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10) Metal Gear Solid: the Twin Snakes

Best version of a game that dwelled in the shadow of Ocarina of Time for years. Deserved a coming-out party.

9) Super Monkey Ball 2

It all went downhill from here for Sega.

8) Viewtiful Joe

Still kicks my ass to this day, and I love every second of it.

7) Beyond Good and Evil

Remember that the Cube version actually won the head-to-head-to-head here? I do.

6) Warioworld

Hilarious Treasure beat'm-up.

5) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

Best game with two colons. Ever. No, seriously, a great follow-up to a classic and what's this? The entire first game playable in two player co-op? Wow.

4) Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

I'm a sucker for a good golf game.

3) Zelda: Twilight Princess

Beautiful.

2) Zelda: Wind Waker

A stylistic masterpiece.

1) Resident Evil 4

The game that has dominated two generations. Bow.

According to my list.. (Zelda collections omitted; they'd be #1 and #2 at the top):
10. Wind Waker - Ugh, I guess Wind Waker goes here. I haven't scored Mega Man X Collection or NCAA Football 2005. Its possible they're both better than this game. As "high" as it score, it was a relative let down from the N64 games. With the amount of Ocarina of Time love around the world, and the recent Majora's Maskgasms, I'll still be surprised when this gets criticized.

09. MVP Baseball 2005 - Deepest baseball game on Nintendo consoles. 4 levels of baseball to control (MLB, AAA, AA, A). I've played like 1100 games. Yes, thats almost 600 hours of games...and I still play it weekly. The game is 6 years old!!

08. Skies of Arcadia Legends - The Dreamcast game that nobody on Nintendo got to play. Bought it used, never regretted it; I desperately await a sequel. Forever.

07. Pikmin 2 - Built on everything that Pikmin did, and made it better. New cave areas expanded the game greatly, and added a new element to and otherwise already strategical atmosphere. Two new Pikimin, and new baddies are very scary! (and co-op able!)

06. Metroid Prime - The first 3D Metroid adventure, and the first Metroid console game since Super Metroid after Samus skipped the N64 completely. Gave birth to two sequels.

05. Mega Man Anniversary Collection - Some of the best games on the NES, period, put on one disc. Also gives Nintendo-only players a chance to experience Mega Man 8...a game which horribly doesn't compared to its 8-bit NES predecessors. Lucky for this disc, Mega Man 2 and 3 are here to bring the score up. --Jumping/shooting controls are awesome! (Not really..but whatever)

04. Resident Evil 4 - I liked this game a lot more than I thought I would, but not as much as the rest of the world. Its not a 10, but it was enjoyable. I tried to complete it in one sitting. I remember getting excited as I came to the end of the map...only to find that there was a different map right behind it...

03. Animal Crossing - I sunk so much time in that game, haha. Your own town, free to dress it up as you please. Travel to your friend's town, trash it, steal their buddies, steal their fruit, whatever. Encouraged cooperation and exploration. A wonderful game for kids of all ages.

02. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Just an awesome game. We had Marth and that other guy in Smash Bros (who the heck are they?), and then we finally got a Fire Emblem game on an American Nintendo Console. I decided to buy Path of Radiance the week it came out when I saw a commercial a single time. I made the right decision, and its awesome. Grid-based warfare has never been any better. Great cast of characters, class changes, and importability into the Wii follow-up. Words don't do this game justice.

01. Tales of Symphonia - Fire Emblem probably could've been here, too. I score them the same. I think I like that this game seemed so fresh for me, and it felt "special" to me in the sense that it was a "new" game that hadn't really been done (for me) before. I was familiar with Fire Emblem, but this one felt like I was setting sail for new land. The game itself is incredible, but the battle system takes away one of the things that RPGs are criticized for ("boring, turn-based battles" --I'm quoting nobody), and also allows you to play with FOUR total people. Dude, and RPG you can play WITH your friends/family? Thats pretty darn cool. Throw in the fact that you can use your GC memory card for a little boost in the Wii sequel? Man.

No Metroid Prime, really?

10.Super Mario Sunshine
9. Luigi's Mansion
8. TimeSplitters 2
7. Beyond Good & Evil
6. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
5. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2. Resident Evil 4
1. Metroid Prime

10.Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door
9. Animal Crossing
8. F-Zero GX
7. Beyond Good & Evil
6. Resident Evil 4
5. Metroid Prime
4. Super Mario Sunshine
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee
2. Pikmin 2
1. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Honorable mentions: Chibi-Robo and Super Monkey Ball 2

