I Need Suggestions!

There's a large possibility that I'll be getting a GameCube to accompany my old and frail PS2 within the coming weeks. Now I'm not that familiar with what is avilable for the GC, so I'm going to ask you lot what I should get for it as well. I won't be getting all of thse games instantly, I'll be buying them over a period of time, so post as many as you want. I don't want mediocre games, I want the best of the best. Here is what I've come up with so far:

Beyond Good And Evil (I'll save you the trouble of pimping it again KFS :razz: )
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Soul Calibur 2
Legend Of Zelda

Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - I love the cel-shaded style of
this, and the island exploration is cool. I've not actually played the
game to be honest, but I watched my flatmate play through it and it
seems like a great game, certainly one of the must buys on the console.

Viewtiful Joe - Seemed cool, though very hard, but my flatmate traded it in before I really got to play it.

Harvest Moon - Slow paced game but seems like fun to me. If
raising a successful farm sounds like fun to you, go for it :smile:

Resident Evil - Great remake, that is really more different to
the original game than it is comparable. If you like the series this is
WELL worth picking up, even if you played the first game to death.

Resident Evil Zero - A novel character switching system adds
quite nicely to the typical res evil gameplay, though doesn't really
change anything much. If you like the series, again this is worth
getting, but it won't change your opinion of it if you never liked the
others.

Mario Kart Double Dash - Absolute blast in 4 player mode, so if
you play multiplayers with mates often, this is an absolute essential.
I haven't played it in single player though, doubt it would be
worthwhile if thats what you mostly use the console for.

Super Smash Bros Melee - Again, a great multiplayer title that
doesn't hold so much appeal in single player. Not perfect but a good
laugh and anyone can play it, so great at parties or with a group of
mates or whatever.

I'm having a bit of trouble thinking of others really, those are the games my mate has that are worth getting.

My son has a game cube, he has these games, and claims all are good/great.

• Resident Evil Zero
• Resident Evil
• Baulders Gate-Dark Alliance
• Blood Omen 2
• ATV 2
• Burnout
• Red Faction 2

I personally have:

Zelda: Wind Waker
Smash Bros. Melee
Animal Crossing
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Collector's Disc
Zelda: Collector's Disc
Resident Evil
Metroid Prime

I might have a few more, I'm not in the same room as the games so that's off the top of my head.

I'd also highly recommend Twin Snakes. As well as all the ones I have.

I have approximately one s**tload of games for the GC and I loves them
all. MAKE SURE YOU BUY SMASH BROS. MELEE! Also be sure to
check out:

Metroid Prime (first-person shooter/adventure with a pretty immersive story)
Burnout 2 (arcade racing and CRASH MODE)
Resident Evil (if you're into this sort of game, or...)
Eternal Darkness (another great survival horror, where you can go insane)
Metal Arms (BUY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW, YOU WON'T REGRET IT - GREAT platformer for $20!)
F-Zero GX or Mario Kart (depends on which sort of racing you like - I think they're both good)
Animal Crossing (It's like Harvest Moon but better - play with your girlfriend/wife, she'll love it)

You might also like Smuggler's Run, Mario Tennis/Mario Kart, I Ninja...

And be on the lookout for upcoming games: Metroid Prime 2, Paper Mario
2, Fire Emblem, The Legend of Zelda, and especially Tales of Symphonia.

Personally I have found the GC to be my favorite system of the bunch. Sure, it doesn't get online, but the games it has are tons of fun, the console is dirt cheap, and the fact that most people dismiss it means lots of cheap used games for me!

Nice one people, keep them coming! :smile:

I also vouch for Metroid Prime and Eternal Darkness - I've played neither but my flatmate loved them both.

EDIT: Oh and Pikmin, again I've barely played it, but from watching my mates play it looks really good, and they recommend it.

The only Gamecube games I can suggest as great games are Animal Crossing and Super Smash Bros. Melee. Every other big name game like Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime, Zelda:Windwaker, and Mario Kart DD is inferior to its SNES or N64 counterpart.

DO NOT BUY THE WIND WAKER AHHH!

• Worst graphics and worst graphical style of any Zelda game; Ocarina and Majora look better

• Insult to the intricate and involving storyline to older Zelda titles; with about a sentence of explanation, Link is in an entirely different world with people he does not know, fighting Gannondorf - who, by the way, has turned into a fat Japanese warlord of sorts.

