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[@austineruption]

Install Hero Wars FOR FREE before October 31 ✅ clik.cc/Sin5x and get a chance to win some amazing prizes! 🎃 Let's open a portal to the Dominion together! I never really talk about Nintendo stuff, but I couldn't resist going all in on the Gamecube. I think I got all the major hitters here, but let me know if there's a cool forgotten game I should bring up in the future! Also hey, happy almost halloween. halloween video coming next week hurray.

[@pious83]

Unrelated, but a good hair day, Austin.

[@eb-the-gamer6287]

You keep neglecting the WiiU eshop, it has the GBA Kuru kururin translated and available for purchase

[@Crimsonstar23]

This game looks like a scam.

[@chrispetty6956]

@@Crimsonstar23 Because it is. It's one of the first fake ad games.

[@eb-the-gamer6287]

@@Crimsonstar23 it is, it's that same stupid one where the knight adds to his number by fighting monsters with a lower number and goes through towers. It's surprising Austin would sponsor it...

[@Dominion_Hawks]

Fun fact I like to throw around whenever Baten Kaitos is mentioned: the WR of the 100% speedrun for the first game is.... 337h. HOURS.

[@LuckyTrouble777]

Though in all fairness it has a ton of downtime where you just need enough time to pass in the game for specific things to happen. It's more of a meme run since you can't really speed up the longest segments in any possible way.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Good to know. I will never have enough time to get 100%

[@Mysticgamer]

I remember two nintendo directs ago there were rumors about Baten Kaitos ports coming to the switch and then...they showed that tabletop card based rpg that I don't remember the name of. I was more disappointed because than botw not having a name or release yet.

[@Gatorade69]

I was a master at Baten...

[@Mysticgamer]

@@LuckyTrouble777 I'm still not sure how long it takes for the cards to change. Heck, i didn't even notice at first. I remember playing and at some point my glass of milk card disappeared but I apparently I picked up some cheese cards at some point but then they turned into a cheese basket(or something don't remember)

[@aortaplatinum]

I can't believe this man had an entire segment on Go! Go! Hypergrind, included the Jam Jam Hype vocal theme, all without mentioning or referencing RebelTaxi once

[@Spit1990]

It's all I could think about. Glad to finally know where that song came from.

[@davidalbert407]

Same, that's criminal

[@blanddull6881]

I was waiting for that weird little pizza dude to show up.

[@ursascorner4865]

@@blanddull6881 I'm shocked they never did a collab or had Austin on the Pizza Party Podcast!

[@nukedukem614]

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that

[@ComicDrake]

God I fucking love Custom Robo. I still sometimes have little parties where my friends and I meet up to play.

[@VerdeMorte]

Did the Mod-friendly NetPlay ROM Hack get taken down?

[@swandive46]

Oh cool, it's Drake!

[@ProtoMan0451]

i still start it up and do some random arcade mode matches once in a while

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The GameCube was the last time you got both "power" and unique with games from Nintendo. It's amazing how it's seconds life has been becoming one of the most popular retro consoles ever and one where the prices for the fairly hard to find games are ridiculous. Still if you can play them in some way or another so many are still worth it and still so good.

[@daggy6683]

Steamdeck with roms is my preferred way to play

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

That stupid little throwaway joke at 5:55 actually got me into Grizzly and the Go Go Hypergrind soundtrack which now plays in my car on the regular.

[@hayterfan]

Fun fact: most of the voice talent for Giest was from a local radio station here in Florida (104.1 for reference) some of whom I believe are still there today.

[@DeviantDork]

People LIVE in Florida? Yikes, why? That's like wanting to live in the Philippines, South Africa or Texas. 😛🤪

[@hayterfan]

@@DeviantDork yes, yes we do.

[@WishIWasClever]

@@DeviantDork not by choice man, send help

[@michelleobamasthicccocc822]

104.1 in orlando?? Lol I listen to that station pretty much every day

[@hayterfan]

@@michelleobamasthicccocc822 Yep

[@FloydianSystem]

Bloody Roar Extreme still has a competitive scene. That game goes HARD

[@Spoonsire]

>made by 8ing OK, that explains it

[@darklordyianni4463]

buy me that.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I don't know if anyone knows about Matt Mcmuscles but that man loves him some bloody roar. He's a total bloody roar stand and honest I agree that franchise needs some kind of resurgence an HD port/collection of the games, something.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

It appeals to a certain demographic.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@jameslawrenson1208 I assume you mean the group that rhymes with curry.

