Funnily enough, at my old dentist they had a GameCube hooked up to the TV with melee on it. This was like 2 years ago and it still worked great even after so many years
I forgot where it was specifically, but when I was a kid, they had a Gamecube at a kid's barber shop with Sonic Gems Collection in the waiting area. Fun time.
The GameCube was my first console as a kid and I loved this little thing. While the library was limited what was there was a joy. The child friendly image it had is probably what got me hooked on gaming. My parents would let me play for hours but God forbid if I am unsupervised in a house with a PS2 or an Xbox.
@@LoliconSamalikI remember somewhere Mikami saying that if re4 ever came to ps2 he’d chop his own head off with a chainsaw. Which is funny cause he didn’t do that and ps2 got re4
You and me both. I was 20ish. Cube was my secondary console. That was the cool thing about being an adult gamer then and now. I bought myself whatever console and game I wanted. 😁
Put this on as some background noise and was listening with half an ear as I did other stuff. Hearing Scott mention the Analogue pocket got my attention. Such a cool little device, but I was not expecting him to have one and you bet I listened to the rest of the video with full attention.
As a 14 year old when the Gamecube came out, I was on the fence about spending birthday money to get one. I had been playing GTA3 and MGS2 on PS2 and kind of felt like there was no going back to Nintendo, but when I saw Mario Sunshine I knew I had to play it. After that I made some older friends who were into Melee and playing multiplayer with them on a big flat-screen TV at their college campus was awesome. Then of course Wind Waker was fantastic, Metroid Prime was amazing and Twilight Princess was a masterpiece. So many good memories of this console. I still personally like N64 more because I was a younger kid when it came out but Gamecube was an improvement in almost every way.
I agree with everything you said, except for wind waker being a Masterpiece. That was one of the worst zelda games. That's why it didn't sell, and it wasn't enough to save the gamecube. BOTW is a masterpiece! That is the one game that sold the switch and got it to where it is today. If wind waker was that good? It would've done the same for the cube. I guess mabye when you're a kid, you look at things differently, but I was an adult then, and having link look like a Disney character with that one eye wink, sneaking around in barrels, hiding from spotlights cartoon style is not where it's at! I gave up on the game where you got to the part where you had to play hide and seek with the kids 😂. The more mature, realistic link, fighting Gannon, back when the cube was code named dolphin, probably would've saved the cube and not have people looking at it like a kids toy. Wind waker was trash! Not even my 5 year old daughter liked the game when i made her play it! She asked me, Dad! Why does link look like that?😂😂
@@redcrimson1028 I'm sorry you feel that way man. I think you gave up on it way too soon. The hide and seek part is super early in the game. But I guess if you don't like the art style/character design, nothing is going to change that. I still love Wind Waker to bits. Sailing around exploring the world was a truly unique and exhilarating experience. Also, the dungeon designs were excellent; my only criticism is that there weren't enough of them.
@riversart2030 I didn't stop at hide and seek lol I actually went farther and yes you're correct, nothing won't get me to change my mind about the game. It's one of thr lowest selling zelda games for a reason! Nintrndo almost gave up on the franchise for that reason. Still though, wind waker and skyward sword did birth BOTW art style. So it has that going for it. Wind waker was just too childish for me. It sold 4.43 million on handcuffs which is low for a Zelda game. Wind waker wii u sold 1 million copies worldwide. See what I mean?
Re: 10:10 with the Metal Gear Solid stuff. The reason they remade MGS1 on the GameCube is because Hideo Kojima essentially just didn't want people to play MGS2 before playing MGS1 and the PS2 was backwards compatible so it wasn't an issue there.
Honestly, I never realized that having multiple discs for one game was strange. To me, it always just said "hey, this is a really big game and you're gonna be playing it for months". There was this one Ninja Turtles game that had 3 discs and I swear it felt like that game just went on forever
That one little issue kept SO many third party games off the console. If Nintendo had put a proper DVD storage size drive in there, there’s a good chance GTA would have made it on the console. That fact alone would have changed the course of history.
That used to be a marketing strategy to make people think they got more game. Resident evil 2, famously had uncompressed audio. That filled up the disk. They were going to fix it but decided that having two disk would actually increase sales which it did
Awesome an hour long Scott video on a Friday. I love the GameCube have so many good memories with it as a kid I remember being so amazed with the graphics and seeing Luigi’s mansion the first time. Double dash still one of the best Mario kart games also
The game cube will always be my favorite console. In my opinion still to this day has the best first party line up of any Nintendo Console and was a cool time for Nintendo to experiment too. You just had to be there. If you’re able to get your hands on one I’d recommend
I was mostly playing PS2 back then and picked up the GCN when they did the ridiculously awesome discount at the end of its life cycle where you could get one for like $80, had a blast with it! The library doesn't compare to its competitors but it was a lot of fun for sure
I agree. I was there day 1. Been gaming since Atari. I just laugh at folks who just now realizing after all these years how great the cube was😂. Notice how nobody every talks about how great the ps2 was and how it didn't age well? 😂
I really enjoyed the chat. Two of my friends had a GameCube in high school, a few other friends had the PS2, and I had the Xbox. I would play Smash Bros Melee at my friends' houses and they would come over and play Halo at my house. I finally got my own GameCube in college when my neighbor gave us his right around when the Wii came out. I loved playing Mario Sunshine, FIFA, Capcom vs SNK 2, and Soul Caliber 2 with my college roommates on the GameCube. I skipped the Wii, Wii U, but finally got a Switch OLED shortly after launch. I'm glad to get back into some of the Nintendo exclusives. Thanks for the video!
I was always a full on Nintendo kid. I never strived away, from the NES, SNES, and N64. I was dead set on the GameCube and dragged my mom to Toys R Us on a cold Sunday November morning to get the GameCube on launch day, with every last penny I saved up from birthday money to shoveling snow and any other odd jobs. I really loved the machine at launch with Luigi's Mansion and Tony Hawk 3, but eventually it had some disappointments for me. I really loved wrestling games, and WMX8 just didn't do it for me like the AKI N64 games. Then when I played GTA3 at a friend's house, and then I found out Tekken Tag Tournament was a thing on PS2 (I fell in love with the arcade game), I was so dead set on getting a PS2. And it didn't disappoint. The GameCube was still a monster in my basement that I basically used as a budget machine. I bought so many games when they were reduced to $20 (or less if stores were having sales), like Mario Sunshine, Windwaker, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, Pikmin, and a bunch of others (something I wish Nintendo brought back).
