Top Ten Must Have Gamecube RPGs

[@jordandupuis1249]

The GameCube is such a awesome console it really should have done better than how it did

[@Jack_80]

yeah, i never understood why the wii did so much better. imo the gamecube had way more amazing games. the gamecube had several console selling exclusives. metroid prime, re4, re remake, re0, and more. both the dreamcast and gamecube should have done far better, 2 of my favorite consoles ever.

[@tedcruzforgayrights2045]

It really comes down to third-party support, The amount of games, The success of the PS one, and that motherfucking DVD player. That DVD player alone sold so many PS2s Mom and dad have the option to buy a game cube for the kid and a DVD player for the family or they could buy all of it at once. Love my gamecube tho :) by best bud I’m playi. Paper Mario as I type this

[@SpecialistGuava]

Metroid Prime alone is worth owning the system.😆 Such a friggin awesome game

[@GalacticKid2006]

People didn't want Nintendo simply because of their image. The general public didn't want Mario and other games unfortunately they wanted games like Halo and GTA, Its sad but the wii had captured lightning in a bottle by appealing to everyone

[@retroprogamer7009]

The SNES had so many good RPGs. But the N64 had almost nothing. Its good that they picked up some more on the Gamecube. It had some very good ones

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Agreed man, some really great choices on the Gamecube when compared to the N64.

[@Ubebread1]

Paper Mario... And too bad mother 3 never came out

[@jaygarcia6388]

But zelda oot is such a great game..

[@Jack_80]

@@jaygarcia6388 majora's mask is amazing too, but those aren't really rpgs, more of action/adventure games imo with some minor rpg elements. they're really no different than the new god of war game on ps4, but nobody calls gow4 an action rpg, even though gow4 probably has more rpg elements than the 2 n64 zelda games.

[@WardenOfTerra]

The N64 was/is known for action and racing games.

[@RealTheRunner]

Baten kaitos was the best game in gamecube for me 😭❤ And this video is really good👍😊

[@Gruntvc]

I'd love to get Skies of Arcadia on GameCube or Dreamcast. Wish Sega would HD remaster it for current consoles and pc. Sega has not been good to their Saturn and Dreamcast games. Do you know why Silent Hill or Parasite Eve never got ported/releases on GameCube btw?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Would have been awesome to see a Silent Hill game on the Cube. At least we got Eternal Darkness and the Resi series!

[@ronsilk6212]

Skies of Arcadia is one of the best games ever.

[@teal7652]

Skies of Arcadia is still my favorite game to this day. Absolutely love it.

[@moogibeans9822]

Is my favorite as well. Have voth DC and GC version

[@Jack_80]

@@moogibeans9822 i prefer the dreamcast version, it looks much darker and less crisp on gamecube. i swear the dreamcast's visuals were way ahead of their time. i remember thinking the ps2 version of code veronica looked like crap compared to the dreamcast version too. i wish the dreamcast had been more successful and sega would have continued making consoles.

[@moogibeans9822]

@@Jack_80 I actually saw a sound test that proved the DC version had higher quality audio I like the DC version, too. But grew up with the GC version, and I also enjoy the added content in the GC version, too. So I gotta pick that one :p

[@fkaiba94]

@@Jack_80 I agree

[@jowellgamingshow6907]

Great picks for this video! I miss the Gamecube! When I had it, I had most of these games you mentioned lol. My favorite JRPG on this list of all time is Skies of Arcadia. Loved that game! I miss it so much, I played both versions on the DC and GC lol. Great JRPG and I don't know why they never made a sequel.

[@darthboxOriginal]

I have Skies of Arcadia, and have played it on and off for years. I really struggle with the frequency of battles, and while I know that it was toned down from the Dreamcast version, it's still too much IMO. It's mostly because the battles are quite slow with unskillable animations by the enemies. But I love the story and presentation, and the world is amazing. I will beat it one day.

[@projectmayhem6898]

You will eventually get an accessory that, when equipped on Vyse, will reduce the random encounter rate.

[@Darklightxzero]

I had never heard of Lost Kingdoms! It's such a shame since it seems right up my alley, specially if it is as weird as other From Software games pre-Demon's souls.

[@briank592]

dude its a great game to play with friends too!

