Because Nintendo kids who grew up in the 2000s are now highly represented on the internet.

For me, the appeal of the GameCube is that its contender for Nintendo System with the widest representation of Franchises Nearly everyone got a game on the GameCube

The GameCube definitely spelled the end of an era with what I would describe as "Classic Nintendo Charm". The way their games were made had this aura to them on a system where there were no major gimmicks like motions controls, or gamepads, or hybridization. It was just about the games at its core.

The Gamecube was the first console I owned growing up, and I’d say it best describes Nintendo’s “experimental” era. This’s where they tried to push new and unique ideas in order to take advantage of their new 3D hardware, which’s why we got games as wacky and unexpected as Pikmin, Luigi’s Mansion, Chibi-Robo and Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. Along with strong sequels to big series with Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, Paper Mario TTYD, Mario Kart Double-Dash, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Smash Bros Melee. Its biggest weakness was Nintendo choosing proprietary discs in order to combat piracy, and so it not only had much less third-party support than the PS2, but also didn’t serve as a DVD player. Nonetheless, nothing will replace the fond memories I have of it, and it sucks that so many of its games are ludicrously expensive nowadays.

I was born in 1994 so I didn't grow up with the SNES/N64 eras so the GameCube and GBA were my first consoles. But! Putting my bias aside, the GCN was the last traditional home console from Nintendo without gimmicks. Gimmicks aren't bad at all (I love my Switch) but I look back fondly on simpler times. GCN also had an edgy early 2000s vibe. From it's dark purple appeal (that Melee also had) to its commercials, to the shape of the console, it just felt so "cool" to me. The games are a given, I mean come on. Melee, Star Fox, TLOZ Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart DD, Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, Kirby Air Ride, Pokemon Colosseum and so forth. I'll never stop loving the little purple cube that could, despite the outcome 💜

I was a GCN teen in high school. All my friends had PS2's and Xbox was the shiny new toy everyone wanted. Nintendo wasn't in a good place reputation wise at that time. People would be like "You still play this kiddy stuff?". I liked the GCN because most franchises Nintendo had to offer were represented at that time. A lot of the games were very creative and different. The tone of a lot of their games was also a lot darker and more mature than normal. It was like Nintendo itself had acknowledged the kids of the 90s were teens and the gameplay reflected that. I just really enjoyed the console. I haven't seen Nintendo the same Wii era and onwards if I'm being honest.

The handle on the gamecube was there do that you could bring the console to your friends house. Even back then, they were thinking of ways to make consoles more portable.

The quick awser is: The games are magical having a unique feeling to them. The controller is one of if not the best controller ever made for 3d games

ngl im not sure which alternate universe you visited from where the ds doesn’t get the same amount of, if not way more praise and nostalgic reminiscences that the gamecube does

Nintendo said: “let’s get funky”

Gamecube = smash bros melee Smash bros melee = fox Fox = your ded

I've heard people really knock down the Gamecube over it's lack of RPGs. Even though there aren't as many as there were on PS2, the quality of the RPGs on Gamecube was consistently good to great, and there was still quite a good handful to choose from, and almost all of them were exclusive at the time. Favorite RPGs on Gamecube include Tales of Symphonia, Skies of Arcadia: Legends, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, Baten Kaitos, Phantasy Star Online: Episodes I & II, and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

I did not grow up with the purple cube when I was a kid, instead utilizing the PS2 for most of my childhood. Whenever I went over to people’s houses though and played games on their children’s GameCubes, I was thoroughly impressed and wanted one for some of those exclusives (namely Star Fox Assault and Geist lol). I also really liked it when certain games had the GameCube controller’s face buttons baked into the UI; that always stood out to me as a really neat feature. I didn’t have a lot of money as a kid though, so I’m making up for it now by grabbing some of the cheaper titles on the system. I’d definitely recommend picking up a backwards-compatible Wii first before grabbing a GameCube later on. It’ll allow you to buy controllers, games, and memory cards. The Wii also has really good native GC emulation with Nintendont.

