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[[File:gamecube.jpg|frame|The little lunchbox that could ([[Wii|and eventually did when you duct-taped two of them together]]).]]


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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 Installment|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 (series)|Star FOX]]''-based games (although Rare's was too a Dolled Up Installment, this one born out of Nintendo [[Executive Meddling|meddling]] with the [[What Could Have Been|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":

* ''Dead Phoenix'' ([[What Could Have Been|cancelled]])
* ''[[P.N.03]]: Project Number 03'' (the only game to stay exclusive)
* ''[[Killer7]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]])
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' (ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] again)
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' (ported to-you guessed it-the [[PlayStation 2]])

Oh, and this thing is ''[[Tonka Tough|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 [[Tonka Tough|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 [[No Export for You|only in Japan]] and [[Crack is Cheaper|only for those who care not about the health of their wallet]].

Oh, and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUHJUJkbv-k slow, haunting theme] that plays when you turn on the thing? It's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_vTOZQLxY start-up theme for the old Famicom Disk System], slowed down a whole bunch. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1m6j38CDOc Pretty neat].

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=== GameCube games and series include: ===

* ''[[Alien Hominid]]''
* ''[[Amazing Island]]''
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' 1.x ([[Sequel First|the series made its international debut on this system]], though there was a [[Nintendo 64]] version [[No Export for You|in Japan]], which is why there is a Nintendo 64 logo item in the game)
* ''[[Backyard Sports]]''
* ''[[Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance]]''
* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]''
* ''[[Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu]]''
* ''[[Batman: Vengeance]]''
* ''[[Battalion Wars]]''
* ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]''
* ''[[Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg]]''
* ''[[Legacy of Kain|Blood Omen 2]]''
* ''[[Chibi-Robo!]]''
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex]]''
* ''[[Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest|Cubivore]]''
* ''[[Custom Robo]]'' ([[Sequel First|international debut again]])
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix]]''
* ''[[Darkened Skye]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''
* ''[[Doshin the Giant]]''
* ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Evolution Worlds]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (video game)|Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]''
* ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'' (although not the first game in [[Fire Emblem|the series]] to be released internationally, this was the first non-handheld installment to be released internationally)
* ''[[F-Zero]] GX''
* ''[[Geist]]''
* ''[[Gotcha Force]]''
* ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''
* ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]''
* ''[[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.)
* ''[[Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue|Hello Kitty Roller Rescue]]''
* ''[[Ikaruga]]'' (For those who didn't ''import'' a Dreamcast.)
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]''
* ''[[Killer7]]''
* ''[[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: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Lost Kingdoms]]''
* ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]''
* ''[[Medabots]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart]] Double Dash''
* ''[[Mario Party]]'' 4, 5, 6 and 7
* ''[[Mario Golf]] Toadstool Tour''
* ''[[Mario Tennis]]''
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' ''[[Compilation Rerelease|Anniversary Collection]]''
* ''[[Mega Man X]]'' ''[[Compilation Rerelease|Collection]]''
* ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission]]''
* ''[[Metal Arms]]: Glitch In The System''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] [[Video Game Remake|The Twin Snakes]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' (the first two installments were released on this system)
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Deception]]''
* ''[[Naruto Clash of Ninja]]''
* ''[[Odama]]''
* ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' (''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' was originally going to be a GameCube game, but didn't get the treatment ''Twilight Princess'' got. Also had misfortune of being released the same day as Halo2)
* ''[[Phantasy Star Online]] Ep. 1 & 2'' (improved from the Sega Dreamcast/PC version), ''Ep. 3 C.A.R.D. Revolution'' & ''Ep. IV Blue Burst''. These were the only games on the GameCube that had online capabilities.
* ''[[Pikmin]]''
* ''[[P.N.03]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Channel]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'' and ''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness''
* ''[[Rayman]] 3: Hoodlum Havoc''
* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (the "[[Fan Nickname|REmake]]")
* ''[[Resident Evil 0]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]] X''
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]''
** ''[[The Simpsons Hit and Run]]''
* ''[[Second Sight (video game)|Second Sight]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]] Legends'' (For those who didn't buy a Sega Dreamcast)
* ''[[SNK vs. Capcom]]''
** ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium]]''
* ''[[Sonic Adventure]] DX'' (Again, for those who didn't buy a Sega Dreamcast)
** ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]] Battle''
* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
* ''[[Sonic Riders]]''
* ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur II]]''
* ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]''
* ''[[Star Fox Assault]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces|Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast]]''
* ''[[Rogue Squadron|Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader]]''
** ''Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike''
* ''[[Summoner 2|Summoner: A Goddess Reborn]] (A port of [[Summoner 2]] for the [[PlayStation 2]])''
* ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
* ''[[Super Robot Wars GC]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Melee'' (The [[Killer App]] for the 'Cube.)
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy]] Series''
** Tom Clancy's [[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon|Ghost Recon]]
*** Tom Clancy's [[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon|Ghost Recon]] 2
** Tom Clancy's [[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Rainbow Six]] 3
*** Tom Clancy's [[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Rainbow Six]]: Lockdown
** Tom Clancy's [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Splinter Cell]]
*** Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
*** Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
*** Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
* ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (video game)|Ultimate Spider Man]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Wario World]]''
* ''[[Wario Ware]], Inc.: Mega Party Game$!''
* ''[[Wave Race]]: Blue Storm''
* ''[[XIII]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Falsebound Kingdom]]''

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