What is your favorite GameCube game and why?

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leedlelee said:

curl-6 said:

Soundwave said:
F-Zero GX. Still looks/plays great ten years later.

Man, that was one is damn close on the heels of RE4 and Prime for me.

I still think it's the best racer I've ever played, so smooth, exhilarating, and challenging.

I always wondered how I would do if I played the Japanese version...

It's much harder than the version we got in the West...

A lot of the dirt and ice obstacles are just gaping holes in the Japanese version...

I think the tracks are exactly the same in the Japanese version, the Global Leaderboard (RIP) wouldn't make much sense if the tracks were different. - http://f-zero.com/championship/howtoenter.jsp

AFAIK besides the normal language and localization changes the only major differences are the 15 Japanese exclusive parts. You needed a special license card that when brought to the F-Zero AX arcade machine could unlock special parts to your memory card.  Action Replay can unlock these parts too.  The parts are listed below:

Body  Mad Bull (900 kg) Body= B Metal Shell (950 kg) Body= B Blood Raven (600 kg) Body= C Rage Knight (440 kg) Body= D Galaxy Falcon (680 kg) Body= E

Cockpit  Crazy Buffalo (600 kg) Grip= A Maximum Star (680 kg) Grip= A Hyper Stream (540 kg) Grip= B Round Disk (380 kg) Grip= C Rush Cyclone (300 kg) Grip= D

Booster  Hornet -FX (700kg) Boost= A Shuttle -M2 (520 kg) Boost= B Velocity -J (420 kg) Boost= C Crown -77 (260 kg) Boost= D Mars -EX (270 kg) Boost= D