The GameCube is my favorite game console and one of the two consoles I’m deeply nostalgic for (the other being PlayStation 2). Super Mario Sunshine is my favorite Mario game, Luigi’s Mansion is my favorite Mario spin-off series, Pikmin is my favorite Nintendo franchise, etc. The GameCube is genuinely unmatched in library variety and there truly is something for everybody on this system. So many childhood memories of mine were made with it, and it’s my primary console of choice for multiplayer games with friends.

The Gamecube was an amazing platform for Zelda and Metroid and gave us some more unique games like Pokémon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness, Mario Kart Double Dash, and Eternal Darkness. Plus, as others have said, those who grew up with it are nostalgic for the Gamecube nowadays.

First thing I want to say is, great video man. Love it. So for me I’m a big GameCube fan, when I was a kid it was my favorite console, from the awesome controller which is still my favorite controller, to the small discs, nice colors for the consoles, the cool designs and amazing graphics for back then, especially for games like Star fox adventures looked amazing graphically. The best part was the games and fun, so many great games from Zelda windwaker being my all time favorite, to smash bros melee and time splitters 2, and Metroid prime to the so many Mario games like tennis and golf to Mario party and baseball, just so much fun and great memories on it. But I always remembered GameCube growing up being the most hated console everyone seemed to hate it said it looks like a kids console, everyone hating Luigi’s mansion because he couldn’t jump and toon link not looking mature. Everyone in my school made fun of you if you had it, everyone loved ps2 and Xbox and always made fun of GameCube, heck I remember hearing that the GameCube was one of Nintendo’s biggest failures because it didn’t sell good and was a dead console by 2006, they said if it wasn’t for the gameboy advance and Nintendo DS, that Nintendo would have went out of business but the handhelds saved Nintendo. But for me GameCube was always the underdog and my personal favorite console. Heck on my Nintendo switch I play 90% of my games with a GameCube controller, obviously a modern one from power a. I remember in my family, everyone didn’t like the GameCube, because they were used to the n64. My dad and cousins were like this controller is weird and the games are different lol

For me it’s because every GameCube game I own I could play for like 4 hours easily lol

Another great vieo, Kiro. Keep up the good work 👏

In the early 2000s, I got both the PlayStation 2 and the GameCube and I still have them and play games on them more than the current gen consoles I have (PS5 and Switch). I have a massive library worth of PS2 games and same applies for the GameCube as well. On the GameCube, I have numerous top notch games on there like Super Smash Bros: Melee, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, F-Zero GX, Kirby Airride, Mario Kart Double Dash, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Animal Crossing, Starfox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokémon Colosseum, and Super Mario Sunshine. Thank god I got those games during the GameCube's lifespan way before the price hikes.

The last time tripping in a cord pulled our Wii off the shelf, we just through it out and went back to our GameCube.

Gamecube was the first Nintendo console to have Sonic on it and yes Advance series on Gameboy Advance, that’s another reason to love it more, and I too absolutely love the simple shape and purple color, as I grew older Purple became my favorite color and I think the Gamecube is part of that reason, the GBA was also purple too. Also Gamecube controller is still relevant too with Smash and is the most comfortable ergonomically.

The Gamecube was my first real console, so I am very fond of it even if I played my Wii WAY more. What helps is that almost every first party title were some of the best games of both their series and the era.

I never grew up with the gamecube so i have no nostalgia bias and even still i absolutely love the gamecube and its library Ive had nothing but a good time playing games like pikmin 2, mario sunshine, mario kart double dash and smash melee on dolphin And the controller is easily the best ive ever held it feels comfortable, sturdy and overall has a good design

