When The GameCube Got Destroyed !!

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[@houseoftheted637]

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[@mikesilva3868]

​@@houseoftheted637agreed 😊

[@jplayer073]

Man, loved the GameCube but it was impossible to pass up on the PS2's library of games. Had both though, because no gaming night with friends was complete without a GC.

[@micahkiker3041]

When I got an Xbox Ps2 set on the shelf.

[@wizzgamer]

Great video the GameCube was a solid system shame it didn't really start selling well till the 2nd half of 2003.

[@SonofMrPeanut]

The main problem w/ Sunshine was requiring the player to collect all Shine Sprites up to the Shadow Mario chase on each map. What should've been optional sprites for completionists became roadblocks for players who didn't have the patience for that. It may have informed the way stars were handled in Galaxy.

[@ccricers]

Rayman was super hard to complete for similar reasons. You cannot get to the final world without rescuing all the Electoons from the previous ones.

[@McAster99]

I loved the Gamecube, and I certainly go back to it more now than I do any other system of that era due to titles being better on the hardware than any later re-releases or PC ports (sorry Dreamcast, you only have Bangai-O and a unique online Quake experience now), but at the time everything I wanted to play was just elsewhere 90% of the time. If a comparison is needed, it was the Master System to the PS2's NES and what a shocking turn of events that was.

[@thechosenone2123]

The Gamecube was certainly more powerful than the PS2 (albeit the mini disc storage issue), but the OG Xbox still trumps them all in terms of raw horsepower. When it came to multiplats that generation, the OG Xbox versions always played the best, followed by the Gamecube versions at 2nd place, and then the inferior PS2 versions in last place.

[@scypsylock9402]

Back for my fix on nostalgia with my favorite nostalgic Lady! The GameCube was (still is!) a great console and had a lot of great hits, but they failed like the N64 when it came to making more games. That was mainly why Sony and Microsoft beat them during those days sadly.

[@benjilee329]

I passed on the N64. I didnt like the controller and they didnt have a Metroid title. The Gamecube remedied that two-fold problem.

[@Matty_Ice3955]

I agree. The Nintendo 64 was my least favorite Nintendo system. It didn't have many games.

[@MikeDoesCovers]

Great reporting! This console was definitely unique - and despite its shortcomings we are STILL playing GameCube games (Metroid Prime, Windwaker was rereleased on Wii U and rumored coming to Switch, SuperMario Sunshine on Switch’s 3D all stars, Re0 and ReRemake still get played, Pokémon 1+2 have been ported) and games introduced to that generation of consoles still have sequels released today. I’m surprised there was no mention of the resident evil 4 times exclusive in this video as that’s what made me buy one (or rather bother my family for one lol) - great job again!

[@Sly88Frye]

7:20 fortunately my family had both the PS1 and the N64 back in the '90s. We also had both the Genesis and the SNES as well. The '90s were a great time to grow up with my family. And I prefer the SNES over the Genesis and I prefer the N64 over the PS1 but I like all four consoles

[@beroyking554]

I knew people back in the days had Neo Geo, Turbografx 16, Sega cd and Sega Saturn

[@ensabahnur7657]

I enjoyed my GameCube & was the last Nintendo console I'll ever own as they're never making anymore! The N64's my favorite hands down followed by SNES, NES

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

The GameCube was a relative failure, but not a failure on it's own terms (whereas the Wii U and Virtual Boy clearly are failures).

[@darinherrick9224]

What does that even mean?

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

@@darinherrick9224 It outsold the Atari VCS over a shorter period of time (22m in 5 years vs. 20m in 6 years), and the VCS was considered a success.

[@Choom2077]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 I'm unclear which Atari you're referring to. Was that the Atari 2600 from the very early 1980s or the 2021 "Atari VCS" HD remake of the unit? I'm assuming the previous, since the new VCS was only released in 2021. Either which way, it's hard to process the comparison to success/fail ratio (or find it fair) between these and the Game Cube per sales. Inflation, time line of interest, etc being factors. At first when you said the GC was a relative failure but not a failure on it's own terms, I thought you were referring to it's hardware and software quality, in which I could agree to some degree, because it did have some fine software and some of which ran noticeably with higher fps than the same game titles ran on a PS2 (i have had both and experimented playing some racing games and other titles that had multiple releases on various consoles). At the time, I still couldn't wrap my head around mini disc technology, but later learned that they indeed have capacity limitations. Thus... not many devs were interested in making games for it. So for me, it was the lack of software support that ended my interest. I actually still have my Game Cube (purple) with all the same games I owned back then (just about 14 titles). My favorites being Metroid Prime, Stir of Echos, Zelda, Mario Kart and F-Zero (all Nintendo). P.N.0.3 was a neat idea for a game as well.

