Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496940003 Feature: includes Indigo Controller for Nintendo GameCube Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Number Of Items: 1 Platform: GameCube Publisher: Nintendo Sales Rank: 3733 Studio: Nintendo
Product Description: MODEL- GCUBEINDIGO VENDOR- NINTENDO FEATURES- GameCube System- Indigo finish The development of the Nintendo GameCube was based on one simple goal: to create the perfect game system. From its unique design to its ground-breaking games, it is clear that Nintendo GameCube is different. No matter what kind of games you love to play, you will find them on the Nintendo GameCube. * The Games A gaming system is only as good as the games it plays. Nintendo GameCube offers an ever-growing game library which caters to fans of all genres. Exclusive games and characters like Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Pokemon and more are only available on Nintendo consoles. Its simple: Nintendo GameCube delivers the games you want to play. * The System One look at the Nintendo GameCube hardware and you know it is different. The compact shape is not only practical -- the unique design is symbolic of Nintendos commitment to focus on creating the worlds most original and innovative video games. * The Disc The Nintendo GameCube Game Disc holds an incredible 1.5 Gigabytes of information, but it has a diameter of only three inches. The disc drive and processor work together with awesome speed, which makes load times hardly noticeable. * Controller The Nintendo GameCube Controller provides the crucial connection between the player and the game. Two analog Control Sticks, a built-in rumble feature and flawless ergonomic design ensure that the Controller feels and plays perfectly. The WaveBird Wireless Controller accessory allows players to feel the freedom of cord-free gaming! * The Connection On their
Amazon.com Review: Though it looks like a toy, don't be fooled: the Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console that rightly deserves its place among the other next-generation game systems. In fact, its playful, appealing design and small size (the unit is a not-quite-cubed 6 inches) aren't the only features that set it apart from the others.
For starters, Nintendo has quite clearly made this a game-only machine. It doesn't try to play your CD collection, run your movies, read your e-mail, or store your MP3 files. The company has concentrated its efforts on games. All the prelaunch titles we've seen play smoothly, with bright, fast graphics and great sound. Nintendo says its engineers have removed traditional bottlenecks that have, in the past, slowed down processing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels. In English: the GameCube is optimized to push speed up while pushing costs down; hence its position at the lower end of the price spectrum.
The GameCube is the first Nintendo video game system to use a disc-based medium rather than cartridges for its games. Moving the software to disc media generally means lower development costs for the publishers, which, in turn, trickles down to the consumer not only in price, but also in availability and quality, as it's then easier to try out untested game ideas (Pikmin, anyone?). While most other systems likewise have their games stored on discs, the GameCube's 3-inch format is smaller than everyone else's, and is so designed to fit in a shirt pocket as much as to deter would-be software pirates.
Of course, the main advantage of the GameCube is that it's the home field of one of the world's premier game designers: Nintendo. While powerhouses Electronic Arts and Sega make games for all systems (including this one), you can play Nintendo games only on a Nintendo system. And Nintendo, you might recall, has been hitting them out of the park since it started with Donkey Kong. In fact, here's a roll call of characters and series you won't find on the other consoles: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Perfect Dark, Metroid, Kirby, and, of course, Pokémon. A few names that the GameCube will share with the other guys: Madden, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Batman, and Star Wars.
The system also comes with four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games--it's even got a built-in handle so you can easily move it to a friend's house. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming.
In short, the GameCube isn't an all-in-one entertainment system, and neither is it the most powerful of the modern video game consoles. But for video game enthusiasts who want to stick with their favorite characters, its value cannot be beat. --Porter B. Hall
Unit Specifications
MPU (Microprocessor Unit): 485 MHz custom IBM PowerPC Gekko
Polygon Performance: 6 to 12 million polygons per second (peak)
System Memory: 40 MB
Main Memory: 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM
Disc Drive: 128 ms CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) system
Data Transfer Speed: 16 Mbps to 25 Mbps
Media: 3-inch, 1.5 GB capacity disc
Controller Ports: Four
Memory Card Slots: Two
Audio-Video Output: Analog and digital
Dimensions: 4.3 by 5.9 by 6.3 inches (height by width by depth)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great for awhile
I bought this console only to see it die within a few months.
I did replace it with a Platinum Gamecube, which was actually better in every way. The Platinum has better graphics rendering and speed. It just makes the games look better and load faster with smoother game play.
Maybe mine was just a bad unit. It was great for awhile.
