Happy 24th anniversary, Nintendo GameCube

[CyberCubed]

They should all be there. Only games I don't think will be there is the bongo DK konga games since playing them with a normal controller would be bad.

Also they'll probably hold off on Metroid Prime and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door since those got remakes.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

They should all be there. Only games I don't think will be there is the bongo DK konga games since playing them with a normal controller would be bad.

Also they'll probably hold off on Metroid Prime and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door since those got remakes.

I agree about that.

Anyway, Nintendo is illogical at times. They haven't added any of the mainline Pokémon games to the NSO. No RBY; no Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald; no Gold, Silver or Crystal... the only Pokémon games that Nintendo adds to NSO apps are spin-off titles, for some reason.

Also, why no Diddy Kong Racing or Donkey Kong 64 on the N64 app, still?! They added both Banjo games and GOLDENEYE. Surely there's nothing major stopping them from adding games or IPs they own?! And why not ask Rare to let them add Perfect Dark as well? If Goldeneye is possibly, then any N64 game by Rare should be, surely?

[CyberCubed]

Well those Rare games are coming, they were leaked.

Pokemon games would never be there, simply because they're not compatible with current gens.

[sdp]

they're very protective of mainline pokemon games. We are going to get them eventually but it might not be NSO, perhaps they make them as a collection or individual games you buy at a premium price.

Originally Posted by Prowler

What makes you think ED did not age well? I know you said "graphics and controls", but could you be more specific?

The thing is, many of the things were new and unique at the time and are now common place and have been done better by other games. So what might seem something every game has at one point only ED had done it and it felt special since it was the first time you had done it.

Graphics as I mentioned at the time they felt good and realistic and well now look like PS2 era graphics, controls aren't as tight as you'd expect them from modern games. Story aspects have been done by other games since. The insanity aspect if it's already been spoiled to you it won't feel as unique. Also the insanity meter things took into consideration you were playing on a fat CRT TV, so when you're playing it on a modern HD TV, it clearly feels like it's part of the game since it's rather obvious instead of ****ing with your head. But give it a shot, it's still a cult classic for a reason.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Well those Rare games are coming, they were leaked.

Pokemon games would never be there, simply because they're not compatible with current gens.

Oh were they? What about Star Fox Adventures on the GameCube?

You're right, but that didn't stop them from putting the Gen I and Gen II games on the 3DS' virtual console in several different languages, to boot.

Originally Posted by sdp

they're very protective of mainline pokemon games. We are going to get them eventually but it might not be NSO, perhaps they make them as a collection or individual games you buy at a premium price.


The thing is, many of the things were new and unique at the time and are now common place and have been done better by other games. So what might seem something every game has at one point only ED had done it and it felt special since it was the first time you had done it.

Graphics as I mentioned at the time they felt good and realistic and well now look like PS2 era graphics, controls aren't as tight as you'd expect them from modern games. Story aspects have been done by other games since. The insanity aspect if it's already been spoiled to you it won't feel as unique. Also the insanity meter things took into consideration you were playing on a fat CRT TV, so when you're playing it on a modern HD TV, it clearly feels like it's part of the game since it's rather obvious instead of ****ing with your head. But give it a shot, it's still a cult classic for a reason.

Protective in what sense?

As for Eternal Darkness... I don't play horror games in general. The only one I've played was Resident Evil's Remake on the Switch during the pandemic in 2020. And that game is from around the same time Eternal Darkness came out. So it's not like I had any modern day horror games to compare it to.

Yes, ED is definitely a game I want to give a shot one day.

[CyberCubed]

Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing and Smash Bros. 64 were all leaked when Nintendo put out that blurred N64 games which had all the boxart shown, that's how people knew Rayman 2 and Forsaken 64 were added. So far only Conker's Bad Fur Day is not confirmed. All the others people figured them out through the blurred boxart comparing them.

We don't know about more Gamecube games yet, we still have to get Sunshine and the two Pokemon games through the initial announcement. We've been getting roughly 1 Gamecube game a month so we'll get there.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing and Smash Bros. 64 were all leaked when Nintendo put out that blurred N64 games which had all the boxart shown, that's how people knew Rayman 2 and Forsaken 64 were added. So far only Conker's Bad Fur Day is not confirmed. All the others people figured them out through the blurred boxart comparing them.

We don't know about more Gamecube games yet, we still have to get Sunshine and the two Pokemon games through the initial announcement. We've been getting roughly 1 Gamecube game a month so we'll get there.

I didn't mention Conker anywhere. What about Perfect Dark? Was it blurred too? Also, let's not forget Blast Corps and Killer Instinct made it as well. And again, if Goldeneye can make it, so can any Rare game. So yeah, DKR and DK64 will be there eventually, I'm sure. Probably Conker and PD as well...

[CyberCubed]

Perfect Dark has been added already. M rated N64 games are on a separate app.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Perfect Dark has been added already. M rated N64 games are on a separate app.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/pr...assics-switch/

I didn't see it here. My NSO sub has run out a year ago and I'm yet to renew it. Goldeneye was in the same exact app as the other N64 games. So what separated app are you talking about??

