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Wow, I just completely stumbled across this on Google. It's a forum thread from 10 years ago when the GameCube was just announced and everyone was comparing the GameCube to the Xbox. Everyone in the thread said that Nintendo's GameCube was going to obliterate Microsoft's Xbox, and that the Xbox would fail. I for one find it hilarious that people were accusing Microsoft of being evil and the Devil, much similar to how we have now turned our hate towards Activision. The thread also moved into discussing piracy, more particularly console (GameCube to be specific) piracy, which everyone suddenly seems to think is a new issue. And people referring to how horrible Xbox was doing in sales. It's kind of fun looking back on these old console war threads, kind of informative and tells you what people used to think like back then. What do you think of this?

Link: http://www.konami.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1370

Isn't hindsight wonderful?

I loved my Gamecube!

I have to say, the 360 is good, but back then, the Gamecube had a lot of advantages. A lot of people say Nintendos biggest weakness is their lack of 3rd party support, but they have more than enough 1st party games to make up for it.

Just saying, there wasn't much on other consoles that could top Windwaker, Pikmin, or Metroid Prime. Some, but not much.

Their weakness now is their abundance of third party games.

I liked my Gamecube; Ninetendo really thought ahead when they made this light console that came with a handle for easy carrying. You don't see X-Boxes of Playstations with that kind of top-level, high-grade ingenuity!

filbert wrote:Isn't hindsight wonderful?

Yup.

Me and my friends still play Melee obsessively. None of this Brawl bs where we live.

Peach for the melon-fething win.



Oh, did I win?

The Gamecube is going to be a cheap piece of crap, other than Nintendo's proprietary licenses.

Tacobake wrote:The Gamecube is going to be a cheap piece of crap, other than Nintendo's proprietary licenses.

You seem to start the sentence with a commentary on the console but the last half is about software. If you could be a bit more clear I would appreciate it.

Fafnir wrote:Me and my friends still play Melee obsessively. None of this Brawl bs where we live.

Peach for the melon-fething win.



Oh, did I win?

Can't hear you over trying to forget the nerfs in brawl.



None of my combos work anymore...

Mike Noble wrote:A lot of people say Nintendos biggest weakness is their lack of 3rd party support, but they have more than enough 1st party games to make up for it.

Only if you want to play endless Mario games...

n0t_u wrote:

Can't hear you over trying to forget the nerfs in brawl.

None of my combos work anymore...

Who the hell actually plays Brawl?

Fafnir wrote:

n0t_u wrote:

Can't hear you over trying to forget the nerfs in brawl.

None of my combos work anymore...

Who the hell actually plays Brawl?

Me and my friends.

My GameCube never got as much play as my Xbox, PS2, or DC.

There weren't too many titles I was interested in. Luigi's Mansion was fun as was Pikmin. I also liked the Resident Evil remake as well as part 0. Baiten Kaitos was interesting. I loved Metroid Prime and Prime 2.

Initially I didn't have any faith in the GC... In fact I got mine as a present from my wife at the time of its release. I possibly would never have bought it on my own.

Platuan4th wrote:

Fafnir wrote:

n0t_u wrote:

Can't hear you over trying to forget the nerfs in brawl.

None of my combos work anymore...

Who the hell actually plays Brawl?

Me and my friends.

You're doing it wrong.

Well it would seem that OP learned that console wars are not just a recent invention.


Also: Battalion Wars and Donkey Konga were both fun games.

Man i loved the zelda games and this one caled Gotcha Force the storyline was pants on head dumb but it was jsut so dang hilariouse and addicting that i NEED to find the darn game again for my gamecube..... also SNES is better

Tazz Azrael wrote:Gotcha Force

GOOD GOD YES

One of my favourite games on the little cube. I still have my copy. Managed to even unlock G-Black.

Fafnir wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:Gotcha Force

GOOD GOD YES

One of my favourite games on the little cube. I still have my copy. Managed to even unlock G-Black.

Dang man how many play threws did it take to unlock him? I rememebr i had my team set up with Crono Samurai and that flame ninja all the time

It's actually a bit of a cheat, it's really weird, but it works. I forget the exact method, read it on GameFAQs a while back.

G-black's cool, but he's not OMGWTFAMAZING.

Personally, I'm a big fan of Chrono Samurai, Sonic Samurai, and Vampire Knight. G-red (normal), Killer Girl and Cyber Hero are also crazy kinds of fun too.

having cockroache battles was also good fun. Im thinking its time to pay good ol' Amazon a visit and see if they have a copy

Avatar 720 wrote:I liked my Gamecube; Ninetendo really thought ahead when they made this light console that came with a handle for easy carrying. You don't see X-Boxes of Playstations with that kind of top-level, high-grade ingenuity!

Unfortunately they failed in terms of online. There were only like 12 online games, only 5 of which were released in the United States. And only tho of which are actually still playable online.

djphranq wrote:My GameCube never got as much play as my Xbox, PS2, or DC.

There weren't too many titles I was interested in. Luigi's Mansion was fun as was Pikmin. I also liked the Resident Evil remake as well as part 0. Baiten Kaitos was interesting. I loved Metroid Prime and Prime 2.

Initially I didn't have any faith in the GC... In fact I got mine as a present from my wife at the time of its release. I possibly would never have bought it on my own.

Aww man that game was just fantastic. Seriously, hey should sequel that or something for the Wii. I also was a fan of my gamecube, not to mention you just couldnt kill those things. And Pokemon Shadow Colosseum was (and imo still is) one of the BEST pokemon games made

I still have a gamecube, mainly because I still enjoy playing pikmin or star wars bounty hunter from time to time.

Ahtman wrote:
Also: Battalion Wars

I can't believe I found another person who played this.

Have you tried the Wii version? It's crap!

samusaran253 wrote:Wow, I just completely stumbled across this on Google. It's a forum thread from 10 years ago when the GameCube was just announced and everyone was comparing the GameCube to the Xbox. Everyone in the thread said that Nintendo's GameCube was going to obliterate Microsoft's Xbox, and that the Xbox would fail. I for one find it hilarious that people were accusing Microsoft of being evil and the Devil, much similar to how we have now turned our hate towards Activision. The thread also moved into discussing piracy, more particularly console (GameCube to be specific) piracy, which everyone suddenly seems to think is a new issue. And people referring to how horrible Xbox was doing in sales. It's kind of fun looking back on these old console war threads, kind of informative and tells you what people used to think like back then. What do you think of this?

Link: http://www.konami.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1370

Given that Microsoft lost billions of dolalrs on the first Xbox, I'd say that was actually a pretty good prediction.

Of course, it's Microsoft, being 7 billion in the hole doesn't mean they give up.