10)
When this game came out, my brother, cousin and sister bought a GBA so we could play this game. 4-player co-op. It was madness! We obtained the Legendary THEN the ultima weapons. So many hours invested in this game, so many great moments such as performing level 4 magic, kicking supreme butt in boss battles and cooperating in order to get the highest amount of points possible. We only restarted when the bonus for one of the players was "Don't hit any enemies" F-THAT!
9)
Another GREAT multiplayer game. 4 players split screen, check! 2 players co-op check! Gamecube missing online, but that didn't matter for us. The game is still great and we spent hours playing together as to beat the AI on the hardest settings. This felt like Conker-s Bad Fur day for the N64
8)
Insane, Insane, Insane!! I CANNOT beat this game again. I just cant.
7)
My roommate and I used to play this game for many hours. Loser usually bought lunch during the weekends.
6)
My first Harvest Moon experience. Loved it even though this is not the strongest entry in the series
5)
I replayed this game many many times. And it saddens me that graphically it stands up there with the best of what the Wii offers today.
4)
No explanation needed
3)
The immersion in this game is unbelievable. Play it with your sanity meter low for extra kicks. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MARBLES.
2)
The sequel may be better, yet I never played it. Baten Kaitos was for me a very original RPG full of twists (At the time, lol) and incredible backgrounds. I should replay it some time
1)
This game is stunning in design and atmosphere. I just want to explore and appreciate everything it offers. I am a sucker for natural environments so Tallon IV completely owned me with the rich environments and vegetation. The planet FELT alive even though it was dying. No other game has been able to replicate that feeling of me wanting to be there and just SMELL the environment. Loved it

Gonna' cheat and squeeze in a few extra...

10). Super Mario Sunshine - it's Mario, and it was hella fun.
9). Time Splitters 2 - multiplayer was great and the single player campaign was fun/challenging... just wish there was jumping.
8). Soul Calibur 2 - a great fighter, and it was logical to go with the version that had Link.
7). Splinter Cell 1 and 2 and Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes (I just kinda' lump 'em together, though I prefer SC over MG's nonsense)
6). Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - got them at the same time, very different, but both very fun.
5). F-Zero GX - totally addicting... it was so disappointing that none of my friends ever got into this game!!
4). Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - it's a good Zelda game, and it had so much charm... just wish sailing wasn't crappy.
3). Eternal Darkness - enjoyed the puzzles and magic system a lot... the plot was cool and I liked the delivery.
2). Metroid Prime 1 and 2 - these games are fantastic.
1). Super Smash Bros. Melee - I received the "you got your money's worth" award in 2005... I played this game A LOT... I won a small tourney in Tampa, FL using Mewtwo... I had dreams!!

In no particular order, except for the first few....

Edit: To explain why..

Metroid Prime - A great example of Retro's ability to design a world. I was shocked when I played it. Typically in Metroid, you went through hallways and shafts and corridors and whatever...but here, you were running through ruins, labs, amories, etc. The world truly was the star in this game, and that's what I think makes a great Metroid game, for me.

Super Smash Bros. Melee - Need I explain? Hundreds of hours. It probably bonded my roommate and I in a way we probably wouldn't have. Just so many great memories.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - I was kind of put off by this game at first. It was so short! But then I wound up playing it again...and then again...and then again...The pacing is wonderful, and doesn't really rely on a lot of archaic means of telling a story.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader

Metroid Prime 2 - Does it exemplify everything I like about Metroid? Not really. Is it still amazing? Yes. While the end is a bit of a chore, the rest of the game is still really amazingly designed. I thought they did a great job with making each area feel unique, without simply relying on cliche staples (the fire area, the ice area, the forest area, etc....this is actually a place I think Other M kind of dropped the ball with).

Timesplitters 2 - Me, three friends, and a level 1 Gargoyle, vs. a horde of tough zombies. Capture the Bag. Ice Station. Hours of fun.

Resident Evil 4 - I'm not as big a fan of this game as some people, but it's still pretty awesome. The beginning of the game alone is cemented as one of the best moments in any game ever. I thought the game kind of petered out as it went on, but it was still really well designed.

Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - This game has really grown on me over the years. I'm glad that I have a could GBAs and link cables now, in the event that I can expose other people to the game. Sometimes, you want to play Zelda, but you don't want to have to play through a 20 hour game...just fire up FSA, play a level or two, and turn the game off. A great, quick Zelda fix.

Super Monkey Ball 2 - Though honestly, I'd just want to change this to "Monkey Target 2." Listen, Monkey Target 2 is one of the greatest multiplayer modes in any game, ever. It is so addicting and competitive. I kind of want Sega to just nix the regular Monkey Ball crap and make a full on Monkey Target game.

Viewtiful Joe - I was kind of running out of games to put on the list, but VJ came to mind first in terms of games I'd want to be on here. Just a great 2D action game. It has a lot of depth in the moves and scoring. I would love to play it through in HD at some point.

This is 11, but I also want to add Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. It's a really fun game. I don't go back to it much, just because the bongos are a little inconvenient to keep around, but I definitely played the shit out of it, getting all the highest medals. Making it through a level without even touching the ground was really satisfying.