GameCube is my favorite console too so I always love hearing Scott talk about it. It’s clear to see how much passion he was for the console and its library of games
In 2001 I remember my friend was hype for the Xbox because it had a hard drive that you could rip CDs to. Reminds me of the Xbox one and TV. MS has been obsessed with replacing Sony in the living room since the late 90s.
❗️My Timestamps: 4:28 The purple GameCube was the first HOME console I ever bought with my own money (Pre-2003, consoles were given by parents). It came with: *Luigi's Mansion 1 and *Spider-Man: The Movie 1 One of my favourite games for the system and one that has NEVER been re-released is 'P.N.03' which I've put in a silver GameCube case as I think it goes with the sleeve art. (The first HANDHELD Console I ever bought was a 🍇GameBoy: Color in late-June 2001.) 1:06:27 I loved the 007 Games and STILL can't decide which was better out of 'Agent Under Fire' or 'Everything Or Nothing'.
I got the GameCube as my first exposure to video games when I was 5yo. I got so so so lucky with the games I got, and I'm more grateful for that after seeing Scott's childhood games lol. My dad was a teacher and his students would play Double Dash and Melee in his classroom at lunch and he thought they seemed like something he could enjoy with me. Those were the only games I had for years and I never got tired of them. I must have hundreds of hours in them. Unlocking things was the most magical experience. Very glad to have those happy memories.
This was nice, a youtuber I watch regularly and a podcaster I follow both talking about this stuff. The gamecube has a lot of very good games that have aged well. They didn't do great at the time because there were other better looking advanced games that came out, but now we have better versions of THOSE kinds of games so they've become redundant, while a lot of Gamecube classics are still timeless.
The McDonalds near my church still had the GameCube kiosk until they remodeled like 3 years ago, idk if it still worked at that point but was always super nostalgic to see it
Each version of the MegaMan anniversary collection had a different exclusive video. PS2 had the Ruby Spears episode, GCN had the MegaMan episode of G4s Icons, & Xbox had an episode of NT Warrior.
Mario sunshine’s water is still some of the greatest water of all time . Same with wave race blue storm ….. hell . Star fox adventures still to this day looks incredible in a lot of places
I waited in line at a Walmart for midnight release with my mom for the GameCube (Thanks mom!). I didn’t know many kids that had it and would get a lot of shit from my friends about it being kiddie. Crazy how it’s perceived now in 2024. Definitely great system.
Personally, I think the gamecubes coolest feature was that it was fairly portable for it's time. I remember my friend throwing it into his backback tacking it to all our friends. The PS2 was sorta stuck at home if you had it.
The GameCube was the first system I owned that wasn’t a hand me down. I put so many hours into Double Dash and Melee with friends. While nostalgia definitely plays a part in my love for it, I still think it’s the best 6th gen console
My parents had a GMC Acadia and we used to play PS2 all the time during road trips in the 2000s. It wasn’t built into the car itself but it was still really cool!
This video makes me so happy. The NES and SNES are still my favorites but of every console I have begun collecting for over the past seven years, the Gamecube is at the very top of the list as far as the console I have grown the most in love and appreciation for. What an incredible library of games. Arguably the best controller ever. It has aged so well. And the GameBoy player! Being able to play every single game boy and game boy color and game boy advanced game on there especially with one of the incredible Hori GameCube controllers is without a doubt the best way to play those handheld games in my opinion. What a fantastic console. Great video
I think Nintendo really mastered their ability to play to their strengths with the Gamecube, and that’s something they’ve lost touch with a bit as time has passed. As great as the switch is, I’ve always felt that it lacks the identity, and goofy charm that the Gamecube and Wii shared during an era of competitors taking gaming way too seriously. Nintendo in the 2000’s was focused on FUN more than anything, and it really shows nowadays since they’ve taken a more direct approach with marketing and design
I was a hardcore NIntendo fan since 1988. The GC was the first console that I didn’t immediately pick up. We already saw this massive drop off of 3rd party support with the 5th generation. I started with an N64 but it was so obviously missing major titles that I was basically forced to pick up a PS1. And then the PS2 came out with games like GTA. And that’s the point where NIntendo became my “other” console. I will admit that GC holds up better than the PS2 graphics wise. But when people say the console holds up better now, what they are really saying is that Nintendo 1st party IP holds up… which has always been the case. It was even true with the Wii U. Nintendo leans on their IP and the longer time has gone on, the more that’s been the case. Look at the Switch. What notable 3rd AAA titles have even come out on that console? That’s the thing with Nintendo that disappoints me. I started back in the NES and SNES days when 3rds parties sometimes eclipsed 1st party efforts. Those days are LONG past us. GC is a solid console but is highly overrated by people who were kids when it came out.
Doom 2016, Monster Hunter Rise, Minecraft, DragonBall FighterZ, The Witcher 3 and Octopath Traveler are pretty big releases on the Switch. I mean Nintendo games have the highest sales potential of any single platform, single generation games out there so if 3rd parties want to weirdly ignore Nintendo it is on them. It seems these companies are still holding a grudge from the SNES era when Hiroshi Yamauchi was being a straight tyrant with 3rd Parties. Question becomes how much longer can Sony keep handing out those "retention" checks to 3rd party companies. I imagine if that Sony money dries up even a little bit in the future Nintendo will suddenly "find" 3rd party support. Plus ultimately 1st party exclusives is the biggest factor in how good a console is in a retroactive sense. Of coarse during the time that 3rd party support is nice but looking back after the fact what is the heart of a consoles value: It's 1st party never find anywhere else exclusives.
@@Shinjiduo Doom 2016: On several platforms Minecraft: On everything The Witcher 3: On everything Octopath Traveler: Was a Switch exclusive but is now on other platforms My point is that practically now 3rd party developers make content specifically for Nintendo hardware. Think back to the 90s when Square had all their games on Nintendo or later when Capcom and Konami put all their content on the PS. Nintendo has just done a terrible job courting people to make content for their console. Literally the only thing I can think of is the Mario and Rabbids series. Don’t get me wrong, I like those games but really? That’s it? Edit: I now realize my original post made it sound like 3rd parties literally didn’t publish titles on the Switch, which obviously is not the case. I’m talking about content made FOR Nintendo’s hardware.
