Nintendo GameCube - Sixth VideoGame Generation Recap - Adam Koralik 

Every single GameCube game has basically doubled in price since the pandemic

2000s kids:I think the GameCube is the most underrated console. 2010s kids:I think the Wii U is the most underrated console.

GameCube definitely has a "feel" for me. Its hard to describe but its just... Fun. So much fun. My personal favourite system of the generation.

Gamecube had a dedicated S3 chip that was solely for texture decompression. So the disc size was really not an issue. This is what allowed big games to fit on it if the developers utilized it properly. Look how much game is packed into Rebel Strike... it had the whole game plus the entire Rogue Leader game in multiplayer...

+animeartist888 I love the GameCube. That's why you shouldn't be impatient, then you'd hear me say how great it was.

The Gamecube is one of the most under rated consoles of all time. Everyone slept on it for the longest time. It's truly a special console. Being a PlayStation 2 fanboy, I only recently got into the Dreamcast and Gamecube, and they are both amazing. The sixth generation in general is just on another level.

The Gamecube is my favourite console ever with the Dreamcast coming in second. And I've been a gamer since the 8-bit generation (the Famicom was my first console :) ).

Disappointed you didn't mention Metroid Prime. That was one of the best games that Nintendo released on the GameCube.

In my opinion GCN > N64. GameCube had RE4, Metroid Prime series, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Smash Bros Melee, the best Mario Kart still to date with 8 behind it, and that's Double Dash. There was also Kirby's Air Ride, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, I can go on. Don't get me wrong I like N64 too, but it didn't quite age well like the GCN did. Most if not all franchises that were on N64 evolved greater doing the GCN days (MKDD > MK64, Melee > Smash 64), etc.

i love the gamecube still have my cube from launch, 15 years and still works like a champ

the gamecube has the best controller ever invented

You should do the 5th gen don't worry about who request it or not you have something that will bring in a lot of new people

Thank God for the mini-DVDs, their loading times are incredibly fast, unlike the PS2. Nintendo is about the best gaming experience possible and i love them for that.

The gamecube is my favorate console of all time

Very awesome video. Cheers and letting ya know, even 8 years later this video is still entertaining people.

It wasn't just the discs/dvd's. It was also Nintendo's philosophy with third party development teams, going all the way back to even their prime (SNES). They always believed (and still do) that the most important thing for them is their first parties and NOT on maximizing the number of different developers on their system. Iwata kept empasizing a long belief by Yamauchi that Nintendo does not believe in third party support. You should look up comments by developers at GDC before the GameCube launched, they were all joking that they would probably start developing for that system in 5 years once Nintendo releases some information about the system and starts conversations with third parties. Even saying stuff like: Nintendo is making the same old mistakes and we have no incentives of working with them. Compare that to Xbox and PS2 launches, both companies asked for massive developer support and were going round these developers to give them kits, info etc. Whereas Nintendo didn't even deliver a development kit 10 months before launch. Imanishi (Nintendo dude) even said they are not approaching ANY third party developers, because they expect that those developers would come to them once the install base of the GameCube started growing. They were so fucking arrogant. They think thought could bully third parties like they did in the SNES era. Nintendo always kept third parties in the dark and had horrible relationships with them because they seem to live inside of this bubble as a company. Even when Sony hit them with a sledgehammer with the PS1 and showed them how to treat third parties and how instrumental third parties are to the succes of the consoles, they still didn't learn. I'm sorry to say but Nintendo DESERVED this, they brought this on to themselves.

The GameCube is the most solid build console of its generation. Not to mention the most powerful one, although being the smallest ( call it cute if you want ) It is a masterpiece!

In 10 years time this will be most people's opinion towards the Wii U. It'll look great in hindsight but ignored and laughed at when it was relevant

Ironically, the GameCube had some sort of feel to me that I haven't been able find with any other console. Probably with the Wii U or to a lesser extent the PSP. It's gotta be nostalgia or the fact that it was my first brand new console, and the graphics looked INSANELY good to me and brother. We had quite the great times playing Mario Party 4, Wind Waker, Crash and Harry Potter 2!

How you described the GameCube as having no personality is exactly how I feel about the Xbox one.

The Gamecube had some great games!

I loved the Gamecube, it was my go to console during that generation. I remember pre-ordering Wind Waker and getting the OoT disc, and they had tons of them. It was an unpopular system, and that was before people scalped the living shit out of everything Nintendo made. I played a ton of Animal Crossing and Double Dash in particular, 2 of my all time favourite games.