Ok, I picked my top 12 games and I didn't put in why I choose them. Basically, they were really, really fun. And I did not put in loZ Twilight Princess cause I played that on the Wii. If that game had only came out on the Gamecube, then it would have been in the #3 slot(yea, I still would have picked Eternal Darkness over Twilight Princess, cause I liked it that much) and everything else moved up and then I would have had 13 games. And yea, I really enjoyed Double Dash and I really like Starfox Adventures alot, so sue me.


12) Mario Kart Double Dash
11)Pikmin
10)Super Monkey Ball
9)Luigi's Mansion
8)Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
7)Starfox Adventures
6)Metroid Prime
5)Super Mario Sunshine
4)LoZ Wind Waker
3)Resident Evil Remake
2)Eternal Darkness
1)Resident Evil 4

10. James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire - The cleavage jiggle in this game is what made me a man.

9. Mega Man Network Transmission - I don't remember much about this game but I got to KILL ZERO in it, so that's cool.

8. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - The title wouldn't even need to change for a porn parody! The writing would have to be classed up a little, though.

7. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - Not enough games have chariot sequences.

6. Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic has needed a new direction for a long time, and the answer was found in words like DAMN and badass enemies like the BLACK ARMS

5. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - The bad guy was a sith dinosaur. Give that a moment to sink in, then go change your pants.

4. Star Fox Adventures - Bafomdads.

3. Mega Man X: Command Mission - The plot twist where Spider was actually redipS WAS CRAZYYYYYY

2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - I would turn down sex with Olga Kurylenko to play some THPS3 as Wolverine.

1. F-Zero GX - I couldn't even beat like the third race, which means this game was just too awesome for me and therefore the BEST game on the system.

I'm yanking Wind Waker from my Top 10, and replacing it with:



Totally forgot about this game since I don't own it. I never hear ANY body mention this game, and I'm guessing that WEALTH of people never played this thing. Long (the good way), involving, and just all around awesome. Fire Emblem on Gamecube before there was Fire Emblem on Gamecube.

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@Mr_Mustache

I own that game. It's pretty good!

The GCN ruled. This was hard to narrow down from 10-6. No TP since I played it on Wii.

EDIT: Fart, I forgot the very awesome Paper Mario:TTYD.


10. Resident Evil - Scary, scary, scary. Beautiful and rather addictive and challenging.

9. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - Very clever game and had fun combat.

8. Animal Crossing - Extremely creative, loved how it was semi-"online." Many weeks were spent with this game.

7. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Really well-crafted RPG, extremely addictive, creative, and strategic.

6. Skies of Arcadia: Legends - Wonderful, lovable RPG.

5. Viewtiful Joe - Best brawler ever, totally awesome game.

4. Metroid Prime - Great update to the series, very classy.

3. Resident Evil 4 - Remarkable design still holds up today.

2. Super Smash Bros. Melee - Sunk about a zillion hours into this masterpiece.

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Delivered some of my favorite moments in gaming. Still is shockingly beautiful.

This is a cool thread, reminds me of how awesome the GCN was/is.

My faves:

1) Wind Waker

2) Metroid Prime

3) Resident Evil 4

4) Metroid Prime 2

5) Star Fox Assault (that's right, motherfucking ASSAULT bitches)

6) F-Zero GX

7) Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door

8) Pikmin

9) Mario Kart Double Dash

10) Eternal Darkness

1) Eternal Darkness
2) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
3) Super Smash Bros. Melee
4) Resident Evil 4
5) Mario Kart Double Dash!!
6) Super Mario Sunshine
7) Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
8) Animal Crossing
9) Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
10) MVP Baseball 2004

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@ChuyMastawtf is number #9?

@Zero
I think it's Timesplitters... 3? or 2?

Time splitters 3. WAY BETTER THAN TWO!

That's right! B's!

Yeah I wish I had gotten to play 3, but by the time it came out, I was in college and didn't play with the guys I normally played TS3 with.

I rented it and played the single player game. But all my friends refused to play the multiplayer because they felt TS2 was way better. I'm not a huge multiplayer guy so I didn't care that much. My favorite multiplayer game on GCN was Star Fox Assault. That game was hilarious with 4 players.

Also I'd like to add one more to me list:

Honorary mention: BATMAN BEGINS



It's not in my top 10 games but this thread got me to thinking about GCN games I really enjoyed. Anyone else play this game? It's a very well done stealth game, sorta like Splinter Cell lite, and it was absolutely gorgeous for a GCN game, even the voice acting and facial animations were top notch for it's time. It has solid gameplay and has great pacing, I had a lot of fun from start to finish. This is slightly embarrassing but I kind of even liked it better than Arkham Asylum, even though AA is obviously a vastly superior game, I just got bored of all the mundane combat.