I got a gamecube today...its really cool but...

Ronaldo7

Why doesnt Nintendo advertise this baby? Its so slick...

I cant remember seeing this advertised at all ever...except for the game metroid prime...but thats it!

I mean its so good. I think it looks really cute. I used to hate the controller but its real slick now im used to it. I

I got the Zelda pack with Clone Wars(Star Wars) and 007 Nightfire(no bounty hunters left) and of course with Mario Kart for 150 euro. Thats amazing value and i just picked up the controller and started playing...as simple as that. Loving it.

I put on Zelda 1 and i was like "Good god this is terrible...) so i skipped to the 2'nd most recent one Zelda Ocarina of time. and this is a slick game. Im really really enjoying it. Story is amazing so far and everything about the game is so cool.

I played 007: Nightfire and was equally impressed. Great game.

Havent played mario kart double dash yet cos i know its great, played it in mates house already.

Im just really thrilled with the cube and dont understand why its not advertised ever. Also, about these rumours about the cube going...is there any substance in this?

Cheers guys...

Oh yeah...can you recommend me some good games for the cube too?

smiaras

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Syth

It is crazy the lack of advertising. They really could do well if they invested a bit of money in advertising and marketing.

Some good games are: Metroid Prime, Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Ronaldo7

Oh yeah, i have a ps2 as well and dont want any games that i can just play on the PS2. I dont see how the graphics are worse than the ps2 so far...they seem about the same if not better sometimes...

Pugsley

Ninento in Europe is generally sloppy, a lot of good games dont even make it to us, they dont try nearly hard enough in Europe, so they dont advertise and whatnot, which is a bit of a shame because PS2 adverts and X-box ones are pretty common on TV.

DiscoStu

/me reachs over and looks at pile of gc games

here we go

resident evil 1
resident evil 0
wave race blue storm
luigi's mansion
super mario sunshine
ikaruga
pikmin
soul calibur 2(best of the 3 consoles tbh)
zelda: the wind waker
metroid prime
eternal darkness
f-zero gx
super smash brothers melee
animal crossing

and if you like that kind of thing

skies of arcadia
pn03(very much an aquired taste, rock hard and repetitive(read old school) and poses a very great rick of rsi after playing)
star fox adventures(another aquired taste, a poor zelda clone with a certain charm)

viewtiful joe is another one that seems to cause copious amounts of furious mastubation at the very mention of it, must be good. importmaddness.co.uk seem content with ****ng me over so i aint played it yet.

Ronaldo7

all those games you mentioned are deadly(from what ive read and talked about)...not to mention the new rogue squadron 3 (drool).

Burago

The reviews of Rogue Squadron 3 haven't been that great to be honest. I have RS2 and it's a bloody good game, tough but really enjoyable. Zelda is pure class, Nintendo have a certain way of producing amzingly fun and adictive games. I only bought my Cube recently so I've a lot of catching up to do. Mario, Monkey Ball, Metroid, Eternal Darkness, Double Dash and Prince of Persia are on my list. The only PS2 game I really want is Pro Evo 3.

Woden

Disco stu why is soul caliber 2 best on the cube? not questioning your opinion just wondering why? graphics, extra characters etc?

Burago

Originally posted by Dataisgod
Disco stu why is soul caliber 2 best on the cube? not questioning your opinion just wondering why? graphics, extra characters etc?

The fact that Link is a playable character:D

Woden

fair enough does each version have its special character?

DiscoStu

each one has a different one, the xbox has spawn who is just as bad as necrid and heihachi from tekken is on the ps2. link as out of place as it may seem he actually fits in quite well, is the best moves wise and as strange as it may seem the gamecube pad is fantastic for it, you couldnt get any better without an arcade stick.

Deadwing

Good choice of console i love the cube..i was reading a magazine today that referred to it as "The lowly cube" (as far as graphics are concerned) but fawned all over the ps2. Id LOVE to see the ps2 pull off some of the stuff cube does. No way in hell could ps2 ever do Resident Evil like the cude, or Zelda, Metroid, or rogue squadron. Cube SH*TS all over ps2 for graphics.
Anyway, good games
Eternal darkness
Resi evil 1 + 0
Metroid
Zelda

Celtic Tiger

I recommend Timesplitters 2, excellent multiplayer with a tonne of options.