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

@@Choom2077 I found the first-party developed games underwhelming. Same with Star Fox Adventures, which perfectly encapsulates the GameCube for me. The second-party games were the stars of the GameCube library.

[@rodtavora]

​​@@darinherrick9224It means he is doing mental gymnastics as Nintendo fans do.

[@Sly88Frye]

12:57 Well of course GoldenEye didn't receive a game to entry. That game is based off of the film. But what's confusing about what you said there is the fact that there are two different James Bond video games on the GameCube although they are multi-platform games for every console at the time, they do exist and have fun multiplayer

[@initial_C]

The Gamecube I don't think of as a failure, but it wasn't the success that the PS2 or Xbox were. The PS2 was an absolute juggernaut and the Xbox was a surprise hit.

[@skycloud4802]

It was a tough generation for anyone but Playstation 2 to stand out in. Even the Dreamcast got killed off.

[@josephfitzgeraldnsw5794]

I feel like the GameCube came out at a point in time where the people who would want to use it didn’t have money. The only people I knew that had one when they were brand new were super rich people. The parents would buy them.

[@fattiger6957]

I'm pretty sure the GC was cheaper than the PS2 when it launched.

[@boredstudent]

I still have my Nintendo GameCube. In fact, I recently hooked it up and played it again. One thing I will say about the GameCube is that it had the best Nintendo exclusives.

[@cwrooney397]

One of the goals that the GameCube did meet was repair relationships with third party developers that were strained over the years.I felt exclusives meant more on the GameCube than on other consoles. This was also a turning point for Nintendo where they realized they needed to bring more to the table than just powerful hardware.

[@ianvincent5069]

It wasn't the roaring success Nintendo wanted but it didn't have horrific sales I'd say its somewhere in between

[@krs4976]

I loved my GameCube , I was one of few that I knew that owned one everybody else had a PS2 not a Xbox in sight. I still remember deciding whether to upgrade my PS1 to a PS2 or GameCube . What swayed me was getting to play one a few days after it released at a friend of a friends. I know I played 3 games but only remember wave racer and the second I saw the water effects I was swayed and then I held the controller and it was by far the most comfortable controller I'd ever held. I was sold and went and bought a GameCube the following week with Rogue Squadren II and sonic adventure 2. I never looked back from then on. Then Nintendo pulled it's ace out the bag with the announcement of exclusive rights to the Resident Evil franchise and all of a sudden the GameCube became Kool amongst my mates. By far the best system I've owned for great exclusive games. I upgraded to a Wii on the strength of the GameCube ignoring the graphical limitations compared to it's rivals and reserved a release day console. Only to wait for 2months for it. Enjoyed that for about 2 years. Then bought a 360 which I rate as my 2nd favourite console for games. Its been a long journey with so many different systems beginning with my collecovision back in the early 80s. But GameCube will always be top for me

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

First party Nintendo games have been the primary selling point for Nintendo consoles since the N64, but at least third parties and indie developers have embraced the Switch with high-quality games.

[@mg1986-o8k]

Lady decade's feet

[@gregorymansour1763]

Resident Evil 4's influence on modern gaming is far bigger than Shenmue's. Outside of GTA3 snd Halo it's arguably the biggest leap forward in gaming that generation.

[@fattiger6957]

And RE4 is actually fun while Shenmue is ridiculously tedious.

[@Suhadisgood]

Every console has their own retirement but their not dead the reason no more games for GameCube is cause it’s not powerful enough to run the first party games

[@lazarushernandez5827]

One of the standout features of that generation was the move to online console play. -The DC got the ball rolling early by including the modem with the console (a lesson finally learned about not splitting your user base between the haves and have nots). -The PS2 and the GC did not come with a modem or ethernet attachment included, but had the expansion sold separately. Sony at least supported the attachment, bringing out their Socom Navy Seals title. -Nintendo not so much, there weren't that many titles that supported their ethernet adapter for online play, the main one was Phantasy Star Online which was made by Sega. This despite having titles which could have take advantage: Smash Bros Melee, Mario Kart Double Dash, F-Zero GX, even Metroid Prime could have had a PVP mode. -Microsoft got it right with the Xbox and their Live service. Built in Ethernet, four controller ports, a hard drive, and Live was a pretty polished experience... this paid off for them in the following generation, where the features of their Live service was a cut above what the console competition was offering.