You are forgetting the MAIN reason why fans love it soo much... It was a Console FOR GAMERS!... Especially for fans that grew up with Nintendo. It had its games for "kids/family" but also had games for Teen and Adults... Like Baten Kaitos & Eternal Darkness (when was the last time Nintendo was involved with a M for Mature game?... exactly!) The design of the controller was made taking what gamers liked in the designs of the competition but adding "Nintendo's Style" to it. The gimmicks felt natural, like Link Cable with GBA to transfer data like Pokémons, for game like Wind Waker and Four Swords, and to even download temporarily NES games and mini games like Animal Crossing did... or Like the Ethernet Adapter, which allows you not only to play online Phantasy Star, but ALSO to play Mario Kart DD with 8 players offline split between two TVs... It tried to bring almost all their IPs and creating new ones in almost perfect balance... Wave Race, 1080⁰, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf... and Mario "soccer", Mario Baseball, Pikmin, etc... It brought a dream come true for those who loved Sonic but never had a Sega, bringing all Sonic Games and new ones... It was the console with bigger 3rd party games support EVER in the history of Nintendo... (when they had a hard contenders 😅 I mean)... almost everything that you get in PS2 it was on GameCube too... It had way more games than Xbox 1. But like the Vita, it failed because gamers are not as big masses or Normies... That is why they change their focus from Gamers to Normies with the Wii 😒 IF ONLY the GameCube had DVD players, normies would rather prefer to buy a GCN for their kids and the DVD for them... And sadly, being a hard console to pirate, that make it hard to sell in LATAM 😓... #SaquenmeDeLatinoAmerica That is why it was loved but had low sells... 😞 #WeLoveYouGameCube 🥲

One of the coolest and most iconic consoles! the GameCube holds some of my best gaming memories. There was something about its sleek, dark aesthetic and the experimental games that made it perfect. The early 2000s were truly a golden era for gaming. While I enjoy my current consoles and their games, it feels like something is missing from today's gaming experience, games just hit you different back then, and I swear it’s not because of nostalgia I feel this way!!! 😂

Hoping the lengthy section of highlighting comments doesn't become a common trend. We're here to hear what you think, and I ended up fast forwarding through you reading out comments because it got boring.

Because it has Path of Radiance, obviously

We never had a Gamecube when I was a kid, and I felt it hard. Missed so many great games.

The GC has de BEST controller ever. Fight me

Because it has my two favorite games, Megaman network transmission and Twilight Princess. AND FOR GOD SAKE NINTENDO AND CAPCOM, PLEASE REMASTER THESE GAMES ON MODERN PLATFORM!!!

Because it had beautiful graphics, amazing controller, had the majority of ips represented with multiple entries plus you had tons of great 3rd parties as well, Gameboy player, unique accessories like the dk bongos, mic, gb add on connector for bonus features and for games like four swords, 3 diffrent bootup sounds, cool system menu, had pretty much every zelda at the time playable on it due to being able to also play the gb ports, introduced luigis mansion, gave a new way to play metroid, had eternal darkness which was a great horror game exclusive that messed with your TV and thinking it was deleting your saves, the gamecube is the most unique console ever made all others are pretty basic

To me the GameCube is the most overrated and underrated system at the same time. Had it when it was released and thought it was a cool system, but overall wasn’t something I think of when I think Nintendo.

I think you nailed it with how great of a multiplayer system it was. It felt like the last "oldschool" console. The XBox and PS2 felt like the transition into the beginning of consoles feeling like PCs. Nintendo, to this day, is doing such a good job of NOT being a PC. I haven't purchased a console since the PS3, and even then I waited until it was dirt cheap. I've been on PC. Yet, the switch has kept tempting me. I don't think I game on the go enough to justify it, but honestly, I feel like that desire to get it anyway proves how great they are at making stuff that people still want.

One of my life questions answered by one of my favorite youtubers

At the time, the Gane Cube was seen as a "Kids" console, Mario wore a t-shirt, instead of a full shirt, and a water backpack, Link became a strange big-headed cartoon, and the console itself looked like a toy stove, and in the 2000s, we were dark, edge, and it's not a phase mom!!! Thing kkkkk But deep down we wanted to play the cube, we were afraid of being teased at school, of being a kid and don't be mature. I look back then and and I regret not having played it at the time, because of social pressure, at least that was how Nintendo was seen in Brazil, video games for babies

It was weird. Purple, a handle, the controller shape PS2 was arguably more iconic

PS2 has a stronger library of games, but GameCube is the one I grew up with. I love the little box console

The GameCube was my first home console and it still works to this day, I also have a Wii so I can play my GC games there as well.

