Author Topic: So, Gamecube Games - Your List of Essentials (Read 7575 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** January 07, 2007, 09:35:39 PM »

Wobe will be mailing me a Gamecube + stuff this week, so I'm looking to compile a list of Essential Gamecube titles. I never paid much attention to GC stuff, so I know next to nothing about the games. I bought Chibi Robo at the Toys R Us Clearance for $10, so I have that. I am interested in Eternal Darkness and Paper Mario from what I've read. What else? Keep in mind that I don't really care for RPGS.

rod · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:36:36 PM »

smash bros melee!!

TVC15 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:37:31 PM »

I went down to Gameplop yesterday and they were CLEANED OUT of anything remotely playable on the Cube. It was down to like Animal Crossing and EA games.

Vizzys · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:38:52 PM »

Super Smash Bros Melee
Ikaruga
Resident Evil 4
maybe Zelda:TP but i havent payed it yet.

thats all can think of atm

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:40:57 PM »

Mine:

Zelda Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Skies of Arcadia

Those three I have played and liked a lot, and are the REASON I rebought a gamecube.

My COMPLETE list is:

Zelda Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Skies of Arcadia: Legends
Resident Evil
Resident Evil Zero
Metroid Prime
PN03
Billy Hatcher
Killer 7
Fire Emblem
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door

annd I might pick up Bloody Roar as my last cube buy. Nabbing Skies and Fire Emblem at that gameplop was the best outing evar lolz.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:41:33 PM »

Smash Brothers is crap. So is Eternal Darkness.

get:
Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
Ikaruga
Skies of Arcadia
Super Mario Sunshine
Baten Kaitos Origins
Pikmin 2
Resident Evil 4
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Paper Mario 2
PN03

rod · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:42:47 PM »

smash bros is crap if you play it alone. i dont get why people raved about the SP mode. it sucks. but its awesome with 4 people.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:43:21 PM »

Lots of RPG's on that list DC.

I had alot of fun with Mario Kart: Double Dash. Especially at the 15 dollar price.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:43:41 PM »

it sucks multi, too. you're playing with cereal mascots. wtf.

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:45:23 PM »

- Resident Evil 4
- Mario Sunshine
- Metroid Prime (not Echoes, that sucks)
- Pikmin
- Pikmin 2 (like the first only LARGELY fleshed out, so if you like 1 you'll love two a whole lot more)
- 1080 Avalanche (well, i think it's nice)
- Beyond Good & Evil
- MegaMan Anniversary
- MegaMan X Collection
- Metal Gear Twin Snakes (better than the original)
- Resident Evil Zero
- REmake
- Wind Waker
- Twilight Princess (if you dont have it for Wii of course)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:46:19 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 07, 2007, 09:37:31 PM

I went down to Gameplop yesterday and they were CLEANED OUT of anything remotely playable on the Cube. It was down to like Animal Crossing and EA games.

I've noticed my local game stores are pretty barren of GC games, too. How impossible-to-find are component cables?

Vizzys · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:50:51 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 09:43:41 PM

it sucks multi, too. you're playing with cereal mascots. wtf.

its very fun

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:51:51 PM »

I had a hard on for Smash Bros 64 hardcore, but Melee just put me to sleep... I dunno why.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:51:57 PM »

Zelda: Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime
RE4
Super Mario Sunshine
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
F-Zero GX
Paper Mario 2
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I never played Pikmin 2...I felt too gay playing the first.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:54:33 PM »

but you didn't feel gay playing Smash Brothers? WTF!

demi · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:55:45 PM »

Dude I jerk off to Kingdom Hearts

Vizzys · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:55:58 PM »

Not really no.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:56:17 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 09:54:33 PM

but you didn't feel gay playing Smash Brothers? WTF!

I knew this would be the response.

I wouldn't care if the game was actually good. It's like a fucking RTS for children. (and I know...SSBM is like a fighting game for children WHATEVER FUCK YOU) I can't imagine the second being all that much different.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2007, 09:59:08 PM »

Did you play as Pikachu or Ness? Was the Lucky Charms leprechaun in the game?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:02:57 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 09:59:08 PM

Did you play as Pikachu or Ness? Was the Lucky Charms leprechaun in the game?

No, just a bunch of gay made up things called Pikmins. I enjoyed killing them. And it's hilarious to kick the shit out of Pikachu in Super Smash.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:07:37 PM »

I like how MAF jumped on the Gamecube bandwagon after the N-tards jumped off (onto the Wii, tsk tsk). I wish I had been that smart $:-\$

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:08:03 PM »

gay and made-up like Link or like Starfox? Or is your REAL world populated with fey elves and furries? If so, please leave DigiPen now!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:09:07 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 10:08:03 PM

gay and made-up like Link or like Starfox? Or is your REAL world populated with fey elves and furries? If so, please leave DigiPen now!

I edited the "made-up" part pretty damn quickly Drinky.

Jesus, you must be hitting F5 every few seconds.