[@MCastleberry1980]

The GameCube is great for retro collectors, but those killer games were spread out and there were a lot of game droughts. Luckily I had a PS2 also, so I had that to rely on.

[@Stu2be2]

Still loving your work lady Decade ❤

[@videogameobsession]

14:25 DVD-ROM discs were dual layer by this time, so they were maxing out at 8.5GB. Not 4.7GB. Games, such as: God of War 1 & 2, Gran Turismo 4, many of the Guitar Hero, and Rock Band games were dual layer. Something else.. Many of the early PS2 releases were not even on DVD media. They were >700MB, and easily fit on CD-ROM,. These are easy to detect as they are blue colored (on bottom). Games such as Ridge Racer V, Gradius III & IV, SSX, and Madden 2001, were all CD-ROM media.

[@csmemarketing]

I lived through all of these eras. Everything you said is true. You are a Legend.

[@Danielhansen-wp3yp]

Thanks for the upload, Lady Decade, i needed some good news today.

[@Markimark151]

I don’t think the GameCube was a failure, it however was a disappointment because they made the mistake of using mini optical discs instead of full sized DVDs! The made developers like Squaresoft and Rockstar Games not able to port big games like Kingdom Hearts and GTA 3 on the GameCube! Which would’ve helped the GameCube install base!

[@Retromancer_Rackham]

Fun fact it beat the xbox series s/x by sales.

[@TBoneTony]

I would say the N64 shined when RARE was with Nintendo. When RARE was sold to Microsoft early in the GameCube generation after StarFox Adventures was released, that was when support for Nintendo GameCube evaporated from many Western Developers.

[@riccccccardo]

The GameCube excels sharing experiences and having fun together in the same room. I have all the Mario party’s, Mario kart, bomberman game. Etc….

[@nonamephil9877]

To say the GameCube didn't have any innovative games is a stretch, resident evil 4, Metroid prime both had a fundamental impact on game design going forward

[@JRH2385]

Something that always bugged me in relation to the handle, and it’s suggestion of being a console that you could carry, is the giant heavy power brick. If the console was able to play regular discs (and audio CD’s, like the competition), would the size increase remove the need for the power brick? The power output could be the same as all the others, making it one less thing to carry around, if you took it to a friends house. The regular discs may have also increased interest from developers. I love the feel of the controller, but it is missing several buttons (1 shoulder, 2 analogue clicks, and possibly one to go next to the start), which could also have reduced interest.

[@JRH2385]

The game boy advance adapter was a big plus, and let’s not forget Resi 4, RE-make & Zero

[@nanopi]

N64 had a similar size brick but the whole brick goes into the back of the console.

[@JRH2385]

@@nanopi true, but the size and shape of the N64 didn’t make it suitable to carry around by hand, like the Game Cube, even if it was re designed with a handle.

[@JRH2385]

I think the Wii had a brick also? but that was an even smaller console (I remember people calling it a game cube with move controls)

[@fattiger6957]

It really confuses me why Nintendo put so much effort into making the GC so small and including the handle. Most people don't make it a habit of constantly carrying around their home console. You'd still need to plug it into the wall (via the power brick) and into a TV.

[@josephfrye7342]

damn ms. i would say Nintendo Gamecube got destroyed besides sega dreamcast i'm not kidding. this thumbnail you made really sums it up.

[@Motorheadache95]

There was also that interesting deal Nintendo made with Capcom to get new exclusive Resident Evil games- that was a surprise. It didn’t last, as eventually Capcom put RE4 out on PS2.

[@seekertosecrets]

The worst thing about this console is that after Nintendo being beaten by the Playstation 2 and the upcoming X Box Console, Nintendo teamed up with Panasonic, again, to create "the final version" of the console where it can play DVDs as well as Gamecube games. However, due to dwindling sales of that model, not many of these consoles exist. For some reason, Nintendo always create the strangest versions of their consoles just before the next generation launch. The company also created a version of the Nintendo Wii console that doesn't have WiFi capability AFTER the launch of the Wii U!