Looking back at this video it’s amazing to see how cheap GameCube stuff was back then but now it is insane!! I’m so glad I have a lot of GameCube games in my collection because they are crazy expensive.

Adam, the Nintendo GameCube is very special to me. It was my first ever game console, it's the reason why gaming and collecting is my #1 passion. It's the only game console I can truly re-live my childhood on, and personally I must say that the GameCube does have a special vibe to it, which is that it is game-centric and can appeal to anyone. Sadly, it's one of the most underrated and hated game consoles I know.

Do a 5th generation series Adam

If possible, one on the fifth generation would be awesome! Would love to hear your take on it, as it is one of my favorite generaitons.

I had no idea that Gamecube component cables were so expensive now. Makes me glad I got mine when Nintendo's website was still selling them!

Okay no, the purple wasn't the kiddy one stop making stuff up. The SNES was also purple,the N64 variants which are the most seemed out. At launch it was only available in purple, it wasn't selling because of the backlash of it not looking mature enough. They released the black color and phased out the purple system. It's why when the game boy player released it was only in black, not because "not support the kiddy one". Then the platinum color was released late in the systems life. Quick note only the purple and black gamecubes have the port for the high def cable.

Although I still played the heck out of my Ps2, my Gamecube was a close second. Man I love the Gamecube. A game I used to love and recommend still is Pitfall the Lost Expedition

Great video, dude! I fucking love the GCN, and it's one of my favorite and most nostalgic game consoles of all time. The entire 6th Generation was just amazing overall. I will disagree with it not having a vibe though. I like to think of the consoles as kids in high school. The PS2s are the popular, preppy kids. The Xboxes are the jocks. The GameCubes are the weird kids that are actually pretty cool when you get to know them. One RU-vidr (for the life of me, I can't remember who) described the GCN years as Nintendo's weird experimental college years, which makes sense, as Nintendo did experiment a lot with their titles this gen. They gave Mario a jetpack, gave Mario Kart two racers, turned Metroid into a first person shooter/adventure, and made Zelda cel shaded. Plus, stuff like the GBA link cables.

I love how small and powerful the Gamecube is, the cube format was a very smart design choice and coming in many colors is excellent for collectors, also the Mini DVDs have lightning fast loadings.

Gamecube was a big part of my childhood. Before then it was some pc games, playing Smash Bros and Majora's Mask at Alfys Pizza or McDonald's. Then our neighbor sold us their GameCube and we got Sims Bustin Out which was fun, but then we got Smash Bros Melee. All day nonstop man. Of course later I'd get Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart Double Dash, Star Fox Assault. Then there were multi plats like Lego Star Wars, The Incredibles, Monster House. Good times. Edit: Ok, it's pretty sweet you liked my comment man. I really respect you and your opinions. I watched your vids around 5 years ago when I was in high school, and loved them. It's awesome to revisit them now. It's been educational while also giving me a renewed interest in retro games. Thank you sir, I salute you.

My collection of Gamecube games is probably the smallest of all my console game collections yet it's still my favorite console to this day. I can't really tell why, might be the nostalgia or the controller or whatever, but I still like it more than the PS2 and Xbox.

I liked the purple gamecube. After a while you grow tired of black or white boxes.

I have the Dolphin emulator on my PC and all of the gamecube games look amazing. Enhanced anti aliasing, insanely enhanced texture filtering, 16:9 Widescreen hack and resolution upscaling which is pretty much anti aliasing on steroids that makes everything look crystal clear and amazing. (pc master race lol)

I can only imagine how expensive the Panasonic Q GameBoy Player is now.

i love the lovely lunch box GC it needs more love is very underrated

What do you mean Nintendo never talks about the GameCube? There's a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U for Gods sake. AND they continue to sponsor Smash Bros Melee tournaments on a regular basis.

I like how you don't just describe the hardware but you also talk about the companies.

I don't know man... While I under the aspect of the "feeling" behind the aura of a console aka it's gravitas of subjective culture, there is something about the GameCube that I absolutely love. Hell I love the classic purple console too! But in this gen I had a GameCube and an Xbox. I honestly played them equally, with the Xbox only getting favor from its online aspect. When the Resident Evil deal came out, it only made me love the console even more. It also had this odd power to it, for some reason it had some phenomenal looking games, yet awful ones too. Between its unique aspect and stellar releases, it's truly the black swan of gaming next to the Saturn. There is something about both of those consoles that feels truly unique, and will never be replicated again. Speaking of a "feeling" that consoles have, this current gen feels pretty empty too. Maybe it's just because the unique nature of the consoles that drain it of personality, it's just hard to find a "feeling" out of 8th gen

