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Nintendo's GameCube console was released in 2002 and the follow up to the Nintendo 64. It run games from discs and uses memory cartridges to save progress. You can plug in up to 4 wired controllers.

You can also play all Gamecube games on the Wii as it included that hardward, and ports for the GameCube controllers in the top. The Wii Mini removed this support to make it a cheaper console. The Wii U doesn't support GameCube games.

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Battle, Brain Game, Collecting, Communication, Fighting, Narrative, Physically Active, Platform, Puzzle, Race, Role-Play, Sequencing, Shooting, Simulation, Sports, Stealth, Strategy and Traversal
Era: 1981 - 2023
Total Games: 28
Total Likes: 571

Luigi's Mansion

Release Date: 14/09/2001, updated in 2018

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS and GameCube

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Luigi's Mansion is an adventure game where you investigate a haunted mansion to capture the ghosts. As long-standing Nintendo character Luigi, you play a ghostbuster to capture various mischievous ghouls and rescue Mario. It stands out for the unusual...

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Release Date: 24/03/2003, updated in 2013

Out Now: GameCube and Wii U

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is an adventure game in the Zelda series. This one is set on a group of islands in a vast sea and follows Link as he attempts to save his sister from the sorcerer Ganon. This soon develops into a struggle to find the...

Lego

Lego (Series)

Release Date: 01/02/2005, updated in 2020

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, GameCube, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Blocks, Cartoon and Open World

Lego, a popular film franchise and a video game is a rich recipe for gaming fun. The series of Lego games has been developed since the first release on Nintendo DS. Not only do these games offer a chance to explore, destroy and fight in a world made of...

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (Series)

Release Date: 23/06/1991, updated in 2017

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, GameCube, Mac, Megadrive, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Sonic the Hedgehog is a series of games starring an athletic blue hedgehog who runs, jumps and bounces his way around platform levels. Created as Sega's answer to Mario, Sonic is now on all modern video game platforms.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Release Date: 09/11/1996, updated in 2020

Out Now: DS, GBA, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the latest game in the Crash Bandicoot series, where you play a genetically enhanced bandicoot called Crash and run, jump and bash your way through levels while avoiding hazards.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Release Date: 03/09/2018

Out Now: DS, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS4, Switch, Wii and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a running, jumping, bashing and exploring game. It’s a re-release of the classic platform games featuring the purple dragon, Spyro. The attraction is the well-designed levels, collecting and exploration. It’s an amiable...

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Paper Mario: The Origami King (Series)

Release Date: 11/08/2000, updated in 2020

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

Paper Mario: The Origami King is a role-play game featuring Mario and other Nintendo characters. Although cute and cartoon-like in appearance, these games are known for the quality of writing and the well-balanced and enjoyable turn-based combat.

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider (Series)

Release Date: 09/11/2015, updated in 2019

Out Now: GameCube, Mac, PC, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Tomb Raider is a longstanding series that has been rebooted in recent years. This means it not only gets a fresh coat of paint like a re-release but is built from the ground up. All the games feature Lara Croft as the titular hero. She shoots, runs,...

The Simpsons Hit and Run

Release Date: 16/11/2003

Out Now: GameCube, PS2, Wii and Xbox

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

The Simpsons Hit and Run is an adventure game based on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Pac-Man Vs.

Release Date: 27/11/2003, updated in 2017

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GameCube, Switch and Wii

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Pac-Man Vs. is a version of Pac-Man adapted for multiple players. One player controls Pac-Man and tries to eat the pellets, while the others control the ghosts to try to catch him. Each team scores points in different ways, and the first team to hit the...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

Release Date: 31/10/2003, updated in 2020

Out Now: GameCube, PC, PS2, PS4, Switch, Xbox and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a running and jumping game based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. It's an original story where you defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Release Date: 19/11/2006, updated in 2016

Out Now: GameCube, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an adventure game in the Zelda series. As with the other games, you play Link, who must prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by corruption from a parallel dimension. Unlike other Zelda games, you can take the form...

Burnout Paradise

Release Date: 16/03/2018, updated in 2018

Out Now: GameCube, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, 3D Third-Person, Day and Night and Open World

Burnout Paradise is the latest game int the Burnout series, an over-the-top racing game where you’re encouraged to crash, bash and ram other cars. Throughout the series the bravado and crashing increases, but they all have the same novel core gameplay.

Pikmin

Release Date: 26/10/2001, updated in 2009

Out Now: GameCube, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Pikmin is a real-time strategy game where the main character Captain Olimar crash lands on an alien planet filled with strange small creatures called Pikmin. You are able to control and use these creatures to knock down walls, build bridges and attack...