• Intolerable stupidity in theme; your friends are talking boats and kids with snot trailing feet below their noses (And yes, that is f**king disgusting) and your enemies are pigs with additive-fade lamps that can't see two feet in front of them.

Shame on Nintendo for releasing this piece of absolute garbage. It's only by the new Zelda videos, whose beauty and genius brought a tear to my eye (not literally) that my faith has been restored in them after playing this 'game' the Wind Waker.

I agree with cass, zelda on gamecube = bleuch, the n64 and SNES versions were far better. The SNES origional is just genious, even today compared with all of the ruubish most software developer dish out each year.

The graphics in the wind waker are great for its style - if you don't
like the style, then fair enough, but the graphics aren't bad, and are
certainly better than those found in Ocarina (not played Majora's Mask,
but its the same engine right?).

As for your second point cass - early Zelda games had such deep and
compelling storylines didn't they :rolleyes: You don't play as Link in the
wind waker, you play as a young boy who is dressed up like Link because
its his birthday, and thats their tradition. Its not an entirely
different world, its suggested that its the same world but flooded, due
to the fact you can visit Hyrule castle. From what I saw of WW it was
far more story centric than other Zelda's.

I actually found the setting to be far more interesting than prior
Zelda's - wow it has pigs to fight instead of what, big rats? Big deal.
There are plenty of other more interesting enemies anyway, such as the
knights, who you can knock different parts of the armour off and steal
their swords. The snot-nosed kid is really annoying, but other
characters are pretty cool, be it the talking fish, travelling boat
shop guy, or your own damn cool looking lion boat.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time in case you haven't played it on X-Box / PS2 / PC already. Really fluid animations and one of the first games to have that desaturated-dreamy look. Also some great level design as well.

Dammit, I thought I could still sneak PoP in there until I got to the bottom... all my suggestions have been used up. :smile:

I'll go ahead and re-inforce recommendations for Prince of Persia, Mario Kart, and Viewtiful Joe. I have Eternal Darkness but haven't played it that much yet.

oh, and... BG&E? :biggrin: Double pimp! Gamecube version won't look quite as good as the Xbox or PC versions, but the control scheme is by far the best of the console versions. :smile:

I think the new 1019 (or so)_ block memory card comes out this week, so hold off for that - I need to snag one of those as soon as they hit shelves, since my 251 is getting pretty full.

I recommend Wind Waker. I don't recommend Mario Sunshine though, I have it and it's just pathetic. Think 10% of the goodness of Mario 64 with nice looking water and you pretty much have it.

matt said:
I agree with cass, zelda on gamecube = bleuch, the n64 and SNES versions were far better. The SNES origional is just genious, even today compared with all of the ruubish most software developer dish out each year.

the original wasn't the SNES one; there were 2 before it on NES.

I thought Mario Sunshine was great, much better then Mario 64 on many aspects.

Ikaruga (how could you guys miss this one??)
Super Mario Sunshine (rent it and judge for your self)
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Soul Calibur 2 (best of the three versions)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, don't bother getting the other collectors pack, it just has OoT and Zelda 1,2, and the Links Awakening. Masters Quest is pretty awesome.
Metroid Prime (alright ... I expected a little more, but it's a good game)
Viewtiful Joe (rent this one first, because it's not too long, but it's for a true gamer, but its bad ass.)
Windwaker, if you like Zelda in general, because it's not a bad game, I'm sick of hearing people say the game is crap just because they don't like cell shading.

Anything you can find on GC and PC I'd suggest getting them on PC, simply because it'll look better and run faster there.

hmmm..... GC games. i have always found there to be my faverates <---- spelt rong:

Baulders Gate-Dark Alliance: A fantastic game, not brilliant compared to other slash and hacks ( lotr rotk ) but alot of fun to play on. The same people that made icewind dale :smile:

Super Smash0 Bro's: Great fun for 2 or more people. One of my most played games ( at my mates :razz: [ I have no GC ] ).
Can be very diffecault if you choose it to be.