[@darinherrick9224]

It’s nice to see reality called out and analyzed. People got rose colored glasses for Nintendo. It’s good to define properly what failure even is. Like the Saturn was a failure...in North America. Not in Japan. Xbox was a failure...to make money. But not a failure to establish a market presence. Which was the primary goal.

[@pilotmemes]

The Xbox and 360 sold abysmal in Japan during their time and I like the Xbox.

[@fattiger6957]

@@pilotmemes Xbox has never and will never sold well in Japan. And that wasn't due to lack of trying. Xbox made some big exclusive deals with major Japanese studios, but it still didn't make Japanese people interested in buying Xbox consoles. In general, Japanese people prefer to buy domestic (the only major exception being the Iphone)

[@pattrell5257]

If you are a console company with a vast library of old cherished favorites, what you should do is tap into that as well as create new stuff! Once they got Sega's license, they did that with SA and SA2! They could have 3Ded the classic Mario games(save function included on MCard) and put SM64 on the same GC disc. I liked the SNES version of Ms Pacman and NES Pac-mania(Jr Pacman is another idea) a lot! They could have done a KI beat-em-up. Imagine FF(possibly adding some SF characters ans villains to it) on the GC. What about TMNT the arcade plus TIT?! What about best of Bomberman?! What about UN Squadron?! What about Contra?! Or the best of Mega Man?! What about the Ninja Warriors?! I realize not all of these were Nintendo owned franchises, but they had games run on their systems in the past and they could pitch the idea! Then, you had Simpsons arcade(not released on console at the time). GC had its limitations(like not being a fighting game console), but there was a whole lot you could do with it still! I really enjoyed it, but they missed a golden opportunity. It's graphics, etc. were the best when it came out; MS would surpass it, but it had gaming possibilities to surpass them while being about in the same specs ballpark as MS...

[@mazzvidz]

This was the best video game system of that generation… superior to both the PS2, Dreamcast and Xbox. So many great games… Nintendo just made some really dumb mistakes with it. First off, it didn’t have a Mario or Zelda game at launch and the Mario and Zelda games they did eventually release… both sucked. Easily the worst installments of those franchises. However games like Metroid Prime, Rogue Leader, Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil 4 and Smash Brothers were top tier. The Wavebird controller was also the first truly functional wireless controller. I think if Nintendo hadn’t botched Mario and Zelda … the GameCube would of been much more successful. Ironically the Wii was a huge success even though it was garbage. 🤷🏼

[@lazarushernandez5827]

The Wii had the killer app Wii Sports at launch, it was about $200 when the competition was easily $400-700, and it worked on the regular TV most people still had at the time (the PS3 and 360 did as well, but they were meant for HD sets).

[@colmastro4373]

Well I was 14 when it came out, grew up with super Nintendo and N64. we were game cubes target audience yet literally nobody I knew had a game cube lol.

[@Adrian-X1]

I owned both but loved my GameCube. Still have the silver one.Metroid Prime and TE4 got SO many hours of play time.

[@chchedda]

My GameCube was the runt of the litter in my collection, too busy with my ps2 etc. gutted missed out on loads of awesome games 😢

[@ggarzagarcia]

I got my GameCube for free from a friend. I cherished REmake 1, RE4, Eternal Darkness, and Smash Melee.

[@euphoriaentertainmentcompa2605]

Not enough 3rd party support. No GTA, no Final Fantasy (Crystal Chronicles does NOT count) , no Ridge Racers... The list goes on.

[@d0dg3st4r]

No console that had a Metal Gear game made for it is a failure, fact.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

The GameCube was the most powerful console of its generation afaik. It had quite a few 3rd party exclusive titles. Nintendo released new 1st party IPs like Pikmin, Smash Bros, Luigi's Mansion and Animal Crossing to name a few. Metroid made its 3rd debut. Windwaker is one of the most beloved Zelda games. Thousand Year Door will have a remake for the Switch. It is an amazing game. I have no idea why people think the GameCube was bad in any way. Due to the late arrival of the N64, many bought a Playstation and stuck with it when the PS2 released.

[@dankrist5395]

The game cube issue, for me, was the controller (I loved the ps2 controller) and the game cube was still “for kids” as far as games go.

[@xcrack6364]

The GameCube was awesome!

