovative ideas that may or may not work, new entries in all their big franchises, and new IPs.
the GBA as a controller/screen was really full of potential that just never took off but kind of lives on in the DS line. they had a new mario, two zeldas, a mario kart, F Zero, 2 metroid games (in a totally new perspective), smash bros as well as new DK games, pikmin, chibi robo and some great third party support (RE4 alone was worth it).
All-time Greats
>Wind Waker
>Melee
>Pikmin
>Pikmin 2
>Metroid Prime
>Mario Kart Double Dash
>Kirby's Air Ride
>F-Zero GX
>Path Of Radiance
>Animal Crossing before it sold out to fuck
>Superior version of Soul Calibur II
>Resi 4
>Thousand Year Door
>Chibi Robo
>Timesplitters 2
>Viewtiful Joe
Personal Preference Greats (but widely accepted to be at least okay)
>Twilight Princess
>Mario Sunshine
>Four Sword Adventures
>Tales Of
>Prime 2: Echoes
>Pokemon Colosseum and XD
>Mario Strikers
>Billy Hatcher
>Killer 7
>Kururin Squash
Good for their time
>Luigi's Mansion
>Mario Power Tennis
>Monkey Ball before the franchise got shit
>Mario Golf
>Phantasy Star Online
>Wave Race (not as good as the N64 one though)
>Star Fox Assault
>Beyond Good and Evil
"Quirky" aka good if you can ignore the gimmicks or pretend it's a different franchise
>Donkey Konga 1 and 2
>Dinosaur Planet
>Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
>Wario World
>Battalion Wars
>Crystal Chronicles
I've tried cutting out as many cross-plats and remakes as possible, aside from those that are more widely associated with their Gamecube release (as with Viewtiful Joe which original an exclusive). Feel free to shuffle around games into different tiers but these are all the games I had a blast playing on the Gamecube. Not the best game ever but certainly better than the Xbox, and at the very least went toe-to-toe with PS2 in terms of its best exclusives.
But then, I think the best console of that gen was the Dreamcast, so i guess I'm just an edgy hipster cunt
>>319612578
Pikmin is better on the Wii. Metroid Prime is arguably better, too.
>>319612578
>No Melee
>>319612843
That may well be true, but I'm only really comparing the Cube to what had come before, and what was out the same time. A console can't really 'deserve to be a flop', as OP asks, just because a future console did it better
>>319613114
>no Melee
Melee was right up at the top of the top tier, pleb
>>319612172
Actually, N64 was the best. Not necessarily just because of Nintendo though. OoT, MM, both Goemons, Starfox and Sin & Punishment, Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Paper Mario, Castlevania 64, and other games I desperately need to play like Body Harvest, Silicon Space Valley, Robotron 64, WinBack, and Flying Dragon.
Gamecube was good but it's where Nintendo linearity, lack of playtesting, and censored edits started creeping in.
>Metroid Prime being edited to not include space boots early trick when the game was designed with it in mind.
>The Wind Waker having a forced jump distance, linearity for no reason, and the FMV at the end of the game takes up half the disk.
>Twilight Princess being screwed over by the delay for the Wii.
I was just watching a video for the latter, where Link could shield crouch like the other Zeldas in the original demo. But they took that out and the Mirror Shield with it for probably that reason. Who knows what countless other things we missed out on because of pointless compromises or incompetence (see how few games took advantage of the analog shoulder-buttons). Nintendo thinks that gamers abandoned them during the GCN, but in reality they're the ones who dropped the ball. The N64 was ambitious and quirky and they supported it like thunder even in the face of losing their greatest supporters. For the GCN, they just made a few deals with Capcom under the table to get exclusives and then called it a day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM8nFDEHcs4
>>319614152
>and the FMV at the end of the game takes up half the disk
Did Wind Waker actually do that? Every cutscene I remember in the game, including everything after the Ganon fight, looked like in-engine graphics to me
If they really recorded in-engine graphics and then saved it as an FMV, then yeah, Nintendo are absolute fucking morons
>>319614152
>Metroid Prime being edited to not include space boots early trick when the game was designed with it in mind.
You can do that in every version of the game, what are you talking about?
no
>baten kaitos
>skies of arcadia
>tales of symphonia
>paper mario ttyd
>final fantasy crystal chronicles
>phantasy star online
>viewtiful joe
>eternal darkness
>animal crossing
these games made the system worth it for me
>>319615209
didn't Crystal Chronicles require you to use a GBA as a second controller rather than anther fucking GC controller?
>>319610046
Famicom, fuckface.
>>319609109
It was a flop?
>>319615934
Only if you were playing bro-op
>>319612578
>Good for their time
>Monkey Ball before the franchise got shit
I hope you're not implying the first two Monkey Ball games aren't top tier.
>>319615934
Yep, it was an amazing game with a massive barrier to play it. The real bitch is that they never remade it for the ds, just some shitty spinoffs.
>>319616225
apparently least popular of the generation = flop
>>319609109
>going with a cube instead of a mother fuckin sphere
deserves to flop and whoever chose the design deserves only the absolute worst poverty and sickness.
>>319612578
>Dreamcast
It hurts.
>SEGA will never get their shit together and get back in the console market
A lot of games on amazon are $50+
I got Nintendont for my WiiU. I went through the 600 or so GC games. I realize now why that console sold the way it did. No Online really. Forcing that GBA to GC connectivity. No real Final Fantasy. No GTA. Every decent third party exclusive ended up on PS2. No DVD player. Nintendo didn't know its audience. WiiU is in the same boat except with not as many decent to good games.
