The Nintendo Gamecube - Review - Game Sack

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  • Episode 49 - The Gamecube as a system was a really overlooked and under-regarded by the mass gaming public in its time. Here we take a look at some of the exclusives you may have missed. NOTE: We should have had Super Mario Sunshine in this video, at least in the montage. We had covered it a couple of times before so that's why it's not in here. But still, it should be. So know you know why. :)
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  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica Před 3 lety +26

    The Gamecube went from one of the most overlooked consoles to one of the most cherished, and I'm glad.

    • @alomon7738
      @alomon7738 Před 7 měsíci

      ikr, snes is the one i like the most, but game cube, that's the one i love the most

  • @danielmoretti5468
    @danielmoretti5468 Před 4 lety +4

    8 years later, and I'm still impressed by your Super Monkey Ball skills.

  • @ScottMarshallArt
    @ScottMarshallArt Před 9 lety +126

    Is it just me or do the graphics on these look better than most Wii games?

    • @AgentMorgan2010
      @AgentMorgan2010 Před 4 lety +21

      If you compare RE4 GCN with RE4 Wii, the graphics are very comparable. I'm not trying to suggest the GameCube was more powerful than the Wii, but this was a port, and aside from the new controls and extras from the PS2 port, the graphics are nearly identical. Although the GameCube DID have superior video output than the original Wii models.

    • @qwerty343d5
      @qwerty343d5 Před 4 lety +36

      @@AgentMorgan2010 The Wii recycles much of the Gamecube's hardware. Which is actually why it can run Gamecube games without any issues.

    • @spooky_electric
      @spooky_electric Před 4 lety +29

      Qwerty343D The Wii was essentially a GameCube Pro, before the concept of Pro systems existed.

    • @allissondiego1989
      @allissondiego1989 Před 4 lety +6

      @@spooky_electric exactly

    • @oscarzxn4067
      @oscarzxn4067 Před 4 lety +24

      That's probably because the Wii had too many shovelware titles, but if you go to the good stuff there are planty of Wii games that look better than what the Gamecube had to offer.

  • @aericwinter
    @aericwinter Před 7 lety +201

    Call me cheesy, but I love the dad humor in this show...

    • @teddym2808
      @teddym2808 Před 4 lety +15

      They are really funny guys and do not adhere to any sort of political correctness which is what I love most about them.

    • @burprobrox9134
      @burprobrox9134 Před 4 lety +11

      I agree with Cheesy completely

    • @LetsGetDerpy
      @LetsGetDerpy Před rokem +3

      I miss Dave. I wish that he'd come back for one more episode. Maybe one day...

  • @imstillw8ing
    @imstillw8ing Před 7 lety +19

    MGS: The Twin Snakes was my favorite game of all time on the Game Cube. I've beaten it a million (maybe closer to 100) times. God, I still wish I had that game..

  • @HardcoreGamer4Ever
    @HardcoreGamer4Ever Před 9 lety +50

    God, this system is amazing. My brother and I grew up on this after my N64 shit the bed. From 2003 on, this system consumed pretty much all my free time (I was a kid, so all I had was free time after school), along with the GBA. The entire 6th Generation was amazing, but this was my favorite of all of them.

    • @ultra6466
      @ultra6466 Před 9 lety +11

      HardcoreGamer4Ever Wow I didn't know the N64 had an ass.

    • @GameDjeenie
      @GameDjeenie Před 8 lety +4

      +GameCube Rocks lmao. Maybe it's the port under it haha

    • @alomon7738
      @alomon7738 Před 7 měsíci

      @@ultra6466 where do you think superman or banjo toie came out from?

  • @Wildcard777
    @Wildcard777 Před 9 lety +14

    You didn't talk about Mario Sunshine? One of the best games on the GameCube!!! Sadness.

  • @karadanianoI
    @karadanianoI Před 5 lety +6

    Dave used to look so tense in camera back in time. Its nice to see how much relaxed he seems today and the dad jokes keep flowing

  • @metalbrainmextrememetalent6810

    The guy playing Monkey Ball should do a let’s play of the game.

    • @penatio
      @penatio Před 4 lety +2

      His name's Joe.

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 3 lety +1

      bigshr00m Joe mamma!
      👌🏻

  • @miigs9499
    @miigs9499 Před 7 lety +19

    Happy Birthday Gamecube! Gamecube turned 15 today! Still my favourite console. :-)

    • @canadianbuddha9230
      @canadianbuddha9230 Před 7 lety +2

      MiGiz I can't wait to celebrate the 15th anniversary of my favorite and most underrated GameCube game......Super Mario Sunshine

  • @StelerSteel
    @StelerSteel Před rokem +3

    This was my very first Game Sack episode I watched. I believe it took me about 6 years before I became addicted to this content.

  • @ThePSXcollector
    @ThePSXcollector Před 10 lety +21

    Dam how good does Rogue leader look! I was always impressed with the Gamecube :)

    • @karadanianoI
      @karadanianoI Před 5 lety

      ThePSXcollector strangething is why arent better looking games in the system, keeping in mind that was a launch title!