[@petermagnus9919]

I can only chime in on why I didnt buy the GC after the N64, I didnt like and still dont like the Sony "Dual Shok" controller wich combined with the outrageous price Sony asked for the PS2 at launch made it a non starter. I remember a friend getting in a preorder for PS2 and I replied "I will wait for Dophin". So why not? The answer is in the launch titles of the console, and especially the decision to make the new Zelda as a kids cartoon game. The Wind Waker is the reason I ended up with an Xbox, the use of cell shading was simply a really dumb move for nintendo.

[@Major07able]

Resident Evil 2002 remake on GameCube looked so good and was such a great game

[@stefanomazzarello4771]

The problem is that , Sega started this with Sega Saturn, they claimed failure, because Sony was selling more, but not because the console was not bring incomes, Sega Saturn we can say almost never took off in Europe, because the distribution was really bad, i come from a small city, and there , was almost impossible to get Sega Saturn games, and i had mostly to order them from other cities, which was costing me a lot of money, and also i had to wait kinda long before the game was coming, so that was probably the main issue with Sega Saturn, but still, the console was not a failure, was indeed not a worldwide "boom" of selling, but not a failure. For what concerns GameCube, it was even more strange for me to understand people claim GameCube failure, because the console is been supported almost till the release of Nintendo Wii, which came out almost 2 years later than XBOX 360, , so i really never got the point of GameCube as a failure console, games like Metroid Prime , came out in 2005 , same period when first Xbox was releasing their best, after almost 3 years of nothing, so even compared with first Xbox, probably GameCube sold more, but not more than Ps2, and that for some people is enough to claim console was a fail... I really don't get it 😮

[@dyscotopia]

I don't think the Gamecube can be classified as a failure. It just didn't really get serious momentum until its mid cycle refresh as the GameCube Pro X... AKA the Wii

[@lazarushernandez5827]

Just be aware that before deciding to releasing the Wii, they at one point were considering releasing the Wii-Motes as a peripheral for the Gamecube.

[@RyanRumbles434]

I had a Gamecube at launch. So many good memories and having Metal Gear Solid remake on it was pretty damn cool. Super Mario Sunshine happens to be one of my favorite Mario Games. Got Resident Evil 4 as a timed exclusive and Twilight Princess at the end of the lifecycle. Nothing but good in my book. Great Video Lady D!

[@HackModNerd]

The GameCube was limited by disk size and didn't sell as well as the XBOX and PS2. But the GameCube paved the way for the Wii and didn't fail as bad as the Wii U.

[@mt_baldwin]

I see KZbin is still in the habit of unsubscribing people. STOP doing this! 2 months of vids I've missed!!! Well time to binge I guess but still I wish they stop doing this crap.

[@ibonedayu]

omg what is that amazing song at the end during the patrons scroll?

[@hecatomb1864]

I always remember the gamecube for having no RPGs, compared to PS2 which had dragon quest 8 and FF10. And really no good fighting games compared to PS2, which had marvel vs capcom 2, street fighter games, and capcom vs snk2. Only 1 good horror game, eternal darkness. RE4 also on PS2, and you get silent hill 2,3,4.

[@murder.simulator]

The controller was a failure. I remember playing Tony Hawk and having to steer with the analog stick but needing to take my thumb off and switch to the D pad to peeform tricks while airborne because they requires quick directional taps like up down or up up which made the analog stick slow to reguster inputs

[@msolom9521]

The NGC was the only console of this area I didn't buy ... I win the looser's price (4th place) in a DOA 3 tournament, shame on me, but this console kill some franchise, of course mario sunshine was ridiculous, but NGC kill 1080° and wave race franchise too ... Plus F ZERO was made by SEGA (great game) and NAMCO made Starfox (another failure). This nintendo is the smaller game collection I have (only few games are impressive like rogue squadron, geist) and my favorite on GC, is ODAMA, I still play nowaday... Nice video my Lady

[@josephfitzgeraldnsw5794]

That’s funny, they definitely misread the information more NES were sold because they broke down and were as reliable as super nes look up the information and fax. I had dozens of broken original Nintendo growing up. I never once had a broken super Nintendo. That’s why they had more sales.