@@leeartlee915 Like I said in my original post Nintendo don't pay out like Sony. Nintendo expects Publishers to do their job and if they do not "they will do it themselves." Keep in mind all those made for Nintendo 3rd party games of the past was a result of the aforementioned Yamauchi-San bullying companies to make Nintendo games unique contractually. Those companies back then did not necessarily want to make games different across platforms or exclusive to Nintendo. Sony took a draw files with honey approach in the PS1 era and provided publishing support and waived licensing fees to major 3rd party companies and they have been loyal ever since because the fountain still flows. About two investor quarterly's ago Furukawa-san referred to 3rd party game publishing companies as "arrogant" so I doubt Nintendo is going to change their tune about paying out to win over support from them. Nintendo still has the greatest weapon in the holsters: IP other company's would strangle a water buffalo with their bare hands for and talented, disciplined studios to deliver steady quality games.
@@leeartlee915 You're right Nintendo's 3rd party support is a joke. That unfortunately is not going to change as far as I can see. Good news is half of what comes out from 3rd parties today are broken, unfinished and overall poorly optimized games. Nintendo 3rd party support sucks but as the last 30 years can attest to they will be fine regardless.
yeah, im going to say is a 60-40 in the Quality vs Nostalgia appeal of the GameCube being this banger console everyone missed out on & yeah the fact that the PS2 was the cheapest DVD Player in stores at the time was absolutely part of the success
@@paulgilbert5278Maybe compared to PS2, but Xbox was the king of multiplatform. Better graphics in 480p and sound with Dolby 5.1 really helped it too. Scott even said in one of his videos that he knew something was amiss when Tiger Woods was coming out on 2 discs on GameCube.
14:02 what could have they done to make the GC a success? Regular DVDs. No mini discs. Regular DVDs PAL version of this from my end. Back in the day, Halo and PES were killing it. You were getting a XBOX to play XBOX Live and / or a PS2 to get everything + FF / MGS. At some point GC wasn't even getting Fifa games. Games were hard to find cause stores would bring 1-2 copies on release and then no more.
If the original Mario Strikers and Charged came to Switch as an HD collection, I’d sell my copy of Battle League in a heartbeat. Only keep it around to remember how good the series used to be
Back then when all the save data was saved onto the cartridge itself. The idea of popping your gba game into your gamecube and playing on the tv abd vice verso sounds really damn cool honestly, like a proto switch
I had PS2 but later in life. Didn't even know about gamecube till like 2009. For somehow i missed the games and the console all together, maybe it was because as a kid i was so obsessed in the ps2 and gameboy games that i left everything else out. When i got Wii, i was introduces to older games like paper mario and then, gamecube games, but the console was still something i didn't even look up or didn't kind of care to look it up online. Around 2018 i started to buygames. I wanted to buy older games i didn't know about and that wanted to try or play, and this got me to buy the console itself... god it's amazing, then i got introduced to the game boy player and then soft modding consoles. Now as much older person, if i compare ps2 and gamecube, i would choose gamecube because of its' features and games. PS2 has its games that i wouldn't have lived without and i'm very glad i grew up with it.
Good post, at the time PS2 games like GTA, Final Fantasy, MGS, Devil May Cry and so on were so awesome missing out on them would have been a tragedy. But now given the choice, I'd sink more time into games like Windwaker, Mario Sunshine and Double Dash!
The fact that the GameCube was the strongest and smallest (until the PS2 slim) was crazy I had it and it was my first console I remember beating my first video game ever Cubivore
It's funny because my childhood console should have been the Wii, but I just used the Wii to play all our Gamecube games (since my brother's old Gamecube was broken.) Even though we had lots of Wii games, I think of the Gamecube as my childhood. I think that says something about its selection
PSO was my most played Gamecube game. I got all my friends to get it too. I was the only one who got the broadband adapter, so all my friends would come to my house and one of us would play online while the rest of us played offline multi-player. We would swap off. It was so great...
@@TheMysteryDriverWhere are you getting this info from? Plenty of PlayStation & Saturn games look great. Saturn games are not a drop off from PlayStation.
DVD playback on the xbox required buying a remote control because otherwise they would have to pay a licensing fee for every console sold. Nintendo likewise would have to, so they made a separate product with the Panasonic Q Sony was a co creator of DVD technology so they didnt have this cost
Gamecube will always be my favorite piece of technology, just yesterday my friends and I were playing Smash Meele and Mario Kart Double Dash, love it since 2001 😍
I had got a PS2 in 2001 and was really into Gran Turismo 3 and a few other titles and the following year when I was 15 years old, my parents weren't sure what big gift to get me for Christmas, so they went the easy route and got me a Gamecube. I had all the other Nintendo systems (NES, SNES N64) and I actually got the N64 on it's release day and was a huge fan of all the Rare titles on that system, so it was a no brainer for them to buy me a Gamecube. However, I remember being surprised by the gift because they had gotten me a PS2 the year before and I wasn't expecting a whole new system from them but I guess it was on sale or something. Anyway they got me a few games with the system like Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Brothers and 13, but at first I wasn't really that into playing the Gamecube. One day my friends and I went to a Gamestop and I got to play the newly release Resident Evil 4 which was an exclusive title on the Gamecube and I was blown away by it and decided to buy it on the spot. I took it home and that is when I got into playing my Gamecube. My friends and I also got into playing 13's 4 player multiplayer and it became our go to game to chill out and play on. I think more people need to give 13's multiplayer a chance - it is really hard to play against the computers in that game, but it is really fun. Anyway, the Gamecube was considered a kid system back then when I was in high school and I didn't really know anyone besides one of my friends who had one. I still spent most of my time playing Vice City and other mature titles, but the Gamecube was great for multiplayer because this was before online gaming on the consoles really became popular. It is interesting to hear Scott's perspective because he was so young back then and the Gamecube was for him what the SNES was for me. Anyway I still have my Gamecube and its box in great condition and all my games and I will never sell it. It is a very cool little system to have.