  • @wolveric0
    @wolveric0 Před 8 lety +10

    this is a great episode, the gamecube is one of the most underrated consoles, in a wonderful little box full of good games, overlooked by me until i buy my wii and started to explore the Gamecube realm, pure awesomeness, from mario sunshine and zelda wind waker to resident evil remake and viewtiful joe!!!

  • @zendell37
    @zendell37 Před 11 lety +4

    I love games that you can "break" to reach the end. Thanks for showing that gameplay footage of Super Monkey Ball, Joe. It's fun to figure out how to take advantage of the system and learn how you can use it.

  • @GameSack
    @GameSack  Před 11 lety +2

    Yeah yeah we know. We've gotta admit it was dumb not to show it. We covered this game twice before and that's why but it really should have been in here. We done goofed!

  • @almmiron
    @almmiron Před 8 lety +33

    Second best nintendo console IMO. Snes 1st.

    • @retrosoul8770
      @retrosoul8770 Před 7 lety +8

      Definitely, I fully agree with that. Snes representing 2D, GameCube representing 3D

    • @smallsthetimelord4066
      @smallsthetimelord4066 Před 4 lety +1

      Snes is king!

    • @StormsparkPegasus
      @StormsparkPegasus Před 4 lety +1

      I would've rated it equal to the SNES at the time this comment was made. Today, I place the GC and SNES in second, with the Switch just barely edging it out.

    • @aditivienna2194
      @aditivienna2194 Před 2 lety

      My words... But most of my friends don't agree.

  • @mielthesquid6536
    @mielthesquid6536 Před 9 lety +4

    You made me want to discover Metroid Prime and Eternal Darkness, thanks guys!

  • @ToruKun1
    @ToruKun1 Před 8 lety +41

    "The GameCube didn't have any Street Fighter, King of Fighters or Dead or Alive"
    So does Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO not count?? I mean, that's basically Street Fighter and King of Fighters combined

    • @manray1739
      @manray1739 Před 4 lety +1

      @John DiLoreto Bruv it was in the arcade.

    • @EduardoMedinaEdlinks
      @EduardoMedinaEdlinks Před 4 lety +5

      Soul Calibur II was available for Game Cube with Link (Zelda) as exclusive character.

    • @dimitripapadopoulos5180
      @dimitripapadopoulos5180 Před 4 lety

      @John DiLoreto No it absolutely counts but people make mistakes so why not let it slide.

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 Před 10 lety +3

    F-Zero GX is my favorite Gamecube game, the speed and graphics were awesome to look at and the music makes you get pumped up for an epic race to the finish.
    Great job guys

  • @MrDflego
    @MrDflego Před 9 lety +1

    Best video game show on CZcams. Very informative and always interesting content.

  • @ignacioernesto
    @ignacioernesto Před rokem +7

    time doesnt exist on youtube

  • @supersmashmaster43
    @supersmashmaster43 Před 10 lety +25

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Super mario sunshine or Metal gear solid

  • @ToruKun1
    @ToruKun1 Před 11 lety +1

    That Super Monkey Ball montage brought back some goooood memories. Me and my friend played SMB pretty much all summer back in '03...well that and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.

  • @wilsvgaddiction4456
    @wilsvgaddiction4456 Před 10 lety +1

    Awesome as always, guys! I can't tell you enough how much I enjoy your videos. I personally was disappointed in the GC in it's day but have grown to really like it over the past couple of years.

  • @JMLRetroRoom
    @JMLRetroRoom Před 10 lety +5

    I have 9 gamecubes. Mainly because of rare full DVD custom top shells and I can repair them really easily. What's also nice about the cube is that without a mod chip or permanent soft mod, you can use SDML and run backups and emulators. You can get widescreen hacks using Swiss to load the game which gives the game more appeal on widescreen tvs. Example would be SMS... Mario wouldn't look so fat (stretched wide) using Swiss. You get more of the screen to see as well that's normally cut off.

    • @GameSack
      @GameSack  Před 10 lety +2

      How does that work? Does it just make the Gamecube render more of the image? No Nintendo-proper game on the system is in 16:9.

    • @JMLRetroRoom
      @JMLRetroRoom Před 10 lety +3

      Pretty much. Not all games will work either. It will be in true 16:9 but not stretched and you can see a little more of the screen. Gamecube Widescreen Hack Comparison. This shows a comparison between original, stretched, emulated 16:9 in Dolphin and Swiss 16:9 on the console itself. What's also good is Swiss is still being improved on. gc-forever.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=25

    • @jazrath
      @jazrath Před 10 lety +1

      Do you ever sell any gamecubes?

    • @JMLRetroRoom
      @JMLRetroRoom Před 10 lety +1

      I've managed to sell one. It was a viper gamecube custom clear top for full size DVDs and purple bottom with matching controller that was also clear and purple. I don't have problems selling them, I really just like fixing them and making them work. Gives me something to do.

    • @JMLRetroRoom
      @JMLRetroRoom Před 10 lety +1

      The clear and indigo sold for $125 due to the rarity of the viper case. The others I have I'm not selling online as shipping cost for such a cheap gamecube makes it not worth it. In person I'd do $20 on a good condition one without cords or accessories. Mainly because I take them apart and clean them really good.