[@robertashley2714]

I don't consider the Game Cube a failure. Full confession: I am a devoted XBox fan. I have a friend who was a devoted Nintendo fan. We used to bring our consoles to each others' places and spend an evening gaming. When put side by side, there was no question that the XBox was more powerful. That said, the Game Cube held its own. The games were fun and looked pretty good. Eventually he grudgingly bought a PS2. He was excited for the next generation from Nintendo. To me, the Wii was the real failure. It was the complete abandonment of traditional games for gamers in favor of a gimmick to draw in non gamers. My hardcore Nintendo fan friend bought it. It was ok, but didn't satisfy him for long. After about 6 months he bought a PS3, and has been a Sony fan ever since. He still buys every Nintendo console because he loves the first party games, but he always buys the Sony first, and he buys way more titles for the Sony. IMO, it was Nintendo's insistence on proprietary storage media in the N64 and Game Cube, followed by constantly doubling down on gimmicks after that, that relegated them to second console status. The odd storage media turned off the third party developers, and the fact is that no platform survives without them. But the gimmicks were worse. Nobody truly loved the motion controls on the Wii. XBox and Sony tried to copy them, and they were miserable failures. It's not that Microsoft and Sony did it badly. It's that people only put up with it on the Wii and Wii U because they loved Nintendo games. Chasing that gimmick drove every old school Nintendo fan to adopt other platforms and made Nintendo the "kid's console". The Switch is a much better gimmick, but not enough to restore the brand's once mighty status.

[@harrisonallen651]

I reckon we should’ve got a new 3D Mario game for celebration of the 20th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros game in 2005.

[@Sly88Frye]

As a teenager I wanted an XBOX but my mom said no because Microsoft is an evil company. And that is despite having a PC with I think Windows ME at the time. Yeah weird. Anyways she got us a Gamecube and I'm quite happy we got that console. Had so much fun playing it with my friends after school especially Melee and Double Dash. We alsl enjoyed a much lesser known game called Smuggler's Run. However what I probably played the most was Sonic Mega Collection. We loved playing Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine against each other and all the Sonic games on there and even Ristar are a lot of fun!

[@fattiger6957]

With Windows ME, I don't blame your mom for thinking Microsoft is evil. That OS was the biggest PoS in the history of PCs.

[@Fifth313ment]

One word, "Halo"! When the Gamecube came out, it came out with nothing while the Xbox came out with Halo. So while i was playing a crappy port of Madden my cousin was playing Halo. I traded it in a few months later and never looked back!

[@FireBomberBassist]

It wasnt my favorite console out of Nintendo but it did have some bangers. It was the only console I ever traded back in. I got another one though later.

[@pikmin4743]

yeah I fell out of gaming during n64 gen and never even heard of gamecube back then, sadly

[@kenwheeler3637]

My favorite thing about the GC is the Gameboy player attachment.

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

The GameCube failed as a cube but lived on in a box called the Wii. Nintendo put a revised system with motion controls. So was it really a failure?

[@zeniktorres4320]

Nintendo made major mistakes: should of chosen DVD discs, and the controller was missing two buttons. The marketing was appalling, being released in purple did not help at all. Gaming power was the least of the three but not far behind PS2 though.

[@NotRowsdower]

Ahh Gamecube. With the hardware, epic thumbstick and GBA dock... it feels like the point where Nintendo accidentally began to transition from emulated, to emulator.

[@spankrocketgaming294]

i love the gamecube, still play games on it from time to time, it was a great system, i think if the gamecube had a dvd player it had might have helped its sales, but i feel sony just had a hold on third parties, they did it to the n64 and saturn

[@richardstringer6162]

It was certainly a commercial failure. But it was a good machine that had some great games on it. I absolutely love the joypad its one of the best I have ever used for the games its designed for. I personally believe the absence of Rareware for most of its lifespan really let it down. It was also a time where Halo grabbed a lot of attention and games became westernized very quickly after that. The Gamecube just felt a little toyey.

[@Ayixlia]

I still have mines it is modded with an HDMI port along with a gameboy player. Thinking about getting rid of it disc drive in favor for a SD card reader that will read all of it's games off that.

[@nbohr1more917]

Both N64 and Gamecube had 3D rendering features that were ahead of their competition. N64 was the first console to have proper native Anti-aliasing and Trilinear filtering in hardware. It could render far more triangles that the PS1 or Saturn. The other consoles made up for their 3D shortcomings by having more texture data. The Gamecube also had higher rendering fidelity than the PS2 in most ways. If you compare Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube to the PS2 version there is no contesting that the Gamecube version is superior. This is because the Gamecube has more native hardware to handle lighting effects. That said, the original Xbox could easily brag about being the best of the 3 technically ( it should be at the price it sold for and for how much bigger it was physically ). Nintendo simply failed to fully capitalize on their hardware advantages to produce enough compelling games.