I didn't have a GameCube either. I owned 2 of them one Indigo and one Black, one in my room and one in the living room. The Indigo one was my take everywhere one and living room one I still have my cards with all my saves and use them to play my games.

I still have my GameCube hooked up to my tv now. Luckily I managed to get my hands on the component cables from Japan in the 2000s which makes it still hold up. Those cables sell for like $400 or more now when I paid $30 for them then.

I really love the GameCube's design. The indigo is a good color that matches well with the logo itself. Also the controller is gorgeous.

This was my First game Console ever.

I saw those Orange Gamecubes being sold in Ohio at I think a Best Buy in 2003 so they weren't Japan Exclusive. The real Japan Exclusive that I'm aware of was Gundam Series Red which really should have come here promoted by Toonami. There was also a Seafoam Green packaged with a certain game & there were going to be even more colors that were never released such as Blue & Pink. As for the games themselves Nintendo had incredible exclusives Melee, Double Dash, Mario Party 5, 6, & 7, Starfox Adventures, Kirby AirRide, F-Zero GX, Metroid Prime, Pokemon Colosseum, Thousand Year Door, & Wind Waker in addition to the start of both Pikmin & Animal Crossing. 3rd Party support was incredible with Sonic Adventure 2 Battle being exclusive for an entire decade. Sonic likely had the best showing on GameCube of the 6th Gen Consoles with Sega also giving GameCube 3 Super Monkey Ball games & Billy Hatcher. Then there were countless games on Xbox & PS2 as well that played every bit as good on GameCube. I miss being young.

I been trying to fix up mine playing smash bros and kirby air ride and other games This month I finally got to play the first Animal crossing, I got that cheap from a seller on Amazon, I been playing since the 5th Before all that though I had to replace the time battery and fix my disc drive it was a learning experience but so far its working great

It's simple, everyone who grew up with a GameCube is now old enough to shill for it online. N64 and GameCube owners were underdogs for the entire generation and that only made them attached to them more.

dang only 667 views in 37 mins? what happend? anyways great video

LOL I didn't expect my comment in a community tab I was skimming through to end up being highlighted as one of the reasons people love the GameCube. Glad I could be of assistance.

I preferred the original Xbox, mostly thanks to Halo, but I did like the GameCube too. Lots of great games that remain trapped on it. Hoping one day Eternal Darkness and MGS Twin Snakes get rereleased. I miss that Nintendo that just focused on games without gimmicks. Last time they truly tried competing with the other console rivals too by appealing to a more older/edgy gamers like Sony did.

For me, the controller. I know that the GameCube controller has flaws like the d pad being too small, having one Z button, the C Stick being too small, but it was comfortable and the ABXY buttons had a unique layout.

I like the GameCube cause I grew up with a ps2 and it's cool to see how the other side of the generation grew up. Also the library is small and not as big or diverse as the ps2 (no really, I still discover new ps2 games regularly) but still full of top tier Nintendo first parties, 3rd party exclusives and cross platform games. Also that controller is sooooo good.

It was the first real try of Nintendo into the cd/dvd technology.

I liked the GameCube and owned 2 of them. But I did play my Dreamcast more. It never sat as much as the GameCube did. Especially after I got my original Xbox. Thank you though.

I also look at Gamecube as the “remaster system” like how in 1998 Mgs and sonic adventure came out. And kinda aged when we saw the power of the next gen ps2/xbox/GC Then 2003/04 sonic adventure DX and Twin snakes come out with remastered visuals and as a gamecube exclusive’s. theres also a few other dream cast games that was cross platforms with the gamecube and ps2 aswell

Simple. it was in this era that is born the best Mario 3D render.

I was on message boards in the early 2000s and most of the community despised the Gamecube. We were all early 20 somethings at the time. Most said it would be Nintendo's last console and the would go 3rd party after the generation was over. Even When Nintendo World New York opened, the haters said they were going to go there just to mock Nintendo fans.