  • @HiDefJesus
    @HiDefJesus Před 10 lety +9

    Eternal Darkness and Resident Evil 4 - best games on the Gamecube.

  • @WinchestrBros
    @WinchestrBros Před 10 lety +1

    Enjoy watching your show guys, it's quite addictive so working my way through them all. Keep up the good work chaps!

  • @GameSack
    @GameSack  Před 11 lety +1

    Mario Kart Double Dash does not have a 16:9 mode. You can stretch the image like with any game and everything will be distorted, but the game was made to be viewed in 4:3.

  • @sammylane21
    @sammylane21 Před 9 lety +6

    The Nintendo Game Cube...the lil awesome system could and did deliver.

    • @ABuKCor777
      @ABuKCor777 Před 9 lety +1

      Sammy Lane Im in search for a new GC system since my parents sold it when I was younger so they could buy me the wii (the original model with gamecube game support), now I want it again. It was SOO good

  • @TrapnestShinigami
    @TrapnestShinigami Před 9 lety +11

    1:57
    Satoru Iwata ladies and gentlemen. Being the GREAT SMART LEADER THAT ASKS YOU TO "PLEASE UNDERSTAND" SINCE THE EARLY 2000s

    • @InputArchive
      @InputArchive Před 9 lety +3

      TS Prism It wasn't just Iwata, the whole of Nintendo had some amazing mental gymnastics going on during the GameCube era and still do.

  • @OH.A.M.
    @OH.A.M. Před 10 lety

    Love all those funny scenes at the end of all videos. You guys know how to make games more fun than they are all ready are.

  • @jw6588
    @jw6588 Před rokem +1

    Damn, somebody REALLY likes Monkey Ball.
    That skit at the end was so dumb it was amazing. Keep 'em coming!

  • @ClassicGamerReviews
    @ClassicGamerReviews Před 10 lety +13

    why does noone ever mention metal arms glitch in the system

  • @TruBluLegacy
    @TruBluLegacy Před 7 lety +16

    Hey guys, recent sub and I've been binge watching my way through all the episodes! I love all the funny segments you guys do at the end of each episode hope that doesnt change any time soon. The handle on the back of the console is actually for a monitor that was released for the system btw ;p

  • @Reshyrah
    @Reshyrah Před 9 lety +1

    The Gamecube stands as the pinnacle of gaming for me. Every time I come back to it I get those warm feelings of Christmas morning and playing Mario Kart Double Dash for the first time with my brother. The Gamecube was home to some amazing titles and the last system I can actually call a fun, gaming machine. The third-party support was still relatively strong and a lot of multi-platform games carried over, giving GC owners the best versions of Soul Calibur 2 and Mortal Kombat Deception in my opinion.

  • @digipimp75
    @digipimp75 Před 9 lety +1

    I remember buying a used GC off of ebay back in 2005. It came with Resident Evil Zero, the REmake, RE 2, RE 4, strategy guides for all of them, a brand new unopened extra controller, 2 memory cards, and an action replay. Needless to say, I didn't get much done for months :)

  • @chrisokeeffe3895
    @chrisokeeffe3895 Před 10 lety +85

    The most underrated console of all time

    • @dontegraves5051
      @dontegraves5051 Před 10 lety +31

      Nah, that was the Sega Dreamcast. This is a very close second, since the GameCube is definitely more powerful and had excellent games.

    • @brickman409
      @brickman409 Před 9 lety

      *****
      who's trolling???

    • @schram21891
      @schram21891 Před 9 lety +5

      D'onte Graves nooooooo way. The dreamcast has the worst controller ever made. The games were not great either. The Gamecube is on a WHOLE other level. Definitely the most under rated.

    • @retroboy-fh1ji
      @retroboy-fh1ji Před 7 lety +1

      schram21891 Sega Saturn is much underrated like the PC engine imo.

    • @kingboobs20
      @kingboobs20 Před 7 lety +2

      +D'Onte Graves That is just all kinds of wrong, Dreamcast had plenty of games and sure the controller was a bit round and putting the cord at the bottom was a really dumb idea but those were really the only issues with it, it's certainly not the worst controller ever, that honor probably goes to the Atari 5200 or the Jaguar or something.

  • @MarMaxGaming
    @MarMaxGaming Před 4 lety +12

    “Melee is a true button masher” LOL holy crap, I guess you hadn’t seen just how competitive and unbelievably deep melee is. It’s one of the most difficult, precise, fast, and sophisticated competitive games out there. If you don’t believe me or didn’t know before, you definitely should look it up.. the fights will blow your mind.

    • @Athesies
      @Athesies Před 4 lety +1

      To be fair it was 2012 when this was released so it makes sense they wouldnt think the game was complicated

    • @coolen
      @coolen Před 4 lety +11

      If it's so sophisticated why do none of the players take showers?

    • @MarMaxGaming
      @MarMaxGaming Před 4 lety

      Pat Version that seems like a bit of a non sequitur.. just because the game is sophisticated doesn’t mean its players all have their lives together 😂 you can say that about literally anybody that became obsessive with any game (or activity, or career)
      That’s also a generalization that doesn’t belong in the gaming community, not all players/demographics/races/people that belong to a subgroup are the same.. hopefully that helps.