GameCube is 1 of my fave console's of all time. I still have my original black gc I got day 1 which I got with wave race blue storm and rogue sqadran 2. I have about 60 games now in my collection, most I picked up back when they were released. I play my gamecube games mainly on my modded wii now. Cheap HDMI adapters mean i can play on a modern tv and with the wii been modded it can force most games to play at 420p so look amazing still
I think that if you add better online support, normal sized discs w/ dvd and cd capabilities, And better support from third party stuff you’d sell more. And add a n64 adapter and make the gameboy one better and more available
My first home console was an N64 with Mario 64, and in my childhood I manage to have Pokemon stadium 1 between other games. My second console was a PS2 but immediately the same week the Gamecube went down $100 my grandma gifted me from KB Toys. The Gamecube to me will always be the best console in my heart.
I remember playing Mario Sunshine at walmart and that game BLEW ME AWAY. I honestly thought "Wow games are never looking better than this" and my mom surprised us with the Mario Sunshine bundle and Shrek 2. Good times!
I had the PS2 and GC back then. A lot of times, the 'Cube would get third party games months later than Xbox and PlayStation 2. And the GameCube version would always be missing a lot of content. Major content like missions, levels, music, and cutscenes. Plus until controller was missing L3, R3, a shoulder button, and a "select" button.
Rogue Squadron 2 was the killer launch title. Fun fact, Walmart broke the street date so myself and ton of people had the game before the system launched 😆
I had a Gamecube back in the day, I got it a little after my PS2. My Dad took me to the Virgin Megastore in London and they had a whole section dedicated to the launch of Resident Evil 4. They had a mountain of chainsaw controllers in the middle surrounded by Gamecube kiosks where you could play RE4. I thought it was so cool so yeah I ended up getting a Gamecube and RE4 and just being obsessed.
I like seeing UA-camrs cross over it's cool to see them interact and I mainly play GameCube through dolphin and when you upscale it some games look pretty good smash kart Metroid Zelda wind waker twilight sadly looks rough no matter how much you upscale but for the most part they look great even in my android it's wild
I knew many families who had no console between the NES and the PS2. Being one of the cheapest dvd player on the market at the time was worth a massive amount of sales. Had the GameCube managed to be even an cheaper device with DVD support it could have stolen significant market share from the PS2.. Two Z buttons would have been smart too.
I was 14 when Gamecube came out and got it the day after launch. The general feeling among people my age was that it was a kids system not to be taken seriously. People would get made fun of for having it, including myself. My brother had Xbox and my cousin had PS2 so I had the best of all worlds. Super Monkey Ball 2 and Double Dash was so much fun.
The Gamecube's carrying handle was great since my parents traded custody like four times a week
Oof...
Sorry to hear that friend
Geez! That must have been insane 😳
I identified with this damn
you identified with deez nuts
Funnily enough, at my old dentist they had a GameCube hooked up to the TV with melee on it. This was like 2 years ago and it still worked great even after so many years
Haha, here in Rockville Maryland and MY dentist has a GameCube with Melee in the lobby.
I forgot where it was specifically, but when I was a kid, they had a Gamecube at a kid's barber shop with Sonic Gems Collection in the waiting area. Fun time.
Lmao when i was a kid, the haircut place my mom took us to had a gamecube with shrek 2 on it, honestly fun
Back in 2015, my orthodontist had a gamecube hooked up with Mario Kart Double Dash and that was my first exposure to double dash as a teen lol
Scott really been collabing with everyone I follow... I love this.
this particular one has existed for over a year, it was a video on the Scott the woz trading cards
Jon and Scott have been running in the same circles for a minute... they communicate well together and seeing just the two of them is a dream
The GameCube was my first console as a kid and I loved this little thing. While the library was limited what was there was a joy.
The child friendly image it had is probably what got me hooked on gaming.
My parents would let me play for hours but God forbid if I am unsupervised in a house with a PS2 or an Xbox.
Meanwhile with "Only for GameCube" Resident Evil 4.....!!
@@LoliconSamalikI remember somewhere Mikami saying that if re4 ever came to ps2 he’d chop his own head off with a chainsaw. Which is funny cause he didn’t do that and ps2 got re4
I’m old. GameCube was the first console we bought as adults in our first apartment.
Awesome! Love this comment. It's cool to be older!
You and me both. I was 20ish. Cube was my secondary console. That was the cool thing about being an adult gamer then and now. I bought myself whatever console and game I wanted. 😁
Put this on as some background noise and was listening with half an ear as I did other stuff. Hearing Scott mention the Analogue pocket got my attention. Such a cool little device, but I was not expecting him to have one and you bet I listened to the rest of the video with full attention.
I remember back then, I was floored by how good Super Mario Sunshine's water textures were. I thought they'd never be surpassed.
Until WaveRace: Blue Storm came out.
@badreality2 That was literally a launch title, and Super mario Sunshine was a year later
As a 14 year old when the Gamecube came out, I was on the fence about spending birthday money to get one. I had been playing GTA3 and MGS2 on PS2 and kind of felt like there was no going back to Nintendo, but when I saw Mario Sunshine I knew I had to play it. After that I made some older friends who were into Melee and playing multiplayer with them on a big flat-screen TV at their college campus was awesome. Then of course Wind Waker was fantastic, Metroid Prime was amazing and Twilight Princess was a masterpiece. So many good memories of this console. I still personally like N64 more because I was a younger kid when it came out but Gamecube was an improvement in almost every way.
I agree with everything you said, except for wind waker being a
Masterpiece. That was one of the worst zelda games. That's why it didn't sell, and it wasn't enough to save the gamecube. BOTW is a masterpiece! That is the one game that sold the switch and got it to where it is today. If wind waker was that good? It would've done the same for the cube. I guess mabye when you're a kid, you look at things differently, but I was an adult then, and having link look like a Disney character with that one eye wink, sneaking around in barrels, hiding from spotlights cartoon style is not where it's at! I gave up on the game where you got to the part where you had to play hide and seek with the kids 😂. The more mature, realistic link, fighting Gannon, back when the cube was code named dolphin, probably would've saved the cube and not have people looking at it like a kids toy. Wind waker was trash! Not even my 5 year old daughter liked the game when i made her play it! She asked me, Dad! Why does link look like that?😂😂
@@redcrimson1028 I'm sorry you feel that way man. I think you gave up on it way too soon. The hide and seek part is super early in the game. But I guess if you don't like the art style/character design, nothing is going to change that. I still love Wind Waker to bits. Sailing around exploring the world was a truly unique and exhilarating experience. Also, the dungeon designs were excellent; my only criticism is that there weren't enough of them.
