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"2 Years ago today"

Was the European Release of the Gamecube

And One Year ago was the release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Just though I'd point it out incase you'd forgotten

Gawd, can't believe it was two years ago when I finally got my Gamecube, t'was a very happy day

:D

Solskjær wrote:
> showing off the GC-GBA Connectivity, in all it's glory...

Glory? *coughs*

Oh and by the by, would your tag be a certain quote from a certain Guilder the Unfettered, by any chance? ;)

I was a little dissapointed to see nothing special happen on May the 3rd of this year, after The Wind Waker's release last year on that date.

I mean, it is still the GameCube's second Birthday...


You'd at least expect some new wallpaper for your PC or something; showing off the GC-GBA Connectivity, in all it's glory... Or something....

?

Memorandum! wrote:
> leflus wrote:
> Go away Memorandum
>
> Why? Because I don't like a console that's for BABIES?

Tell people who care or agree with you.

I think the contoller is just perfect. I got used 2 using it 4 FPS, like XIII, and with every other game I've got, I found easy 2 control, especially SSBM.
I haven't even had my GC 4 2 years yet cos I bought mine the day Mario Sunshine came out, but I've already got 11 games 4 it. I have my 2nd anniversary with my GC in October.
Since it has been 2 years since the GC came out, we should be telling ppl how much uve enjoyed it, and how many games u got. U can also name all the games uve got. Heres my collection, in order of purchase:
1. Super Mario Sunshine
2. Wave Race: Blue Storm
3. Mario Party 4
4. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
5. Super Smash Bros Melee
6. Burnout 2: Point of Impact
7. F-Zero GX
8. Mario Kart: Double Dash
9. XIII
10. 1080: Avalanche (I won it in Gameaday!! :D)
11. Viewtiful Joe

Strafio wrote:
> The GC controller is fine for FPS?
> What more could you want from it?

It just doesn't feel as good as the 64's pad. Or even the Xbox's pad for the FPS genre (though I agree the cube pad owns for all others).
It feels a little small, neither analogue stick feels right or is positioned quite well enough and none of the shoulder buttons (z included) feels that nice.
I just find that, for fps games, I need a more substaintial pad with 'sturdy' (not quite the right word, but hopefully you know what I mean) analogue sticks positioned such that the thumbs sat comfortably over them (left especially) without having to 'lean into' the pad. I think it's important for natural, uninterupted hand eye co-ordination with 3d games.

Or it could just be because that's what I got used to with the 64's pad. But I don't think so.

Obviously it's a matter of opinion, and that's mine. I always got the impression most people agreed though (about the pad not being best suited to fps games, not necessarily my lame explanation!).


> Play Timesplitters 2.
> If the game is decent then the controller is poifect.

I have, and I disagree.


> It only sucks for that Street Fighter game because you need a D-pad.
> :-)

I always found the d-pad good enough really. But probably only because I have the hori pad for games that use the d-pad as the main direction control instead of the analogue stick.
It's an improvement on the 64's one anyway.

I got mine a year and a half ago. It is a mere young hove.

It was a brilliant day.

Especially for the graphics that were like no others I'd ever seen.

I remember the day well.
I got Rogue Squadron in the morning, and had to go the whole day wondering if my GC had come. When I got home, it wasn't there and I was mighty disappointed. But then as my mum was coming through the door, the next-door man handed her the package that had been left with him.
I was ultra excited.
oooh I love memories.

Received the Star Wars pack from Special Reserve (GameCube, two controllers, official memory card + Rogue Squadron) on the day of release.

Two years and four days for me then..