Rating: - Very good budget system
The is very underrated system.Most look at the gamecube and right then and there they think system nothing but kiddy games,but boy this cound't be forother from the truth.The gamecube has smothing for everyone games like f-zero,resident evil4,viewtiful joe,super smash bros. melee,mario kart dd,ect.I just didn't understand why people liked xbox more the gamecube.Most games on xbox was also on gc and ps2.The system is well-made.I mine since it first came out.The price is very affordable.Here are the pros and cons.
pro
nice selection of games from nintendo
very durable
portable
fast loading times in most games
gameboy player allows you expand your game collection
cons
no online gameplay
does not play cd or dvd
Rating: - I love it!
I got my gamecube for my 9th birthday and it just died.
so it lasted for about four years and a week, and i loved every second
of its life. it is very small and has a carrying handle so it is also
very portable. it is also powerful so it has nice graphics.
it is inexspensve and has the best games of any current console.
but the nintendo wii is here so i really think you should get that.
the nintendo wii is backwards compadible so it can play gamecube games.
The gamecube is outdated. get the wii insted. But the gamecube was great!
Rating: - i haet patatoez
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I like the Gamecube but,the games for it are Only pretty good.
BBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEE
Rating: - A Bittersweet Box of Puple
Before I begin, just note that I am a completely unbiased gamer. I have owned at one time or another, many of the the nintendo, sony, and microsoft consoles, and love them all equally. After selling my cube recently to get a Wii, I recollected my memories of the cube, and pondered over whether it was a good investment.
The answer, I found, was a hesitated yes.Here's why.
Games-
There are about a dozen really good ones, but overall, there is nothing special at all about the cube game library. Unfortunately, Nintendo had no third party support because of it's special discs and development kits, that were much harder to program than a PS2 or XBOX game. That was a huge mistake for nintendo, bacause it is very unlikely that a console can be successful without third party support. But when you do find one of the few rare jems, then the cube really shines. Examples of these would be:
1. Super Smash Bros. Melee
2. Mario Sunshine (kiddie, but fun)
3. Resident Evil 4
4. Mario Strikers (sleeper hit that was suprisingly violent)
5. Zelda Windwaker/ Twilight Princess
6. Metroid Prime
7. Tales of Symphonia
8. Timesplitters 2
9. Mario Tennis
10. Paper Mario
11. Mario Kart
12. Pikmin 2
These games, while mostly kiddie (though a few are very violent), are some of the most fun you can have on a console of the gc/ps2/xb generation. These games alone make it worthy of a purchase, but maybe not strong enough to stand against the quantity of great games on other consoles.
Design-
This referes to only the design of the system and the controller. This is mostly a failure on nintendo's part, due to a couple key mistakes. First of all, the standard gamecube is purple. It is also a cube. Both these factors make looking at the gamecube extremely hard on the eyes, and those looking for a sleek addition to their home theaters will be extremely disappointed. But the interface of the system is wonderfully easy, and the inclusion of four controller ports made party games easy and fun.
But another mistake was the the disign of the controller. First, there is the rediculous ABXY setup, which makes the A button too big, the B button too small, and the X and Y buttons positioned so akwardly, that playing games becomes a chore. The C stick is also a chore to use, because it is an unresponsive nub of a stick, that would have greatly benefited by becoming a full analog stick, like the main one on the left. The shoulder buttons could have also used a second set of triggers, instead of the completely useless Z button. But the controller is easy to get used to, and the big A button does mean simpler mechanics for simpler games. But considering the other two consoles had very similar controllers, this akward controller made porting games over to that cube increadibly wonky and undesireable.
Hardware-
Im not going to go into details, but the Cube's hardware is generally good, and graphics can almost compete with the XBOX (almost). Gamecube games also put you through much less loading times. the cube is also very reliable, and you will rarely, if ever, suffer through a crash. Cube discs did not allow developers to do as much as a PS2 or XBOX disc, but they work and there is not much to get offended by here. No online play is a big letdown, but the party games on the system almost made up for that as far as multiplayer goes. DVD functionality is somewhat of a letdown as well, but DVD is really not very important, when almost every other elecronic device can play DVDs. The lack of DVD support did not hurt the quality of games, so in the end who really cares?
Price-
Origionally $199 ($100 less than the competition)
Dropped to $99 a few years later (much less than competition)
You can now find them under $50 (still much lees than competition)
nuff said.
Overall-
The cube is not nintendo's best effort, and I'm sure we will see much better from them in the future. But this is still a fun system to play with, and still has great value. Considering it is much cheaper than all the other consoles, it amounts to much less than it's competition, but much more than failure. That is why I give it an overall 3 out of 5.
- Great for awhile
- I love it!
- A Bittersweet Box of Puple
