Best Gamecube Games Of All Time (2023)

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What is the best-selling GameCube game of all time? ›

The best-selling game on the GameCube is Super Smash Bros. Melee. First released in Japan on November 21, 2001, it went on to sell just over 7.4 million units worldwide. The second best-selling game was Mario Kart: Double Dash, selling 6.96 million units.

1 Animal Crossing (205h 59m)

The only game that sits below this entry is New Horizons. The GameCube original, with all of the weirdness fans adore, is the longest at an average of 205 hours and 59 minutes. Animal Crossing is a game that players take a day at a time.

Yeah, it was partially due to bad timing. I feel like the Gamecube would do a lot better if it didn't release in the early 2000s. Of course, Nintendo also shot themselves in the foot with head scratching decisions like using mini discs that couldn't hold as much data as well as not including DVD functionality.

-The memory cards at release were insufficient capacity, Nintendo fixed this later on with higher capacity ones. -The Gamecube used discs that were limited in data capacity, this was a horrible limitation and kept third party development away.

disc. When it comes to the actual specs, the Xbox is the most powerful with a 733-MHz processor, leaving PS2 and GameCube in the dust at 295 and 485 MHz, respectively.

The final game officially released on the GameCube was Madden NFL 08, on August 14, 2007. Several games originally developed for the GameCube were either reworked for a Wii release, such as Super Paper Mario, or released on both consoles, such as the Wii launch game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

The GameCube during its life was constantly mocked for being a kids-toy, due to its purple color, and weird controller layout. It didn't help that its flagship titles were an eco-friendly Mario with a weird commercial, a cartoonified Zelda game, and a strategy game about harvesting plant things to collect toys.

Despite making a small profit for Nintendo, the GameCube lost Nintendo sizable market share, finishing in third place in terms of hardware sales, which has led to it being characterized as a commercial failure.

The Xbox Series X|S has sold an estimated 21.96 million units worldwide through May 2023, while the Nintendo GameCube sold 21.74 million units lifetime.

Yeah, despite what others are saying, Gamecubes are built to last. If by “a couple of years” you mean at least 50, youre probbably right.

What replaced the GameCube? ›

In 2006, Nintendo released the Wii, which replaced the GameCube.

The GameCube was factually more powerful than the PS2, and it's easily noticable when you compare the same game on the two systems. The GameCube version of the game usually would look sharper, clearer than the PS2 versions of the games.

The Xbox Series X|S has sold an estimated 21.96 million units worldwide through May 2023, while the Nintendo GameCube sold 21.74 million units lifetime.

The GameCube sold 21.74 million units worldwide. It was discontinued in early 2009 to focus production on the Wii and DS.

Luigi's Mansion acted as the console's flagship title, and launched Luigi into a solo adventure, eventually going on to spawn two sequels. Super Monkey Ball is a ported version of the platform party arcade game Monkey Ball, and Wave Race: Blue Storm is a jet-ski racer, the third installment in the Wave Race series.

Ultimately, people don't remember getting a console because it looked cool. They remember the fun they had, and the people they played with. The GameCube is a console that put fun and great above everything else. That's why people will never forget it, and why it's still managing to find new fans every day.