    • @MarMaxGaming
      @MarMaxGaming Před 4 lety

      Athesies they review a ton of games, so it’s okay if they’re not 100% on everything.. but the date itself doesn’t really excuse it, because people were winning big prizes before 2012 if they had looked into that but I understand why a person casually picking it up would be like “meh it’s a button masher” bc it was still intended as a party game anyway. Just felt like, if they didn’t know it yet, they should know now.. and for anybody else that didn’t know.

    • @Athesies
      @Athesies Před 4 lety

      @@MarMaxGaming yeah but competitive melee had a much worse reputation at the time anong casual fans i think, like people who played it were a bunch of obsessive dumb people, taking something serious that should never be taken serious. I think i even thought that myself, but im glad my mind has been changed. Honestly giving melee props for its mechanical depth in 2012 seems like it might be a controversial move that wouldnt be worthwhile for the channel to make

  • @NanoManya8
    @NanoManya8 Před 9 lety

    You are awesome guys. It's been three years and u keep making great vids. Keep the good work

  • @Slavenmierech
    @Slavenmierech Před 10 lety

    another amazing retrospective, great work guys!

  • @Littled0013
    @Littled0013 Před 9 lety +27

    5:37 "The fighting is far from deep."
    *cringes*

  • @brunomansilla
    @brunomansilla Před 9 lety +5

    This my favorite Game Sack episode. Also, fantastic montage music!

  • @geeknproud321
    @geeknproud321 Před 9 lety +1

    Luigi's Mansion also had detailed real-time flashlight shadows and lighting effects which was pretty advanced for that generation of games. Also, Metroid Prime's graphics are easily some of the generation's best. Very very few games came close.

  • @shadowlugia5766
    @shadowlugia5766 Před 7 lety +1

    It would be awesome to have another episode. This one is very good, covers a lot of games but the gamecube has plenty of lesser-known good quality titles that you guys may have played. No RPGs were mentioned, despite the gamecube having a few of them(but not even close to the PS2).

  • @strawhataddison
    @strawhataddison Před 9 lety +5

    gamecube has the best controller of all time imho

  • @philliefan94
    @philliefan94 Před 10 lety +6

    My favorite all time system.

  • @PC45433
    @PC45433 Před 6 lety

    This is one of my favorite videos of this channel.

  • @rustysmittyful
    @rustysmittyful Před 8 lety

    By far the best end tag you guys have ever done.

  • @LifeOnWelfareIsGreat
    @LifeOnWelfareIsGreat Před 10 lety +12

    I always thought the GC would have done better if they had just gone with standard sized discs.
    Their excuse for using smaller DVD's to fight piracy was moot since there eventually was a mod chip to play burned games.

    • @chrismarkle524
      @chrismarkle524 Před 10 lety +4

      You're absolutely right; people always find a way.

    • @Crlarl
      @Crlarl Před 10 lety

      And if you're really ambitious, you can hook up a Wii's DVD drive to a GameCube.

    • @LifeOnWelfareIsGreat
      @LifeOnWelfareIsGreat Před 10 lety

      I never even thought about that. I guess it makes sense since the Wii is basically just a Gamecube. - Actually, two Gamecubes with a carrot stuffed in the middle. ;-)

    • @jojorobino5312
      @jojorobino5312 Před 10 lety

      For me the GameCube could of sold a couple more million units if Nintendo had emphasized the online. I like the GameCube disk size I think its fine just Online I wish the GameCube had more of that. GameCube is my favorite console.

    • @ApolloDawn85
      @ApolloDawn85 Před 10 lety

      Walter White It probably would have done better if it had normal discs, but as a kid I loved the design of the GC's discs for some reason, probably because they looked cool.

  • @spankrocketgaming294
    @spankrocketgaming294 Před 8 lety +7

    I love the Gamecube, I never owned one, but I have a Wii so its even better, I have a ton of gamecube games , but my favuite games for it are F-Zero GX, XGRA, Mario Kart Double Dash, Timesplitters 2+3, Resident Evil series and Soul Caliber 2

    • @fentoonskiPWNER
      @fentoonskiPWNER Před 8 lety +5

      Timesplitters 2 and 3 are the best shooters of the 6th generation

  • @ericstephen1318
    @ericstephen1318 Před 5 lety

    Great video as always, I can’t believe I haven’t watched this one and it’s already 6 years old. I guess it might be time for another GameCube video from the Sack.

  • @B45H3R
    @B45H3R Před 9 lety +1

    Wow. Some of those manoeuvres in Super Monkey Ball were insane! Didn't know they were possible. I spent so much time on that game when it first came out. Real shame it got worse with each sequel.

  • @ultra6466
    @ultra6466 Před 9 lety +55

    All hail the Gamecube, the best and most underrated system of all time. So awesome. I'm thinking of getting this off Ebay.

    • @ImmortalNokia
      @ImmortalNokia Před 9 lety

      Your name is gamecube rocks and you don't even have one? Jeez, jumping on bandwagons for no reason..

