Video Games : Nintendo GameCube Console - Jet Black with 3 Games

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Amazon Minimum Age: 156 months
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Toys "R" Us
EAN: 0033067499999
Label: ToysRUs.com
Manufacturer: ToysRUs.com
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: ToysRUs.com
Sales Rank: 20176
Studio: ToysRUs.com



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To help you start your GameCube collection, we've created this special bundle, which includes the adventure game Luigi's Mansion, the football simulation Madden NFL 2002, and Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II, a space-combat game. This value pack also comes with an additional controller so you can challenge a friend, a memory card to save your progress through the games, and a six-month trial subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine to help you keep track of all the latest games.


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. The prelaunch titles we've seen play uniformly smooth, 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 media 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 it is 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 only play Nintendo games 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

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nintendo, I LOVE YOU
Well i got the gamecube in summer 2003. i got a free Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker+ a free The Legend of Zelda:The Ocarina of Time and bought Super Monkey Ball 2. The gamecube has been a very good friend. nothing went wrong. And this system is just for GAMES(i wish i could underline games). The controller is very comfortable. And you can't compare gamecube with ps2 or xbox.A gamecube is in a different category. It is a gaming device ONLY.PS2 and XBox are multimedia devices. THe gamecube is a lower price because, well, uuhhhh, just read the editorial review. And besides Gameboy Advance,N64,and Dreamcast where else can you play with 3D Sonic the Hedgehog* ,Mario,Link,Samus,
Luigi,Pokemon,Kirby,and DK. Besides the cube has the best games including the best multiplayer game known to mankind( Hey somewhere in the world supersmart apes could be making video games lol)Super Smash Bros. Melee.This has a whole buncha adventure games that involve puzzles-great for the mind(i think) parents.Overall the gamecube is great for sonic lovers,nintendo fans,and adventure fans.

*Not including Sonic Heroes


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - ARE U GUYS CRAZY ,THAT 2 HIGH
I WAS WONDERING IF U GUYS KNEW THAT GAMESTOP OFFER THE SAME DEAL CHEAPER, PLUS WITH A GAMEBOYADVANCE AND THE CORD 2 HOOK IT UP 2 THE GAMECUBE PLUS,METROID PRIME AND METROID FUSION.U GUYS HAS TOO BE CRAZY.PLEASE FIX THAT BECAUSE I THINK I'D BETTER GO WITH GAMESTOP.BYE


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great System
This is a great system and a good starter pack. Th only game thats not so hot is Luigis but the other 2 make up for it.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Just imagine...........
That no more tangle wires and no more holing them up when your mom vacuming in the room. That I thought when I just got it and it been awesome because u can be more than 25 feet and be standing behine seavrul bricks walls and still play! And that's why you have to get a Wavebird! And thankyou Nintendo for makeing that awesome controll!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Just imagine...........
That no more tangle wires and no more holing them up when your mom vacuming in the room. That I thought when I just got it and it been awesome because u can be more than 25 feet and be standing behine seavrul bricks walls and still play! And that's why you have to get a Wavebird! And thankyou Nintendo for makeing that awesome controll!

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