Does anyone play the damn thing? I know people who love it so can you help me give them help?

My buddy got just for Super Smash Brothers. Actually he is getting the wii just for the exact same thing.

not th GC,but I do play the games from time to time

Best console ever.

Once in a while I play GC games on my wii, LoZ WW, Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 just to name a few games. To be honest the GC was underrated, it had so many great games that may have gotten overlooked

There are some decent games for it, and since you can pick one up used in a 'buy & sell' with 4 or 5 games for maybe $60, why wouldn't you get one?
One of the best things going for it though, is that Phantasy Star Online was re-released for the gamecube. I LOVE that game! (Not the crap card game, the original one for dreamcast.) Resident Evil 1, Star Fox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Tales of Symphonia, Battalion Wars, Rogue Leader, Eternal Darkness... the list of good games goes on. Not to mention the great drunken party games like smash-bros and mario kart. And you can buy games for $4 - $10 each easy at EB Games. Hell, you could get them cheaper at a flea-market.
So again I ask, why not own one?

i still play it from time to time. It is okay. The graphics are pretty sound and the gameplay is good. I quite like the console. It was just overshadowed by the xbox and ps2. an underrated and (albeit too late) underbought console. It is a good console. 30 quid now. You can get the latest zelda on it too.

the problem is that today gamers only look for FPS or violent games like GTA,etc.Since the gamecube rarely got above PG-13 rating it dind't sell well.

Used to play Super smash brothers on this console with one of my friends even though the old version for Nintendo 64 was better it was still loads of fun.

My buddy got just for Super Smash Brothers. Actually he is getting the wii just for the exact same thing.

wow i know someone that did the exact same thing

I thought it was a pretty good consel,and it saved space, but it did kind of lack in shooters. THe console was worth it in my opinion just because of games like smash bros, mario sunshine, zelda twilight princess, and resident evil 4.

i had a game cube with quite a few games. i loved sonic....what ever one it was. loved and still have copies of MGS twin snakes and P.N. 03. however i traded it in for a ps2 cos all the games i wanted got cancelled. got really annoyed.

I liked the GameCube. It had some awesome games. I still wish I got the Xbox while everyone was still all hyped up about Halo 2.

Got it cause there was a bundle with Metroid Prime... I wasnt dissapointed. Only got a few titles for it though... (PC gamer... literally it was there because it ment I had access to Nintendo's exclusive, the games that hit all three consoles, and the games that hit PS2, XBOX, and PC... basically anything I COULD want).

Technically I don't have a Gamecube, but I have a Wii that can play Gamecube games, so technically I can catch up on what I have missed from the last generation. The worst thing is I bought a lot of Gamecube games but I haven't played many of them because I don't really like the Gamecube controller.

Man, there were SO many good Gamecube games. Especially the ones that came later on in its life. Is it just my memory, or did the Gamecube receive a lot of flak early on? It turned out great in the end. Now, which Nintendo console does this remind me of...?

i got my GC for a hand full of games - 5 total, but found it really hard to get any games here in sydney, it was like no one was supporting it. so for me it was a lemon cause it had no range for me to try but it had potential.

All this guy does is play it though. I'm not saying it is bad I am saying that he needs help, he has no life and everyone hates him.

All this guy does is play it though. I'm not saying it is bad I am saying that he needs help, he has no life and everyone hates him.

Well if everyone hates him.. maybe you should hate him... Yea the GC is underrated and is actually very well made. If you want to save your friend... pay an attractive girl to talk to him. Number one enemy to video games is attractive girls.

Gamecube was awesome, great, fantabulous even. And it also had THE best exclusive character for Soul Caliber II, Link. Not insomuch that I want to be presented as a fanboy, but there was only one other place that you could whip someone with link, and that was in Smash Brothers.

Spawn, had a wide range of craptacular games, and Heihachi has been in every Tekken that has existed.

Some games just felt right with the gamecube, mostly the pick up and play timewasters that were suitable for people of all ages. At first it had great third party support, but as time went on the games became crappier and crappier. C'mon, Gheist? That game was pure shit in an outhouse. Just want to get rid of it and let it fester for the ants and worm to gnosh on.

Beyond Good and Evil, it feels like it was made just for the gamecube, the controls fit perfectly to the controller. Several other games felt like that, the SSX series felt great on it. Even the horrible worms 3D felt at place on the jovial little purple/black/silver/orange box.

Ghiest, I had the same issues I do with pretty much EVER FPS style game.... analogs.

I would give it another shot if it was remade for the Wii (but even I would demand a graphical facelift this time around).

i dont remember much about the GC. i dont know why. all i remember about it was i did not like the controler when i tryed it at a friend's house and i pretty much ignored it then. now that im older i decided to buy 18 games 4 GC controllers including the bongo drums and microphone for $85 from my friend so i can play it on my wii. right now i have not had much time to play the games but im glad i bought them.

Sniper, you got yourself one helluva deal there.

Only thing that would make it better would be chocolate chip cookies.

i was a GC min for 3 years of last gen i had a total of 32 games i loved that little purple lunchbox but when some titles that interested me on the ps2 came out i bought that

Never owned one but everyone else did so i had lots of time to play on it was fun but didn't like the controler couldn't ever figure it out, kinda like the n64 one it confused me so bad

I need to purchase one again for the controllers, and so I can finally play Eternal Darkness.

I still play mine. I modded it because most of the good games are Japanese, if you don't mind paying around 60 bucks for a game in a language you don't understand it's a pretty good system.