I have a fun fact, sonic the hedgehog is the reason why the popular game PIZZA TOWER is popular. Back when there were demos and dev footages (somewhere in 2018, the start of pizza tower development), nobody was even knowing about the game, but then... Sonic Amateur Game Expo (or SAGE) launched. And so pizza tower's SAGE 2019 demo released. A BIG amount of pepole would download the demo, to the point when the sage servers crashed. When the full game came out (january 2023), it got the title for the 3rd highest ranked game after a really short time. To anyone who sees this fact, i recommend you buy it, its great. (you dont need to)

Because Nintendo published great games for it. The PlayStation had great third party games but Nintendo has its iconic lineup. Also it had a handle and it worked like a charm.

It's crazy how loved it is now lol. People HATED it in the early 2000's - At least from my anecdotal experience of being one of the few people in our highschool who liked it lol - everyone was too obsessed with GTA3 and Halo and the GCN didn't have those. So many kids who loved the NES, SNES and N64 all went PS2 or Xbox instead that gen.

In the early 2000s, this was the only console I had. As someone who loves fighting games, the Gamecube wasn't known for that. Although I did get to play the Gamecube port of Soul Calibur 2 & Sonic Gems Collection had Sonic the Fighters. 2 of my fave non-fighting Gamecube games are Custom Robo & Legend of Zelda 4 Swords Adventures. I played that Zelda game in 4 player co-op in summer 2006 ❤

My first game console and has one of the very best games on this system hands down.

I saw this video because of the poll

I forgot about this channel, so glad I found it and subscribed to it again

The GameCube Era was Nintendo at their most creative and interesting before they started focusing on gimmick consoles.

when I was growing up NOBODY around me liked it over the ps2 except me.

0:48 same

Everyone who owned a GameCube has only good things to say about it. Considering it was the last console Nintendo made while Hiroshi Yamauchi was president of the company, and before they changed their official color from red to gray, and back to red again, it has a special place in the hearts of gaming collectors.

"cute little box" well i say "cute little tv monitor from the 90s"

Because nostalgia works in 20 year cycles, next question

Hi Kiro

That was the last time Nintendo was actually tried to make their system powerful, after this they were just underpowered system with gimmicks

I love the gamecube because it has Metal Arms Glitch in the System in it!!!!!

I was born in a country, where gamecube was never sold. Nintendo gave up on establishing their presence with their home consoles on the newly-developing market since the SNES flop in the mid-nineties because of the prices being too high for the majority of citizens and their anti-piracy practices. After trying it for the first time, I've got to say I love that purple cube. It's got such a personality, and the games... Oh, I just can't put the controller down with F-ZERO GX and Metroid Prime.

6:29 That doesn't make any sense. Every pokémon game since the original red and green has been an RPG.

Creativity 🧠

Indigo is basically the color between blue and purple. Look at indigo and purple side by side, and the difference is staggering, unless you're color-blind. The hardcore gaming-community basically snubbed their noses at Gamecube when it was out and money was going to Nintendo. Now that time has passed, it's socially acceptable to like Gamecube. It has become a target of hipsters and collectors. It really pisses me off when people who hated Gamecube (when Nintendo was relying on it financially), now seem to love it and collect games for it, the money for which doesn't go to any developer or publisher. I hate collectors.

I Grew up w the gamecube and gba, and the gamecube is my shit, i even bought the Panasonic Q GameCube w the GBA player

It's so awesome no one bought it because they couldn't handle the awesomeness.

I have and played Mario sunshine

Cause of both Nostalgia and the genuinely amazing game library. It didn't have the popular games. (Like how could you beat the PS2 with GTA san Andreas and the XBOX with Halos XD) But Luigi's Mansion Smash Melee, Twilight Princess. While i sadly never had the chance to play them up until now thx to emulation! These games are so amazing and fun to play! The 3rd party stuff was equally Amazing, Neighbors from Hell Super Monkey Ball Mutha Fuckin Resident Evil 4 It was awesome!

i ways feel the switch joycons have the same 'feeling' of the gamecube controller, but it could be only me... 😅

I just realized the xbox series x sort of looks like a gamecube, or three of them stacked on top of each other.