    • @ImmortalNokia
      @ImmortalNokia Před 9 lety

      Ps2 wipes itself with the gamecube

    • @ultra6466
      @ultra6466 Před 9 lety +2

      ***** The Great Xbox destroys the Ps2 with it's graphics!

    • @ImmortalNokia
      @ImmortalNokia Před 9 lety +3

      Ps2 exterminates xbox with it's 3rd party support and it's 3000 games

    • @ultra6466
      @ultra6466 Před 9 lety +4

      Gamecube kills Ps2 with it's controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @THEGREATMAX
    @THEGREATMAX Před 9 lety +6

    Gamecube really does have the best analogue stick for any system. Instead of being rounded, it has groves for all of the 8 main directions. This makes playing 2-D games with the analogue not only doable, but easy as cake!
    And that's damn good, because the Gamecube also has the worst D-pad of any controller, being made for newborns, obviously

  • @GameSack
    @GameSack  Před 10 lety +2

    Why thank you! I'm glad you watch the entire show. We figure if people can watch The Godfather for 3 hours straight then they can watch a 20+ minute Game Sack episode! OK, maybe The Godfather wasn't a good example. Waterworld, maybe? :)

  • @EyebrowsMahoney
    @EyebrowsMahoney Před 9 lety

    OH MAN! I was watching this video in the hopes you would list Chibi Robo, and you did! You don't know how much that means to me. It was an obscure title that had really fun gameplay. I always wanted it when the system first came out and I heard about it, but never did get it, but I was in a game store and found it used for 10 bucks! Picked it up and tossed it in my library for sure! You guys made me whip out my old N64 and Gamecube just to re-live some of these awesome gaming moments. Keep going with this great show guys. I really enjoy watching all these old games and systems, you're making me want to go out and grab a Genesis, GameGear, NeoGeo, and even the good ol NES (THAT LIGHTGUN THO!). I've got some electronic prowess so I'm not afraid to do some refurb work. Thanks for giving me yet another hobby....

  • @CarlitoBandido
    @CarlitoBandido Před 9 lety +5

    I love playing GameCube on my wii

  • @Cursedminecraftman
    @Cursedminecraftman Před 10 lety +6

    The GameCube is my favorit system ever

  • @CheatingSoi
    @CheatingSoi Před 8 lety

    I love you guy's use of stop-motion in your videos.

  • @humanice2
    @humanice2 Před 7 lety

    I bought both of these Super Monkey Ball games when I saw this video around 3 years ago, watched it again and those skills you have Joe at 15:45 are amazing, I played this most of the time when hanging around friends when drinking, it's a great party game

  • @derpursmachinest9445
    @derpursmachinest9445 Před 8 lety +17

    Capcom vs snk 2 is on GC

    • @ichigo199
      @ichigo199 Před 8 lety +2

      +Derpurs Machinest (Gamer88) yup, thats pretty much street fighter plus king of fighters and other snk franchises etc etc.
      had lots of fun with that game with mates back in the day

    • @sankyubi1786
      @sankyubi1786 Před 7 lety

      Featuring Kyosuke from rival schools and Morrigan from Darkstalkers

    • @oscarzxn4067
      @oscarzxn4067 Před 7 lety

      The D pad makes it the worst version though.

  • @jessydafoodie8261
    @jessydafoodie8261 Před 8 lety +7

    you guys missed WWE Day Of Reckoning 1&2 made by thq no other system has these games which makes them Nintendo exclusives

  • @jaredhipfn
    @jaredhipfn Před 10 lety

    You guys make amazing videos and i just watched this video and now im hooked. i just subscribed and i can't wait to watch more of your videos

  • @charliep5139
    @charliep5139 Před rokem +1

    As someone who remembers loading up the heavy xbox into a duffle bag to play LAN multiplayer at friends' houses, I always appreciated the carrying handle on the gamecube and how light it was 😄
    I had an xbox and always wanted a gamecube too if I had the funds but thankfully I knew some guys that had one. Super fun to play in the dorms bc it seemed like the gamecube had fun, easy to learn party games that anyone could pick up and play!!

  • @meiam8913
    @meiam8913 Před 9 lety +3

    my favorite video game console of all time without question

  • @sonicmario64
    @sonicmario64 Před 11 lety +30

    I still think the Nintendo Gamecube was a great system, and the games released on it tended to be more enjoyable than most of the ones on the Playstation 2 (at least, in my opinion). :D

    • @ToaKoran
      @ToaKoran Před 6 lety +1

      Well, there is a bit of an exception in certain cases, usually with some multi-platform games that made it to the GameCube. I've had cases where the the smaller discs did hurt the game, as when being ported the it always was a game of "Did they preserve sound, or visuals?" since the discs just weren't big enough to handle both.
      Though weirdly enough, the sound taking a hit was usually more noticeable with the horrible compressing done with them with side-by-side comparisons.

    • @StormsparkPegasus
      @StormsparkPegasus Před 4 lety +2

      It was FAR more powerful than the PS2. Enough to make it almost a generational leap. The only issue (and it was only an issue sometimes) was the GC disks were physically smaller and held less data, so sometimes that resulted in developers using lower quality textures or audio to make it fit. Sometimes they went to multiple disks to solve it.