[@fattiger6957]

Despite those abilities, the N64 and GC were still steamrolled by Sony. Then they released the Wii, which was just an overclocked GC with a peripheral, and broke the bank. And that's why Nintendo stopped trying to sell their consoles based on specs.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

I think you mean the N64 was more powerful than the Saturn. The N64 was not more powerful than the DC: -The Dreamcast could render more polygons with all of its abilities on 3.12 million polys/second (Lighting, texture mapping, Gouraud shading, shadows, modifier volumes, bump mapping, anisotropic filtering, translucent polygons) -than the N64 could with no shading, 2 million polys/second. The DC could render 14 million polygons/second with one light source. The GameCube was pretty powerful, Metroid Prime was imo, one of the best looking console games at the time, I honestly thought only Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox looked better.

[@nbohr1more917]

@@lazarushernandez5827 yes, I’ll fix that

[@JohnnyProctor9]

I'd take Super Mario Sunshine over the SNES ports of Mario is Missing or Mario's Time Machine any day...

[@akpokemon]

Mario Sunshine is awesome!! :( I _never_ thought otherwise. However, I indeed definitely didn't like the kiddy style of Windwaker

[@mike1989libra]

GameCube was my most favorite wish they gave us the Panasonic one over here 😢😢

[@thomasbeall9069]

Always felt this Console resold well. Would love to see that stat but unlikely to find out. It’s a generational success, Wii even supported it.

[@pilotmemes]

It probably lost momentum in resales because you could play a GC from your Wii.

[@Terra-Hawk]

I loved my Gamecube. £129.99 on release was one of the most bargain consoles ever released

[@jefferybravo]

GameCube has my favorite games from Nintendo and had the best controller

[@CapnRetro]

My favourite GameCube titles are Chibi Robo, and Geist. I love the following games: I prefer Sunshine over Mario 64. Starfox Adventure is funny and memorable. I love my Steam Deck 😊✌🏻

[@retrogamerecluse]

I never had one of these. I invested in an Okama Gamesphere instead - until a shady Government agency stole it from me and my three mates

[@Jesus420.69]

I know a guy down the street with a laser fixing machine, I used to ride pocket bikes with him.

[@G.L.999]

If there was one area that the NGC came in first place at, it was its software to hardware attach rate. NGC: 10 to 1 PS2: 8.5 to 1 Xbox: 7 to 1 Dreamcast: 6 to 1

[@Shinjiduo]

The SEGA Dreamcast got absolutely killed with piracy.

[@johnny-becker]

To answer whether the Game Cube was a success or failure, we must first answer "did the Game Cube, through various sources of income, from game licenses to actual units sold, make a profit for Nintendo?". Also, it depends on ones perspective on what a profit is. Some say $/€/£/¥ 0.01 over operating costs is a profit. Others say if a specific goal is not met, it is not considered a profit.

[@SuperBoomshack]

I would have never played Gamecube if not for buying my daughter the Wii

[@BlackAdder1970]

Gamecube was a good system, but the PS2 had so many more games, and they weren't all for little kids. Nintendo was concerned about piracy. Which made it more difficult to program games for as well. Nintendo was also concerned about the quality of the games that were released on the Gamecube. Playstation not so much. But this led ro Indie game companies sprinting up all over with new concepts for games

[@JGreen-le8xx]

I will give the "cube" props in one area. It finally showed us what a proper Star Wars game could be and look like before any other. Star Wars Rogue Leader (which was a launch title) made everything before it immediately look obsolete. The X-wings alone had over 10,000 polygons a piece to them.

[@McAster99]

Even the sequel was something special in Rebel Strike as it included most of Rogue Leader in it to play as a co-op campaign and that was just amazing for the time for a full experience.

[@rjmurray2001]

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[@j.goggels9115]

The Sega Dreamcast was intended to be the greatest online gaming system and by this definition, it was a flawless success.