[@VendonJura]

This is by far the best rpg gamecube list I've seen so far. It has every single rpg game I loved to play as a kid and still love them. Most of them are even better than 99% of games these days.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Jura! The GameCube was surprisingly good for RPGs. Haha I’ll agree to that as well... they don’t make them like they used to for sure!

[@VendonJura]

@@thatvideogamesshow Totally and it would be just amazing to have all of these epics as a remaster for the PS4-5 and PC. Would totally buy them all again xD

[@gouzanzei254]

Baten Kaitos is bad because of its combat system. At the end the enemies throw dozen cards at your face during a minute, each of their turn is more annoying and longer than the one before.

[@RengaBeats]

We could use some of these in HD on the Switch 🥰

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Totally agree!

[@RobertSeeJen]

A little correction on the PSO section. It brings version 2 from the Dreamcast, as well as adding episode 2 which (to my knowledge) is all new.

[@therant3837]

Dude! Are you serious?! I had no idea the GameCube had rockin' RPG's. You know.... I also found out something else. I love the RPG genre. Ever since over 20 years ago I watched my then teenage brother playing Final Fantasy X and the game was just.... phenomenal. Up until that point I was more into fighting games, but watching him play Final Fantasy X I was hooked. I was never really good at platform games or stuff like that and that's what I grew up with in the 1980's with the NES and the 1990's with The SNES. It was like... I just was NOT good at those types of games so gaming was a turn off for me. BUUUUUUUT..... when I was introduced to the RPG genre I suddenly loved gaming again. The story lines, the different fighting menus and so on I just couldn't get enough of it. I thought Pokémon was just a kids game. I never really looked into it, and now it's like I found out it's a whole line of RPG's and now I'm intrigued. I'm going to start on the GameBoy games and work my way up. Geeze.... I just had no idea.... Final Fantasy was the only real RPG I really got into, but WOW there's RPG's all over the place that I didn't even know about.

[@benowen170]

Great list ! i'd say Megaman X Command Mission deserves a spot more than some of them though, that was one awesome RPG, a total hidden gem too :)

[@Kitty12476]

Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door was the best RPG on gamecube and one of my all time favorite games in general. 💙 It's a serious shame that they've pushed so far away from their RPG roots in all of these other paper mario games

[@Red_Pill_things]

Evolution worlds and skies of arcadia are my main go to games for rpg Nostalgia

[@bradleywhite3558]

Thanks for adding CustomRobo. Your list are the best. Would like to see more for the GC and PS3 ^_^

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks mate! Plenty more in the works 🙂

[@lnsflare1]

Since this isn't specifically for Japanese RPGs, I would nominate Summoner 2 as well.

[@shadoworsonic]

Gotcha force though

[@PurposeDriven7_]

Lost Kingdoms was a classic!!! This game was my childhood!!!

[@CtheDead209-zt8tj]

Idk why you guys don't post the game list in the description auto dislike.

[@WardenOfTerra]

Yeah... the GameCube sucks when it comes to RPG's lol

[@RuiMurteiraGomes]

that ridge racer type 4 ost goes with everything

[@real_Furryratchet]

Don't get me wrong I LOVE Skyies of Arcadia! BUT where is Baten Kaitos Origins?!

[@adriandashmusic]

Skies of Arcadia and phantasy star online 1&2 my god did I spend hours on them on my GameCube back in the days with that classic memory card 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@coryczerwinski5432]

I liked Tales of symphonia 2 as well

[@johns.8246]

Beethoven Kaitos eh?

[@santiagovasquez5967]

Your voice is perfect for this!

[@carmeun]

I currently have Baten Kaitos origins,FE POR and Tales of Symphonia I’m enjoying them just like the olds days except I used to have my friends and brother play Tales of Symphonia with me non than I’m still enjoying it😁

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Baten Kaitos Origins was a great RPG as well!

[@carmeun]

That Video Games Show still is

[@moogibeans9822]

Theres a sequel to Lost Kingdoms, but it isnt cheap.

[@riccccccardo]

I will play my GameCube tales of symphony and skies of Arcadia one day 😅 and my dragon 8, major mask on my 3ds

[@Femaiden]

i went into this wondering...does the Gamecube even have 10 rpgs on it? . . I guess it does. too bad i already played most of these. I was hoping to find more that i never knew about. . . i guess you left lost kingdoms 2 off the list because lost kingdoms 1 is already on there?