Metroid Prime: Great to play. even better if you play all the other metroids ( Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid fusion, Metroid Zero Mission and Metroid Prime ) takes i wile to get used to but is werth it.

alot of people seem to like the Flatshaded Zelda. i thought it was realy poor but the mejority seem to like it. alot more skill involved

Lotr Rotk ( Lord of the Rings - Return of the King ):
An apsalutely great game. Alot of fun and lets you see some bits you dont see in the film !!! ) ( only small shots though :sad: )
I found this slightly better on the pc version, it seemed to have a better quality and better speed than the GC version. Still alot of fun to play.

heh forgot somthing:
Soul Calibur 2:
i have always found Soul Blade the best ( although that did anoy me the most :razz: )
Deffenatly a good game to play but one of the char's has a cheater weapon as such ( loads of attack and loads of defence )

Ikaruga (how could you guys miss this one??)

Gah! My new addiction, of all things!!!

After having this game for a few months, I finally sat down and figured out how to play it. Holy hell. Amazing.

And while you're at it, find the video of a single guy playing 2-player with two controllers (one for each hand) in chapters 3 and 5. Un-freakin-believable.

And while you're at it, find the video of a single guy playing 2-player
with two controllers (one for each hand) in chapters 3 and 5.
Un-freakin-believable.

If he has that much spare time, I'll bet he definately is single. :smile:

What about F-Zero GX, that's pretty dam cool :smile:

Let's have a comparison.



Do you want to play with this swashbuckling ass-carpenter? I think not; in fact, the gaydar is near breaking point looking at the goddamn expression on his face. Or, would you rather be



This badass elf-man? That's exactly right. When it comes down to it, nobody seriously wants kiddy graphics, no matter how much extra time the developer takes to make them look decent.

In the previous Zelda games, if there was very little substance to the story, then they did a hell of a job making you feel like you were a part of it; SNES Zelda, one of the greatest games ever made, didn't actually have the detail to its plot that the N64 versions had, but it put you in that world, however small. At any rate, it's better than "LOL EVERYTHING U DID IN ALL TEH OTHAR GAMES IS OVAR... HYRULE SI DESTROYed LOL!Ol!OL! OK SO U WAKE UP ON AN ILSLAND... lol".

To me, Link in the second picture looks pretty poor, its a crappy
outfit to try and make look realistic. I prefer the first one, in all
honesty, as the outfit suits the art style far better. By "nobody wants
kiddy graphics", your making an entirely false statement - give me the
cel-shading of Jet Set Radio over the realistic look of Tony Hawk's Pro
Skater anyday, and I'll take the stylised and original look of the Wind
Waker over Ocarina Of Time's "not as good looking as countless other
pseudo-realistic looking games" graphics.

Whatever you say, Reno. Just remember -



He's got his eye on you.

ROFL That was one hell of a reply :smile:

Both of you shut up, he's wearing tights.

Cassius said:


He's got his eye on you.

Simply the fact that you cropped it like that made me jump out of my chair. :smile:

Most I've ever played of Windwaker is only about an hour. Too bad I don't have a Gamecube. Then again, Majora's Mask is super-difficult and it took me ages just to figure out how to get the Ocarina. Which is really a shame, as I'm rather fond of all the Zelda games.

I bought Metroid Prime without any anticipation or expectations, and was quite blown away. I agree Mario Sunshine was better in some areas than 64, but as a whole I really don't think so. It's for sure a rent and test yourself kind of game. Smash Bros. Melee is great for single player as well as multiplayer, as there is a lot more for single players this time around. Ocarina of Time disc is great, I have the other disc because I'm a collector as well as a nostalgic gamer, so I enjoyed it. It's also good if you don't have Majora's Mask, although it isn't a perfect port (a few known sound issues).

I just finished Link to the Past and Four Swords on my NES SP the other night, I know the game too well after SNESing it up for so many years, puzzles that had me for hours have turned into like 15 min dungeons. But playing it again I remembered why I loved the game so much. Although a few changes they made notably the voice addition for link really strokes my fur the wrong way. I hate young link, he's a nuisance, his voice is irritating, I'll stick with the awesome adult link thank you. :smile:

Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

very close to Majora's Mask as far as "fun" level goes.

Who else, besides me, thinks there should be a new mario game made like the first level on Super Smash Bros. Melee's Adventure mode without a smash brothers interface, of course?
That'd be awesome.