![]() ![]() The GameCube kicked off new franchises such as Luigi’s Mansion and Pikmin, fan-favorite subseries such as Metroid Prime, and even localized the Nintendo 64’s life sim Dōbutsu no Mori into the hit title Animal Crossing. Sure, the Gamecube finished well behind the PS2 and even slightly behind the original Xbox in system sales, but if you’re Born to Play and can love a console with a handle, the GameCube is unparalleled. ![]() Altogether almost twice as many GameCube games (661) were released as on the N64 (388). ![]() ![]() The GameCube fixed Nintendo’s quality over quantity problem, not only packing the console’s library with at least one entry in every major Nintendo franchise, but also with third-party exclusives and day and date multiplat releases, often with resolution and other benefits over the PS2 counterparts. This system, officially titled the Nintendo GameCube, would be released in Japan and North America in 2001 and in Europe and Australia in 2002. Despite its small quantity of genre-defining games, the Nintendo 64’s flagging sales led to the announcement of its successor, code named Project Dolphin, in May of 1999. ![]()
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