[@johnHAMMOND-l3u]

im not a nintendo fan but i did love the gamecube it was a great little machine

[@s.h.5726]

I'll take a GBA over GameCube any day. I have both. For me though I love 2D games over most 3D in a lot of cases. Mario. Metroid. Zelda. Castlevania. Turtles are so much better in 2D.

[@fattiger6957]

Comparing the GC to Nintendo's other home consoles, one could call it a failure. It's sales numbers would have been great for a first time company, but this was their 4th home console. I'm not really sure why the GC underperformed so much when it was a decent system with a great library. Of course the elephant in the room is the PS2 which stomped a mudhole in the GC, but I don't think that could be used to answer why the GC sold 6x less consoles than the PS2. Even the og Xbox outsold it. I can't remember what the GC's marketing was at the time since I was a Sony kid. I can't blame the games since I consider the GC's library to be Nintendo's 2nd best next to Switch. I wonder if the perception of the company being just for kids really hurt them. Not many kids in my high school at the time considered Nintendo cool while PS and XB were. This was the early 2000s when edginess and grimdark was the rule of the time.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

The PS2 was launched in 2000 and was retired/discontinued in 2013. That is the year the PS4 was launched. The GameCube launched 2001 and was discontinued in 2007. 13 vs 6 years. The Xbox had their Live service with people playing Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing, Moto GP, Madden and NFK2K series games online. The PS2 went online with Socom Navy Seals, and had several other titles online as well (I recall Tony Hawk 3, Auto Modellista, Killzone...) The Cube only had Phantasy Star Online (in the U.S., there were 2 or 3 other games online in Japan) courtesy of Sega.

[@fattiger6957]

@@lazarushernandez5827 Yeah the PS2 was sold for a super long time, but the sales dropped off pretty quickly after the PS3 came out. Non-flagship consoles aren't exactly top sellers. In fact, I would like to see the post 2006 sales numbers of the PS2.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I loved a couple of games for the Gamecube, but it definitely didn't have a lot of good games. Metroid Prime, Wind Waker, Rampage World Tour, and the Resident Evil games were all good. I also had a PS2 at the time so most of my money went into those games.

[@eapleitez]

Gamecube had a ton of great, unique games. A solid library.

[@SRPC21]

I love your content and this another great video, BUT… There’s no way the Dreamcast was better than the GameCube; DC’s controller was out of date for that generation (had to use buttons to move in FPS games!) and apart from Shenmue, all of its very best games ended up on the GameCube anyway. Regardless, the library was far bigger and better on the GC when it comes to AAA titles: Luigi’s Mansion, Metroid Prime, Double Dash, Rouge Leader, RES Remake/Zero/4, Sunshine, Wind Waker, the list goes on. Sunshine was also critically acclaimed as a brilliant game, albeit some of the glitchy/unforgivable in difficulty parts near the end. If it wasn’t for the Wii being backwards compatible, the GameCube is my favourite system ever.

[@organicio]

Answering Lady Decade's question of "Was the Gamecube a failure"? I am answering before I watch the rest of the video. No, I think it was an underperformer, but not an outright failure. It had reasonable market share, and is viewed fondly in many peoples' nostalgia

[@neilroby4063]

Well put. Wasn't a failure in as much as, the XBOX and PS2 were a success. The GameCube was too cutesy compared to the more grown up offerings elsewhere. And yes, believe it or not, a lot of sales were driven by consoles ability to play DVDs. Standalone DVD players were expensive, more than a console at the time, and you could even buy a remote control with the Xbox. I think Nintendo had a wise and cautious head. Knowing how easily a computer game crash happens if you water down the quality of games too much, wanting to make sure you limit piracy and have control over developers isn't a bad thing. Ultimately leading to the Switch. Stick to your principals Nintendo. I have a feeling you'll still be around after Microsoft and Sony leave the building

[@skycloud4802]

It was a hard generation to stand out in. Dreamcast, PS2, and Xbox. Nintendo had a lot to do to nessle in.

[@adammiranda357]

If the GameCube was a commercial success, do you think that the Wii would have been made as a traditional video game console with HD graphics similar to the PS3 and the Xbox 360?

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@Matty_Ice3955]

The Nintendo 64 was my least favorite Nintendo system as well as the Wii U. Both systems had no Metroid. Their controllers sucked. If you want Nintendo 64 games, play them on the DS or 3DS. If you want Wii U games, get a Switch. If you want to play Paper Mario, get TTYD on the GameCube or Switch.