Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
Color: Platinum
EAN: 0045496940393
Edition: Console
Item Dimensions: 550975540975
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: 45496940393
Modem Description: None
MPN: 45496940393
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Studio: Nintendo

Features:

• GameCube Platinum
• NINTENDO

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Accessories:

• Gamecube Gamesaves
• Play
• Tips & Tricks Magazine

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The Nintendo GameCube system is loaded with innovative features. From its fast loading, high capacity optical disk to its four controller ports, Nintendo GameCube was made to provide you with the most entertaining gaming experience possible.One look at the Nintendo GameCube hardware and you know it's different. The compact shape is not only practical - the unique design is symbolic of Nintendo's commitment to focus on creating the world's most original and innovative video games.Nintendo GameCube is focused on fun. With a game library of hundreds of titles in all possible genres, powerful technical specs, and a cast of exclusive characters unrivaled by any other system, players in search of a great gaming experience need look no farther.

Amazon.com Review:
Though it looks like a toy, don't be fooled: the Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console that rightly deserves its place among the other next-generation game systems. In fact, its playful, appealing design and small size (the unit is a not-quite-cubed 6 inches) aren't the only features that set it apart from the others.

For starters, Nintendo has quite clearly made this a game-only machine. It doesn't try to play your CD collection, run your movies, read your e-mail, or store your MP3 files. The company has concentrated its efforts on games. All the prelaunch titles we've seen play smoothly, with bright, fast graphics and great sound. Nintendo says its engineers have removed traditional bottlenecks that have, in the past, slowed down processing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels. In English: the GameCube is optimized to push speed up while pushing costs down; hence its position at the lower end of the price spectrum.

The GameCube is the first Nintendo video game system to use a disc-based medium rather than cartridges for its games. Moving the software to disc media generally means lower development costs for the publishers, which, in turn, trickles down to the consumer not only in price, but also in availability and quality, as it's then easier to try out untested game ideas (Pikmin, anyone?). While most other systems likewise have their games stored on discs, the GameCube's 3-inch format is smaller than everyone else's, and is so designed to fit in a shirt pocket as much as to deter would-be software pirates.

Of course, the main advantage of the GameCube is that it's the home field of one of the world's premier game designers: Nintendo. While powerhouses Electronic Arts and Sega make games for all systems (including this one), you can play Nintendo games only on a Nintendo system. And Nintendo, you might recall, has been hitting them out of the park since it started with Donkey Kong. In fact, here's a roll call of characters and series you won't find on the other consoles: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Perfect Dark, Metroid, Kirby, and, of course, Pokémon. A few names that the GameCube will share with the other guys: Madden, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Batman, and Star Wars.

The system also comes with four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games--it's even got a built-in handle so you can easily move it to a friend's house. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming.

In short, the GameCube isn't an all-in-one entertainment system, and neither is it the most powerful of the modern video game consoles. But for video game enthusiasts who want to stick with their favorite characters, its value cannot be beat. --Porter B. Hall

Unit Specifications

• MPU (Microprocessor Unit): 485 MHz custom IBM PowerPC Gekko
• Graphics Processor: 162 MHz custom ATI/Nintendo Flipper
• Texture-Read Bandwidth: 10.4 GB per second (peak)
• Main Memory Bandwidth: 2.6 GB per second (peak)
• Pixel Depth: 24-bit color, 24-bit Z buffer
• Sound Processor: 81 MHz custom Macronix 16-bit DSP
• Sound Performance: 64 simultaneous channels, ADPCM encoding
• Polygon Performance: 6 to 12 million polygons per second (peak)
• System Memory: 40 MB
• Main Memory: 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM
• Disc Drive: 128 ms CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) system
• Data Transfer Speed: 16 Mbps to 25 Mbps
• Media: 3-inch, 1.5 GB capacity disc
• Controller Ports: Four
• Memory Card Slots: Two
• Audio-Video Output: Analog and digital
• Dimensions: 4.3 by 5.9 by 6.3 inches (height by width by depth)

Rating: - Nintendo Gamecube will always be my favorite console!
I absolutely love this console. It's cute size and shape make it fun for kids, and adults. The graphics aren't bad, and it's a great price. They are kind of hard to find now, if you look in the game stores, but thankfully, you can buy them on Amazon.com. Nintendo never fails to satisfy the gamer world with their gaming consoles. I recommend this console to everyone I know.

(The reviewer was compensated for posting this review. However, the opinion stated in the review is that of the ... Read More

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Rating: - The gamecube is really fun
I have a xbox360, but I just got a gamecube because I really missed the Nintendo fun ,but I didn't want to shell out 200 bucks for the wii. The gamecube is great because you can get a used one for about 20$ and you can play the newest Zelda and there are a lot gamecube versions of wii games. Even though the graphics are quite as good as the Xbox360 it is better than the playstation 2 by far. So If you just want to play Zelda and Metriod get this and save some money."(The reviewer was compensated ... Read More

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Rating: - great purchase
My kids love this game console and would play it all day if I would let them.

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Rating: - Gamecube console
The graphics are excellent and several fun games are available for this system. Controllers are easy to use and the price is not outrageous. Requires memory card to save.I have no complaints about this system.

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Rating: - My kids love it.
They love this console, my kids are 6 and 8 years old.

It's a cheap and fun console.

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