[@spedcuber178]

Custom Robo is sicccckkkkk. Way better than I remembered from when I was a kid. One of the few games that improved with age for me.

[@rize7677]

Pumpkin

[@paulbennett2284]

I played Evolution to death on the Gamecube but I don’t think the sequel was converted to PAL so I was stoked to find a copy of Evolution Worlds! However I soon discovered that it only included the start of the first game.

[@marie-lisecouillard7263]

SOOOO glad I bought almost all of these RPGs years ago! My wallet would cry otherwise!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Haha too true 😅

[@asmodeus58XX]

Indeed. Path of Radiance cost me almost 200 bucks, and if it seems a lot, remember I live in Israel. 700 freaking Shekels, worth every single one.

[@fkaiba94]

Emulation

[@imtired260]

You guys know the rpg where your character is a cat that uses a blade. I forgot the title and just wanna see it again.

[@joeyasaperson]

I appreciate your volume

[@urabusxrw04]

If you put this guy in a lineup, you could guess he was the sega guy.

[@masteryoda9629]

Baldurs gate 🤨

[@riccccccardo]

I’ve just bought didn’t even know was in the GameCube as reviewers never talk about it.

[@alexsandrosimoessimoes4093]

Games very Nice 2021.

[@atrioberlyn9151]

Ooh path of radiance, lot of hours I miss my control too

[@Hamstergeval]

Top 10 must have gamecube rpgs..... There were more than 10 on the system?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Way more.

[@projetoventura]

Excellent List

[@dietshampoo3732]

Havent watched the vid yet but I already know tales of symphonia bouta be on this list just by seeing zelos on the thumbnail 😩😩😩

[@thatvideogamesshow]

A must have Gamecube RPGs video would not be complete without that masterpiece! 😅

[@TheFred128]

Top ten must have original Xbox RPGs ?

[@asmodeus58XX]

They would mostly be WRPGs, and most of them also available on PC, which is the biggest flaw of the original Xbox and the Xbox One. Series X will most likely follow suit. If you don't want to use a gaming quality PC, then an Xbox (except for the 360, which has tons of exclusives and might just be my favorite 7th gen console) is fine, but there are still many games you can only play on Steam anyway.

[@johnrowen4604]

I just received tales of symphonia in the mail . And just started playing the game . And so far . I'm enjoying tales of symphonia and from what I have heard . It's going to take a while for me to get through .

[@thatvideogamesshow]

It’s pretty long but well worth it!

[@billcook4768]

There were 10 RPG’s on the GameCube? - me upon reading the title.

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

Pretty sure it had 12 exclusives, and many more multiplats

[@nickk3077]

Awesome video! These are some solid games!

[@GriffinAndThings]

First

[@jowtho]

its funny you post this video when gamecube games are at their peak prices lol

[@irregularmana6216]

It really sucks how a lot of these games are $70+ so its almost impossible to play them without resorting to roms.

[@sinned5504]

Honestly i sold my collection a year ago and emulation has been a nice convenience to storing a bunch of shit that could potentially get burned in a fire or stolen. Its just a big obsession to hold the physical copy, but once you get by that your gonna feel way better enjoying any game at only the cost of a download button press.

[@irregularmana6216]

@@sinned5504 yeah i got a coillection i barely play loi

[@RedSoul001]

The original Pokemon Coliseum was my favorite rpg when the GC came out but honestly I could play Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door a thousand times and still want to play it again. Genuinely one of the best games ever made.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Totally agree man, I wish the newer games in the series would get back to what made Thousand Year Door so great!

[@seanmurrell1926]

Digimon on GameCube was a good game ( GameCube had some perfect games)

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Ahhh forgot about that one. I agree Digimon was great on the GC!

[@seanmurrell1926]

@@thatvideogamesshow I played phantasy star( hope I spelled it right but I can't remember what number I played) its been so long since I've played GameCube but sadly my friend doesn't have a GameCube anymore and as yrs passes I play games on my 2ds xl

[@TheBlueDeath123]

Shame they cost an arm and a leg nowadays 😭

[@wesleyknight5684]

Not if you get a homebrew wii 😉

[@transworldriot8594]

Great list!

