Post by: Nile Boogie on February 20, 2006, 04:40:07 PM
...and before you say it. In my eyes, The Legend of Zelda: TWILIGHT PRINCESS, no matter how good, great or perfect of a game it is sure to be, CANNOT define the GameCube. Its going to come out too close to the Revolution for it to stand any chance of "fairly impacting" the Gamecube or her fanbase. So please, until that day comes...
Post by: King of Twitch on February 20, 2006, 04:51:38 PM
Post by: capamerica on February 20, 2006, 05:11:21 PM
The biggest highlights for this gen for me where:
Fighing you had:
-Super Smash Bros Melee
honorable mention: Soul Calibur II.
Racing:
-F-Zero GX
honorable mention: Mario Kart Double Dash
Sports:
-Super Mario Strikers
honorable mention: Mario Golf
FPS:
-Metroid Prime
honorable mention: Geist
Music:
-Donkey Konga (JP Edition)
RPG:
-Tales of Symphonia
honorable mention: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Might not have been the best game, But who cares all that matters is Square is back with the Big N!)
Virtual Life:
-Animal Crossing
Platformer:
-Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (Sure it was a DreamCast game, But it was the first Sonic game on a Nintendo Console!)
Adventure:
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
honorable mention: Resident Evil 4
Post by: IceCold on February 20, 2006, 05:40:50 PM
Post by: Nile Boogie on February 20, 2006, 06:14:37 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on February 20, 2006, 06:54:37 PM
In Nintendo's greatest moments they have made games I would consider virtually perfect in that there's pretty much nothing you could say was wrong with them and that even now they still hold up. Personally I felt the Cube was short on these types of titles and Pikmin 2 is one of only three Cube games I would consider perfect.
The first game was fantastic but suffered from the 30 day time limit. Metroid Prime is close but there are a couple issues in both of those games that hurt it slightly. Wind Waker has tedious sailing and an annoying tacked on fetch quest. But Pikmin 2 I find perfect. What an amazing game.
The other two perfect Cube games are Super Smash Bros Melee and Ikaruga. I can't find anything wrong with these games. Pikmin 2 gets my pick because I just personally like it best of the three.
Metroid Prime is really close to perfect though.
Post by: IceCold on February 20, 2006, 07:06:00 PM
Honourable mentions include Eternal Darkness (best of the rest), Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, Sunshine & Wind Waker.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 20, 2006, 07:19:35 PM
Post by: TrueNerd on February 20, 2006, 07:40:48 PM
The GameCube's defining game is Metroid Prime. No other game does a better job at making you feel like you really are the protagonist. Plus, it's friggin gorgeous.
Post by: Renny on February 20, 2006, 07:42:47 PM
Post by: Nile Boogie on February 20, 2006, 07:47:00 PM
After Metroid Prime it gets hard. F-Zero GX is the best racing game this gen(maybe ever?) from a gameplay standpoint. Resident Evil 4 is better than most action movies offered by hollywood in the five(5) years. SSB:M So good after all this time. But I'm going to go with Star Wars: Rouge Sqaudron II. From the time I played it in the Cube clubs back in the summer of 2001 until I got it on that night 12:07(I still have the pre-order slip) from my man Tee on South Street later that November, till the first time I played the Battle of Endor, Star Wars: Rouge Squadron II was the reason I bought a Gamecube in the first place. And if it was the only game I ever played on the system, it would have been well worth the purchuse.
Thank you Nintendo GameCube, thank you.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 20, 2006, 08:16:23 PM
Renny, no linking HOTU because they have a few ROMs on there as well
Post by: Mario on February 20, 2006, 08:25:44 PM
Mario Power Tennis wins best multiplayer though... and Sonic Mega Collection wins best Sonic collection.
Post by: Infernal Monkey on February 20, 2006, 08:58:51 PM
Post by: PaLaDiN on February 20, 2006, 09:52:35 PM
Quoth a friend when the game came out: "So this is why you bought a Gamecube. It's a Metroid Prime Box."
Post by: Hostile Creation on February 20, 2006, 09:53:55 PM
I have to say, Metroid Prime (both games), Wind Waker, Pikmin 2, Jungle Beat, and Paper Mario 2 are probably my favorite single player games. Pikmin 2 also had really fun two player, my friend and I laughed so hard.
Multiplayer goes to Super Smash Brothers Melee and Mario Kart: Double Dash, easily. Put tons of hours into these.
Four Swords (which I ever only played alone), Luigi's Mansion, and F-Zero GX get honorable mentions, for being quite fun but not as substantial. Well, F-Zero is pretty substantial, just not among my top favorites.
Killer 7 may also be among my top favorites, for being the first video game story I ever truly enjoyed (aside from Link's Awakening, which is my favorite game ever).
My all-time defining game for Gamecube, however, is SSBM. Played that game more than any other game ever, even more than Starfox 64, probably. So many fun times had with this game, it'd the defining game of this generation, for me.
Post by: Arbok on February 21, 2006, 07:11:19 AM
No other game has kept me coming back more often, and to play more feverishly. Sure some games like RE4 will have me play a Mercenary Mode game for awhile, but SSB:M is one of those few classics that will hook me back in and make me addicited all over again to the point where it's hard to put the controller down.
Runner up for me would be Tales of Symphonia, which was such a blast to play that I beat it three times in a row.
Post by: Smash_Brother on February 21, 2006, 07:34:40 AM
The only thing memorable about WW was the ending. The rest of the game is a blur with the possible exception of when you first saw the 'dorf.
SSBM was an incredible disappointment because it shifted the focus of the game from skill and strategy to speed and reflex.
Pikmin was a cute idea but people with OCD should avoid games like that.
Post by: Pale on February 21, 2006, 08:54:40 AM
