Topic: I've been playing a lot of Gamecube lately

[NWR_insanolord]

How about orange?

[DAaaMan64]

Better but not much.  I don't know what was the right color, but even platinum doesn't make the system look real good.  all the last gen systems weren't good looking. Maybe it was a problem of shape. For me all I ever did was look at the GC, I never looked at it and said man thats good lookin'. Maybe that's lame though, certainly a super low priority.

[AV]

Better but not much.  I don't know what was the right color, but even platinum doesn't make the system look real good.  all the last gen systems weren't good looking. Maybe it was a problem of shape. For me all I ever did was look at the GC, I never looked at it and said man thats good lookin'. Maybe that's lame though, certainly a super low priority.

Panasonic Q FTW.

[KDR_11k]

Meh, people didn't care about the system itself when I brought it to parties, the problem was usually that they hated most of the games. They'd play SC2 but Smash Bros, Mario Kart, etc was too much for them.

[Chozo Ghost]

Better but not much.  I don't know what was the right color, but even platinum doesn't make the system look real good.  all the last gen systems weren't good looking. Maybe it was a problem of shape. For me all I ever did was look at the GC, I never looked at it and said man thats good lookin'. Maybe that's lame though, certainly a super low priority.

I own a platinum GC, and while it isn't as lame as the default purple GC was, it still kinda sucks. I think Nintendo realized purple wasn't the best color, and then they came out with the Platinum as the new default color, but by then it was too late and the damage was done. My only beef with the platinum GC is that it gives it a flimsy fake metallic look to it. You are instantly aware that it is a cheap plastic shell (which it is, as all consoles are), but the transparent attempt to make it seem metallic just makes it look even cheaper, imho.

It is still better than purple, but I think insanolord might have been onto something with his Orange color suggestion... Orange is a pretty bold and wild color, and I could have gotten behind that. But I'm not sure if everyone could. Like I said, white and black are the most logical choices because fewer people are likely to be offended by them. If you look back through the history of consoles, you'd see the vast majority were either white, black, or some variation of the two:

16bit era = Black Genesis versus greyish Super Nintendo

32bit era = Black Saturn and Black N64 versus Greyish Playstation

128bit era = White Dreamcast versus Black PS2, Black Xbox, and Purple GC

And now we have the White Wii up against the black PS3 and the Whiteish 360. So you see, throughout this history the GC stands out as being the only system to be colorful by default. It is worth noting that the GC was also Nintendo's least popular console. Is that a coincidence?

But Nintendo really seems to have learned their lesson, and the Wii is probably the most aesthetically pleasing console out right now. So maybe one could present the argument that the most attractive console wins, and the least attractive looking console always loses...

[DAaaMan64]

The GC did come in Orange, in Japan.

[EasyCure]

i'd just like to point out that the Famicom was a crimson red (almost burghandy.. if i spelled it right) and some sort of goldish color.

also the SNES had purple buttons on the console and the controller for the US release, and the japanese version had purple, yellow, blue, purple and i believe the fourth color was red (but i'm probably wrong) on the controller as the XYBA buttons.

[AV]

i'd just like to point out that the Famicom was a crimson red (almost burghandy.. if i spelled it right) and some sort of goldish color.

also the SNES had purple buttons on the console and the controller for the US release, and the japanese version had purple, yellow, blue, purple and i believe the fourth color was red (but i'm probably wrong) on the controller as the XYBA buttons.

I always hated how the FamiCom looked, its FUGLY. I don't mind the SNES buttons really.

[KDR_11k]

The SNES had red (A), green (Y), blue (X), yellow (B). Then again the US got an uglified version of the system and the color removed from the controller.

[Ian Sane]

You didn't get TimeSplitters 2, Ian?  For shame...The multiplayer is one of the best in FPSers, even today!

I didn't have it but my friend did and we did play it a lot.  It's a great game.  Still the N64 was THE FPS console for it's time and the Cube's only notable FPS was a multiplatform game available on all three consoles.  They gave up the "FPS console" title to MS.

Regarding the Cube's look the problem was Nintendo playing into the negative stereotype.  Nintendo gets accused of being kid-e.  It's not a completely accurate image.  It's a damaging one.  So what does Nintendo do?  CONFIRM that they're kid-e in the eyes of detractors by making their console a little cute Cube with a handle that looks like a toy and have big colourful buttons on the controller.

Nintendo didn't create the best image for themselves with the N64 but everything was potentially salvagable.  However they blew it by adhering to their own negative image. 

Kid-e - Release a purple lunchbox and turn Zelda from cool to cartoon
Behind with the times - crap all over online
Lousy third party support - have only ONE third party game at the Cube's first E3 (Rogue Leader)
Large gaps between good games - have a huge drought of almost literally no games right after launch

They had to prove the N64 was only a fluke and that Nintendo being on the ball was the norm.  The Cube pretty much just continued the same problems the N64 had and everyone went "meh".  It was worse with the Cube because there was no big excuse like the cartridges.  On the N64 the assumption was that Nintendo otherwise knew what they were doing but made one crucial mistake.  With the Cube we found out that that was a myth and Nintendo was actually pretty damn incompetent.  It seemed like they COULD have done better but either didn't try or didn't care or were too stupid to know what they needed to do.  Nintendo assumed people would buy the Cube "just because".  They provided no incentive to buy it.

