![]() Here are the absolute best games for the Nintendo GameCube. ![]() But there's absolute gold on the old cube that deserved better. That's a special kind of disservice, since quite a few of the best games of that gen were GameCube exclusives, caught in limbo between warring gods, which is probably the exact reason why everything from the Wii onward has seen Nintendo operating on their own terms. Even in terms of horsepower, it was more powerful than the PS2, less powerful than the Xbox, and accompanying neither extreme, most of its positives went underappreciated. When Sony went sleek and cool with the design of the PS2, and Microsoft went bulky and intimidating, the GameCube went compact and playful. In terms of the console war of the time, it was just sort of there at a time when Microsoft had come for Sony's blood. In terms of Nintendo's legacy, it's sandwiched between the game-changing N64, and the outsized, asterisked success of the Wii. In a console generation dominated by the PlayStation 2, the GameCube stands out as the sentimental winner for Nintendo fans. It was basically the middle child in every aspect it could've been. For many, the GameCube occupies a special place in their hearts. Nintendo's GameCube holds such a strange place in the annals of gaming history.
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