I don't really see where you're getting the whole "purple for kids, black for adults" idea at. I own the purple Gamecube (purple is badass) and it's the shit, I worship that godly block of plastic. In addition to this, the Gameboy Player *was* released in purple (as well as spice orange) in Japan. Nintendo just opted to only release the black model in the west. Nice video other than that. I love the Gamecube, it's one of my favorite consoles ever made. It just had so much going for it that I think most consumers ignored at the time. Yeah, it didn't have DVD or CD playback, but how many people would actually say that those are relevant forms of media storage anymore? Most people collect their stuff digitally now, and many of the people who don't have likely moved on higher quality products like Blu-ray discs. At the end of the day, it all comes down to whether or not a system has good games. And Gamecube definitely does. After all, that's what gaming machines were created for, right? To this day all of these superfluous media apps/content still don't interest me all that much. Sure, it's nice to have Netflix and Blu-ray playback on my PS3, but it's not the reason why I bought it.

I purchased a GameCube in 2006 in a Cashconverters (Pawn Shop in the UK) for £30, that was with a controller, cables and a memory card. I only got it to play the Resident Evil games that you couldn't get on the PS2 or Xbox. One of the toughest things to get recently was a GAMEBOY player, although you can find the unit's easily, a lot of people have lost the Start Up Disc making it useless. On eBay a guy was selling a console with no cables or a controller but he did have a GAMEBOY player with the disc! Just managed to get it for £55! That's how rare the discs have gotten in the UK. I probably won't get the component cable as they are stupidly expensive. Great videos mate :-)

We thought about the developers as our main customers. In particular for GameCube, we spent three years working with Nintendo of America and with all sorts of developers, trying to understand the challenges, needs, and problems they face. First among these is the rising cost of development. The GameCube can see high performance without too much trouble; it isn’t a quirky design, but a very clean one. It was important we didn’t require jumping through hoops for high performance to be achieved. On top of that, it is rich in features, and we worked to include a dream group of technical features that developers requested. - Greg Buchner, ArtX's Vice President

The GameCube is definitely one of my favorite consoles of all time. The only things holding it from being my favorite are inferior console ports, lack of nostalgia, and it's expensive to collect for. Hard for me to criticize it though with that sweet controller.

Nintendo tried, but they overlooked the importance of online play. The BB adapter was pretty much just for Phantasy Star Online.

I agree with Adam on Nintendo making a rather good attempt to win back the mature crowd. With Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil, RE:0, RE4, the ports of 2 and 3, Metriod Prime series, MGS The Twin Snakes etc, etc. The console itself is a nice beast, only held back by the micro-disc format and Nintendo's seemingly confused efforts to market it and continuing alienation of 3rd party devs.

I really miss the GameCube. It was so unique with it design for the console and controller.

@Jonathan Tefft I probably will, thanks!

Now it's time to request for the 5th generation!

+Steve TBY Thanks for watching!

The GameCube is such a great console. I think the reason it didn't do that well was Nintendo had so many ideas, and didn't know what to do with it. Great hardware, but with a limitation they didn't need (mini DVDs). They programmed stereoscopic 3D into it, but didn't use it because nobody had 3D TVs. They had the motion controller, but waited for the Wii. The had the Game Boy Advance connection cable, which was great for the games it was used on (Animal Crossing in particular) but basically because useless once the DS came out. The Wii U is facing the same thing. Lots of ideas, great hardware, but nobody knows what to do with it. By the time they figure out, it's too late.

The things I remember most of the GameCube are the outstanding Wavebird, and the kick ass GB Player. To this very day I still use the GB Player because of just how awesome it was. Couple that with component cables and you have yourself the perfect way to capture quality footage of GB, GBC, and GBA games. It’s amazing. In terms of the system itself, I never liked the look of it. I always felt it looked more like a toy than a game console, and for the longest time the games gave that same impression. For as good as Super Mario Sunshine or Wind Waker were, they both had a distinct kiddie image. It wasn’t until they really started pushing the more mature titles like the Resident Evil series, P.N.03, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, and Eternal Darkness that my opinion of the system started to change. Today I look back and remember there really were some truly superb exclusives on the platform, and how it was Nintendo’s last real attempt to cater to the core gamer. The Wii wasn’t designed for us, and while they’re starting to gain my interest more with the Wii U, the GameCube was clearly the last Nintendo platform I really adored. Great series Adam.

