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Sunhawk
03/04/21 9:43:12 AM
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The thing that really let it down was its mediocre library. Wtf. I've never understood why some people champion this SO much. Some folk even think it's the best Nintendo console ever made.


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Devstacular
03/04/21 9:44:45 AM
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Library was small for sure but it had some serious gems.

I'd have hated for it to be my one system of the generation but I was sure glad I had it for Melee, Metroid Prime, Luigi's Mansion, F-Zero GX and Super Monkey Ball.
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Pogo_Marimo
03/04/21 9:45:35 AM
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Virtual Boy

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KyoryuCyan
03/04/21 9:46:07 AM
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It absolutely nuked the Wii U and N64 at least

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BignutzisBack
03/04/21 9:46:48 AM
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ZevLoveDOOM
03/04/21 9:47:08 AM
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i believe that distinction goes to the console which has a tablet as a controller...
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monkmith
03/04/21 9:47:46 AM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
Virtual Boy
this. 1000x this. nintendo burried the fuck out of this gimmick so quick that people always skip over it when they talk about bad "consoles".

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SergeantGander
03/04/21 9:49:17 AM
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SSBM, Paper Mario TTYD, MK: Double Dash, Animal Crossing, Wind Waker, Super Monkey Ball 1/2, Metroid Prime, Custom Robo (more niche pick), Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Sonic AB 2, Mario Party 4-6 or 7(?), Mario Golf + Strikers, frickin...Kirby Air Ride....

So many absolute gems.

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masterpug53
03/04/21 9:57:15 AM
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Whenever I see a take like this, the first thing I do is check the username.

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2Pacavelli
03/04/21 10:03:53 AM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
Virtual Boy

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Alpha218
03/04/21 10:05:28 AM
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I figured a fossil such as yourself would appreciate the classics Snu

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Questionmarktarius
03/04/21 10:06:49 AM
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Mareen
03/04/21 10:06:56 AM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
Virtual Boy

This. Makes the Wii U look like God's great gift to man.

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Musourenka
03/04/21 10:59:11 AM
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GameCube was Nintendo's best console post-SNES.

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Shadowplay
03/04/21 11:03:38 AM
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Just when you think Sunhawk's opinions couldn't get any worse.

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Vyrulisse
03/04/21 11:04:35 AM
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It was more powerful than the PS2. I wonder if history would have been different had Nintendo just used DVD's instead of the gimmick small disc thing they used instead.

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Questionmarktarius
03/04/21 11:05:32 AM
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Vyrulisse posted...
I wonder if history would have been different had Nintendo just used DVD's instead of the gimmick small disc thing they used instead.
You seem to assume that Nintendo can ever not gimmick.
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Njolk
03/04/21 11:07:18 AM
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Huh gamecube is my favorite ever. Luigi's mansion, ssbm, pikmin, wind waker, metroid prime...
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Caution999
03/04/21 11:08:24 AM
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N64, come at me

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Musourenka
03/04/21 11:09:54 AM
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Also had the best Resident Evil for the longest time.

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Devstacular
03/04/21 11:10:02 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
You seem to assume that Nintendo can ever not gimmick.
They hadn't really gotten gimmicky at that point. Unless you consider the concept of a handheld gaming system gimmicky, which I guess in the 80's and 90's, you could have kind of made a case for. I mean, the 64 still used cartridges, even.
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ViewtifulGrave
03/04/21 11:21:56 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
You seem to assume that Nintendo can ever not gimmick.
What was the gimmicks of their consoles before the Wii?

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MegaCamerupt
03/04/21 11:28:17 AM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
What was the gimmicks of their consoles before the Wii?
The GameCube was meant to be portable and possibly have its own screen but that idea got scrapped. That's why it had the handle on the console and small discs
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Shadowplay
03/04/21 11:28:47 AM
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Nintendo, at least in North America, has always crippled their systems. NES and SNES were held back by their dumb censorship policy, N64 used cartridges, the GameCube used mini optical discs and barely had online, the Wii and Wii U had weak hardware.

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luigi13579
03/04/21 11:31:23 AM
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Devstacular posted...
Library was small for sure but it had some serious gems.

I'd have hated for it to be my one system of the generation but I was sure glad I had it for Melee, Metroid Prime, Luigi's Mansion, F-Zero GX and Super Monkey Ball.
Pretty much.

And it was way better than the N64 in terms of multiplats.
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Heineken14
03/04/21 11:33:32 AM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
Virtual Boy


I can only assume this is forgotten because it's so trash and because of its dumb setup people just don't consider it a console.
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NoxObscuras
03/04/21 11:49:10 AM
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SergeantGander posted...
SSBM, Paper Mario TTYD, MK: Double Dash, Animal Crossing, Wind Waker, Super Monkey Ball 1/2, Metroid Prime, Custom Robo (more niche pick), Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Sonic AB 2, Mario Party 4-6 or 7(?), Mario Golf + Strikers, frickin...Kirby Air Ride....