Confirm negative image, fix nothing, be slightly worse then the competition in almost every comparison, add nothing of extra value.  That's the Cube.

[Nick DiMola]

I don't know I somehow managed to pull together 85 worthwhile games on my POS Gamecube, with a sizable list of titles I still don't have that I wouldn't mind owning. In the meantime I have around that many games when I pool together my PS2 and Xbox games.

Cube got a bad rap IMO.

[Ian Sane]

Hey I still like the Cube but if anyone had any bias against Nintendo from the N64 they had it "confirmed" with the Cube.  There was nothing to win them back.  It was a decent console if you gave it a chance but you HAD to give it a chance.  You had to be open-minded and willing to look past the purple lunchbox with no online and no DVD player.  Nintendo needed a console that grabbed you by the throat and forced you to pay attention to it.

[EasyCure]

The SNES had red (A), green (Y), blue (X), yellow (B). Then again the US got an uglified version of the system and the color removed from the controller.

I'm glad the US version had the color removed from the controller. The colored buttons always looked... yummy. They looked like M+Ms and i would of ended up trying to eat them.

[KDR_11k]

Well, yeah, the Cube was a failure because they went for the same goals as the competition and turned out to be not as good in reaching them. So with the Wii they changed the goal and suddently that inability became irrelevant, along with the strengths of MS and Sony.

[Chozo Ghost]

I think most of us would agree that even though the Gamecube was not very aesthetically appealing, at least it was well designed from a functionality standpoint. I never really used the handle feature of it all that much, but for people who do lots of moving and traveling that handle thing isn't really that bad of an idea. Sure, it makes the console look like a Kidde lunch-pal, but regardless of how it looks it still gets the job done.

The much smaller discs and built in 4 player functionality further confirm it to be an excellent console to bring to parties and over to friend's house. Unfortunately, how it looked tended to make said friends repulsed by it and not really want to give it a chance, but if they did give it a chance they might have found out it wasn't all that bad. The GC was an excellent example of why not to judge things by their appearances.

The GC seemed to be relatively durable and well built, and after all these years my original GC still works just as well as the day I bought it way back in 2002. I don't think most PS2 and Xbox owners can say the same about their consoles.

[Morari]

I think most of us would agree that even though the Gamecube was not very aesthetically appealing, at least it was well designed from a functionality standpoint.

It looked alright. It was certainly nicer than that fugly, huge Xbox-thing!

[EasyCure]

I think most of us would agree that even though the Gamecube was not very aesthetically appealing, at least it was well designed from a functionality standpoint. I never really used the handle feature of it all that much, but for people who do lots of moving and traveling that handle thing isn't really that bad of an idea. Sure, it makes the console look like a Kidde lunch-pal, but regardless of how it looks it still gets the job done.

The much smaller discs and built in 4 player functionality further confirm it to be an excellent console to bring to parties and over to friend's house. Unfortunately, how it looked tended to make said friends repulsed by it and not really want to give it a chance, but if they did give it a chance they might have found out it wasn't all that bad. The GC was an excellent example of why not to judge things by their appearances.

The GC seemed to be relatively durable and well built, and after all these years my original GC still works just as well as the day I bought it way back in 2002. I don't think most PS2 and Xbox owners can say the same about their consoles.

my gf tripped on the controller wire and made my GC fall face first on to the floor about 2 and half feet down.. it landed on the fucking memory card too...

lol game didnt stop, hell the lid didnt even pop open. Memory card and all its contents are intact and now my GC has a bit of a scratch/cut in front of the second memory port (where there was nothing). On the first port, the little flap doesnt close if you take the card out, but if i put pressure on any area around it, it pops back into the closed position.

gotta love nintendo products

[IceCold]

The indigo colour was just fine.. you guys complain too much.

The orange, on the other hand..

[KDR_11k]

The handle also had the side effect of keeping the back of the system away from walls, protecting the connectors on the back.

[Stogi]

The GC seemed to be relatively durable and well built, and after all these years my original GC still works just as well as the day I bought it way back in 2002. I don't think most PS2 and Xbox owners can say the same about their consoles.

My brother kicked mine across the entire floor of my basement (as in he kicked the living **** out of it) and it hit a support beam like KABLAOOOW!................don't ask why he did it (man you should of seen him, all shakin' with rage. He was so pissed he took a golf club and held it to the side of my face.....then......then.....). All that broke was the exterior exhaust vent on the left side. The damn thing still works to this day.

Nintendo's the best.

[oohhboy]

My GC has been through three countries and a region mod. It's also a Japanese Launch Cube to boot. It's a tank.

Personally, I wish my cube didn't have any color at all. A transparent one would be awesome.

Since I haven't gotten myself a wii yet, I am still going through a lot of classic games on the cube. I have a lot more games for it that I ever had for the N64.

[Stogi]

Wow......

How have you not played through Galaxy yet? Or even Prime?

[Ceric]

You can get a Spice one here in the states I' sure I've seen it.  Also I liked the Purple ever since my Purple GBC.

[BeautifulShy]

I always wanted a clear console to see all of the insides.

[Morari]

I had put a clear replacement case on my Dreamcast. While doing so, I also took the time to change the front LED from orange to blue. It is very spiffy.