Who here liked the Gamecube?

[William Dickbringer]

let's see...
animal crossing, mario kart double dash, super smash bros melee, luigi's mansion, super mario sunshine, legend of zelda windwaker,and pikmen

wow alot more games I played than I thought

 

[Shining_Pyrelight]

I loved my Gamecube. I was actually oblivious to all the hate it recieved for a long while. I still have it, though it never gets used thanks to my Wii.
It was one of my first systems actually and had some of my favorite games;
Pikmin, Tales of Symphonia, Resident Evil remakes, Super Mario Sunshine, Fire Emblem, Baten Kaitos, Eternal Darkness, Chibi Robo, Super Smash Bros Melee, LoZ Wind Waker, Star Fox games, and various others.

 

[lazinesslord]

Man I love my gamecube. Almost as much as I love my snes.
So many great games like legend of zelda wind waker, super smash bros melee, final fantasy crystal chronicles, and etc. I don't get why someone would hate it.

 

[astrav1]

The few good games that there were on it I loved.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I loved it. I still play it from time to time. I like its controller better then the wii's and i play my gamecube games more then my sister plays her wii games (she's 11, if thats any indication), on the wii.

The game cube was just awesome, and so easily transportable. And you got games like LoZ: Windwaker (still a guilty pleasure, i could sail for hours on the ocean), Battalion Wars, Custom Robo, Metroid Prime, SSBM, Paper Mario.

It was just an awesome console.

Oh, and you got Soul Calibur II with Link, probably the most broken character (besides Starkiller in SCIV) with his ring out of death throw move.

 

[General BrEeZy]

I loved my Metroid Prime games to pieces as well as smash bros and zelda!! the party games like smash bros and mario kart and stuff are what make nintendo great in general. theyre not halo and call of duty and that kinda xbox stuff, but xbox stuff isn't nintendo great...they all have their truly great games, and no one is superior in every way...

i F**KING MISS MY METROID PRIME GAMES!!!!!!!!!! I WANT THEM BACK NOW!!
theyre scratched beyond disrepair. so too bad. >X(

 

[Cowabungaa]

I love it to death, and I barely have any games for it, go figure! It's so underrated, I really have to expand my game library some day.

Don't forget the brilliant remake of Resident Evil! For a console that people kept calling childish, it sure had some good horror games...

My sentiments exactly, and not just horror games either, but plenty of good mature titles. Metroid Prime isn't exactly kiddy either.

1. The third party support for it was pitiful at best - as you stated, most of the best titles were first party

I beg to differ really, I found a load of awesome third party titles. Metacritic alone lists 127 titles with an 80 or higher, the vast majority of them not first party titles. Hell the 2 best ranked titles aren't even from Nintendo, Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4.

Then there's Starfox Adventures (no old Starfox fanboys, shush, down), Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Shame, Viewtful Joe, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and I could keep going like that for a while. Thanks to it being a traditional console it had lots of good multi-platform games, unlike the Wii for example.

Shame I barely had the cash to actually buy any them back then...*sigh*

I love the gamecube, I still have mine and even bought another one in case it broke

It's a Nintendo product, prepare to wait a couple of decades before it dies.

 

[General BrEeZy]

KILL THE HERETICS... Ahem, Sorry about that my inner fanboy is trying to get out >_>.

Seriously though It's easily my favourite console, I still have it today and play it more than my DSi, Xbox 360 and PC combined.

I adored all of these games:

-GOTCHA FORCE
-Killer 7
-Super Smash Bros Melee
-Resident Evil 4
-LoZ Wind Waker (Yes not only do I love it, it's my second favourite Zelda ever.)
-Super Mario Sunshine
-Mario Kart Double Dash
-GUN
-LoZ Collectors Edition
-Metroid Prime
-Star Fox Adventures (I loved this game despite its horrible reputation.)
-Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-Soul Calibur 2
-Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
-Metroid Prime 2
-LoZ Four Swords
-Super Monkey Ball
-The Simpsons Hit 'n' Run
-Time Splitters 2
-Time Splitters Future Perfect
-Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes
-Battalion Wars
-Turok Evolution (Yes I actually enjoyed this game =D.)
-Burnout
-Burnout 2
-Star Fox Assault
-F-Zero Gx
-Viewtiful Joe
-Pikmin
-Super Monkey Ball 2
-XIII
-Prince of Persia Trilogy
-Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
-Skies of Arcadia Legends
-Worms 3D
-The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction
-Spartan Total Warrior
-Hitman 2 Silent Assasin

MAN I SERIOUSLY MISS MY METROID PRIME GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aaaah, zelda. good times rofl

 

[MisterGobbles]

It was the only console I owned for a good five years (I didn't even get an original Xbox till after the 360 had already released), so yeah, I liked it.

