Yeah, the "Too much hardware" requirement never sat well with with me in regards to Pac-Man Vs.  I can't imagine there were many people with a GameCube that didn't easily have access to a GameBoy Advance of some type.  And the GBA/GCN link cables were so abundant - I've got five and only bought one (Before they were in stores, I ordered one from NoA for Sonic).  Got the other four free with various games (FF:CC, Four Swords Adventures, Pokémon Colosseum and my imported Four Swords Plus...).