And I can even admit SSBM is pretty damn gay, but it's still fun as hell since I play it with friends. Pikmin you have to sit by myself and wallow in your gayness.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:23:25 PM »

What exactly did you not like about Eternal Darkness? I've heard nothing but good things about it.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:27:01 PM »

I've got two more Gamecube games to pick up before calling my collection complete:

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Baten Kaitos Origins

I should probably pick them up soon, seeing how all the GC sections have been cleared out in the Seattle area.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:30:47 PM »

Eel, the mechanics are terrible -- you really only need to shift-select the head of any monster for a quick and easy kill. The puzzles are sub-RE. The writing is uniformly awful, like a teenager's take on Lovecraft. The art and modeling are amateurish, and the "sanity" effects are cheesy and annoying. It's one of those games that sound great in concept to content-deprived Ninthings, but are in fact mediocre-bordering-on-amateurishly-awful.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:31:16 PM »

CJ, so being gay is better with friends?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:32:32 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 10:31:16 PM

CJ, so being gay is better with friends?

Of course.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:33:02 PM »

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:37:48 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 07, 2007, 10:23:25 PM

What exactly did you not like about Eternal Darkness? I've heard nothing but good things about it.

You can find it for like $10, it's worth a run-through

Three times if you can stomach it and get the TRUE ENDING (the butler did it)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #30 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:44:37 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 10:30:47 PM

Eel, the mechanics are terrible -- you really only need to shift-select the head of any monster for a quick and easy kill. The puzzles are sub-RE. The writing is uniformly awful, like a teenager's take on Lovecraft. The art and modeling are amateurish, and the "sanity" effects are cheesy and annoying. It's one of those games that sound great in concept to content-deprived Ninthings, but are in fact mediocre-bordering-on-amateurishly-awful.

I suspected this might be the case based upon the tastes of the casual acquaintance who's been trying to sell me on it, but I did find the conceit interesting.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #31 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:45:32 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 07, 2007, 10:37:48 PM

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 07, 2007, 10:23:25 PM
What exactly did you not like about Eternal Darkness? I've heard nothing but good things about it.

You can find it for like $10, it's worth a run-through

Three times if you can stomach it and get the TRUE ENDING (the butler did it)

Is Tim Curry in this game? If so, NO SALE

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #32 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:47:39 PM »

Eel, if that shrill pompous slob Dyack hadn't pimped the game to hell and back, I'd take it for one of those Eastern European horror adventure games Dreamcatcher Interactive sells for $14.99 at Fry's.

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:50:28 PM »

Those games are pretty fun. Dreamcatcher brings out some nice point N clicks.

Have yu played Obscure? That's pretty cool. Controls pretty cruddy though.

I think Scratches is one of the best Point N Click horror themed games in a long while.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #34 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:56:33 PM »

Is ObScure better or worse than Open Season 360?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #35 on:** January 07, 2007, 10:58:04 PM »

After this GC purchase and a couple of games, I'm going to put a pause on my used/cheap video game buying for a while. Between 360, PSP, DS, PS2, and GC, I already have a backlog of games large enough to keep me occupied for months.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #36 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:07:17 PM »

Syberia 1&2 = ftw

demi · « **Reply #37 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:09:26 PM »

Better than Open Season

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #38 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:11:03 PM »

Is Syberia 2 good? I kinda enjoyed the first.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #39 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:18:14 PM »

Oh, and PC games, forgot the PC games stacked up. Jesus Christ. I think I have a problem.

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #40 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:19:49 PM »

My personal must have list:

Super Monkey ball 1 (SMB2 if you LOVE it)
Metroid Prime/Echoes (Fuck You Drinky)
Killer 7
RE4
F-zero GX
Beyond Good and Evil
Viewtiful Joe (again pt2 if you LOVE it)
Pikmin 1 and 2
Chibi Robo
PN 03
Batallion Wars

I know I'm missing some shit but I'm tired

demi · « **Reply #41 on:** January 07, 2007, 11:24:20 PM »

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 07, 2007, 11:11:03 PM

Is Syberia 2 good? I kinda enjoyed the first.

Not as good as SCRATCHES

The Sceneman · « **Reply #42 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:00:19 AM »

Quote from: Wobedraggled on January 07, 2007, 11:19:49 PM

My personal must have list:

Super Monkey ball 1 (SMB2 if you LOVE it)
Metroid Prime/Echoes (Fuck You Drinky)
Killer 7
RE4
F-zero GX
Beyond Good and Evil
Viewtiful Joe (again pt2 if you LOVE it)
Pikmin 1 and 2
Chibi Robo
PN 03
Batallion Wars

I know I'm missing some shit but I'm tired

You missed Jungle Beat dude. You said yourself it was the best platformer of last gen lol.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #43 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:12:07 AM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 07, 2007, 10:58:04 PM

After this GC purchase and a couple of games, I'm going to put a pause on my used/cheap video game buying for a while. Between 360, PSP, DS, PS2, and GC, I already have a backlog of games large enough to keep me occupied for months.

