NightDragon83 said:
I agree about the Wii U, but couldn't disagree more about the Gamecube. The people that love the GC today like myself are the same ones that loved it during its original run a decade and a half ago. It was an amazing little system that featured some of the best games and visuals of the entire 6th generation, with a solid library that still holds up today, not just with 1st party games but several 3rd party titles as well. Compare Rogue Squadron II for example, a launch title way back in 2001, to some of the games that Nintendo has been lazily putting out this current generation like Starfox Zero in both the visual and gameplay departments, and its almost unbelievable how much better some of the GC's offerings are compared to the more contemporary stuff. Even RE4 which came out back in 2005 is better than about 90% of the stuff on Wii and Wii U, which is why it's been ported a bunch of times to just about every console out there. There's nothing hipsterish about loving the Gamecube these days. The Dreamcast on the other hand is the console equivalent of Portland Oregon... ground zero hipster paradise. There's a reason the DC lasted for barely a year in most markets before having the plug pulled... it just wasn't that good, and as soon as the PS2 was released everyone forgot about the DC. At least the GC managed to make it through the standard 5 year console cycle before being put out to pasture. |
Gamecube had no online whatsoever. Wind Waker and Mario Sunshine the big budget Nintendo games felt half assed and unfinished and that's coming from someone who picked them up when they were brand new. RE4 was ported to every console ever. Mario Part 4 killed the Mario Party series, Toad stool Tour was a downgrade from Mario Golf 64 just like every other N64 to Gamecube title besides Smash Bros Melee.
Gamecube wasn't bad and I had one or several because I had a defective one <.< I thought it was amazing back then but, then the older I got I realized just how much better the N64 did the games. Like pokemon Stadium 1-2 are miles better than Colloseum and XD Gales of Darkness
Turok Evolution (where as turok 1-3 on n64 was amazing) was also terrible on gamecube there is just so many small things that the gamecube faults upon.
Yea the console itself was a powerful beast but, the games were just as lackluster as the Wii U games if not even more so.
