The GameCube Was A Flop; Why Do People Covet It Now?

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As a kid I never knew the GameCube was doing that bad. I had a GameCube and everyone I knew had one too, to this day all my friends grew up with the GameCube, so hearing it was considered a flop is so weird to me

I don't really remember anyone ever actually disliking the GC. It just sold poorly. But the people who had it seemed to think highly of it.

One thing that I didn't hear you mention was how it lacked dvd playback. It seems silly now, but the ability to watch movies was a major selling point of the PS2. We still have our GameCube and it still gets played. Great system!

That generation was special. You had a reason to own all 3 major consoles. The PS2, XB and GCN all were gateways to great exclusives and unique games.

I remember, after the Wii came out, GameCubes were 9.99 at value village at least 10 or so at a time. At that time, I also got twilight princess for 3 dollars. Flawless. I miss those days

I just loved how odd some of those GC games were. Zelda with a colorful, cartoony look? That was a HUGE shift from the dark semi-realism of OoT or Majora‘s Mask. Super Mario Sunshine was completely different in tone and design compared to Mario 64, it was a completely different world. Metroid suddenly became a first-person shooter – and a great one at that. Also the power move of making Luigi‘s Mansion, of all possible games, a launch title. This game is just an absolute oddball. I really enjoyed that willingness to experiment with their IPs from Nintendo at that time.

The GameCube was my first console and I miss it sometimes. I didn't know it was so unpopular, it still holds some of my favorite memories.

I had no idea the GameCube was not as well sold as the previous consoles… it’s crazy because I adored my GameCube and how I enjoyed my time playing with friends

In the late 90's to early 2000's I had a N64 then Gamecube and my roommate had a PS1 then PS2. All our friends talked about how the Sony systems were better but when we had a group of friends over playing games together 9 times out of 10 we were playing Nintendo. When it comes to pure gaming fun Nintendo has always had the winning formula.

It's amazing on how many of the games hold up graphically to this day.

Not having GameCube officially sold here in Brazil still makes me sad, back in the 90s, Nintendo had a partnership with a brazilian company called Gradiente and thanks to it, we could get the games with localized boxes and manuals, but in 2002 they ended the partnership and that made the GC very rare and expesive around here... I would love to play those games around the same time they were coming out... Maybe I'm wrong, but a small part of me believes that not selling the GameCube officially in a country as big as Brazil is one of the reasons why it didn't sell that well

I was solely a Nintendo player until this generation. Nintendo had some really steep competition this time around with the PS2 and Xbox. What made me hop over to the PS2 was that it had a dvd player (my first dvd player) and a larger game library. I also think a lot of gamers who grew up with Nintendo in the 80's and 90's like myself were now older and saw Nintendo as "kiddy". I eventually did get a GameCube a few years after it came out and boy am I glad I did because it has so many great games on it!

I loved the design of the Gamecube. I really didnt care for online gaming, it had a lot of great games, I loved Animal Crossing and it had the best version of Pac Man.

I think the problem with the GC is that it was the first Nintendo console that acted as a "complimentary console." People who owned a GC at the time also had the PS2 or Original Xbox as their main console. GTA, Final Fantasy, MGS, etc. were lacking on the cube.

The gamecube was my first actual console. I had a ton of great memories playing until the early morning with my friends Super Bros Melee, Custom Robo, and even Animal Crossing. I miss the golden days of couch co-op games, it was a ton of fun playing with friends.

Can't forget the amazing Soul Calibur 2... The Gamecube version was the superior version and it has Link! Such a classic!

The GameCube was the most under appreciated of its era. I’ll never forget forcing my ps2 and Xbox brethren to finally play some of the best the GameCube had to offer and enjoyed hearing them say…”this is on GameCube?” Resident Evil, Day of Reckoning 2, Smash Bros Melee, Time Splitters 2, etc.

The GameCube was a huge part of my childhood. My dad got sick when we were little and we had to move into our aunts for sometime and my parents got me a GameCube to keep me busy and I remember spending all day playing it.

Double Dash is still my favorite Mario Kart by a country mile. The ability to store an item was a game changer