Current Events > Yo what are some underrated "hidden gems" on the Gamecube?

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averagejoel posted...

seconding LoZ: Four Swords Adventures

also:
Pikmin
Pikmin 2
Pokemon Colosseum
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Digimon World 4
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
007: Nightfire
The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Doshin the Giant
Shadow the Hedgehog

in the bold i currently still hold onto my gamecube versions. shadow the hedgehog is on ps2 for me.
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Gladius is fun, even though it's slow-paced, long, unbalanced, and feels vaguely unfinished(because it was apparently rushed).

BLAKUboy posted...

The Baten Kaitos games don't get near enough love.

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Garioshi posted...

Super Monkey Ball 2

Playing this right now (4 player golf). The mini-games are the best.
luigi13579 posted...

I hear the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance games are decent. They're quite different from the normal BG games.

I love them, but GameCube only has the first one. The Champions of Norrath games are very similar too, but I think they're PS2-only.

Vertania posted...

I love them, but GameCube only has the first one.

Having played both I honestly prefer the PS2 version of BG. Also, they take up a TON of memory on Cube cards
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Loved Custom Robo
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I forgot about Custom Robo fuck
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WrestleMania XIX is also ridiculously fun, even if you don't like WWE. It's all backstage fights with hazards everywhere and you can make some crazy CAWs.

For example, you can slam someone through a three-story-tall metal tower into the ocean.

Star Fox Adventures
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Ty The Tasmanian Tiger
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Tag because I'm thinking of seeing if I can find my GameCube and this thread is make me want to do that more
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Some of these have already been mentioned, but just consider this an echoing recommendation.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (never played the second one, but heard it's good)
Billy Hatcher
Eternal Darkness
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody*
Lost Kingdoms (see BK comment)
P.N.03

*imho, this is the best HM game and the GCN version is the only way to play it other than the severely gimped Wii port

WWE: Day of Reckoning (the first one) is a must if you have friends. The create-a-wrestler mode in that game is the GOAT and the gameplay is just fun.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Falsebound Kingdom.

It isnt a card game. It is an RTS/ Turnbased RPG hybrid. Think a simpler SMT: Devil Survivor game but the map stuff is real time. You recruit various characters from the show who command a team of monsters from the card game. You can find and recruit various monsters. There are 3 different routes to play. Each with its own main character ,characters and monsters to recruit. Yugi, Kaiba and Joey. I remember it being a lot of fun.
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Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

One of the best 3D platformers I've ever played. I know it's multi-platform, but it just feels "right" playing it on the Gamecube.
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I'm also going to recommend Cubivore. It's insanely expensive to actually buy though, so if you have to have a physical copy I'd give it a pass.
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Megaman Command Mission is a surprisingly decent RPG
Evolution Worlds is another good RPG
Mystic Heroes is a "warriors" game
Beyond Good & Evil is a semi-popular ...stealth? platformer with photography
Ribbit King is mario golf with some weird twists

Bold > Italic > Normal
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SodomInsane posted...

Gotcha Force

Manocheese posted...

Gotcha Force

Thirded!

Gotcha scratches that Virtual-On/Gundam Vs itch real nice

There was a weird Medabots game that was actually pretty good. Only had it for a few days, though.
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I checked eBay for Cubivore and the cheapest copy is $140 and the seller says the disc needs buffed to work lol
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Nash Highwind posted...

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Falsebound Kingdom.

It isnt a card game. It is an RTS/ Turnbased RPG hybrid. Think a simpler SMT: Devil Survivor game but the map stuff is real time. You recruit various characters from the show who command a team of monsters from the card game. You can find and recruit various monsters. There are 3 different routes to play. Each with its own main character ,characters and monsters to recruit. Yugi, Kaiba and Joey. I remember it being a lot of fun.

I thought I was the only person who played this for the longest time
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

I checked eBay for Cubivore and the cheapest copy is $140 and the seller says the disc needs buffed to work lol

God fucking damn it. I had a complete copy of it that I'd bought for $30 and I lost it in storage over the years.

Personal experience

Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings is THE hidden gem game for the Nintendo Gamecube.

WizardofHoth posted...

Personal experience

Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings is THE hidden gem game for the Nintendo Gamecube.

I do have to chime in. It's a really good, engaging RPG and the magnus system is really unique(they pared it down in the prequel, for better and worse).

Second Sight. Used to be $2 at Gamestop, but now it's super expensive on Ebay. Same with Lost Kingdoms.