I love the GameCube Design. it's so cute! And it doesn't break, like...ever. I'm sure you could burn it and it would still work. And especially as a kid back then I was constantly thinking, that the GameCube had more games for me. And the GameCube Controller is still the best one in my opinion. The only thing that REALLY sucks is, that they took the 480p mode out of all the PAL games. There was a model of the GameCube that you could plug Component cables in to, but no game supported 480p. I think there are 2 or 3 games you can get to run in 480p when you play them on a NTSC console, but that's the one think I really dislike about the GameCube. Other than that, it's a great console with a lot of fantastic games. Especially with the GameBoy Player.

I got a Gamecube when I was very young and I loved it. So many great games and it was super easy to use and get used to.

The gamecube was my first system, I was pissed when the Wii came out. Its one of my favorite childhood memories. I only knew three other people with it.

I dunno about the color thing, like the N64 came in multiple colors. And the Wii was advertised to as well. Nintendo making colorful consoles isnt really anything odd : / And the Gamecube may have the smallest library, but I had a GC, Xbox and PS2, and I can definitely say the Gamecube was my favorite : p It had the fewest games, but also the best games : p

I'm not going to beat around the bush and ask you to do a retrospective on (n) generation...Could you just do this for all the systems? I look forward to the Virtual Boy video

"The GameCube felt like it had no feel" _Dwayne Johnson Eyebrow raise_

The Gamecube is not only my favorite Nintendo system but my favorite system of all time. The Gamecube had an amazing controller and was LOADED with Games and I loved it!

I played over 100 hours in Paper Mario on my GameCube

Zelda Wind Waker and Zelda Twilight Princess did everything Ocarina of Time did but better and also more, and StarFox Assault was the direction StarFox games should have gone going forward, plus Metroid Prime, Soul Kalibur 2, Rogue Squadron. I dont really follow the nostalgia for the N64 much. I know a lot of people say StarFox sucked after 64, but I still really enjoyed Assault, moreso than 64 these days. Zero tried to recapture what 64 did and failed miserably and the direction StarFox has gone lately bums me out.

Adam: FIGURE IT OUT Me: continues watching to figure it out

one thing i love about the gamecube is how durable and small it is and it made it easy to bring it to a friends house

As a fan of your channel and as a gamecube lover ... i highly recommend these gamecube games for u :)... 1- viewtiful joe 1 or 2 2- billy hatcher and the giant egg 3- mario kart double dash 4- mario sunshine 5- any mario party game 6- super monkey ball 1 or 2 7- f-zero gx 8- tales of symphonia 9- paper mario the thousand year door 10- mario power tennis 11- mario superstar baseball 12- any resident evil game like 0 and the remake I like you very much adam

I luckily just got it today for 20 dollar's

GameCube definitely aged better than the PlayStation 2.

My mom bought me a GameCube the year of their release and I loved it. I purchased so many games for it. I also had a PS2 but I always preferred the GameCube due to the controller feeling more comfortable to my hands.

my favourite console, the only problem is that the component cable is impossibe to find without paying 200 dollars.

I know you said you like the GameCube but I think you've (intentionally or unintentionally) painted a very negative picture of it in this video. If there was no Wii backwards compatibility then the GameCube would be my favourite system ever, there are more AAA games on the system than any other console

I sold my GameCube back in 07 along with other stuff for a 360. This year I started to miss it , so I bought another. I have to say that it actually holds up pretty well with it being 2015.

Watching this 5 years later and gosh the quality is still there. Watching this makes me realize that time is an illusion.

adam! do a 5th gen series! do it!!!

The gamecube was awesome, sadly it is considered a financial flop. I too am guilty for not embracing the gamecube. I only have 8 games for my gamecube, and never had more than 20. I did get the game cube for Resident Evil and Zelda, but mine sat around. Now do fifth gen, just kidding.

Absolutely love this console. So many unique and creative games... not to mention it has the best controller I have ever used.

Take Mark from Classic Game Room’s advice, “Use it as a weapon, and punch people, with your gamecube.”

the gamecube was nintendo's last hardcore system it had a lot of great and exclusives games. the system design,color,mini disc,lack of a DVD player and an of controller design scared away developers.

