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i was at the video game shoppe yesterday, and i sadly realized that although xbox is the superior console in every way shape and form except portability, it still has a limited selection of games. the only solution was to pick up a new console. ps2 is out of the question because it's graphics hurt my eyes after so much xbox usage. also, the only reason to own a ps2 is if you 1) are a squaresoft fanboy, or 2) can't wait the few months until rockstar's games get their graphics engines reworked and released on other consoles and pc. thus, i was left with gamecube. it has a large library of new games to check out (i LOVE playing new games). i picked up the sonic adventure games because i wanted to compare them to sonic heroes, and i picked up Twin Snakes because...you know...MGS is better than everything. my initial reactions: size: it's about 1/5 the size of my xbox. and light as hell. portability++ awww, :( memory cards: memory cards are gay. it takes too long to load and save off them, and they're not 80 gigs large like my xbox hard drive, allowing me to rip music and put it in games. graphics: the graphics are just about as good as xbox's, and just like xbox, light years ahead of ps2 graphics. cotnroller: seriously, this is about as awkward as that 3-handle n64 bullshit. why have 2 shoulder buttons on one side and 1 on the other? however, the analog sticks are nice and responsive and have good resistance, much like those on xbox. it would be better if they had rubber grips, but it's more than tolerable. it's easy to get used to the controller, but it just looks REALLY gay. it's like a ps2 and SNES controller had an abortion together. so all in all, it's a good console from what i've seen, that shares a few flaws with the ps2, but nothing that should get in the way of fun. i got it so i would have some new games to play, so recommend the absolute best gamecube games for me to play. i'm most likely going to pick up metroid prime next, as i love first person shoote |
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what the hell? the character counter next to the lazy link button LIES! it cut off the last 3 characters of my post! I DEMAND SATISFACTION! |
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got one too, its great havent bought a game in 3 months tho... get metroid prime! ive played it 3 times now and its still A+ |
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go play your little video games........er something |
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april fool! |
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I knew you'd eventually come around and see the light. But seriously I have no idea what you are talking about with memory cards. I have never once seen any of my GC games take longer than 2 seconds to save..... is that really such an unbearable wait? |
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IT IS SAID that the controller for the GameCube is the best controller by far. IT IS SAID it holds perfectly in your hand. I AGREE. I love my Gamecube, I love the games. I love my purple color. What color did you get?? |
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I have also heard that THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I also tend to AGREE. I've got the black one, and bought an extra controller in Orange.. :) |
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stop using "gay" all the time as a depreciative adjective, are you homophobic or what?... = / |
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the gamecube controller is an abomination, what the hell are you guys talking about? that's almost PURELY the reason i don't own one. they're obnoxious and awkward as hell. anyways, wes, i'd suggest doing two things: buying final fantasy chronicles (although you need a GBA, too, but hey. they're lotsa fun, so why not?), and rigging up your gamecube to run off of your PC. you can download games to PC and just run a network cable between them. it's super-duper. you could even get naruto (a really cool fighting game based on the anime/manga that will sadly never be realeased in the u.s. for whatever reason. probably because they're all retarded McMongoloid-os. and stuff). we played FF chronicles like that about 3 months before it came out over here. it was all in japanese and took forever to figure out but it was fun. |
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ambsace > i hated the GC controller at first, needed lot of time to get used to it... now i really like it more than the ps2 one. oh, and Ikaruga is great. among others. : ) |
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I've loved it ever since I first picked it up, so isn't there a slight chance that it might be a matter of OPINION? |
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that was supposed to be a followup to ambsace |
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yeah yeah! |
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Then you must have super fat hands because IT IS SAID its the most comfortable controller compared to XBOX huge controller, and playstations confusing and somewhat big controller. The gamecube controller is easy to use-Nintendo has always made there controller simple. |
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super monkey ball is the best party game ever, monkey fight had me in stitches for hours on end, ikaruga is on the gamecube? my f***ing god this game rawks metroid prime is also a lot of fun,.. it is,.. to me,.. the only decent "first person platformer" I've ever seen pulled off, |