@riversart2030 I didn't stop at hide and seek lol I actually went farther and yes you're correct, nothing won't get me to change my mind about the game. It's one of thr lowest selling zelda games for a reason! Nintrndo almost gave up on the franchise for that reason. Still though, wind waker and skyward sword did birth BOTW art style. So it has that going for it. Wind waker was just too childish for me. It sold 4.43 million on handcuffs which is low for a Zelda game. Wind waker wii u sold 1 million copies worldwide. See what I mean?
@@redcrimson1028 Whether a game sells well or not doesn't affect my opinion of it.
@riversart2030 got you. I can relate, but wind waker was trash!
Glad to see you working with Jon. I watch spawn wave every weekday morning. Very good channel for video game news.
Yeah. He a good boi, and so is scawty
I agree
Scott used to be a rotsting guest on spawncast
Re: 10:10 with the Metal Gear Solid stuff. The reason they remade MGS1 on the GameCube is because Hideo Kojima essentially just didn't want people to play MGS2 before playing MGS1 and the PS2 was backwards compatible so it wasn't an issue there.
Honestly, I never realized that having multiple discs for one game was strange. To me, it always just said "hey, this is a really big game and you're gonna be playing it for months". There was this one Ninja Turtles game that had 3 discs and I swear it felt like that game just went on forever
That one little issue kept SO many third party games off the console. If Nintendo had put a proper DVD storage size drive in there, there’s a good chance GTA would have made it on the console. That fact alone would have changed the course of history.
That used to be a marketing strategy to make people think they got more game.
Resident evil 2, famously had uncompressed audio. That filled up the disk. They were going to fix it but decided that having two disk would actually increase sales which it did
@@leeartlee915 Final Fantasy, too. I think that's why they only had that interesting exclusive, Chrystal Chronicles.
Scott and Spawnwave the biggest collab ever! This is really fun to watch! Can't wait to see more!
nah man Scott has had MANY bigger features
@@squidduNah we are a big fan of spawnwave and his daily gaming news videos, theyre unmatched
LOL two low mid tier youtubers colab.....Scott obsessers say it is the biggest collab ever.
@@SPG8989Don't be a dick.
dont let screenwave ruin this channel like they did to AVGN!!!!
Awesome an hour long Scott video on a Friday. I love the GameCube have so many good memories with it as a kid I remember being so amazed with the graphics and seeing Luigi’s mansion the first time. Double dash still one of the best Mario kart games also
The game cube will always be my favorite console. In my opinion still to this day has the best first party line up of any Nintendo Console and was a cool time for Nintendo to experiment too. You just had to be there. If you’re able to get your hands on one I’d recommend
I was mostly playing PS2 back then and picked up the GCN when they did the ridiculously awesome discount at the end of its life cycle where you could get one for like $80, had a blast with it! The library doesn't compare to its competitors but it was a lot of fun for sure
I agree. I was there day 1. Been gaming since Atari. I just laugh at folks who just now realizing after all these years how great the cube was😂. Notice how nobody every talks about how great the ps2 was and how it didn't age well? 😂
I’ve had my orange spice gamecube for a couple years now and i’m so happy i could own one after all these years 🥹🥹
I really enjoyed the chat. Two of my friends had a GameCube in high school, a few other friends had the PS2, and I had the Xbox. I would play Smash Bros Melee at my friends' houses and they would come over and play Halo at my house. I finally got my own GameCube in college when my neighbor gave us his right around when the Wii came out. I loved playing Mario Sunshine, FIFA, Capcom vs SNK 2, and Soul Caliber 2 with my college roommates on the GameCube. I skipped the Wii, Wii U, but finally got a Switch OLED shortly after launch. I'm glad to get back into some of the Nintendo exclusives. Thanks for the video!
I was always a full on Nintendo kid. I never strived away, from the NES, SNES, and N64. I was dead set on the GameCube and dragged my mom to Toys R Us on a cold Sunday November morning to get the GameCube on launch day, with every last penny I saved up from birthday money to shoveling snow and any other odd jobs. I really loved the machine at launch with Luigi's Mansion and Tony Hawk 3, but eventually it had some disappointments for me.
I really loved wrestling games, and WMX8 just didn't do it for me like the AKI N64 games. Then when I played GTA3 at a friend's house, and then I found out Tekken Tag Tournament was a thing on PS2 (I fell in love with the arcade game), I was so dead set on getting a PS2. And it didn't disappoint.
The GameCube was still a monster in my basement that I basically used as a budget machine. I bought so many games when they were reduced to $20 (or less if stores were having sales), like Mario Sunshine, Windwaker, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, Pikmin, and a bunch of others (something I wish Nintendo brought back).
I love this mesh up of two channels and this would be a podcast I would listen to regularly
Scott, jon and mystic Ryan should have a podcast
I'm 36, my kid's dentist office still has Gamecube kiosks!
Wow when i was a kid my dentist had Gamecube Kiosks too! Good times man.
Two legends collabing on an hour-long GameCube video, this is epic
GameCube is my favorite console too so I always love hearing Scott talk about it. It’s clear to see how much passion he was for the console and its library of games
Oh hell yeah, it’s Scott and future Scott
Scott Wozniak Takes Off?
In 2001 I remember my friend was hype for the Xbox because it had a hard drive that you could rip CDs to. Reminds me of the Xbox one and TV. MS has been obsessed with replacing Sony in the living room since the late 90s.
Scott the Woz really does collaborate with every even semi-gaming related channel I'm subscribed.
❗️My Timestamps:
4:28 The purple GameCube was the first HOME console I ever bought with my own money (Pre-2003, consoles were given by parents).
It came with:
*Luigi's Mansion 1 and
*Spider-Man: The Movie 1
One of my favourite games for the system and one that has NEVER been re-released is 'P.N.03' which I've put in a silver GameCube case as I think it goes with the sleeve art.