[@crashbandicoot5636]

GCN, while commercially was comparatively unsuccessful, I still appreciated how well it catered to Nintendo fans.

[@pious83]

It's funny when people decry that Nintendo doesn't try to keep up in terms of specs with PS or Xbox. This was the only time they did. It was a "flop". 21 million unit sales worldwide. In comparison, Wii unit sales 101.63 million. It's a no brainer why they don't try to match specs.

[@Szanth]

@@pious83 Wii had a gimmick that excited non-gaming members of the family. It was marketed less a "gaming console" and more a "family console that can play games".

[@pious83]

@@Szanth Exactly that. Through the Wii, they saw what worked for them and what didn't ala the Gamecube.

[@Szanth]

@@pious83 And then they fucked it up with the Wii U. It's like every time Nintendo learns something they have to then do it wrong afterward.

[@pious83]

@@Szanth Then they took the concept one step further and made the Switch. I've said this before, but I think the WiiU almost seemed like a prototype for the Switch. One that probably shouldn't have been released.

[@ParityS]

I'm so glad someone else remembers and enjoys Battalion Wars. I absolutely adored those games, and I remember spending hours with my older brother just watching him play.

[@ohhiaustin]

I replay Baiten Kaitos every few years, it has such a great aesthetic, characters, and music, even if the voice acting was recorded in a cave. Origins has always been on my ‘to play’ list but apparently the two are pretty different. Loving the content lately! :)

[@VicePup]

Playing through BK1 now. Just making my way to the Greater Celestial River

[@PikaLink91]

Baiten Kaitos has always been on my "to play" list, for no other reasons than the strange name and the cover.

[@eatachodeutube]

You should really try to play the second game. The VA is much better and is just a fantastic rpg.

[@requinox]

I remember playing it and was wondering if everyone was supposed to sound like they were speaking through a toilet paper roll. 😂

[@Warrenmitchum]

That shit was impossible once you got to the god of destruction. Had to use an action replay. Part 1 I mean. I never even played the second cus reasons.

[@Tksupreme]

Gotcha Force, Custom Robo, and Lost Kingdoms 1 & 2 were all childhood favorites of mine. Mad props to my friends back then for playing the multiplayer modes with me, even if they weren't really all that fleshed out in most cases lol

[@mookiestewart3776]

custom robo and lost kingdoms are super hidden gems! i had those as well lol, along with robotech battlecry, Phantasy star online episodes 1&2, final fantasy the crystal chronicles etc etc all BANGERS

[@Tksupreme]

@@mookiestewart3776 ohhhh final fantasy crystal chronicles was a special treat. I was lucky enough to play with a few friends who had the GC>GBA adapter cables. Right after Cartoon Cartoon Fridays on Cartoon Network we would play and have our lazy adventures through that world. Never beat it, but I do remember completing the princess side quest to get tons of money. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience. Game is not so much fun single player though lol.

[@VerdeMorte]

A new 3D Custom Robo game for Switch before the end of generation cycle would be such a banger!

[@bretginn1419]

To this day, I still miss Custom Robo. Great game. At least it's still a popular side show at some game tournaments.

[@VerdeMorte]

@@bretginn1419 Nuts how it outlived Armored Core & Battletech tournaments, still remember seeing those sphere pod booths with integrated control switchs & joysticks at my local arcade before they closed...

[@RocketSlug]

I had a subscription to Nintendo Power during this period so I was exposed to a lot of these obscure games. You covered all the ones that I could think of except for Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

[@syaieya]

Nintendo power must have had someone with an ear fine tuned to the import scene doing their best to sneak them in there cus I remember all these niche games getting their praises but rarely anything more than inch wide screenshot tucked in the margins. So many games were incredible with loud colors but never did I see them end up on a shelf.

[@paperchasepresents]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg!!!! Came into the comments looking to make sure I wasn't alone on this one!

[@bosH0g]

My favourite weird Gamecube game is Ribbit King. It's incredibly entertaining at parties. I'm surprised it doesn't have the following most GC games have.

