kirby007 said:
Vinther1991 said:
Its of course a combination of several things. Some people mention the lack of DVD playback, I doubt that was the main issue. I think it was overall marketed poorly, and Playstation 2 already had so much momentum, that it was difficult to get into the market.
And honestly, Nintendo's first party games during that generation just weren't good enough. The N64 had 4 system sellers in the first half of its life: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, GoldenEye 007, and Ocarina of Time all giving the system momentum. What did the GameCube have?
Definitive titles in the relatively small Metroid and Smash Bros. franchises can't make up for solid yet underwhelming edtions to their core franchises.
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the wind waker?
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You must have forgotten the huge backlash it got when Nintendo revealed it. It alientated a fair portion of the fanbase with the artstyle. Its easy to think of 3D Zelda as this ever morphing visual entity at this point but back in 2001, all 3D Zelda games had been suedo realistic and dark/surrealist. Suddenly you have "toon link" being presented as the future of the franchise. WW sales on Gamecube speak for itself.
Last edited by Otter - on 07 October 2020