My backlog on the PS2/Xbox/GC/DS is so ridiculously long that I won't need to buy a 360, PS3 or Wii for at least two years....

brawndolicious · « **Reply #44 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:21:57 AM »

Metroid Prime (takes an hour to be able to play but it's fucking GOOD after that)
F-Zero GX
Zelda: TWW
Super Mario: Sunshine
Soul Caliber 2 (for Link, maybe not worth it if you already have it)
SSBM
Pikmin 1 or 2
Killer 7
Viewtiful Joe
Rogue Squadron 3 MIGHT be worth a rental

Vizzys · « **Reply #45 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:26:36 AM »

I imagine playing soul calibur 2 on GC is much like wrestling an octopus.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #46 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:37:44 AM »

It's better then on xbox and probably ps2. The kidney buttons actually make it better and faster. And Link is the easiest and fastest of all the exlusive characters.

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #47 on:** January 08, 2007, 06:25:31 AM »

Quote from: Scenester on January 08, 2007, 12:00:19 AM

Quote from: Wobedraggled on January 07, 2007, 11:19:49 PM
My personal must have list:

Super Monkey ball 1 (SMB2 if you LOVE it)
Metroid Prime/Echoes (Fuck You Drinky)
Killer 7
RE4
F-zero GX
Beyond Good and Evil
Viewtiful Joe (again pt2 if you LOVE it)
Pikmin 1 and 2
Chibi Robo
PN 03
Batallion Wars

I know I'm missing some shit but I'm tired

You missed Jungle Beat dude. You said yourself it was the best platformer of last gen lol.

Told you I was tired.

bork · « **Reply #48 on:** January 08, 2007, 07:32:51 AM »

I like seeing PN03 get some props. Love that game. But no one likes Metal Gear Solid TTS and Beach Spikers?

Quote from: Viz on January 08, 2007, 12:26:36 AM

I imagine playing soul calibur 2 on GC is much like wrestling an octopus.

It's not bad, really, since the game only uses four buttons. I just set the triggers to guard and used the face buttons for attacks...it worked great. I like Link the best of the exclusive characters, too. Although at this point I don't care about SC2 since I can play SC3 instead...

Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 is also quite awesome, if you want a GC-only fighter. It's like a much better version of Bloody Roar.

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #49 on:** January 08, 2007, 07:44:48 AM »

I <3 beach spikers, but I know it's not for everyone, very "pick up and play" though.

Oh and add 1080:avalanche

Itch · « **Reply #50 on:** January 08, 2007, 10:43:50 AM »

The only games I enjoyed on the Gamecube were the Resident Evil games and Zelda: Four Swords (holy shit this game was fun!). Everything else sucks or blows. Gamecube was the weakest of the sauces man. I have no idea why you would willingly purchase one now with the Wii being out and all.

Strife Doombringer · « **Reply #51 on:** January 08, 2007, 11:41:33 AM »

Zelda Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Resident Evil
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil 4
Tales of Symphonia (fucking awesome rpg)
Zelda Four Swords
Soul Caliber 2
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Smash Bros Melee

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #52 on:** January 08, 2007, 11:52:24 AM »

how is zelda four swords single player? I doubt ill be able to get four people together to play on a regular basis, I could do two but thats about it lol.

This thread speaks to my desire to list all my games lol.

Strife Doombringer · « **Reply #53 on:** January 08, 2007, 11:55:41 AM »

its pretty good ill bring it to ya friday

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #54 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:04:12 PM »

awesome thanks

bork · « **Reply #55 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:06:05 PM »

I used to be quite the Game Cube nut at one time. I'd go and get the GC versions of games over the PS2 and XBox versions, but then I came to my senses.

The system was pretty good for a year or two, then kinda went downhill from there. I keep hoping the Wii isn't going to turn out the same way, but I already get the feeling it's going to be the same, with only the Nintendo and the occasional third party game worth playing. Right now I only play it in multiplayer...everyone really does love to play Wii Sports for a little bit.

Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 08, 2007, 11:52:24 AM

how is zelda four swords single player? I doubt ill be able to get four people together to play on a regular basis, I could do two but thats about it lol.

It's not bad at all...has some nice dungeon designs, even if a lot of it feels like Link To The Past Remix. I should go back and get that myself.

Forget multiplayer. You gotta have a GBA and GBA-GC cord for every player. $:-\$

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #56 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:07:47 PM »

wtf lol, you cant just plug in more controllers? haha

bork · « **Reply #57 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:10:13 PM »

Nope, GBAs and cables are required. It's so dumb since when you play single player, you can play with a controller just fine, and going into houses and indoors shows up on the screen. In multi, all that moves to the GBA screen. Such a bad move by Nintendo.

Cheebs · « **Reply #58 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:10:35 PM »

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Pikmin
Super Mario Sunshine
Animal Crossing
Metroid Prime
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
F-Zero GX
Pikmin 2
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Resident Evil 4
Skies of Arcadia: Legends

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #59 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:11:15 PM »

Skies is such a must have

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Author Topic: So, Gamecube Games - Your List of Essentials (Read 7575 times)