Gamecube What are the best and essential GameCube games?

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

METROID PRIME!

People don’t give it enough respect. It’s beloved, yes, but on any other console it would be a system seller.

I love Nintendo games, but man… people don’t give Metroid a shot. Makes me sad.

 

[Jeff]

I have a list right here.

Luigi's Mansion, Smash Bros. Melee, Super Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime, Twilight Princess, Kirby's Air Ride, Wario World, Animal Crossing, Zelda: Wind Waker, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Super Mario Strikers, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Power Tennis, Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, Pikmin 1 & 2, Chibi Robo, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, 007: Agent Under Fire, Mario Party 4-7, Mario Kart Double Dash, Starfox Adventures, Starfox Assault, Billy Hatcher & the Giant Egg, Sonic Riders, Wave Race: Blue Storm, F-Zero GX, Pokemon Coliseum, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

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I remember playing this one to death

Is this the first game or the third? Or is it the first and second together? I'm not sure.

 

[ThatPatrickGuy]

Is this the first game or the third? Or is it the first and second together? I'm not sure.

Second Summoner, reworked for the GameCube.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Second Summoner, reworked for the GameCube.

Great. So the first game still has to be played on PS2.

 

[KRISGAMES88]

Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil 1
Resident Evil 4
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus
Skies Of Arcadia Legends

 

[Rylioli]

custom robo was pretty great

 

[ThatOneLum]

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is a neat cube game I don't hear enough people talking about.
It's a blast, and because it's not overly sought-after, it's not too expensive to collect physically.

 

[Darklink]

For my own list of Gamecube games, this is the console I grew up with, it's hard to keep it to a limit lol.

Tales of Symphonia is the game that really got me into JRPGs.
Chibi-Robo is just extremely charming. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are great adventures, as is Metroid Prime.
While I don't think it's aged as well as it could have, Mario Sunshine is still a great 3D platformer, if a bit more linear than I'd like.
The Thousand Year Door is easily one of the best games ever made. Story, character, gameplay, music, etc. all top notch
Pikmin 1 and 2. Such unique experiences, that only the later Pikmin games can compare to. Nothing like using your army of little guys to just obliterate the local ecosystem.

And plenty more to name, but I don't wanna be here all day lol.