[@ObiKKa]

Ohh. It was so trying to build up this timecode list below here. List of game mentions in video: 0:45 - Odama 2:50 - Bloody Roar: Primal Fury 4:30 - Tube Slider 5:27 - Mystic Heroes 5:50 - Go! Go! Hypergrind 8:40 - Doshin the Giant 9:16 - Kururin Squash! 9:52 - Custom Robo (2004) 10:39 - Wario World 11:56 - WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! RPGs: 12:11 - Tales of Symphonia 12:44 - Evolution Worlds 12:49 - Skies of Arcadia Legends 12:58 - Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II; Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution 13:21 - Baten Kaitos duology (Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean; Bate ln Kaitos Origins) 14:24 - FromSoftware's Rune series (Lost Kingdoms; Lost Kingdoms II) 16:07 - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom (Box cover next to covers of several previously mentioned RPGs at 16:17. Mentioned again at 22:19.) 16:28 Capcom's catalog: 17:04 - Viewtiful Joe; Killer7; Resident Evil 4 17:09 - P.N.03 18:10 - Mega Man Network Transmission 18:49 - Gotcha Force 21:17 - Disney's Hide and Sneak (aka. 'Mickey & Minnie: Trick & Chase' in Japan); Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse 22:11 - Medabots Infinity 22:19 - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom (A mention after its box cover was shown previously at 16:17) 22:32 - Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (aka. 'Universal Studios Japan Adventure' in Japan) Nintendo's foreign 1st-party games: 24:36 - Star Fox Adventures (Brief mention); Wave Race: Blue Storm 26:15 - 1080° Avalanche 27:01 - SSX Tricky (Brief mention as a rival to above title); SSX 3 27:37 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 28:20 - Geist 29:43 - Battalion Wars (aka. 'Assault!! Famicom Wars' in Japan) 32:19 - Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest (aka. 'Dōbutsu Banchō' in Japan) Bonus game mention (lol): 35:56 - Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball Total = 40 different GC titles covered or mentioned.

[@GlossyCandle]

Always nice to see Cubivore mentioned somewhere. I've always been interested in evolution, so after seeing a small mention of it in a magazine as a kid, I had to have it. I'm so glad that I kept my copy!

[@HatsODoom]

It's fucking VALUABLE these days.

[@vwts]

Reminds me a lot of Silicon Valley for N64. And of Minecraft

[@meatloaf7939]

Man I LOVED Marvel Nemesis. I had completely forgotten that game, you just unlocked a core memory in me

[@Falcnuts]

I remember so much marketing hype about all the new heroes EA made up for the game

[@toaster4975]

I wanted to play it so much when I was younger. But I never got it. Played it last year on the original Xbox and had a decent time. Not the best game ever, of course. Still fun. haha

[@Ichigo111293]

Another thing about Custom Robo is that it’s just really funny. There were several parts in that game where the characters made me laugh out loud.

[@chaotixxs]

Custom Robo, Gotcha Force, and Geist, all games with some great multiplayer. I'm happy I still own all of them. I'm just sad you didn't mention the ridiculous multiplayer elements of Gotcha Force like the trade system, the partial borg crystals, loading multiple memory cards so each player has their own teams, it was odd but great, though almost impossible to 100%.

[@FYCY]

I think the bloody roar anime opening was one of my first exposures to anime that wasn't Pokemon Yu-Gi-Oh or Cardcapters. I remember watching the opening allot

[@krimsonkatt]

FYI the Cardcaptors 4kids dub is a war crime and an abomination to mankind. The theme song is catchy but that's about it. They completely RUINED the anime by trying to turn a wholesome Yuri slice of life magical girl anime into an action show. I highly recommend you watch the anime again subbed. You'll be absolutely shocked at how much was altered, changed, cut, or censored in the dub.

[@FYCY]

@@krimsonkatt it wasn't 4kids it was saban, and yeah it's bad but I still have nostalgia for it. I have watched the original series and yes it's allot better but the opening of Cardcapters is sill awesome.

[@krimsonkatt]

@@FYCY Agreed.

[@dartz005]

I remember Skies of Arcadia Legends, Baten Kaitos 1 & Yugioh Falsebound Kingdom. All underrated games that I don't think I can ever forget.

[@Yaakov567]

Go Go Hypergrind was so bizarre when I played it. I remember my dad giving me a weird look when he walked by and I was playing as Piggy Sue lmao

[@SirJamestown]

Thank you for the Baten Kaitos shout outs. Genuinely one of my favorite series on the GameCube.

