Best games for GameCube

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2005-03-23 05:52pm

My family has a GameCube. We have two games for it, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a pretty crappy Lord of the Rings game. I'm now very bored with Zelda, since it's not a challenge anymore. What games would you recommend?

I'm particularly looking for good RPGs, but any type of game will do.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2005-03-23 06:09pm

Resident Evil.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2005-03-23 06:17pm

Rogue Leader is pretty fun..

Rebel Strike's Multiplayer function is damned fun, but single player sucks.

The Hulk game is fun, even if the movie sucked.

Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Smash Bros. Melee is a damned fun game.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-03-23 06:31pm

Metroid Prime.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2005-03-23 06:32pm

Mario Kart will lose you and friends many nights.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-03-23 06:40pm

sketerpot wrote:My family has a GameCube. We have two games for it, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a pretty crappy Lord of the Rings game. I'm now very bored with Zelda, since it's not a challenge anymore. What games would you recommend?

I'm particularly looking for good RPGs, but any type of game will do.

Plenty of good GC games...

Okay...

Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.

Resident Evil 4 if you like that kind of game (me, blood makes me uneasy...)

Spider-Man 2. Utterly rocks.

Rogue Squadron 2 (Rogue Leader) and 3. 2 is a lot harder than 3, but 3 has the entire Rogue Squadron 2 as a co-op mode. Great for the family.

Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2. Very fun.

I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.

If you have two GBA's in the house anywhere, Zelda: Four Swords is extremely fun for multiplayer. However, to have more than one player (single player can be done with a controller), each player needs a GBA.

I recently picked up Viewtiful Joe 2, and I have to say, I like it so far. 9.0 on IGN, too.

I don't have it, but I've heard raving reviews of Animal Crossing.

StarFox Assault has GREAT multiplayer games, but the single player is:
A) Too short.
B) Has a contrived and boring storyline.
C) Every level in the landmaster sucks, and every level on foot is too easy. Since there is only 10 levels, that means only a couple leves are actually fun.

Mario Kart: Double Dash is great for multiplayer, a friend of mine has it. Not sure on single player but he played the heck out of it, so it should be fun.

For anything I might be forgetting, look through this.
http://cube.ign.com/games/

And do not forget the new Zelda game

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2005-03-23 06:53pm

Praxis wrote:Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.

We only have one controller.

Resident Evil 4 if you like that kind of game (me, blood makes me uneasy...)

One of my neighbors has that, so we sometimes get to play it. It's pretty good, but I tend toward games with less gloom and blood.

Spider-Man 2. Utterly rocks.

Rogue Squadron 2 (Rogue Leader) and 3. 2 is a lot harder than 3, but 3 has the entire Rogue Squadron 2 as a co-op mode. Great for the family.

Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2. Very fun.

I'll look into these.

I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.

A childish storyline doesn't bother me at all. I play Tetris Attack for the SNES, so it had better not. And the phrase "very cheap" makes it sound very alluring.

And do not forget the new Zelda game

I'm drooling with anticipation. The trailer was beautiful.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-03-23 08:01pm

sketerpot wrote:
Praxis wrote:Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.
We only have one controller.

It's fine for single player too. And it'll MAKE you get a second controller once you realize how fun it is

I recommend WaveBird...muwahaha.

I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.
A childish storyline doesn't bother me at all. I play Tetris Attack for the SNES, so it had better not. And the phrase "very cheap" makes it sound very alluring.

It was one of the first games to come out for GC, it's like $10 nowadays used at GameStop, $20 new at Amazon.com or Walmart as reveals a quick Googling.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2005-03-23 09:23pm

F-Zero
metroid 1 and 2
The Resident Evils
Supermonkey balls 1 & 2
Bomberman

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2005-03-23 10:19pm

Ignoring the games others have already mentioned: Tales of Symphonia. It combines classic console RPG with Team Fighting games (like Super Smash Bros. Melee).

You have your standard single character exploration, and when you go into combat, you and up to three team mates - either human or CPU controlled - fight the enemy team with a cross of RPG stats (HP, attack, defense, etc) and fighting game button mashing.

EDIT: See sig!

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2005-03-23 11:50pm

First and foremost, DO NOT BUY STARFOX ASSAULT.

Second if your looking for an RPG, Tales of Symphonia is a good one, and Paper Mario 2 isn't bad, but not as good as 1.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-03-24 03:47am

observer_20000 wrote:Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well..

Fuck yes. You haven't truly had fun in that game, until you've climbed to the very top of the highest building in NYC and power jumped off. I remember doing that once and swinging away on a webline at the last minute.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-03-24 04:03am

Again I recommend Mario Kart, brilliant party fun.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2005-03-24 04:19am

Lost kingdoms, not many seem to have heard of it, but i found it quite fun

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-03-24 05:16am

If you want a good RPG for the GameCube, I HIGHLY recommend Skies of Arcadia: Legends.

Beyond Good & Evil is an excellent action/adventure type game.

Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a great LOTR RPG.

Paper Mario 2 is a fun RPG, if a bit on the kiddie side.

Tales of Symphonia and X-Men Legends are both decent RPGs.

EDIT: Oh yeah, if you liked Super Mario 64 but think it's just not quite irritating enough, try Super Mario Sunshine.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-03-24 05:39am

Burnout 3!

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-03-24 12:54pm

If you don't mind "kiddie" games, I would recommend Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. I enjoyed it muchly

Although the battles can get a bit repetitive after a while (a very long while, that is), the dialogue and story is great and very funny!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-03-24 01:49pm

Stark wrote:Burnout 3!

Shut up.

Mr. T · Post by **Mr. T** » 2005-03-26 08:21pm

Mortal Kombat 3!

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2005-03-26 08:47pm

can't believe nobody has mention PIKMIN yet that game is wonderfull.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-03-27 07:47pm

Aside from the ones already mentioned, I recommend Prince of Persia.

squidman001 · Post by **squidman001** » 2005-03-27 09:06pm

Aya wrote:
observer_20000 wrote:Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well..
Fuck yes. You haven't truly had fun in that game, until you've climbed to the very top of the highest building in NYC and power jumped off. I remember doing that once and swinging away on a webline at the last minute.

totally agree, but i find it fun just to crash into the streets and make the cabs wait for my corpse to dissapear.
third age sucked. ok thats hars but it did, coulda been so much better but its an okay game, in my opinion, i liked return of the king.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-03-27 09:45pm

Praxis wrote:
Stark wrote:Burnout 3!
Shut up.

Fuck off?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-03-28 02:54am

Stark wrote:
Praxis wrote:
Stark wrote:Burnout 3!
Shut up.
Fuck off?

Burnout 3 is the one game that I want so bad I'm actually considering buying a PS2 JUST to play it.

He was asking for GC games, not PS2 or XBox, so why did you post it?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-03-28 03:49am

Praxis wrote: Burnout 3 is the one game that I want so bad I'm actually considering buying a PS2 JUST to play it.

He was asking for GC games, not PS2 or XBox, so why did you post it?

Oh shit, really? I was sure I'd played BO3 on GC... everyone DID say it wasn't out yet. Oooer. Musta been the PS2 version? I thought I'd played two, and I don't own an Xbox... my mistake.

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