This whole "generation numbering" thing is so confusing. Whenever somebody says "sixth generation" I never know what the hell they're talking about. Can't we just refer to these generations in a simpler way, relating it to something more specific? Everybody knows what someone means when they say the "8-bit era", or the "16-bit era" because those were both big marketing terms of that era. People also know exactly what you mean when they can relate it to a single console, such as "The Xbox era" or "The PS1 Era" and it lets them think about the consoles that were out around that same time. However, I know that I (as well as many others) get super confused when somebody says "The second generation of consoles" or "The third generations of consoles", because, like... it's so vague and nonspecific. There's nothing to relate that number to. It's not like all of the consoles were labelled with a big number. The SNES didn't have a big "3" stamped on the box.

Actually,believe it or not,the Atari 2600 had a wireless control,but it was gigantic,it had a huge antenna sticking out of it,and it required some weird box thing that it connected to to work.

GameCube and Wii U are 2 of my favorite Nintendo consoles ever

Wind Waker, Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Pokemon Colosseum were my childhood.

+humphet 27, and thanks for watching!

I always liked the gamecube, I went over to a friends house one time and played hot pursuit 2, I loved the game and console, I is really underrated.

Luigi's Mansion was awesome. It honestly gave me some nightmares, but I beat that game probably 10 times. Mario Party, Double Dash, Sunshine, Melee were the other ones I played the hell out of.

i got my gamecube the year it came out and loved everything about it

Metroid was awesome on the cube, i never forget that! Timesplitters 2, also not to be forgotten.

GameCube was my first console it will always stay near and dear to my heart

The Gamecube was my first video game console. It holds a special place in my heart as I played Metroid Prime on it every day when I was 7 with other games like Spider-man and LOTR. It's very sad that it has been side-swept for the N64 and Wii, and it deserves recognition and appreciation. I love it so much, and still play on one today. I hope in the future gamers will find this as a great console with great exclusives and not a kiddie lunchbox that they thought it was.

The Gamecube is Definitely my Favorite Game Console of all Time With Countless Hours Playing many of the 1st party Titles and even the Sonic Games and The WWE And The DragonBall Z Games It was a damn fun game console and if marketed and used Real CDs This system couldve been a Juggernaut and I remember I went to Gamestop to pickup Sonic adventure 2 battle and I remember the Employee saying The Gamecube just doesn't have lots of games for it we didn't really care what he was saying because we weren't Playstation Fans and we gave him that look like I'm just here for That Game!

Seeing this 4 years later, damn how times have changed. Glad Nintendo are making an effort with gamers again after learning from the Wii and Wii U. The Switch and the effort nintendo is putting in it reminds me of the effort with the gamecube, trying to sell it to "adults" (e.g. compare something like the Doom port and other attempts with third parties, with other mature games like the Resident Evil series on GC), while also still catering to kids, comparing the purple colour to the nintendo labo. The gamecube is like one of my favourites all time just because of the nostalgia I have (I grew up with it), and because of the sheer amount of awesome games it has. Glad I rewatched this years later on your channel since the original release.

ah, the good ol days where you could go into goodwill and pick up a gamecube for $5. now I can't even go into a goodwill. the last official thing I saw there was a controller for $6, which is still good but yeah...

The GameCube was the most popular console around, among my friends when we were kids. I'm really of shocked to here that it didn't sell well over all.

My favorite video from my favorite video series, GameCube was the first game console I remember my family got new (I was born too late to be a sega fan while they were relevant unfortunately, but totally became one as a retro collector)! 😊

I like how you go so in depth with everything you speak about and how you respond to the comments of everyone (no one else does that). You have a new subscriber in me.

I loved my Gamecube as a child. It is probably my favorite console of since I didn't have an N64 growing up. Gamecube/ Sega Genesis/ and the GBA are probably my top 3 consoles for all time.

My number one favorite thing about the GameCube: the Game Boy Player.

The Gamecube is an amazing council! alot of people was not on it but thats what made it special. I falled in love with this system and great variety of games. Thanks for your review on this, I agree on a lot of the things you said about it.

Gamecube was my very first 6th generation console, i loved it, i wish i would have bought more games for it when it was still relevant.

I grew up playing all of the Bloody Roar games, I really enjoyed playing the last bloody roar on my GC.

There was a total of 15 launch games according to the Internet which were all released on 11/18/01, the same day the console came out.

The Gamecube is my favorite Nintendo console ever. Games like Windwaker, Eternal Darkness, Star Fox Adventures and Metroid Prime made this the last game console that truly made me feel like a true hardcore gamer of old times. Add ons like the Gameboy Player and the Wavebird helped to do that too. Also the fact that Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were ported over. Just an outstanding console and the last that made me feel like a true gamer. No other console has done this since. (other than Dreamcast that came before it.) P.S - I bought a set of official Nintendo component cables when they were released and still have them if anyone is interested.