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"What A Line-Up!"

Just been looking over the Christmas release schedule, and I have to say, the festive season does look the one to be jolly for 'Cube owners this year. In my opinion, quite easily the best Xmas exclusive line-up out of the three consoles and I don't think many can argue with that. In fact, with an intelligent price-cut and some decent bundle deals, Nintendo could "win" the Christmas sales over here in Europe; sailing past Microsoft and perhaps even Sony. Take a look at what's to come (I've picked out the highlights);

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

Product Number 03
Xtreme G Racing Association
WWE X9
True Crime: Streets of LA
Soul Calibur II

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Viewtiful Joe
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
F-Zero GX
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Beyond Good & Evil
Medal of Honour: Rising Sun
Prince of Persia
Tom Clancey's Rainbow Six: Raven Shield
XIII
Tiger Woods 2004
James Bond: Everything or Nothing
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Pikmin 2
Tony Hawk Underground

DECEMBER

1080 Avalanche
FIFA 2004
Metal Gear Solid
Pokemon Colosseum
Phantasy Star Online III
Return of the King
Sonic Heroes
SSX 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bit of a duff topic, I know, but things haven't exactly been very interesting in here lately, have they? Anyway.. I reckon things look really good for GameCube on paper - everything now relies on those release dates holding strong, and a good strategy from Nintendo. So, what are you guys looking forward to? And what are your predictions for the GameCube this Christmas?

I read somewhere that Nintendo werre trying to persuade Konami to release it in Europe.

Gamecube has Winning Evolution.

And although that isn't out here, using a Freeloader is much easier than getting your PS2 chipped, so lots of people will have it.

I like games.

Pro Evo 3 shall be fun

Gamecube has no football titles*

Me sad

My brother has all 3, and he plays on his GC more due to Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution, thats fun. But he use his PS2 soon due to WE7

*Good football games

Maverick42 wrote:
> Blank, you say you think the PS2 has a good line-up, but the Xbox
> never has. Then when I ask what Sony has this Christmas, you give me
> a list of titles which are all (bar PES3) coming out on Xbox too.
>
> Where's the logic in that?

I couldn't remember the PS2 exclusive titles.

I didn't say I actually wanted those games I listed.

And by XBox never having a good line up, I meant more along the lines of exclusive titles, not multi formats that i can buy on the other two.

> [And every review I've read says that TS2 is best on GameCube]

My point is exactly that it doesn't matter! Who cares if it has the slightest bit of slowdown somewhere, or one in every thousand times the two player mode freezes on one version or some other crap? It makes no difference unless there's substantial differences, ie new stuff, parts removed.

Yeah.

You are talking about Raven Shield Mav?

Maverick42 wrote:
> Bit of a bummer for Sony and Microsoft

*Sony and Nintendo

Slow down in TS2?

What?

Seeing as NGC have played the GameCube code, I expect it'll arrive on the other consoles eventually. Bit of a bummer for Sony and Microsoft that they won't have it for Christmas though.

*breaks silence*

Raven Shield is Xbox Exclusive, and is different to the PC version. It's all been redesigned with control pads in mind, and include voice commands in single player to allow you to control your AI team mates, plus bundles of Xbox Live modes and a schedule of downloadable extra content. MS did the deal with UBI Soft back in the end of July, and it was confirmed by Mike Cassius, senior director for the Xbox console and marketing.