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Bring forward one year, I've shed my love for the Xbox and repurchased a Gamecube. Don't get me wrong, the Xbox is a great console, it's just it didn't interest me anymore. I became fed up with "Realistic Racer #121531443" and all of the 'realistic games' that are on offer. Gamecube had that 'thing', the 'thing' that puts the fun into gaming once again. I remember playing the Amiga and loving all the quirky little games like James Pond and Super Frog, all that just isn't really there on say the PS2 or Xbox.
It's these games that are unique, they offer that fun factor that anyone can play. Which leads me onto the title of the post, The Gamecube made me realise that Nintendo really do make fun games, proved by a session on Mario Kart: DD yesterday with my family. Thats right, you heard it, my family for christs sake. The controls were easily adapted to by my Mum and Dad and my brothers and sister enjoyed the frantic racing.
"So what? I play with my GC with my sisters and brothers all the time" I hear you cry, well lets put things straight here, other then myself, my family never ever played with me on my Xbox, the games were just too complicated for them to really understand. With Mario Kart, you just pick up the game, press A and go. There's nothing more to it, it sounds boring on paper, but it's as funny as hell in the game when you manage to plant a green koopa shell in the back of your sisters kart.
Yeah, it might of just been a Christmas thing, but It's made me realise that the Gamecube is a fun console to have and holds the potential for excellent multiplayer gaming.
It's made me realise that the Gamecube is, for once in my life, a console that I will keep until it's replaced with the next one up.
Heres to the future.
gamesfreak.
Bring forward one year, I've shed my love for the Xbox and repurchased a Gamecube. Don't get me wrong, the Xbox is a great console, it's just it didn't interest me anymore. I became fed up with "Realistic Racer #121531443" and all of the 'realistic games' that are on offer. Gamecube had that 'thing', the 'thing' that puts the fun into gaming once again. I remember playing the Amiga and loving all the quirky little games like James Pond and Super Frog, all that just isn't really there on say the PS2 or Xbox.
It's these games that are unique, they offer that fun factor that anyone can play. Which leads me onto the title of the post, The Gamecube made me realise that Nintendo really do make fun games, proved by a session on Mario Kart: DD yesterday with my family. Thats right, you heard it, my family for christs sake. The controls were easily adapted to by my Mum and Dad and my brothers and sister enjoyed the frantic racing.
"So what? I play with my GC with my sisters and brothers all the time" I hear you cry, well lets put things straight here, other then myself, my family never ever played with me on my Xbox, the games were just too complicated for them to really understand. With Mario Kart, you just pick up the game, press A and go. There's nothing more to it, it sounds boring on paper, but it's as funny as hell in the game when you manage to plant a green koopa shell in the back of your sisters kart.
Yeah, it might of just been a Christmas thing, but It's made me realise that the Gamecube is a fun console to have and holds the potential for excellent multiplayer gaming.
It's made me realise that the Gamecube is, for once in my life, a console that I will keep until it's replaced with the next one up.
Heres to the future.
gamesfreak.
> Heres to the future.
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> gamesfreak.
Nooo! You drank from the fountain of Dringo! :D
Heh, anyway, the only video games I ever played with my family were on my NES and SNES. Aah, Super Mario World 3... memories.
"Look, Mum, I have 30 lives!"
2) It has the greatest game ever
3) It's pure, simple, fun
4) If my Xbox had no Live connection, it'd be out the door.
Simple.
> Nooo! You drank from the fountain of Dringo! :D
It was an intentional mockery of Dringo's common footnote.
In the meantime, I do have Tales of Symphonia as well, which is currently brilliant, but I doubt it'd be a game other people in this family would want to play.
I might get Paper Mario 2 at some point.
Games like Pikmin 2 and Paper Mario 2 are games only Nintendo can make.
And the fact only Nintendo can make them will keep the fans coming back for years.
2 weeks to Zelda: four swords!
> 2 weeks to Zelda: four swords!
What's the big whoop about this game?
Not looked much into it, so i'd like to be enlightened. All I've seen is some crappy multiplayer Zelda game that looks more like a Gameboy Colour game than a cube game.
Surely I'm missing something?
Doubt it'll be better than Minish Cap though.