I enjoyed the later Mario Parties (5, 6, and to less of an extent 7), and the Metroid Prime games. Also, Kirby Air Ride.

KILL THE HERETICS... Ahem, Sorry about that my inner fanboy is trying to get out >_>.

Seriously though It's easily my favourite console, I still have it today and play it more than my DSi, Xbox 360 and PC combined.

I adored all of these games:

-GOTCHA FORCE
-Killer 7
-Super Smash Bros Melee
-Resident Evil 4
-LoZ Wind Waker (Yes not only do I love it, it's my second favourite Zelda ever.)
-Super Mario Sunshine
-Mario Kart Double Dash
-GUN
-LoZ Collectors Edition
-Metroid Prime
-Star Fox Adventures (I loved this game despite its horrible reputation.)
-Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-Soul Calibur 2
-Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
-Metroid Prime 2
-LoZ Four Swords Adventures
-Super Monkey Ball
-The Simpsons Hit 'n' Run
-TimeSplitters 2
-TimeSplitters Future Perfect
-Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes
-Battalion Wars
-Turok Evolution (Yes I actually enjoyed this game =D.)
-Burnout
-Burnout 2
-Star Fox Assault
-F-Zero Gx
-Viewtiful Joe
-Pikmin
-Super Monkey Ball 2
-XIII
-Prince of Persia Trilogy
-Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
-Skies of Arcadia Legends
-Worms 3D
-The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction
-Spartan Total Warrior
-Hitman 2 Silent Assasin

Pretty much what he said, with the exception of FFCC.

 

[gmer412]

Hell yeah I liked the gamecube. It was my first console. I still remember that I had a choice of game between TLoZ:Windwaker and Mario and Luigi: Superstar saga. I got the cube with one of those Zelda Collector's Edition discs so I got four awesome Zelda games for FREE. Such a good deal. Now if only Majora's Mask hadn't frozen after I beat the ice temple.... Man, I loved that cube. Good times.

 

[DracoSuave]

The gamecube was a powerful little system that didn't get enough support for my liking. I owned one, bought the games I thought were very good for it, was rarely disappointed by the games for it.

But, on the other hand, the long wait between games I wanted to play was excruciating, during which I was more than enjoying the PS2's support. Particularily in the last year of the cube's cycle.

Also, OP, when someone says 'No good games came out for it' learn what hyperbole is. They really mean 'Very few good games'. And this IS true. When your customers are waiting months for something playable, your console's selection is dry. Even if that something playable is great... the rest of the months they're playing games on other systems.

 

[Sir-jackington]

never owned one but always wanted one

 

[Palademon]

Me.
Had SSBM, the best 3D sonic games, Viewtiful Joe, Metroid Prime etc. Just awesome.

 

[Okysho]

I loved the gamecube I still play it's games sometimes. THe reason people judge the GCN I find is because it's got a long history. So all the nostalgia fans say "well it wasn't as good as the SNES or the N64" even though the graphics are vastly improved along with gameplay enhancements for most games and just a good library of fun. Yes it didn't have as much support as the PS2, but you don't hear people saying that the PS2 wasn't as good as some other 32-bit console. What a silly comparison

 

[Psychemaster]

I beg to differ really, I found a load of awesome third party titles. Metacritic alone lists 127 titles with an 80 or higher, the vast majority of them not first party titles. Hell the 2 best ranked titles aren't even from Nintendo, Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4.

Then there's Starfox Adventures (no old Starfox fanboys, shush, down), Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Shame, Viewtful Joe, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and I could keep going like that for a while. Thanks to it being a traditional console it had lots of good multi-platform games, unlike the Wii for example.

Well, Metroid and Starfox are both Nintendo properties, so I don't really consider those third party although their development was outsourced (actually, at the time of Starfox Adventures, Rare was a second party dev, not third.) As for your other examples, fair point. I never got to play many of them due to a chronic lack of money, but I did get Eternal Darkness and it was pretty damn epic..

 

[Kitteh]

dude gamecube is so badass!!

 

[traineesword]

The Gamecube is awesome, the slim version though kinda sucks.

was there a slim version? i did a google search and the closest thing it yeilded was a purple dreamcast, which i suppose you could mistake it for... unless of course you're using some code for the wii, which is still kinda misleading... Plus, the Wii is within itself a different console that is capable of playing gamecube games.

anyway, i mostly posted to just smile and express my joy for the love the gamecube is receiving. I'm glad so many others think its brilliant too, even if it can't play DVD's

I was referring to the Wii, it was a joke. The majority of great games on the Wii are Gamecube games like Wind Waker, Pikmin 2, etc...

hehe, don't worry, i just suck i find the best wii games are the ones that use a controller...

 

[lillebille]

i grew up with gamecube and nothing can make me hate it...

sonic heroes doesnt count :/

edit: oh and my favourite game on the console is easily scooby doo night of 100 frights