Mario Tennis Aces

Mario Tennis Aces (Series)

Release Date: 28/08/2000, updated in 2018

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Mario Tennis Aces is the latest in the series of tennis game. These games recreate a relatively traditional game of tennis, although you play as Nintendo characters who each have special moves and powers.

Metroid

Release Date: 06/08/1986, updated in 2017

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GBA, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Components: 3D First-Person

Metroid is a series of running, jumping and exploration games where you play bounty hunter Samus Aran who protects the galaxy from the Space Pirates. It includes the platforming of a Mario game, but the focus is more on fighting enemies, finding new...

Crazy Taxi

Release Date: 01/01/1998, updated in 2012

Out Now: Android, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and iOS

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

Crazy Taxi is a series of games where you take people to different locations in a city, as a taxi driver. It sounds a little dull, but in this brighter and bigger world, it's a joy rather than a chore. When you complete a fare you get money based on how...

Mario Strikers Charged

Release Date: 25/05/2007

Out Now: GameCube, Wii and Wii U

Components: 2D Overhead and 3D Third-Person

Mario Strikers Charged, also Mario Strikers Charged Football and Mario Power Soccer, was the sequel to Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube. It offers a fast and furious game of football staring Nintendo characters.

Pikmin 2

Release Date: 08/10/2004, updated in 2009

Out Now: GameCube and Wii

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Pikmin 2 is the second in the Pikmin Series, Captain Olimar is joined by his assistant Louie on a mysterious planet. You are collecting treasures consisting of scrap metal, and broken toys. You do this by controlling plant-like creatures called Pikmin,...

Cel Damage HD

Release Date: 15/11/2001, updated in 2019

Out Now: GameCube, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, Switch, Xbox and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Cel Damage HD is a racing and fighting game where you drive vehicles and use weapons to hit opponents and gain the upper hand. It's a fast and furious competition that's good to play on the sofa, with quick rounds and a simple premise.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Mario Golf: Super Rush (Series)

Release Date: 11/06/1999, updated in 2021

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube and Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Mario Golf: Super Rush is a sports game that combines running and jumping with golfing skills. It's a proper recreation of golf, but with novelties, modes and characters to make it more entertaining for younger players.

Viewtiful Joe

Viewtiful Joe (Series)

Release Date: 07/10/2003

Out Now: DS, GameCube, PS Vita, PS2 and PSP

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Hand-Made

Viewtiful Joe is a side-on fighting game where you play a movie-lover whose girlfriend Silvia is kidnapped during a film starring your favourite superhero, Captain Blue. You enter the movie world, transformed into the tokusatsu-style persona "Viewtiful...

Fire Emblem Engage

Fire Emblem Engage (Series)

Release Date: 20/04/1990, updated in 2023

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, GBA, GameCube, Switch, Wii, Wii U and iOS

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Cartoon, Day and Night and Grid

Fire Emblem Engage is a series of strategy games where you help an ensemble cast of characters fight off evil. You gather heroes, unlock weapons and special abilities to aid your fight in tactical turn-based combat. It's not just a tactics game though,...

Animal Crossing

Release Date: 14/12/2001, updated in 2004

Out Now: GameCube

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Day and Night, Open World, Persistant World, Pixels and Weather

Animal Crossing is a quirky life simulation game where you live in a small village and build your dream home. You develop relationships with the animal townsfolk, collect fossils, fish and insects and build a home to help the village grow. It's a simple...

Resident Evil 4

Release Date: 11/01/2005, updated in 2023

Out Now: Android, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Wii, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Resident Evil 4 is a survival shooting game where you play U.S. government special agent Leon S. Kennedy, on a mission to rescue the President's daughter from a cult. You play by exploring the different areas, searching for equipment and fending off...

Donkey Kong

Release Date: 01/01/1981, updated in 2015

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube, Switch and Wii

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Donkey Kong is a series of running and jumping games where you play Mario, who navigates a single screen to rescue the princess. It was the start of the platform game genre and although is now dated, can still be played on a wide range of systems.

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

Release Date: 19/11/2002, updated in 2015

Out Now: GameCube, PS2, PS3 and PS4

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a running, jumping and shooting game where you play a ruthless bounty hunter on a galaxy-spanning mission to track down and capture a rogue force-wielder. As you infiltrate secret bases, factories, and prisons you must fight...

Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer (Series)

Release Date: 01/01/2005, updated in 2009

Out Now: GameCube, PS2 and Wii

Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Dora the Explorer video games put you in control of Dora (or Diego) to run, jump and dash your way through lightly themed stories. You play these games on older PlayStation, Wii or DS consoles, that each offer super easy controls and plenty of...

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