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cheers! |
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Monkey ball 2 is better than the first one. I think for a real fun game with friends that you can link them up. Just like monkey ball, but there is no waiting, its everyone at the sametime. MARIO KART. ohhh man this game is so much fun. I have it for my gameboy, and still that shit is fun. |
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ewwww, i hated mariokart double dash... I got it from ebay and resold it in the same week.. seriously the handling is ridiculously gay in that game, the cars all suck, and the courses are lame and uninspired. I was soo completely let down and disappointed, as I expected big things from this game. MarioKart 64 is where it's at, son. |
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whaaaa, what are you talking about?? its just like the old school one but BETTER. The tracks have all these secret ways you can beat the track. It's seriously fun. The cars are fucking rad. I love the mushroom kids they dip. It's fun, you can knock that game. haha I must agree with Uzim with that gay word. Just say its lame or something brotha :> you know we talk more here then on messanger :P |
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i actually like the original xbox controller the best. no, my hands aren't fat, but i do have really long fingers, and...i dunno. the xbox controller is perfect. don't have to scrunch up my fingers at all, because it fits perfectly in my hands. delicious. |
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there ya go... :D |
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so aud-stim is gonna close soon, then? ;) |
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hmmm? |
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whaa? |
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the new one is definately NOT just like mariokart 64.. I'm telling you for a fact that the handling is completely different and DD handles nothing like 64 (it had only been like 2 months since I played MK64 when I got DD, so the handling was fresh in mind). The tracks... were seriously so boring. Most were either oval, or bent oval in shape. After playing them all once, the layout was so frustrating and boring that I had no ambition to play them again. oh, and about the gay thing, as far as I'm concerned, 'gay' meant 'happy' before it meant 'homosexual,' so therefore it can mean whatever the fuck I want it to mean. :D |
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aud-stim is kochlear's website, he means kochlear will be doing nothing but playing video games now. |
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hmmm, I totally disagree with EVERYTHING even the gay thing :P |
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sorry, lame joke. |
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhh d'oh |
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hahaha,Ambsace and I were a bit confused on that one. but it was good, really. |
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thanks for always humoring me, dana |
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and thanks to me for being the interpreter. :P |
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well, do you remember the handling in mariokart 64? My guess is that you don't, or you would see that I'm right. :D |
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I only had a GENESIS. I wasnt blessed to upgrade. but my GENESIS did me good :) |
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a ha! So how can you disagree with me without even being able to identify with where I'm coming from?? |
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i like the gamebox controller... much better than xbox's little microscopic hurt finger nubby things |
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I agree but I still love mario kart! haha |
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As do I! Mariokart (original) and Mariokart 64 are PILLARS of electronic gaming :) I was just sorely disappointed with DD... But I'm glad that SOME people out there are enjoying it ;) |
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gamebox? :P |
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ok... alot to reply to: I have never once seen any of my GC games take longer than 2 seconds to save..... is that really such an unbearable wait? actually i was referring to the ps-jew's save & load time with its memory card. i haven't had alot of experience with the gc's memory cards yet. do you know how big they are megabytes-wise? stop using "gay" all the time as a depreciative adjective, are you homophobic or what?... = / only faggots are offended by the word gay. compared to XBOX huge controller i have no problem with the original xbox controller, but i only own the S-model, since that's what's been sold with xbox's for the past 2 years and the only one you can buy in stores. the gamecube controller fits perfectly in your hands if you crippled them in a horrible meat grinding accident. ps2's analog sticks make me want to vomit, but the rest of their controller is good. xbox's trigger buttons are the ultimate awesome, combined with the most comfortable analog sticks with the best resistance, xbox wins. I only had a GENESIS. I wasnt blessed to upgrade. but my GENESIS did me good :) genesis was and still is the best thing ever. i like the gamebox controller... i like the sega cubestation. |