So many absolute gems.
All of these, not to mention Fire Emblem Path of Radiance (the first one on console) and Luigi's Mansion. And the Paper Mario series still hasn't surpassed The Thousand Year Door.

Questionmarktarius posted...
You seem to assume that Nintendo can ever not gimmick.
I think at this point, it would surprise people more if Nintendo's next console didn't have a gimmick lol.

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ViewtifulGrave
03/04/21 11:57:08 AM
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Shadowplay posted...
N64 used cartridges, the GameCube used mini optical discs and barely had online, the Wii and Wii U had weak hardware.
Nintendo of America had nothing to do with this.

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DarkChozoGhost
03/04/21 12:03:11 PM
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It's crazy that the PS2 has about 80 of the top 100 games of gen 6, but only about 2 of the top 15.

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Shadowplay
03/04/21 1:07:01 PM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
Nintendo of America had nothing to do with this.
I wasn't implying that they did. Why in god's fucking name would you read that post and interpret it that way when virtually all of us here know that NoA had a censorship policy that was not present in Europe or Japan? The point is that in one of the largest markets for video games Nintendo has never released a non-crippled system except for, perhaps, that brief period of time after they had largely rescinded the censorship policy while the SNES was still their main console. One could also argue that the Switch is not crippled given that it's possible for it to run many newer games with some fairly large graphical downgrades, but I would argue that the Switch doesn't neatly fall into the category of a home console for obvious reasons.

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DarthDemented
03/04/21 1:35:49 PM
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I don't know I found a lot of decent games for the gamecube.

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FL81
03/04/21 1:36:14 PM
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GameCube was the best

And even if you don't agree with that, it was at least better than the N64 and Wii U

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SevenTenths
03/04/21 1:38:01 PM
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The wii and wii u exist though

FL81 posted...
it was at least better than the N64
Lmfao

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Background_Guy
03/04/21 1:42:18 PM
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FL81 posted...
And even if you don't agree with that, it was at least better than the N64 and Wii U

This

64 had nogames, most of its games were bad aside from a small group, the controller was designed by a monster, the graphics were uglier than anything before or since

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FL81
03/04/21 1:42:30 PM
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SPE
03/04/21 1:43:12 PM
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SerperiorThanU posted...
No, I think that's the Wii U


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monkmith
03/04/21 2:13:30 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Allow me to suggest an alternative:
http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html
shut the fuck up, duck hunt was a classic!

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apocalyptic_4
03/04/21 2:14:53 PM
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Nope it was the last Nintendo console to have real support from third party devs before the gimmicks.

I had one instead of a ps2 and it served me well only missed out on GTA games.

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ViewtifulGrave
03/04/21 4:53:39 PM
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Shadowplay posted...
I wasn't implying that they did. Why in god's fucking name would you read that post and interpret it that way when virtually all of us here know that NoA had a censorship policy that was not present in Europe or Japan? The point is that in one of the largest markets for video games Nintendo has never released a non-crippled system except for, perhaps, that brief period of time after they had largely rescinded the censorship policy while the SNES was still their main console. One could also argue that the Switch is not crippled given that it's possible for it to run many newer games with some fairly large graphical downgrades, but I would argue that the Switch doesn't neatly fall into the category of a home console for obvious reasons.
Your first sentence said Nintendo, at least in North America.

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DarkRoast
03/04/21 4:55:26 PM
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The N64 was only "bad" because of the choice of format. Graphically, it was way more advanced than the PlayStation.

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kirbyakaZ
03/04/21 5:08:05 PM
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monkmith posted...
shut the fuck up, duck hunt was a classic!

Please actually click and read the article. This is a cool bit of Nintendo history, but it isn't NES Duck Hunt.

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DarkRoast
03/04/21 8:17:11 PM
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Conflict posted...
Gamecube had more noteworthy games than its predecessor. Bonus points for the fact that they've aged better too.

It's hard to argue that N64 titles like Mario 64, Star Fox, Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 64 weren't far more important in the long-term future of 3D gaming than anything on GameCube.

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YoungMutual
03/04/21 8:22:09 PM
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Mareen posted...
This. Makes the Wii U look like God's great gift to man.
What? The Wii U may have been a commercial failure, but that doesn't mean it has a bad library of games

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ultimate reaver
03/04/21 8:30:00 PM
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it was the last legitimately worthwhile nintendo console

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DarkRoast
03/04/21 8:32:47 PM
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ultimate reaver posted...
it was the last legitimately worthwhile nintendo console

Switch is my favorite Nintendo console or handheld since N64

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