    • @NYCJoeBlack
      @NYCJoeBlack Před 4 lety

      Stormspark - I don’t believe that the GameCube Nintendo was vastly superior to the SONY PlayStation 2, but it was definitely a step up and games like Luigi’s Mansion, Resident Evil 4, and Star Fox Adventures proves that. Those are examples I pulled from the top of my head, but there are several more.

    • @StormsparkPegasus
      @StormsparkPegasus Před 4 lety +1

      @@NYCJoeBlack Hardware wise it was a generational leap. The PS2 had a very simple GPU that had to run a separate pass for every texture layer, and couldn't do lighting at all. The Gamecube's GPU could do 8 texture layers and 4 hardware lights in ONE clock cycle. It wasn't just more powerful, it was *vastly* more powerful. The PS2 did have the advantage of better hardware video decoding (though that obviously only affected cutscenes), and more disk space (so some assets could be higher resolution - some Gamecube games that didn't go to 2 disks did suffer from compressed textures as a result).

    • @NYCJoeBlack
      @NYCJoeBlack Před 4 lety +4

      Stormspark - I am aware of the GCN ability to do 8 texture passing. That was pretty impressive, especially when the Microsoft XBOX could only do 6 texture passing at a time, but to say that the GCN is vastly more powerful than the PS2 might be a bit of a stretch.
      Listen, out of that generation, the GCN is my favorite system and I own all four systems for they generation; XBOX/GCN/PS2/Dreamcast, but a generational leap? Hmmmm. Not so sure about that one, but if you feel that way, what do you think about the XBOX? That was the more capable hardware in that generation. One of the few things the GCN has over the XBOX was the ability to pass 8 texture passings.

  • @pigoe09
    @pigoe09 Před 5 lety

    You guys are the reason why there is a youtube. Love your videos....thank you

  • @lamellama22
    @lamellama22 Před 10 lety

    Really dig the show guys! Friend of mine turned me onto your show, and it's fantastic to see some of these great systems/games getting a bit more deserved time in the spotlight, so to speak =P lol Keep up the schweet schweet work.

  • @cerezabay
    @cerezabay Před 10 lety +4

    Why'd he not talk about Mario Kart: Double Dash!!?

  • @Assimandeli
    @Assimandeli Před 9 lety +3

    Soul Calibur 2 was best for the NGC. Played it on playstation and xbox as well, but the gamecube controller just worked better (surprising as that may be).
    Arcade controller would be the best though

  • @unchainedwiththecapt
    @unchainedwiththecapt Před 9 lety

    Great job as always guys! I used to have a GC myself, but I gave it to my nephew for Christmas one year. My favs were the Rogue Squadron 2, Resident Evil Zero and the remake of Resident Evil 1. I had Metroid, but I could never really get into it.

  • @allissondiego1989
    @allissondiego1989 Před 4 lety

    That ending bit always cracks me up

  • @ClexYoshi
    @ClexYoshi Před 9 lety +128

    I wonder just how many people you pissed off for saying the fighting isn't deep in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a game that has so many mechanics that you move your hands at a million miles a minute that it's near impossible for me to keep up with just WATCHING people who are truly good at melee exhibit their finely honed craft.

    • @GameSack
      @GameSack  Před 9 lety +25

      ClexYoshi A decent amount, but not as many as I would have imagined. But Dave (who made the comment) really does like the game. He owns all the versions on different systems and plays them a lot. Not at tournament level or anything... just for enjoyment.

    • @ClexYoshi
      @ClexYoshi Před 9 lety +7

      but of course, and there's nothing wrong with that! I certainly can't play it at any sort of tournament level, that's for sure. I knew people who could in my youth. Regardless, I just wanted to point it out because it seemed like such a strange comment to make about the game. I love the show the more and more I watch. Especially the 3DO episode, as my father got one of those for himself in 1994.

    • @Wakaboo14
      @Wakaboo14 Před 9 lety +19

      ClexYoshi It's deep but not THAT deep honestly. Games like Street Fighter have a much higher skill ceiling.

    • @supercoolnata
      @supercoolnata Před 9 lety +13

      Wakasaurus Rex that so wrong

    • @Wakaboo14
      @Wakaboo14 Před 9 lety +9

      Supercool nata Nope, it's just the truth.

  • @brandon9271
    @brandon9271 Před 10 lety +12

    The handle was really the most pointless feature ever. I mean, sure it made carrying the console easy I guess.. but what about the controllers, power supply, AV cables, GAMES?! lol You have to put all that crap in a bag so at that point the handle becomes irrelevant.

    • @Handlethispromptly
      @Handlethispromptly Před 10 lety +1

      apperently you never saw the carrying case.
      www.ebay.com/itm/like/301032037334?lpid=82
      i used it. a lot and it was a great feature that was not really appreciated.
      i used it to go game with my family at their house or friends too.

