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* ''Dead Phoenix'' ([[What Could Have Been|cancelled]])
* ''Dead Phoenix'' ([[What Could Have Been|cancelled]])
* ''[[P.N.03]]: Project Number 03'' (the only game to stay exclusive)
* ''[[P.N.03]]: Project Number 03'' (the only game to stay exclusive)
* ''[[Killer 7]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]])
* ''[[Killer7]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]])
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] again)
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] again)
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' (ported to-you guessed it-the [[PlayStation 2]])
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' (ported to-you guessed it-the [[PlayStation 2]])
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* ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''
* ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''
* ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]''
* ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]''
* ''[[Harvest Moon a Wonderful Life]]''
* ''[[Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life]]''
* ''[[Harvest Moon]]: Magical Melody'' (in Japan and North America; it was released for the Wii in PAL countries and later it was given an [[Updated Rerelease]] for the same console in North America.)
* ''[[Harvest Moon]]: Magical Melody'' (in Japan and North America; it was released for the Wii in PAL countries and later it was given an [[Updated Rerelease]] for the same console in North America.)
* ''[[Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue|Hello Kitty Roller Rescue]]''
* ''[[Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue|Hello Kitty Roller Rescue]]''
* ''[[Ikaruga]]'' (For those who didn't ''import'' a Dreamcast.)
* ''[[Ikaruga]]'' (For those who didn't ''import'' a Dreamcast.)
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]''
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]''
* ''[[Killer 7]]''
* ''[[Killer7]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]]''
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] [[Video Game Remake|The Twin Snakes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] [[Video Game Remake|The Twin Snakes]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' (the first two installments were released on this system)
* ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' (the first two installments were released on this system)
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Deception]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
* ''[[Naruto Clash of Ninja]]''
* ''[[Naruto Clash of Ninja]]''
* ''[[Odama]]''
* ''[[Odama]]''
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* ''[[Rayman]] 3: Hoodlum Havoc''
* ''[[Rayman]] 3: Hoodlum Havoc''
* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (the "[[Fan Nickname|REmake]]")
* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (the "[[Fan Nickname|REmake]]")
* ''[[Resident Evil 0]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Zero]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]] X''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]] X''
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]''
** ''[[The Simpsons Hit and Run]]''
** ''[[The Simpsons Hit & Run]]''
* ''[[Second Sight (video game)|Second Sight]]''
* ''[[Second Sight (video game)|Second Sight]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]] Legends'' (For those who didn't buy a Sega Dreamcast)
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]] Legends'' (For those who didn't buy a Sega Dreamcast)
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* ''[[Wave Race]]: Blue Storm''
* ''[[Wave Race]]: Blue Storm''
* ''[[XIII]]''
* ''[[XIII]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Falsebound Kingdom]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom]]''


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    The little lunchbox that could (and eventually did when you duct-taped two of them together).

    Who Are You?

    The Nintendo GameCube (officially abbreviated as GCN), Nintendo's entry into the sixth generation of the Console Wars, was released in late 2001. It marked Nintendo's shift from cartridges to optical discs in response to third parties being driven away by the Nintendo 64's continued use of cartridges, using miniature proprietary discs. The graphical capabilities were better than the PlayStation 2, and in some cases, on par with those of the Xbox. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III actually holds the sixth-gen record for polygon count, at 20 million polygons. The GameCube was the first Nintendo console to have fewer buttons on its controller than its predecessor; this was due to the introduction of a second analog stick, though this C-stick was smaller than the primary analog stick.

    Nintendo offered many of its properties to other developers. Namco ran around with Donkey Kong and made the Donkey Konga series, Dolled Up Installments of the Taiko no Tatsujin series of drumming games. Namco and Rare (under the company's last days with Nintendo before getting bought out by Microsoft) both had Star FOX-based games (although Rare's was too a Dolled Up Installment, this one born out of Nintendo meddling with the would-have-been Nintendo 64 game Dinosaur Planet.) Most famously, Retro Studios rose to fame with the smash hit Metroid Prime. Capcom was working on The Legend of Zelda and liked the 'Cube so much they promised a few exclusive games for it, dubbed the "Capcom 5":

    Oh, and this thing is tough, as in physically. There are stories of people having dropped GameCubes off the top of tall buildings and them still being perfectly intact. It's gotten a reputation for being damn near indestructible; someone once fended off a mugger with a knife with his Gamecube and it wasn't even damaged. Intentionally trying to break it is just about the only way to go. Considering Nintendo's history of making their products Tonka Tough, there might be a reason for that.

    Its codename during development was "Project Dolphin" and there are often little nods to this throughout early Gamecube games, such as Super Mario Sunshine being set on "Isle Delfino" (Italian for dolphin). An early rumoured release name for the console was "Starcube", which was apparently dropped for copyright reasons.

    There was a stylish-looking variant of the GCN that plays DVD movies and contained other multimedia functionality called the Panasonic Q, but only in Japan and only for those who care not about the health of their wallet.

    Oh, and the slow, haunting theme that plays when you turn on the thing? It's the start-up theme for the old Famicom Disk System, slowed down a whole bunch. Pretty neat.

    GameCube games and series include:

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