(The first HANDHELD Console I ever bought was a 🍇GameBoy: Color in late-June 2001.)
1:06:27 I loved the 007 Games and STILL can't decide which was better out of 'Agent Under Fire' or 'Everything Or Nothing'.
I got the GameCube as my first exposure to video games when I was 5yo. I got so so so lucky with the games I got, and I'm more grateful for that after seeing Scott's childhood games lol. My dad was a teacher and his students would play Double Dash and Melee in his classroom at lunch and he thought they seemed like something he could enjoy with me. Those were the only games I had for years and I never got tired of them. I must have hundreds of hours in them. Unlocking things was the most magical experience. Very glad to have those happy memories.
I remember getting my GameCube for Christmas of 2001 and loved it so much.
This was nice, a youtuber I watch regularly and a podcaster I follow both talking about this stuff.
The gamecube has a lot of very good games that have aged well. They didn't do great at the time because there were other better looking advanced games that came out, but now we have better versions of THOSE kinds of games so they've become redundant, while a lot of Gamecube classics are still timeless.
The Wave Bird controller was awesome.
Still have 2 they are great
When I was a kid, I has a friend with a PS2 & another friend with an Xbox 360, & I was the kid with a GameCube
Good times
The McDonalds near my church still had the GameCube kiosk until they remodeled like 3 years ago, idk if it still worked at that point but was always super nostalgic to see it
54:36 Perfectly in sync
Each version of the MegaMan anniversary collection had a different exclusive video. PS2 had the Ruby Spears episode, GCN had the MegaMan episode of G4s Icons, & Xbox had an episode of NT Warrior.
Mario sunshine’s water is still some of the greatest water of all time . Same with wave race blue storm ….. hell . Star fox adventures still to this day looks incredible in a lot of places
I waited in line at a Walmart for midnight release with my mom for the GameCube (Thanks mom!). I didn’t know many kids that had it and would get a lot of shit from my friends about it being kiddie. Crazy how it’s perceived now in 2024. Definitely great system.
The GameCube was really something special and I truly appreciate you guys talking in depth about such a great little machine for over an hour!
It just hit me that Scott is a vampire. He has eternal youth of a 15 year old. I’ve been watching him for years and he’s never changed.
Scott is gonna end up collabing with gamer jesus at this rate
So moist critical?
He already did MetalJesusRocks
Next video: I revived CGRundertow to talk about Amiibos!
I wouldn't be surprised if we see ranking Mario characters with Jack Black at this point
Himself?
This is like when your favorite character gets into Smash
i wouldn't know what that feels like
Personally, I think the gamecubes coolest feature was that it was fairly portable for it's time. I remember my friend throwing it into his backback tacking it to all our friends. The PS2 was sorta stuck at home if you had it.
The GameCube was the first system I owned that wasn’t a hand me down. I put so many hours into Double Dash and Melee with friends. While nostalgia definitely plays a part in my love for it, I still think it’s the best 6th gen console
My parents had a GMC Acadia and we used to play PS2 all the time during road trips in the 2000s. It wasn’t built into the car itself but it was still really cool!
awesome video , thank you both 💗
Most unexpected but satisfying collab ever!
two youtubers i watch religiously haha
I believe that twillight princess is the magnum opus of the
GameCube
This video makes me so happy. The NES and SNES are still my favorites but of every console I have begun collecting for over the past seven years, the Gamecube is at the very top of the list as far as the console I have grown the most in love and appreciation for. What an incredible library of games. Arguably the best controller ever. It has aged so well. And the GameBoy player! Being able to play every single game boy and game boy color and game boy advanced game on there especially with one of the incredible Hori GameCube controllers is without a doubt the best way to play those handheld games in my opinion. What a fantastic console. Great video
I think Nintendo really mastered their ability to play to their strengths with the Gamecube, and that’s something they’ve lost touch with a bit as time has passed. As great as the switch is, I’ve always felt that it lacks the identity, and goofy charm that the Gamecube and Wii shared during an era of competitors taking gaming way too seriously. Nintendo in the 2000’s was focused on FUN more than anything, and it really shows nowadays since they’ve taken a more direct approach with marketing and design
I’m 22 and collect games and systems. I absolutely love playing GameCube and wish I could have been around when it was new
Great to see you both talking GameCube!
I was a hardcore NIntendo fan since 1988. The GC was the first console that I didn’t immediately pick up. We already saw this massive drop off of 3rd party support with the 5th generation. I started with an N64 but it was so obviously missing major titles that I was basically forced to pick up a PS1. And then the PS2 came out with games like GTA. And that’s the point where NIntendo became my “other” console.
I will admit that GC holds up better than the PS2 graphics wise. But when people say the console holds up better now, what they are really saying is that Nintendo 1st party IP holds up… which has always been the case. It was even true with the Wii U.
Nintendo leans on their IP and the longer time has gone on, the more that’s been the case. Look at the Switch. What notable 3rd AAA titles have even come out on that console? That’s the thing with Nintendo that disappoints me. I started back in the NES and SNES days when 3rds parties sometimes eclipsed 1st party efforts. Those days are LONG past us.
GC is a solid console but is highly overrated by people who were kids when it came out.
Doom 2016, Monster Hunter Rise, Minecraft, DragonBall FighterZ, The Witcher 3 and Octopath Traveler are pretty big releases on the Switch. I mean Nintendo games have the highest sales potential of any single platform, single generation games out there so if 3rd parties want to weirdly ignore Nintendo it is on them. It seems these companies are still holding a grudge from the SNES era when Hiroshi Yamauchi was being a straight tyrant with 3rd Parties.
Question becomes how much longer can Sony keep handing out those "retention" checks to 3rd party companies. I imagine if that Sony money dries up even a little bit in the future Nintendo will suddenly "find" 3rd party support. Plus ultimately 1st party exclusives is the biggest factor in how good a console is in a retroactive sense. Of coarse during the time that 3rd party support is nice but looking back after the fact what is the heart of a consoles value: It's 1st party never find anywhere else exclusives.