    • @brandon9271
      @brandon9271 Před 10 lety +1

      Ivan Bergara
      Never seen one of those. That's really cool! But the case could've had a handle of its own. The person who designed that case just decided to make use of the otherwise useless Gamecube handle :)

    • @Caparzoshow
      @Caparzoshow Před 10 lety +1

      brandon9271 So true..., the handle on the console would only had made sense if the console had a built-in battery and connect to the tv by bluetooth, without that, the handle is usless

  • @StormsparkPegasus
    @StormsparkPegasus Před 6 lety +1

    The digital port is now used! Nintendo's component cable had a DAC in the cable itself. However, today in the days of fanmade 3D printed things, someone has made an HDMI adapter that uses the digital port. It uses the audio from the digital port too.

  • @whiteshadow59
    @whiteshadow59 Před 10 lety

    Really like how you went through many games of the systems, interestingly a unique idea, i liked it

  • @LRy314
    @LRy314 Před 9 lety +84

    On the melee segment "The fighting is far from deep." "A true button masher." Im just gonna assume you guys don't know about L-canceling Wavedashing and all the technical aspects of melee.

    • @Craytonex
      @Craytonex Před 9 lety +14

      Melee is a new game when you learn how to play competitively

    • @Broyale26
      @Broyale26 Před 9 lety

      SeizureSaladDressing
      Thats what she said.

    • @MetroidFREAK21
      @MetroidFREAK21 Před 9 lety +6

      Lol nerd

    • @LRy314
      @LRy314 Před 9 lety

      Corey Cooper Lol what a nerd its not like I just commented on a youtube video about video games my life is so productive.

    • @nateabillion
      @nateabillion Před 9 lety

      Ryanime NERD!!!!

  • @TheExaminedLifeofGaming
    @TheExaminedLifeofGaming Před 10 lety +21

    I shun the GameCube because the games for it have held their value ridiculously well. TOO well, even the games that are only decent or "pretty good" cost a ton. I look at them and think, gosh, I could buy like five Xbox games for the price of Luigi's Mansion.

    • @MHilstrom
      @MHilstrom Před 10 lety +1

      I just got luigi's mansion for 10$ on Craigslist. The games aren't much at all. Just hunt for deals. Easy stuff

    • @TheExaminedLifeofGaming
      @TheExaminedLifeofGaming Před 10 lety

      Michael Hilstrom Always on the hunt. Found a few good ones here and there, but the pace is much slower because of the expense being higher on average.

    • @MHilstrom
      @MHilstrom Před 10 lety

      Is the struggle

    • @greenmumm
      @greenmumm Před 10 lety +13

      yes but luigi's mansion is probably better than all 5 of those xbox games combined.

    • @TheExaminedLifeofGaming
      @TheExaminedLifeofGaming Před 10 lety +2

      greenmumm Better than say, Chaos Theory, MechAssault, Ghost Recon 2, Mercenaries, and Psi Ops? I think it depends on which five games.
      ;)

  • @MrThunderwing
    @MrThunderwing Před 9 lety

    Hey Joe and Dave, fun F-Zero GX fact: Using an Action Replay it's actually possible to play a more-or-less complete version of the arcade version of F-Zero AX that was hidden in F-Zero GX, right down to the arcade game's logo, menu and attract screens. It means you can also play the AX tracks without having to unlock them by beating all the cups in Master mode (insanely difficult) and all the AX ships by (I think) beating all the story modes on hard mode, which is probably even harder.I don't have an Action Replay for my Gamecube, but I was able to get the codes working on an emulator.

  • @Voeris1
    @Voeris1 Před 9 lety +1

    Luigi's Mansion had such a unique atmosphere no other games could achieve. I love it. I think that's what makes the game.

  • @AdviceBro
    @AdviceBro Před 9 lety +6

    They are wrong, GameCube had Street Fighter, it was named Capcom vs SNK 2, it was the game i played the most on GameCube with my friends.

  • @neptvnian4600
    @neptvnian4600 Před 9 lety +29

    Hello? Mario Sunshine?!

    • @konradslush
      @konradslush Před 9 lety

      Omg... The... Nostalgia Factor... Omg... I need to make a super mario sunshine altar

    • @neptvnian4600
      @neptvnian4600 Před 9 lety

      lol me 2

    • @DunkeysLongLostSon
      @DunkeysLongLostSon Před 9 lety

      yoshilover man Hello? Description?!

    • @Ponylune
      @Ponylune Před 8 lety +2

      yoshilover man And above all, they forgot *Resident* *Evil* *4* and Zero!!!!

    • @neptvnian4600
      @neptvnian4600 Před 8 lety

      lol ya

  • @beansfartable
    @beansfartable Před 10 lety

    I'm so glad I found you guys

  • @marmac7467
    @marmac7467 Před 8 lety

    I love how clean your consoles are.

  • @RoboBoddicker
    @RoboBoddicker Před 9 lety +3

    Best. controller. ever.

  • @kiba3x
    @kiba3x Před 7 lety +5

    Best Nintendo console.

  • @corporalkills
    @corporalkills Před 4 lety +2

    The GameCube will always be my favorite system. I had the most fun with it out of any system

  • @iamlinxx_
    @iamlinxx_ Před 10 lety +1

    Whoever that was playing Super Monkeyball like is a legend! I take my hat off to you

  • @sgtpepper91
    @sgtpepper91 Před 8 lety +5

    so where's Sega today, Joe?