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I applaud you on the time and patience you made to respond. :D we need you w00t! |
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i'm thinking about picking up a gamecube i'll probably get a gba first though |
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I have a silver GC. The main reasons I it over the other systems is: The Graphics are almost identical to Xbox. Arguing the Xbox ones are better is almost laughable and I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't be able to guess which is which in a blind test. The only "must have" PS2 game of the time, was Vice City. I have the vastly superior PC version. The Xbox has no "must have" exclusive games IMO, apart from Project Gotham. I have MSR on DC (the prequel) and it's not different enough to warrant buying a new system for. PS2 is gash, I'm sorry. It isn't even as good as the DC graphically and the DVD drive is hardly a plus point. I have a DVD player for DVDs... The GC controller is far and away the best of the current crop of consoles. No two ways about it. The only "flaw" is the Z button. But... the Z button is actually perfect- it's the games developers who cock it up. The Z button is hard to press and intentionally so, it should be half way between a start button and say, the Y button in terms of amount used. Almost like Select on the Nes. Ideal for say, cycling weapons, using a smartbomb or changing viewpoint etc. and not so easy to press that you press it by accident. Sadly, games designers who lack any sort of sense assign it to "essential", frequently used controls, almost as if it were an A/B button. It has more exclusive must have games than the other two systems: Metroid, F-Zero GX, Mario Kart, Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2. In a lot of games that come out on all systems, the GC version is better: SC2, Splinter Cell, etc. People who write Nintendo off as "Kiddy" based on the graphics of some titles are about as sophisticated in their taste as people who think trashy B movies are "good cinema" (as opposed to simple entertainment), who write IDM off as "noise". |
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it must, i'm surre, be verry harrd to pick a box in which to play games of 'shoot the bad guys', 'rrace the carr rround the trrack' and 'sonic'. |
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well, like all purchases, if you have any sense, you weigh out all comparable products before deciding which one to actually buy..... |
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like i say, it must be harrd. |
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I know, sometimes I 'm genuinely suprised by the sort of things that influence peoples decisions on what are very expensive items? Me: So, um, why did you buy x? (thinks to self, good Lord, y is so much better and cheaper) Friend: I couldn't be bothered looking at other ones on the internet, this was the first one that came up. or, Friend: I'd of had to wait two days for the other one, they had this one in store. or, Friend: I liked the case. or, Friend: It's more expensive, so it must be better than y. or, Friend: I dunno, I just made a snap decision. Fair enough, it's their money, but some people's choices in hi-fi/computers/cars/whatever is just retarded. |
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i also have a silver GC. The Graphics are almost identical to Xbox. Arguing the Xbox ones are better is almost laughable and I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't be able to guess which is which in a blind test. you're not backing that up with anything. name the game with the BEST graphics for gamecube. i will go play it and see how it compares to games like Otogi and Ninja Gaiden and give you my take. The only "must have" PS2 game of the time, was Vice City. I have the vastly superior PC version. the xbox version is the same as the pc version, only you use the controller triggers to accellerate/reverse, which i love because of the amount of control you get with their spans. i won all the street races first try. :D The Xbox has no "must have" exclusive games IMO. i disagree. otogi, ninja gaiden, halo, panzer dragoon orta, etc. also, your average person can't spend $1200 USD on a top of the line computer, so xbox is the only console that can run the pc ports like deus ex 2, morrowind, unreal 2, unreal championship (which is 2k3 with a different name), sodier of fortune 2 and future titles like doom 3 and half life 2. xbox is the best console for FPS's. additionally, xbox often has the best version of multi-platform (PC not included) games like the suffering, max payne 2, and vice city. It has more exclusive must have games than the other two systems: Metroid, F-Zero GX, Mario Kart, Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2. that's not really that many. In a lot of games that come out on all systems, the GC version is better: SC2, Splinter Cell that's because that, like metal gear solid, arrived on gamecube very last, so it had the most additional things, as they add more and more shit onto games like that every time they port them to a new system. |
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Touchy arent you? Do you really think there is any need to criticise everything so defensively? :S I have a Gamecube, and when I bought it XBOX was never even a consideration |
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