09-14-2021, 09:57 PM
https://kotaku.com/the-nintendo-gamecube...1847670755
On September 14, 2001, the GameCube went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Can you believe it’s been twenty years?
Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical discs—though, the console wasn’t designed to play DVDs or CDs like its rivals could. At the time, that feature was a selling point (I know it was one reason my then girlfriend, now wife, wanted a PS2). The Japan-only, very shiny Panasonic Q version of the GameCube did include a DVD player, but it was discontinued after only a few years.
While the console was no all-inclusive living room entertainment hub, the GameCube did the video gaming part extremely well. It boasted a solid library, including Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi’s Mansion, Chibi-Robo!, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, among many others. Those included third party exclusives like Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader as well as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, which was a Metal Gear Solid remake co-developed by Silicon Knights that featured new cutscenes by filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura of Godzilla: Final Wars fame.
Wow, this is really making me feel old now
. Still, happy birthday to this console - which may not have been Nintendo's most successful, but nevertheless earns its place in gaming history.
Do you have any nostalgic memories of it yourself?
On September 14, 2001, the GameCube went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Can you believe it’s been twenty years?
Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical discs—though, the console wasn’t designed to play DVDs or CDs like its rivals could. At the time, that feature was a selling point (I know it was one reason my then girlfriend, now wife, wanted a PS2). The Japan-only, very shiny Panasonic Q version of the GameCube did include a DVD player, but it was discontinued after only a few years.
While the console was no all-inclusive living room entertainment hub, the GameCube did the video gaming part extremely well. It boasted a solid library, including Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi’s Mansion, Chibi-Robo!, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, among many others. Those included third party exclusives like Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader as well as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, which was a Metal Gear Solid remake co-developed by Silicon Knights that featured new cutscenes by filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura of Godzilla: Final Wars fame.
Wow, this is really making me feel old now

Do you have any nostalgic memories of it yourself?
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