@@Shinjiduo Doom 2016: On several platforms
Minecraft: On everything
The Witcher 3: On everything
Octopath Traveler: Was a Switch exclusive but is now on other platforms
My point is that practically now 3rd party developers make content specifically for Nintendo hardware. Think back to the 90s when Square had all their games on Nintendo or later when Capcom and Konami put all their content on the PS. Nintendo has just done a terrible job courting people to make content for their console. Literally the only thing I can think of is the Mario and Rabbids series. Don’t get me wrong, I like those games but really? That’s it?
Edit: I now realize my original post made it sound like 3rd parties literally didn’t publish titles on the Switch, which obviously is not the case. I’m talking about content made FOR Nintendo’s hardware.
@@leeartlee915 Like I said in my original post Nintendo don't pay out like Sony. Nintendo expects Publishers to do their job and if they do not "they will do it themselves." Keep in mind all those made for Nintendo 3rd party games of the past was a result of the aforementioned Yamauchi-San bullying companies to make Nintendo games unique contractually. Those companies back then did not necessarily want to make games different across platforms or exclusive to Nintendo.
Sony took a draw files with honey approach in the PS1 era and provided publishing support and waived licensing fees to major 3rd party companies and they have been loyal ever since because the fountain still flows. About two investor quarterly's ago Furukawa-san referred to 3rd party game publishing companies as "arrogant" so I doubt Nintendo is going to change their tune about paying out to win over support from them. Nintendo still has the greatest weapon in the holsters: IP other company's would strangle a water buffalo with their bare hands for and talented, disciplined studios to deliver steady quality games.
@@Shinjiduo I don’t disagree with what you’re saying but even still, Nintendo has shit 3rd party support. There’s no way around that fact.
@@leeartlee915 You're right Nintendo's 3rd party support is a joke. That unfortunately is not going to change as far as I can see. Good news is half of what comes out from 3rd parties today are broken, unfinished and overall poorly optimized games. Nintendo 3rd party support sucks but as the last 30 years can attest to they will be fine regardless.
love this along with main channel
I love the Gamecube, it was so good for local multiplayer. I spent many hours playing Melee, Kirby AirRide and Mario Strikers
Been waiting on this collab!
yeah, im going to say is a 60-40 in the Quality vs Nostalgia appeal of the GameCube being this banger console everyone missed out on
& yeah the fact that the PS2 was the cheapest DVD Player in stores at the time was absolutely part of the success
God of War 2 was the best looking game of that gen, but it also came out in 2007, the shit they were doing with the GameCube from the start was nuts.
Especially the star wars rogue squadron game. I played it at a gamecube demo station in the store and holy shit it blew me away as kid
GameCube: the last time Nintendo ever tried to play with the big boys .
Did they though? They knew using the mini discs was going to handy cap them.
@@TheMysteryDriverWell it ain’t Nintendo console if doesn’t have gimmick that makes them “Unique “ from the rest.
Even with mini disc the GameCube had the best multiplat games.
@@paulgilbert5278Maybe compared to PS2, but Xbox was the king of multiplatform. Better graphics in 480p and sound with Dolby 5.1 really helped it too.
Scott even said in one of his videos that he knew something was amiss when Tiger Woods was coming out on 2 discs on GameCube.
14:02 what could have they done to make the GC a success? Regular DVDs. No mini discs. Regular DVDs
PAL version of this from my end.
Back in the day, Halo and PES were killing it. You were getting a XBOX to play XBOX Live and / or a PS2 to get everything + FF / MGS. At some point GC wasn't even getting Fifa games. Games were hard to find cause stores would bring 1-2 copies on release and then no more.
Mario Kart Double Dash was awesome. Played 8 player in my dorm across multiple consoles
Lan play was great
I remember being a kid seeing Brand new GameCubes for $29.99….wild 😂
the gamecube is simply legendary
Prob Nintendos best time period
Jontron looks different what happened
If we ever get a Scott’s Stash with JonTron where they discuss Plug n Play systems, I will cry
Seems like he got a terminal disease
Jontron might come on for a future video!
When you're racist you become jacked
@@jaykatemorrisonlet's hope not. He's awful
If the original Mario Strikers and Charged came to Switch as an HD collection, I’d sell my copy of Battle League in a heartbeat. Only keep it around to remember how good the series used to be
Back then when all the save data was saved onto the cartridge itself. The idea of popping your gba game into your gamecube and playing on the tv abd vice verso sounds really damn cool honestly, like a proto switch
I had PS2 but later in life. Didn't even know about gamecube till like 2009. For somehow i missed the games and the console all together, maybe it was because as a kid i was so obsessed in the ps2 and gameboy games that i left everything else out. When i got Wii, i was introduces to older games like paper mario and then, gamecube games, but the console was still something i didn't even look up or didn't kind of care to look it up online.
Around 2018 i started to buygames. I wanted to buy older games i didn't know about and that wanted to try or play, and this got me to buy the console itself... god it's amazing, then i got introduced to the game boy player and then soft modding consoles.
Now as much older person, if i compare ps2 and gamecube, i would choose gamecube because of its' features and games. PS2 has its games that i wouldn't have lived without and i'm very glad i grew up with it.
Good post, at the time PS2 games like GTA, Final Fantasy, MGS, Devil May Cry and so on were so awesome missing out on them would have been a tragedy. But now given the choice, I'd sink more time into games like Windwaker, Mario Sunshine and Double Dash!
I really enjoy how players choice looks and actually plan on collecting all of them
The fact that the GameCube was the strongest and smallest (until the PS2 slim) was crazy I had it and it was my first console I remember beating my first video game ever Cubivore
RE4 back when it was a GC exclusive was incredible looking.
When I had a Gamecube growing up, It's biggest short-coming was MY WALLET! It was never full enough to keep my library full lol.
It's funny because my childhood console should have been the Wii, but I just used the Wii to play all our Gamecube games (since my brother's old Gamecube was broken.) Even though we had lots of Wii games, I think of the Gamecube as my childhood. I think that says something about its selection
Rogue Squadron looks amazing. played it parallel on Gamecube and Dolphin - wow!
PSO was my most played Gamecube game.
I got all my friends to get it too. I was the only one who got the broadband adapter, so all my friends would come to my house and one of us would play online while the rest of us played offline multi-player. We would swap off. It was so great...