[@SuperGameFan77]

A weird one I grew up on is Whirl Tour. It's a Skating game but uses Scooters and had an odd sense of humor. The plot is a band's members get kidnapped by getting sucked into a time portal and one member has to rescue them by defeating bosses with tricks and traveling through time.

[@BaawBee]

I remember that game extremely fondly! I don't remember how I got it but I definitely remember getting obsessed with it! I really want to get it again

[@OddimusRhyme]

Found you a little over 2 years ago, literally went back and indulged myself on your entire catalog of videos LOL you're incredible and I love your content, please keep up all the hard work! Thanks for being you Austin

[@_nRool]

Skies of Arcadia, Grandia 2 and PSO in the space of 10 seconds? Austin has beyond top tier taste in RPGs

[@leotomo]

Grandia 2 on Dreamcast was one of the only times I loved a turn based RPG especially at the age of around 13, amazing game!

[@vwts]

PSO is probably the game I’ve spent the most time with to this day, even though I only played offline and never did Seat of the Heart and the other hard stuff. Skies of Arcadia was uniquely cozy. Baten Kaitos was cozy and dark in a weird way. And Eternal Darkness was definitely ahead of its time.

[@MrRicearonie]

Amazing Island is the first forgotten GameCube game that pops up in my head. It is one of the hardest games I’ve ever played with both my brother and I never making it past level one when growing up

[@juliannocartagena2007]

Although people do refuse to mention the random kid on the box art who doesn’t appear anywhere in the game.

[@VerdeMorte]

@@juliannocartagena2007 Pretty sure he shows up somewhere in the gameboy peripheral connector ingame minigame dungeon crawler, but may be wrong

[@ryansmith2334]

I've been waiting years for a KZbinr to talk about Gotcha Force. THE most underrated game on the gamecube and maybe even in general imo. Thank you so much for bringing some attention to this game

[@jurtheorc8117]

Since Baten Kaitos and Lost Kingdoms showed up in this game and you talked pretty positively about them, i wonder what you'd think of Lost in Random if you've heard of that game. It's got lovely art direction and unique world based around the numbers on the sides of a die, as well as board and card games. And the very combat system itself makes use of cards and real-time combat. It's commendable for the stuff it tries to do.

[@chinchilladas]

I clicked this video in hopes someone would remember Lost Kingdoms. I adored those games. The one-armed uncle who taught me how to play games introduced them to me. And only recently, I’ve noticed it was a FromSoft game 4 Dark Souls tattoos in. It holds a special place in my heart. I hope we get a port or sequel or SOMETHING

[@Stavvy0]

Man, I rented Lost Kingdoms so many times. Really wanna get all the games I used to rent as a kid.

[@DarthLego46]

I hate what the speculator market has done to retro gaming. I remember wanting to get into the Metroid series about 15 years ago and easily being able to afford it with my childhood allowance. I got Metroid NES and Super Metroid off of the Wii Virtual console, but I picked up the entire rest as original copies complete with case and instruction manuals, and it probably only cost me around $100 total. Now I’d be lucky to pick up a single notable game for the same amount of money, much less an entire series of them.

[@BsKHacker]

Cubivore was crazy I got to play it for a college project. Also with Baten Kaitos had that wired feature that cards would age in real time like bananas being unripe to ripe to rotten.

[@thazkid]

It's so freaking strange to see that Go Go Hypergrind is a rare game. I used to play that game all the time on the GameCube as a kid.

[@BaawBee]

You were one of the lucky kids that knew of this hidden gem

[@r.o.brobot3296]

I mostly remember Hide & Sneak as being the game I was attempting to play when my Gamecube decided to brick roughly 15 years ago. I guess it's good to see that I apparently didn't miss much.

[@thatguymatt5816]

Haha the way this man pronounces baiten kaitos is WILD

[@jmarmusic5702]

Me and my friends played the warioware "listen to the doctor" game one time after eating some mushrooms and honestly I still haven't recovered! XD

[@WreckItRolfe]

Cubivore was one Gamecube game I always remembered existing back in the day, as it was one of the few the US had which PAL didn't

[@judyh3707]

Loving the PSO sound effects in the video. That is a game I played waaaaay too much single-player offline of.

[@Wolfkaosaun]

I will forever be upset that my parents sold my copy of Cubivore when I went off to college

[@superbros64deluxe]

For how much? Isn't it a pricey game?