    • @GameSack
      @GameSack  Před 8 lety +12

      Over there... to your right.

    • @djanthony9759
      @djanthony9759 Před 8 lety +1

      sega better

    • @zenninja10
      @zenninja10 Před 7 lety +2

      I kind of wish that sega comes back into the console market. We need someone more like nintendo to remind sony and Microsoft how to actually make a console...

    • @djanthony9759
      @djanthony9759 Před 7 lety

      my last console was the dreamcast

    • @killab138
      @killab138 Před 7 lety

      So was Sega's.

  • @w1nch3ster1
    @w1nch3ster1 Před 5 lety +5

    "My enthusiasm for the Star Wars universe has dropped off" You have no idea past Dave, lol. After Disney got ahold of it I have zero interest.

  • @yexumaelf
    @yexumaelf Před 5 lety

    Awesome revision of the GameCube. Watching this was such a nostalgia rush. The GameCube was my first console and watching those games brought me right back to my childhood. The only question I have is how was Windwaker not in either of your top 3? It’s one of the best games of all time.

  • @JAFOpty
    @JAFOpty Před 10 lety

    Love your videos guys.... Keep it up!

  • @elviswjr
    @elviswjr Před 10 lety +5

    I like these reviews, but they seem too scripted. I think it would sound more natural if they improvised more.

  • @nintendokings
    @nintendokings Před 7 lety +29

    Melee: ''far from deep/difficult'', ''true buttonmasher''. They have no idea

    • @georgeramsey8359
      @georgeramsey8359 Před 7 lety +2

      Exactly what i was thinking.

    • @Connorcady0803
      @Connorcady0803 Před 7 lety

      nintendokings button masher, lack of depth, easy to play? right then I paused to write this and I'm feeling like this will be shallow general facts since that comment about smash shows they don't have that deep of research into this lol if it was another game but come on the console's banner game?

    • @Connorcady0803
      @Connorcady0803 Před 7 lety

      nintendokings also, I'm using that was his young link vs giant DK lol that'd explain it

  • @Encyclopedia_Brown97
    @Encyclopedia_Brown97 Před 4 lety +1

    It's crazy how much more relaxex Dave became as the series went on! He sounds pretty wooden in some of these earlier episodes.

  • @xKetherx
    @xKetherx Před 9 lety +1

    That SMB montage was pretty sick Joe :)

  • @MocnyBrowarek
    @MocnyBrowarek Před 10 lety +9

    "More than twice as uch as a sega dreamcast" - I'm not hater or fanboy, I do like gamecube, but that statement is more like "look how shitty sales had the gamecube". I mean Gamecube was supported from 2001 to 2007, while Dreamcast 99-2001. And telling us that it sold twice as much is schowing that gamecube did not sell well at all.
    BTW Wii is backwards compatible, cause it's only overclocked GC.

    • @JobimGilberto
      @JobimGilberto Před 10 lety +1

      CPU and GPU were of a higher clock in the Wii. In addition, the flash ROM and additional RAM were much larger.

    • @MocnyBrowarek
      @MocnyBrowarek Před 10 lety +3

      Jobim gilbert They are higher cause they're overlocked... and they added some RAM to hold more textures. But it doesn't change the fact that Wii is overclocked GC. Do you think why it's backwards compatybile? Wii isn't powerfoul enough to make an emulation.

    • @jojorobino5312
      @jojorobino5312 Před 10 lety

      I like the Dreamcast but the Dreamcast had a quick death that's why even if sega continued making dreamcasts they couldn't of gotten enough sales to keep going, the PS2 was dominating the Game market. In 2000-2002 the PS2 was the cheapest dvd player on the market so it didn't really sell because of the games released for it. I owned and still own a GameCube.

    • @lonewolf3314
      @lonewolf3314 Před 10 lety +2

      MocnyBrowarek so the according to you the wii u is overclocked wii? Haha nice jokes on these comments sections

    • @MocnyBrowarek
      @MocnyBrowarek Před 10 lety

      lone wolf I don't know about Wii U, this shitty console does not interested me. But from what I checked, it has diffrent guts than the Wii.
      While if you check every thing in GC and the Wii, you will se exactly the same guts. Also that's the way they make the Wii backwards compatibile. Same guts= it can play games from previous gen.

  • @NininininimoCP
    @NininininimoCP Před 10 lety +15

    No Super Mario Sunshine?
    What a shame...

    • @kngames
      @kngames Před 10 lety +4

      I was wondering the same but then I read the video description above and there is an explanation

    • @Luigifire11
      @Luigifire11 Před 9 lety

      I want Paper Mario TTYD

    • @zzz43344
      @zzz43344 Před 5 lety

      Yeah...

  • @icanbebetterbear1153
    @icanbebetterbear1153 Před 2 lety

    Constant angular velocity
    Thank you Joe that's something that I've always remembered it might have something to do with dave being a smart-ass
    And it really does help to see times I still play my GameCube

  • @guillermoespinozanotario6336

    the sound fx in this episode it is so great, stereo quality, very well