The games that used the game boy as a controller and second screen were interesting.
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Zelda Four Swords Adventure!
Sadly they remade FFCC and then decided to make it completely ass.
Anyone remember when GameStop was selling refurbished GameCubes for $30? I think I bought 2.
That's how I got mine and realized how wrong I was about refusing to buy Wind Waker because kid Link was the protagonist. Bought it because Twilight Princess was coming out and I got a used Wind Waker copy for like $20 too.
I got one for $5 at a garage sale. It didn't have controllers, the AC cord, or the video wires. It did however have a copy of smash in the disc drive which I consider a win, but I still haven't tested it out lol. I bought the AC cord (cost twice as much as the console lol). There's not really official cables that work for modern TVs. There's some janky Chinese ones on Amazon that need power to operate, and the fire danger of some random off brand AV cord sketches me out. I've also been too lazy to look for controllers. One day though, there will be smash.
I'm fairly certain Nintendo recently released new controllers that are compatible with Bluetooth and have the old cord input for the GC adapter\console they sold for WiiU\Switch. So controllers should be fairly available for you at least.
@Jaes@lemmy.world wait it was a flop???
Only when compared against the previous console. Part of the problem for Nintendo is that they take a slight loss on console sales expecting to make up for that out of licensing fees from game publishers. In order for the model to be profitable they need to reach a certain sales threshold on games, and in order to do that they need a certain sized player base. If they don't hit their console sales target their market is too small, they won't sell enough games, and the per game licensing fee won't be enough to cover the shortfall for console manufacturing.
By most sane metrics the Gamecube was a decent success. By Nintendo's internal metrics it was a terrible flop. Nintendo screwed up their own price modeling on the Gamecube so badly they actually worried they might need to declare bankruptcy.
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At the time it was their lowest selling home console ever. Only Wii U has done worse since. Meanwhile PlayStation 2 is the highest selling console of all time - even to this day. The disappointing figures of GameCube led Nintendo to find their own niche with Wii.
GameCube is still my favorite game console of all time.
The GameCube being your favorite console has a lot more to do with your age, than anything to do with the console.
Same reason the NES is my all time favorite.
I still have mine and it works fine too! Great console. I still have an OG Xbox too.
Spent so many hours on Smash, Wind Waker, Pikmin, Twilight Princess, RE4 (originally GC exclusive).
Also have that Zelda OOT promo with Master Quest on one disc, as well as the one with various Zelda games on one disc including MM.