[@arielgoldstein3089]

Extremely expensive and rare. That’s why I emulate it while looking for a physical copy for my collection.

[@TalesOfNerdiaChris]

Every time you mention Gotcha Force on the channel it brings a giant smile to my face. You've reminded me to get it on my Steam Deck :)

[@krimsonkatt]

Gotcha Force is on PC? Because to my knowledge you can only emulate on a modded Steam Deck since you need to uninstall Linux and install windows basically just turning your Steam Deck into an ordinary PC.

[@romanninjaprincess4477]

Love Baten Kaitos, and I'm happy to see it on this list, but even more happy now that a remaster has been announced.

[@TheZackofSpades]

I don’t know why it is that “work ya body” lives rent-free in my head but I’m not mad about it.

[@Sanodi21]

I came expecting weird games, instead I came out learning where Matt got 'yabbos' from

[@Tsukiru]

Worth mentioning PSO Episode III had a crazy good soundtrack for being a card game. Especially the final boss and goddamn *file select*.

[@nopenop1495]

"Buy the premium battle pass" is my new phrase for going to Poundtown, thank you so much.

[@peytonashby6789]

Baten Kaitos and Lost Kingdoms will forever and always be some of my favorite games. It's a shame they probably will never be rereleased, I think both would actually be very well received.

[@ArceusDX]

Boy do I have news for you

[@queencleopatra007]

so glad you at least mentioned Evolution Worlds! It was one of my favorites on the Gamecube and I feel like no one ever talks about it

[@maynardwayward12]

So, Geist is basically Nintendo's take on Messiah. That premise could still be done justice if any developer would pick it up...

[@tristanwalsh514]

Austin, that Bloody Roar joke was fire

[@Unotuchable]

I feel that PN.03 would have been way better if you didn't stop in place while shooting, if you could slide and jump while shooting then you'd be bang on with the Vanquish vibes.

[@Ryanmiller70]

I remember seeing ads in gaming magazines for Go Go Hypergrind and wishing so hard I'd get it, but I never did. The game just looked so cool to little 8 year old me who absolutely loved the Tony Hawk games (more specifically the Underground series) and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure.

[@individualywrappedcheeseslices]

Bayne Kaitos has the best plot twist in gaming. I’m not even being hyperbolic. When it was happening I thought my game cube was glitching. Hard to find a top ten video game plot twists list without Baten Kaitos.

[@NickLysander]

I thought the same thing about Mystic Heroes! After I played Dynasty Warriors, I thought "Oh, so this is like the REAL Mystic Heroes". Also, Penny and Piggy Sue were definitely awakenings.

[@opaqueistaken]

I've never forgotten Cubivore or how I didn't just buy it at MSRP when it released. Now it's too expensive.

[@toaster4975]

That had a loose disc on Gamestop's site like 3 years ago for under $100. (I know it was loose because I got it. Even though I had a complete one.) They had a huge sell-off of PS2, Gamecube and OG Xbox games. I loaded up on literal hundreds of games. Got Jet Set Radio future, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, F-Zero GX, Wario World, Fatal Frame 2, MGS: The Twin Snakes, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, Custom Robo and a bunch more. I'd check their site every once in a while. They'll get stupid rare stuff and sell it for cheap. Though, of the two copies of Afrika (PS3) I got, one was a perfect complete NA copy of the game, and one was a disc-only Japanese version. (They don't sell imports and that version is way less rare and expensive.) They gave me hell when I tried to return it. So, you're rolling the dice. Oh, and they have been randomly getting Vita games in every few weeks.

[@syaieya]

@@toaster4975 The gamestop old game lottery definitely feels like it's priced to match whatever the lowest sale is on ebay of the last year regardless of condition. It's the highest highs and the lowest lows dealing with them.

[@hibby21]

cubivore is actually one of my personal fav games of all time. just loved it. I've had to buy it 3 times and the price is now getting out of hand.

[@marcusrimson6330]

Man I'm glad someone remembers Tube Slider that game was so awesome

[@JMiN___]

“With this thing being over 20 years old now…” Can we fucking not Austin. Lmao

[@GarrettisFarret]

Phantasy star episodes 1 & 2 I still play to this day. Amazing games

[@yakumoyomi5765]

Gotcha Force is my favorite Gamecube game, full stop. When I saw the title of this video, I was thinking "Gotcha Force HAS to be on this list". You did not disappoint.