I still enjoy how N64 and PS1 games look. PS2 and GC still has graphics better than most indies today.
PS1 games look so bad in so many cases. Not as bad as Saturn though
@@TheMysteryDriverWhere are you getting this info from? Plenty of PlayStation & Saturn games look great. Saturn games are not a drop off from PlayStation.
@@mmarshfairc3 where do I get this info? My eyes. I had the systems when they were new. They looked bad then, they look bad now.
So many fond memories on the GameCube. Such a simpler time.
Loved playing Viewtiful Joe on the GameCube when it came out, the game and the graphics felt different and the game itself was great.
DVD playback on the xbox required buying a remote control because otherwise they would have to pay a licensing fee for every console sold. Nintendo likewise would have to, so they made a separate product with the Panasonic Q
Sony was a co creator of DVD technology so they didnt have this cost
Gamecube will always be my favorite piece of technology, just yesterday my friends and I were playing Smash Meele and Mario Kart Double Dash, love it since 2001 😍
I can confirm there was a GameCube at my orthodontist and they didn’t get rid of it until like the final year I had braces which was around 2019
Yoooooooo this is so hype! Can’t wait to watch this this weekend
THESE SCOTT COLLABS KEEO GETTING BETTER AND BETTER
I had got a PS2 in 2001 and was really into Gran Turismo 3 and a few other titles and the following year when I was 15 years old, my parents weren't sure what big gift to get me for Christmas, so they went the easy route and got me a Gamecube. I had all the other Nintendo systems (NES, SNES N64) and I actually got the N64 on it's release day and was a huge fan of all the Rare titles on that system, so it was a no brainer for them to buy me a Gamecube. However, I remember being surprised by the gift because they had gotten me a PS2 the year before and I wasn't expecting a whole new system from them but I guess it was on sale or something. Anyway they got me a few games with the system like Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Brothers and 13, but at first I wasn't really that into playing the Gamecube. One day my friends and I went to a Gamestop and I got to play the newly release Resident Evil 4 which was an exclusive title on the Gamecube and I was blown away by it and decided to buy it on the spot. I took it home and that is when I got into playing my Gamecube. My friends and I also got into playing 13's 4 player multiplayer and it became our go to game to chill out and play on. I think more people need to give 13's multiplayer a chance - it is really hard to play against the computers in that game, but it is really fun. Anyway, the Gamecube was considered a kid system back then when I was in high school and I didn't really know anyone besides one of my friends who had one. I still spent most of my time playing Vice City and other mature titles, but the Gamecube was great for multiplayer because this was before online gaming on the consoles really became popular. It is interesting to hear Scott's perspective because he was so young back then and the Gamecube was for him what the SNES was for me. Anyway I still have my Gamecube and its box in great condition and all my games and I will never sell it. It is a very cool little system to have.
GameCube is 1 of my fave console's of all time. I still have my original black gc I got day 1 which I got with wave race blue storm and rogue sqadran 2. I have about 60 games now in my collection, most I picked up back when they were released. I play my gamecube games mainly on my modded wii now. Cheap HDMI adapters mean i can play on a modern tv and with the wii been modded it can force most games to play at 420p so look amazing still
Was a GameCube guy that gen. Grown up now and my cousins still talk about us playing Kirby air ride back then
First console I bought w my own money. Got it and Smash for $41 at a pawn shop. Still have it hooked up in the living room. 20+ years later.
I think that if you add better online support, normal sized discs w/ dvd and cd capabilities, And better support from third party stuff you’d sell more. And add a n64 adapter and make the gameboy one better and more available
My first home console was an N64 with Mario 64, and in my childhood I manage to have Pokemon stadium 1 between other games. My second console was a PS2 but immediately the same week the Gamecube went down $100 my grandma gifted me from KB Toys. The Gamecube to me will always be the best console in my heart.
I remember playing Mario Sunshine at walmart and that game BLEW ME AWAY. I honestly thought "Wow games are never looking better than this" and my mom surprised us with the Mario Sunshine bundle and Shrek 2. Good times!
I had the PS2 and GC back then.
A lot of times, the 'Cube would get third party games months later than Xbox and PlayStation 2. And the GameCube version would always be missing a lot of content. Major content like missions, levels, music, and cutscenes.
Plus until controller was missing L3, R3, a shoulder button, and a "select" button.
Scott! Absolutely love these collabs! This is a great one! Would you ever consider doing one with Retro Bird?
Rogue Squadron 2 was the killer launch title. Fun fact, Walmart broke the street date so myself and ton of people had the game before the system launched 😆
I had a Gamecube back in the day, I got it a little after my PS2. My Dad took me to the Virgin Megastore in London and they had a whole section dedicated to the launch of Resident Evil 4. They had a mountain of chainsaw controllers in the middle surrounded by Gamecube kiosks where you could play RE4. I thought it was so cool so yeah I ended up getting a Gamecube and RE4 and just being obsessed.
we need more medium/long form Scott content
I loved playing third party stuff like NBA Street, Madden, SSX, the support was OK from EA at least. That Duchovney game XIII was cool, that handle.
I like seeing UA-camrs cross over it's cool to see them interact and I mainly play GameCube through dolphin and when you upscale it some games look pretty good smash kart Metroid Zelda wind waker twilight sadly looks rough no matter how much you upscale but for the most part they look great even in my android it's wild
22:48 accurate. The only time I saw a GameCube as a kid was my dentist office and cousins house
I knew many families who had no console between the NES and the PS2. Being one of the cheapest dvd player on the market at the time was worth a massive amount of sales. Had the GameCube managed to be even an cheaper device with DVD support it could have stolen significant market share from the PS2..
Two Z buttons would have been smart too.
One of the best crossovers since Jimmy neutron and Timmy Turner
Really like these kind of videos
I was 14 when Gamecube came out and got it the day after launch. The general feeling among people my age was that it was a kids system not to be taken seriously. People would get made fun of for having it, including myself. My brother had Xbox and my cousin had PS2 so I had the best of all worlds. Super Monkey Ball 2 and Double Dash was so much fun.
LMAO John I’m not the only one who takes a picture of there shelf before a convention
Yes, I like this crossover
The McDonald's around here, still had the GameCube stands during the PS4/One era. They don't anymore, sadly.