RolStoppable said:
Nah, the GameCube was very much a beloved console. Just ask any of the former Nintendo fans that are everywhere. |
Being a longtime Nintendo fan, I can't see how Gamecube was anything but a terrible console for true Nintendo fans. it was more like a mix of everything that we disliked about the N64, and trying to be a gimped PS2. It was more a console for people who wanted a console like Sony's under a Nintendo label.
True Nintendo fans were playing Nintendo-like games on GBA SP and DS. Gamecube's library was more like the left-over table scraps from Sony and Microsoft.
Nintendo had three good consoles which followed very strong Nintendo philosophy of innovating and pushing the industry to new grounds while giving the consumers what they want at an affordable price: NES, SNES, and Wii.
One low-medium console which pushed the industry, but did so at the expense of the consumer with incredibly expensive cartridges: N64.
One bad console which made no attempt to follow Nintendo's philosophy in software or innovative hardware, and instead made a bad attempt at copying Sony and packaging it to look like a child's toy: Gamecube.
Wii U looks like it might be their second low-medium console as while it did advance the interface of its games, it failed to follow the Wii example of "doing it at an afforable price." The Wii U Gamepad is a great idea, but the technology is too expensive right now. Although, this is something that will change probably in the next year or two, we'll see.
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