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

I checked eBay for Cubivore and the cheapest copy is $140 and the seller says the disc needs buffed to work lol

Damn.... I have no idea why i bought that game years ago... But I payed no more than 20 "for it... Never touched it lol

I might have to now

As for the topic

The wwe games are must haves except for wrestlemania 18
Lost kingdoms 1 and 2.....the crime is how short they are, but they are insanely fun
Metal arms glitch in the system.... It was on all 3 systems, get it on one of them, most underrated game ever.
Eternal darkness
Custom robo
Fire emblem
Tales of symphoia
Baten kaitos, I second everything said in this topic.

Id have to look at my collection to see what else is worth mentioning

Cornmuffins posted...

Killer7

idk if that's underrated though

I had it on PS2, didn't even know it was on GC

vocedelmorte posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Killer7

idk if that's underrated though

I had it on PS2, didn't even know it was on GC

It came to Gamecube first

Bishop9800 posted...

What? No one said it? Well I guess I have to say it. *Ahem*......

METAL GEAR SOILD-TWIN SNAKES!!!

thank you.......

Good game, but it totally shits on the original for all the wrong reasons.

Adding on the list:

Freedom Fighters
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Twin Snakes is a good entry to the Metal Gear Solid series. Original MGS is too difficult.

El Mexicano Texano posted...

Almost everything got mentioned PSO Episode III C.A.R.D. I fall for card games easily, think of it as yugioh dungeon dice monsters you roll a dice and you can play cards depending on the rolls or move spaces it's amazing

I really need to spend more time with this game it. I had no idea until looking into it that it was a like an SRPG.
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Bishop9800 posted...

What? No one said it? Well I guess I have to say it. *Ahem*......

METAL GEAR SOILD-TWIN SNAKES!!!

thank you.......

It's not that well-received, at least amongst fans. MGS1 wasn't built with a lot of MGS2's mechanics in mind so they break a lot of the game. And then there's the cut-scenes not being as good as the original, either.

I wouldn't call it a bad game necessarily but its not it's not a must-have.
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luigi's fucking mansion
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Twin Snakes is superior to the original, but it shouldn't be how you first experience MGS.
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I can't stand the controls in Twin Snakes at all, literately unplayable.
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I didn't play a lot of it, but Battalion Wars seemed like a pretty good one.
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Just to add on to all the Baten Kaitos recs, Origins is absolutely the better game and I'm guessing more people need to play it. Not to say the first game isn't great too.
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Well, Baten Kaitos Origins and any other game for any system, it would be great if I could play it if people would lower the gosh darn price online whether its amazon or ebay for cripes sake

Shadowplay posted...

El Mexicano Texano posted...

Almost everything got mentioned PSO Episode III C.A.R.D. I fall for card games easily, think of it as yugioh dungeon dice monsters you roll a dice and you can play cards depending on the rolls or move spaces it's amazing

I really need to spend more time with this game it. I had no idea until looking into it that it was a like an SRPG.

The later levels get really difficult people say the hunter character is broken and that the summoners are at a disadvantage but I never felt that way at all even the rng for the game isn't that bad because the lower the cards the better since you spare more slots from the dice roll. It has the best loading screen jingle as well you just tap buttons but it sounds beautiful and you can control the color of the background. If you have a Billy Hatcher save file you get a monster from that game which is a really good card. I know one of the Sonic games gave you some as well but those weren't any good.
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Simpsons Hit and Run
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I-Ninja

Great 3D platformer/hack and slash

Came around right at the end of the 3D platforming era when it was most developed.

Milkman5 posted...

Time Splitters: Future Perfect

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RoboLaserGandhi posted...

I-Ninja

Great 3D platformer/hack and slash

Came around right at the end of the 3D platforming era when it was most developed.

Omg... I forgot about that game

It was amazing and got quite hard if you wanted to 100% that.

Not 100% sure if it was on the Cube, but Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was a neat little action-platformer with boomerangs.
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It was on all consoles at the time, iirc.
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Nash Highwind posted...

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Falsebound Kingdom.

It isnt a card game. It is an RTS/ Turnbased RPG hybrid. Think a simpler SMT: Devil Survivor game but the map stuff is real time. You recruit various characters from the show who command a team of monsters from the card game. You can find and recruit various monsters. There are 3 different routes to play. Each with its own main character ,characters and monsters to recruit. Yugi, Kaiba and Joey. I remember it being a lot of fun.

This. Really liked that game but no one ever talks about it. Also agree with both Star Fox Assault and Adventures and Four Swords Adventures.

Guide posted...

It was on all consoles at the time, iirc.

Nice. Idk how well the controls hold up, but it was one of my favorite platformers at the time. I know it got like 2 sequels but I only played the first.
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kayoticdreamz posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

I-Ninja

Great 3D platformer/hack and slash

Came around right at the end of the 3D platforming era when it was most developed.

Omg... I forgot about that game

It was amazing and got quite hard if you wanted to 100% that.

Dudes, that giant ninja bot was the dopest thing at the time
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