[@erickbrunet693]

How is you Baten Kaitos looking so sharp? I am using progressive and HD but yours looks awesome

[@JJsGA]

Probably got a good upscaler like a retro tink 5x

[@frog6054]

Probably play on an emulator.

[@JJsGA]

@@frog6054 he's using and upscaler, not emulation

[@frog6054]

@@JJsGA I see

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

1. Tales of Symphonia 2. Paper Mario TTYD 3. Baten Kaitos Origins 4. Skies of Arcadia Legends 5. Baten Kaitos 6. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 7. Final Fantasy Christal Chronicles 8. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness 9. Pokémon Colosseum Have not played any other Gamecube RPG. Heard a lot of good things about Costum Robo tho

[@kitsunemetal]

I own Path of Radiance the game is brutal in terms of difficuly the Gamecube should have gotten more credit in my opinion sure it wasn't as powerful as the xbox but the games are so much fun and i also own custom robo the intro was really well done.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

I know man, the difficulty was so unforgiving. I miss games being like that!

[@superbn0va]

The price to obtain a physical copy is “brutal” as well

[@asmodeus58XX]

Really? I found it pretty easy for a Fire Emblem. Radiant Dawn, on the other hand...

[@kevischnei]

@@asmodeus58XX yes. Radiant Dawn was harder for sure. Path of Radiance had some decent challenge. It was batter balanced than Radiant Dawn imo. But idk. Overall, I preferred Radiant Dawn, because even though I stupidly played it on the hardest difficulty mode, as I always do, the payoff for me was totally worth it. The later chapters with my intact team and the story conclusion was Really satisfying Because it was so hard! Damn near exploded my brain to slog through it though. The enemy AI ruthlessly targeted my most vulnerable party members at will, as well as exploiting weaknesses

[@kevischnei]

@@superbn0va yeah. True. I didn't know how crazy expensive videogames would get. 10 years ago everything was mostly acceptable. But now uh, nope! All the people as kids or teens played them, grew up, have $ now, and are splashing the cash on them now! It's wild! Because I Know there's tons of people when they were younger that sold some old games for $ to spend on newer stuff. Turned out to literally be a costly mistake. Could've get those games instead of having to splurge $100-$200 on a copy, depending upon condition

[@BasirHakeemee]

Nice vid!!!!! 🕹

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Cheers mate!

[@ja1799]

Great video!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Cheers John!

[@mikerefutesapetheists3398]

I dont like rpgs where you have to play only a a female which is why I ignore games like that 😁👍

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Incel

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Loser

[@atrioberlyn9151]

Finally more love to the gamecube

[@DeltathRiylaan]

May as well have called the video "The Only Ten GameCube RPGs" =D

[@thatvideogamesshow]

nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_GameCube_role-playing_games way more than just ten 😅

[@DeltathRiylaan]

@@thatvideogamesshow Not even close. Only about 8 of those games are even RPGs. Half of them are simulation games, like Giftpia or Harvest Moon, which aren't RPGs anyway but particular the GameCube Harvest Moon games took our any semblance of RPG gameplay. And then most of the rest are action or adventure games with mild RPG elements.

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

• Pokémon Colosseum • Baten Kaitos Origins • Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles • Lost Kingdoms 2 And there are still more multiplats.

[@edmaster93]

I own the 90% of the games shown and I love them all. Great recommendation here.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

You have good taste sir!

[@DrySushi]

Just wanted to point out that Phamtasy Star Online's episode 2 was made for the gamecube release

[@raxelleon8189]

It's awesome you finally made this list! It's a shame you didn't include Megaman X Command Mission or Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks mate 🙂 I just couldn’t get on with Crystal Chronicles unfortunately. That being said, I did enjoy the multiplayer aspect of the game.

[@TrevRockOne]

There are not 10 "must have" rpgs for the Nintendo GameCube

[@kevischnei]

Well, this of course depends upon your opinion. For yourself, and myself as well, that's a true statement. However, looks like this guy is a collector. Thus being an enthusiast, he makes a valid point, as do you. Just depends upon your POV. However, the majority of these games for me are "must haves". This list is damn good. But yeah, I wouldn't claim all of these as being "must haves". That's just me though