Would a modern day Gamecube succeed?

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Jumpin said:

Mensrea said:

Jumpin said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Also, can we PLEASE stop saying Nintendo is for kids. 

Nintendo isn't, but Gamecube certainly was. The console was shaped like a Purple Lunchbox and had a Fisher Price controller. Plus the flagship games were a weekday afternoon cartoon version of Celda, and Mario with a squirt-gun.

The Gamecube was the most adult focused nintendo console of all time. First of all, Wind Waker is ten times the game that Twilight Princess is. Aesthetic isn't everything. Secondly, METROID FU**ING PRIME. The Gamecube had F-Zero, two excellent Metroid games, a fantastic Zelda game, decent third party, eternal darkness, a controller that didn't require you to waggle..

 

Your crazy if you think the gamecube was for kids. The Wii was for kids.

Gamecube was PS2 for kids, that's exactly how it was presented and marketed. Why else would they design it to look like a purple lunch box with a Fisher Price-like controller? Truth is, everyone knew the Gamecube was for kids, that's why only kids bought it. The fact that those kids grew up afterwards is simple biology.

Arguing that Gamecube wasn't for kids is like arguing that My Little Pony isn't for kids.

You are 100% right. I remember seeing it once in a newspaper and never wanting to see it again. It looked so childish. Anyone who thinks this wasn't a problem for Nintendo is just fooling himself. The system shouted out laud that it was for kids. Like I said, I didn't even want to know what games were on this console, so arguing that it had serious games is pointless. I saw it and couldn't care less. I wanted a cool console, not something that would make all my friends laught at me. Remember that at that time teenagers were the biggest market for games. And teenagers didn't appreciate this style, they wouldn't do it today either. If the silver and a black version were marketed as the main ones and the purple one was a limited edition, GCN would sell much more.