Idk it’s amazing

Before I watch I think it's kind of funny to think about this in retrospective. I remember a common opinion being the GameCube sucked. However as the years go on more and more people defend it. As the years move on more peoples' voices are heard.

this video came days after i sold my gamecube to use my wii as a gamecube replacement

Because it has Chibi-Robo.

I think the Wii U will become GameCube iconic in 10 years

GameCube wasnt the Golden Age. the Golden Age had already passed (Super Nintendo).

“I hate the GameCube!” -evil me

bias probably plays a great part in it

I never knew it ezisted when it came out but never hated it. I think its gems are good & the 1st aprty are tonally & game design unique. I like it's design it's not normal that's a good thing then a generic box under the TV. Quality/experimenting. Besides nostalgia idiots (big reason & I don't care, I grew up with a PS2 and Xbox before selling the Xbox, I do want it back but thats a challenge, so 360 or One/Series, OG Xbox BC instead for now, I don't care about nostalgia I care about games, hardware gimmicks and quality, FK emotions or memories. I mean I'd play PN03 or Geist cor sure. Munvhables as a fair Katamari clone as well. It has gems no matter their quality. Not just the major titles only as with every Nintendo console/players. I haven't found cheaper titles thats nore so thr case for PS2 or Xbox. Or PS2/360/Wii most GameCube are the majoe titles and I don't buy them as expensive or got Wind Waker on Wii U instead. Sure I own Wave Race Blue Storm, but a broken Double Dash or skipped F Zero GX I think would have to check photos id have them. Also Sims Bustin Out or the Urbz. I barely see GameCube titles and I didn't buy a Platinum even if a fair price and box I have a Wii instead anyway. Irs noy like thr Xbox qhere backwards compatibility is limited its like PS1 to PS2 where 99% of them aork so I never need to downgrade and the peripherals for PS1/GameCube I never see or consider yet. The games speak for themselves not the emotional nonsense people think about them whether bad or.good games they have something about them because of the era in my opinion I like that era of games as much as I have researched older eras and gone wow just as much great then besides the overrated games the gems and effort was different then the trash nowadays of quality and things have changed for the worst these days) it's because they barely get re-releases. The tone/types of games were different, GBA/GameCube was cool same as Dreamcast VMU or pressure sensitive buttons or memory cards/hard drive was a different time. Games were either refined or still in new to analogue sticks or other experimental ideas yet people don't care they care about nostalgia because they are brain dead. Quality over emotions. History repeats itself and that's why we get Indies with repetitive design and audiences eat it up is it's not the game design it stays the same and people are brain dead and gam design takes a downward spiral of going anywhere because emotions and easy sales over actual effort. I hate humanity. We barely see that experimental era anymore because game design nowadays sucks from AAA, AA and from a certain range of Indies so we are left with that era of greatness being left behind for more boring games and ok hardware execution, the industry sucks now.

Because it’s cool

Because it was a good console,that’s it :)

Why do I love the GameCube? Because it came with a handle

Because it was popular in America, simple as that. You americans control most of the internet. In a lot of Europe we had the PS2 and it's bangers like Gran Turismo 4.

Easily the games were amazing thats it .

7:58 Really? The Ps3 controller? I grew up on that controller and even I can admit that it’s not great, like it just feels cheap.

Everyone? Nope....i dont 😅

Purple :)

Late regrets

After learning so much about the history behind the gamecube, the general environment it was released in, and this generation of consoles in general, I truly believe the gamecube was the last true dedicated "video game" console Nintendo has made. The Wii appealed to everyone. The Wii U was meant to be a general living room entertainment console. And the Switch is a great gaming machine with probably Nintendos best library (because of all the remakes and remasters) but underpowered even when it came out. At the time of the Gamecube, everyone was wanting to make powerful machines with cutting edge graphics, and we had a healthy competition with Sony just recently blowing the N64 out of the water, the Xbox now entering the arms race, and Sega's Dreamcast being their new age swan song. Nintendo made some poor decisions looking back with the mini DVDs and having a hard time getting third parties on the console sure, but it has a fantastic library of games and was truly a powerful machine for its time.