Single player is fun too, especially co-op

Doodah7

I'm currently enjoying the insanely addictive Super Monkey Ball 2. What a game... parts of it are like Teletubbies on acid but the gameplay is absolutely massive.

rainbow kirby

Originally posted by DiscoStu
resident evil 1
resident evil 0
wave race blue storm
luigi's mansion
super mario sunshine
ikaruga
pikmin
soul calibur 2(best of the 3 consoles tbh)
zelda: the wind waker
metroid prime
eternal darkness
f-zero gx
super smash brothers melee
animal crossing

What he said... and for the multiplayer super monkey ball 2. get viewtiful joe as well, tis next on my shopping list! metroid and zelda kick ass, im bout 2/3 through wind waker just stopped for a while to play f-zero and mario kart! wouldnt mind getting rogue leader too, it can be had very cheaply 2nd hand. ive my cube 3 months now and its destroyed any interest i may ever have had in any of the other consoles.

smiaras

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Retr0gamer

I just realised last night when I was thinking about breaking my PS2 over my knee after nuking my own characters again in Final Fantasy Tactics, that I've really only used my PS2 to play through my vast back log of PS1 games and have played hardly any PS2 games and most of the ones that I did play were imports. I'm getting far more play time from my Gamecube.

i_am_dogboy

Buy pikmin, if you buy anything for the cube, buy pikmin, its the only game i've played that has impressed me as much as giants: citizen kabuto or planescape torment. Really......buy pikmin

Cake Fiend

I'll take your Zelda 1 disc off your hands if you don't want it!

Adrian

Xbox and Game Cube should, if this was a perfect world, be selling far more then Playstation 2 because they are way better. Playstation 2 games are getting quite dated with gameplay and graphics while Xbox and GameCube are still going strong producing some great games. I personally think the Xbox is overall winner for games but that is my oppinion. Gamecube games are mostly party games. Not much good 1 player games come out for it and the only ones that do are platformers. Not that platforms are bad or anything but that is really all the cube gets.

Retr0gamer

Actually I prefer my Playstation 2 to the xbox and it's abundance or dull and unimaginative action games. However in online multiplayer xbox is a lot better (not too big a fan of online play though).

Placebo

I cant remember seeing this advertised at all ever

eh !
when it first came out, they had those adverts where there was stuff going on ina cube , like a woman would be there and a guy would look at her necklace(cube) and sharks would be swimming in it and ****, that was only 1, theres was 2 or 3 more.
and they were on alot.

Better than crap ps2 adverts, new one is kinda Xtreme though.

Tusky

Originally posted by Adrian
Xbox and Game Cube should, if this was a perfect world, be selling far more then Playstation 2 because they are way better. Playstation 2 games are getting quite dated with gameplay and graphics while Xbox and GameCube are still going strong producing some great games. I personally think the Xbox is overall winner for games but that is my oppinion. Gamecube games are mostly party games. Not much good 1 player games come out for it and the only ones that do are platformers. Not that platforms are bad or anything but that is really all the cube gets.

while I would agree with you to an extent but....The gamecube has a fair ammount of good single player games , what about Zelda, Metroid Prime ,Eternal darkness the Rez evil games , Viewtiful Joe , Star Fox Adventures , Rogue squadron 2 , Pikmin

thats nto even including multy platform games like Prince of persia , Beyond good and evil ETC ETC

Thats just off the top of my head im sure I forgot loads , so its kinda unfair to say it has no good single player games apart from platformers

Fianna

If you're into Final Fantasy style RPGs then you should have a look at Skies Of Arcadia.

That game reminded me so much of the feel of FFVII, really great game.

Ronaldo7

I am really liking this cube...where have i been for the past year and a half? I definitely blame the advertising. Ive seen tons of xbox and ps2 ads and no nintendo ad's. Nor has anyone else ive spoken too...

The ps2 is slowly starting to look outdated in my eyes...the XBOX will never be a machine of mine because it doesnt have Pro 3 or Grand theft auto series as soon as its released. And just because the specs of the xbox are so great doesnt mean it is...

Woden

Originally posted by Fianna
If you're into Final Fantasy style RPGs then you should have a look at Skies Of Arcadia.

That game reminded me so much of the feel of FFVII, really great game.

is it only available on the cube?

Tusky

Originally posted by Dataisgod
is it only available on the cube?