[@jeffypeters333]

OMG you talked about two of my favourite more obscure games….I LOVE BAITON KAITOS😊 it’s story had great twists, and the game had a high difficulty if you weren’t prepared for your most OP character to suddenly become the BADDY that your after lol definitely had to go back a few save files to make that work out lol

[@jeffreydrozek-fitzwater4649]

Spoiler! Kidding. They do a good job setting the twist up. It makes sense.

[@thedude3445]

Battallion Wars is great and really gets better the more it goes on; playing just the first couple levels doesn't show the full craziness of Pikmin as a war combat game.

[@SuperHexer123]

That Gotcha Force games almost felt like a sort of precursor to Danball Senki or LBX over here in the states as the premise/gameplay off both seem very similar. We managed to get one of the games on the 3DS and I consider it a hidden gem. I'm still sad Level 5 dissapeared as we never got the later games that I heard were even better.

[@some_guy117]

I was a young kid, like 5 or something and I still remember Baiten Kaitos only cause my older brother was playing what seemed to be a card game with cool characters, he was also into Yu Gi Oh so it was no mere coincidence

[@Holgast]

Lost Kingdoms was a real interesting and kinda fun launch title. It hasn't aged well, but the battle theme is still a bop

[@ScuffedJeo]

Cubix - Robots For Everyone is so forgotten that it doesn't even appear in forgotten videos

[@Nelkhael1]

Austin seriously knows what he is talking about. Some of the absolute best games for the GameCube and also the most sought after. This is my favorite console of all time.

[@flygonic]

I'd kill for a Baten Kaitos port, remaster or sequel on the Switch! My favourite JRPG ever.

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Ribbit King is a great example. Frog golf is better than normal golf, change my mind

[@bobbybloodfeastin308]

I recently got back into games after a LONG absence with the purchase of a Nintendo Switch, this channel makes me feel more into it and excited - thanks for the content.

[@k1rbyguy]

My best friend growing up had Cubivore (he still has his copy, I've been telling him to sell it to somebody), and it is by far the strangest game I've ever played. Highly recommend for the absurdity alone

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

Shoutout to Joel Vargskelethor for playing Cubivore, like, YEARS ago on his channel; that's how I even discovered the game!

[@JoeMajewski]

Was a huge fan of Lost Kingdoms and I even remember borrowing money from a friend in high school to get Lost Kingdoms 2. Wasn't until watching this video I learned it was made by the Dark Souls team. Pretty awesome. Those Banshee's were OP in Lost Kingdoms.

[@killerninja2008]

Both Baten Kaitos games were my favorite hidden gems from the GameCube era, I have this hope for one day the devs would bring them back but i also know it may never happen because of many reasons... this girl will continue to dream. 😅

[@TheBrotherSyne]

any video that references my favorite GameCube series, lost kingdoms, is a good video!

[@ADAMNATOR]

Austin mentions Custom Robo and I’ll suddenly appear! It was my favorite game in elementary and middle school, and is still one of my all-time favorites. Glad to see it get some love here man, more people need to give it a shot for the music alone.

[@jacobmonks3722]

One of my favorite videos on KZbin is a speedrun record history video about... The Hobbit video game from 2003. That was one of my favorites on Gamecube as a kid, and I didn't realize it had such a rich speedrun history.

[@ProfessorBinks]

was not expecting them but man do i love the pso ep1&2 sfx you're using

[@TheCrimsonCow1]

I have been begging for more Baten Kaitos content for years. I’d take a port to Switch at this point, though a remaster or sequel would be incredible.

[@BubbRubbington]

I have fond memories of a GameCube game called iNinja that I feel like no one else I know played.

[@Lithesphinx]

When you were talking about SSX, I suddenly remembered Freekstyle, the motorcross game. I had a blast with that one!

[@Santoryu90]

Geist really does sound like a cool idea that might’ve been pretty good in better hands. Nintendo is likely more willing to outsource Metroid because apparently it’s not really big Japan and much more popular in the west.

[@nathanyle]

Finally! Somebody acknowledged Baten Kaitos!