[sdp]

It's this app that has M rated N64 games
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/pr...7-plus-switch/

Perfect Dark got added like a year ago or more, last game added was Shadowman. It also has Turok 1 & 2 now that I think about it since we were talking about those earlier, though it's the old N64 versions and not the remasters obviously.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by sdp

It's this app that has M rated N64 games
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/pr...7-plus-switch/

Perfect Dark got added like a year ago or more, last game added was Shadowman. It also has Turok 1 & 2 now that I think about it since we were talking about those earlier, though it's the old N64 versions and not the remasters obviously.

Again, I very well remember seeing GoldenEye on the regular N64 app. That's a mature rated game too, is it not? How come it doesn't seem to be on this "Mature" app like Perfect Dark and the Turok games are? It has blood and you shoot people to death in it. Is PD more violent than Goldeneye or something? And does it have coarse language?

[sdp]

Goldeneye was always rated T for teen so it came out on the regular app. Perfect Dark had more violence hence M rating.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by sdp

Goldeneye was always rated T for teen so it came out on the regular app. Perfect Dark had more violence hence M rating.

Ah ok. I didn't know that. Makes sense.

I've never gotten that far in Turok, but I honestly don't remember finding it more violent than GoldenEye. It had blood, sure, but killing monster and dinosaur enemies surely is less controversial than killing human enemies.

I don't think the ratings of PD, Turok and KI are "wrong", per se. More like, I don't understand why GoldenEye's rating was Teen in the US. It was rated PEGI 16 here in Europe, for example... Teen is more like 12 and above, no?

[CyberCubed]

N64 had some M rated games so Nintendo is trying to protect the kiddes by putting it in a separate app. The funny thing is there probably won't be that many M rated N64 games to begin with, so they'll probably be less than 10 games there overall by the time its done.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

N64 had some M rated games so Nintendo is trying to protect the kiddes by putting it in a separate app. The funny thing is there probably won't be that many M rated N64 games to begin with, so they'll probably be less than 10 games there overall by the time its done.

The funny thing is that the only people who would remotely want to play a N64 game in 2026 are people who used to play N64 games when they were a kid. i.e., people in their 30s and 40s now. So who are they protecting, exactly?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The funny thing is that the only people who would remotely want to play a N64 game in 2026 are people who used to play N64 games when they were a kid. i.e., people in their 30s and 40s now. So who are they protecting, exactly?

This, honestly.

Look, as cool and important as the N64 was back in the day... I wouldn't really recommend playing it in 2026 to anyone who was either a baby or not born at the time it was the latest console. You wanna play the best N64 games? Play the remakes on the Nintendo DS, 3DS and the Xbox 360 instead, if you have any of those consoles. If you don't or don't want to/can afford getting them, then just sail the high seas, I guess.

Ditto for the Sega Saturn and the PS1 in general, imo. Most of those games have not aged that well for obvious reasons.

[IMJ]

It's very interesting how people hold the Gamecube in some level of reverence nowadays but that seems to be a completely missing foundation from the Wii.

I have some "Wii experience" and basically zero Gamecube experience, and the last Nintendo system I personally owned was an N64. I sort of look at the Wii as a novelty toy rather than a "gaming system".

[CyberCubed]

The most popular Wii games are remastered on other systems.

Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 are on Switch.

Zelda Skyward Sword is on Switch.

Donkey Kong Country Returns is on Switch

Metroid Prime 3 is missing, but it and 2 should get remastered eventually.

Most of the tracks from Mario Kart Wii were remade in either 8 or World

Xenoblade 1 has a remake on Switch.

Kirby Return to Dreamland is on Switch


The only Wii exclusive games are Super Paper Mario, Metroid Other M, Punchout Wii, Wario Land Shake It, and a few minor games. Even Smash Bros. Brawl is rather obsolete these days.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

N64 had some M rated games so Nintendo is trying to protect the kiddes by putting it in a separate app. The funny thing is there probably won't be that many M rated N64 games to begin with, so they'll probably be less than 10 games there overall by the time its done.

It has more to do that the app needs to be rated by the ESRB, so if they want to include an M rated game it would make the whole app be rated M. So yeah, Nintendo wants people to be able to play Mario 64, Pokemon Snap and other games without having ot be 17+.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The funny thing is that the only people who would remotely want to play a N64 game in 2026 are people who used to play N64 games when they were a kid. i.e., people in their 30s and 40s now. So who are they protecting, exactly?

You underestimate how much Gen Z enjoy retro gaming, youtubers and tiktokers have made them big fans of how "the old games were good" since they grew up watching Millenials playing games SNES/N64/Gamecube games on twitch and youtube.
You can usually tell they are Gen Z when they ask retarded questions online about a game that anyone growing up in that era would know.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by sdp

You underestimate how much Gen Z enjoy retro gaming, youtubers and tiktokers have made them big fans of how "the old games were good" since they grew up watching Millenials playing games SNES/N64/Gamecube games on twitch and youtube.
You can usually tell they are Gen Z when they ask retarded questions online about a game that anyone growing up in that era would know.

I could see a kid today being like, "What was all the fuss with Goldeneye, anyway?" and idly trying it out. But I can't imagine much else.