Dreamcast also fantastic game

Caesar_Bojangle

Whats fifa 2004 like?

Ronaldo7

ok wish pro 3 came to gamecube.

honru

Glad to see you like your Cube. Haven't really thought of advertising since I don't need to notice it really. You should send Nintendo an email and give them some feedback, then maybe we'll see more purple :cool:.

Enjoy.

smiaras

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whosurpaddy

Originally posted by tallpaul
I'm currently enjoying the insanely addictive Super Monkey Ball 2. What a game... parts of it are like Teletubbies on acid but the gameplay is absolutely massive.

the original monkey ball is worth it just for monkey target (the most fun multiplayer game to play drunk in a long time) i have monkey ball 2 ordered and am eagerly awaiting its arrrival. monkey soccer here i come:p

anthonymcg

Originally posted by smiaras
All in all you'd be better importing one of the Winning Eleven series.

Have ISS2 (ISS 3 was a step backwards) but was thinking of importing one of the Winning Eleven series alright. Why don't they get off their asses and port this title for a european audience. It'd sell bucketloads.

Retr0gamer

Finished Skies of Arcadia about 2 weeks ago. Fantastic game and well worth getting if your an RPG fan. Reminded me a little of Suikoden with all the base building character recruitment and different battle styles.

rainbow kirby

Nintendo of Europe deserve anal probing if we dont get Tales Of Symphonia, that game looks cool but i couldnt imagine playing through an RPG in Japanese! :eek:

Fianna

I was addicted to Skies Of Arcadia until I had to start college, haven't played it since. Gotta get back into it...

Love to play it on the Dreamcast, just to compare. Anybody know if it's the same story? A straight port? I take it the graphics were improved on for the GC, but any extras?

Tusky

the gamecube one is called skys of arcadia legends and as far as i know its different...couldnt tell you how exactly

TheSonOfBattles

Noticing Nintendo's slightly skewed marketing approach to our fair gaming Isle, and that one or two people have decided to take action, i've joined in. I just sent the following email to Nintendo Europe's PR department under the title of Dissatisfactory European Strategy:

To whom it may concern,

For months now i've been a happy gameboy advance owner with several very good games, for what has to be the best handheld system i've ever seen. I also own several other computer systems. These include a dreamcast, playstation 2, xbox and pc. The reason i'm telling you this is, i've had these systems for quite some time and have always been interested in buying a gamecube, especially since some brilliant games like Zelda and Metroid are exclusive, being as how you design them. I was content to sit back and wait, and maybe get one in a few months, and I kept telling myself I would. I have been doing this now since the gamecube came out.

Your recent initative's has pushed me to get a gamecube, and within the next few weeks I intend to purchase one with several games. However if you visit the following site: www.boards.ie and navigate to the games forum and then to the games threads, you'll notice you have a lot of extremely disattisfied customers in both Ireland and England. I was looking forward to getting the Zelda bonus disc along with Super Monkey Ball 2 and several other games, now I find that while other Nintendo divisions are offering this disc free with any of 2 games etc, you are charging an obscene amount of stars, and even then it's only a chance you will get it.

Why are you doing this to us. I do want to buy a gamecube, and all the fantastic accompanying games, but you seem to be mistreating Ireland even though Ireland is a good market for any technology. Just look at the success the psx garnered. Ireland had the highest amount of psx's sold per head of population in the world, second only to Japan. We're a bigger market for your company and your products than even America, yet you continue to mistreat and ignore us.

Just letting you know that you have many disattisfied customers, and many more to come.

My email on it's own won't do any good, specially seen as how I haven't gotten my cube yet, but if everyone were to send one, take action etc, changes might finally be made, non?

Only one way to find out.

lordsippa

Coming towards finishing Eternal Darkness for the first time. Already preparing to do it all over again. Damn great game. Pity it's so easy. <sigh>

I've Metroid Prime too, and it's just jaw-droppingly great. Just got Ikaruga the other day too. Also brilliant.

rainbow kirby

Coming towards finishing Eternal Darkness for the first time. Already preparing to do it all over again. Damn great game. Pity it's so easy

well you have to complete eternal darkness 3 times to get all the endings...

Retr0gamer

About Skies of Arcadia. The GC game is a straight port with a few new discoveries and wanted battles. Also the random encounter rate has been dropped to something a bit more tolerable.