[@Fig93Jam]

Custom robo arena was awesome. Man seeing that unlocked memories of my childhood playing that game up waaayy past my bedtime

[@ValentinexBoy13]

Wow, this is so nostalgic!! I haven't heard these games in forever. PSO ep 1 and 2 still remains one of my favorite games of all time 😊

[@TwilightOroChi]

I absolutely love Gotcha Force, still hoping for a sequel someday. The collecting of borgs, the gameplay allowing for simple or advanced ways to fight and the feeling of scale while fighting felt great. Assembling your own small army of fighters that play similar but each offering small gimmicks and variations was great. There's even more awesome stuff like 2 players being able to fuse borgs together if you have the correct ones making for a new more powerful one to control during the match. The OST is also really good, gets you hyped up and nowadays quite nostalgic in my case haha.

[@Warrenmitchum]

I can’t go back to gotcha force. Especially noticing now that it was a few bots with many variations.

[@TwilightOroChi]

@@Warrenmitchum Yeah you had certain archetypes that borgs belonged to, but the differences in their special moves still made how you approach playing them somewhat different which I appreciated. For example: Garuda and the Blue Garuda might seem to play similiarly but the blue one is more rushdown/close combat oriented because he doesn't have the strong fireball Garuda has. At least that's my experience with the game haha

[@themagicweedbus1319]

TubeSlider is very fun, i loved mastering the controls and speed times, Cubivore is also a fantastic game. the strategy to plan out your hunt for packs, or an individual, its just astounding!!

[@DionneDion]

I feel like Cel Damage is also an underappreciated Gem that is totally forgotten. You should really try talking about it sometime if you do a followup video. Killer7 too, although that one got a pc remaster in 2018. So it's not entirely forgotten.

[@internetnobody6754]

I always thought it was RE4 that set the trend for people wanting really long games (outside of JRPGS) in the early to mid 2000s, but I guess it was apparently ingrained even before. I know when I was younger I was legitimately upset at how """short""" stuff like COD, Resistance, and Gears of War were with their MeAgEr 8 hour campaigns. lol

[@Frokken]

One of my favorite GameCube games is Ultimate Muscle Legends vs Next Generation. Used to play it with my step brother on the demo display in Circuit City back when they were around. Finally got the full game and played it non-stop. Used copies still sell for around $200

[@poderx]

Baten Kaitos took de most "cliched" ideas if the genre (amnesiac protagonist, a quest to save the world, evil kingdom) and turn them in a way that no game can reach anymore... Just for THAT twist at the middle you justify having a Game Cube.

[@Trooth]

Cubivore is probably the rarest/most valuable game I own. I'm not a collector or anything, I just happened to get it when it was out in stores because I thought it looked neat.

[@devosiouscpv]

I can't believe the Beach Spikers call at the end. When I thought of forgotten games, this was the game. I loved this game. I desperately wanted to play against someone else in this game, because it would have been a great couch game.

[@BugsyFoga]

Aka Right up there with Virtual boy library as games Nintendo would never even have a thought of re releasing.

[@so_batty_gaming]

I looooove Eternal Darkness! The sanity hallucinations got me so many times!

[@Dac1o9Music]

Damn dude, you just unlocked some memories brining up medabots

[@pixelnemo]

a lot of childhood favorites in here, which is exactly what i was hoping to see when i clicked on the video

[@Doegiz]

I always loved playing Gotcha Force with a friend of mine who owned it back in the day. I believe he's still kicking himself for losing that copy to this day, one of those kinds of games that you just can't afford to get back.

[@strain42]

Lost Kingdom was actually the first Gamecube game I ever owned, because it was the best looking Gamecube game in the bargain bin when I bought my Gamecube and didn't have very much money left over to buy games. Also, if you ever revisit this idea, I recommend Darkened Skye, a Zelda clone officially sponsored by Skittles here you use Skittles to cast magic and also for some reason you can buy a version of it that comes bundled with Outlaw Golf. I feel like that alone is worth talking about.

[@tonyplaysguitar101]

I had Cubavores as a kid! I will say, it's not as forgotten as some of these others but pokemon colosseum and xd were weird as well, and amazing. I wish they would release those games on switch

[@jeffreydrozek-fitzwater4649]

Ah, a Grandia II fan! A fellow man of culture! A felt like the only person in the world who knew about Baten Kaitos back in the mid-aughts. It would be a perfect candidate for an HD update. And it has one of the best twists I’ve seen in any medium. The voice sounds nearly kills it, though. It sounds like the actors recorded through the opposite end of a cardboard tube and it really gets to you after a while.