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2001 - 2007
Nintendo GameCube
“Hold Z for the other startup sound.”
- Birth year
- 2001
- Shutdown year
- 2007
- Lifespan
- 6 years
- Peak era
- 2002-2005
- Company
- Nintendo
- Category
- Devices
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A Nintendo GameCube TV advert from 2001
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- bondelero19
- Added:
- March 28, 2011
- Length:
- 1:00
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What Was It?
The GameCube was Nintendo's purple box with a handle on the back. Released in Japan in September 2001 and in North America that November, it was the company's first console to use discs, small 8 cm ones that fitted its compact shape.
It competed with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and sold fewer units than either, but its controller and its games earned a lasting following: Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime and Animal Crossing among them. Accessories like the WaveBird wireless controller and the Game Boy Player kept it inventive.
Nintendo discontinued the GameCube in 2007 after the Wii, which could play its games, had launched.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Carrying the console by its handle
- The startup sound and its secret variants
- Memory cards with 59 blocks
- Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments in someone's bedroom
The Story
- 2001 The GameCube launched in Japan on September 14 and North America on November 18.
- 2002 It reached Europe on May 3.
- 2006 The Wii arrived with GameCube backward compatibility.
- 2007 Nintendo discontinued the GameCube.
How It Died
Nintendo discontinued the GameCube in February 2007, shortly after the backward-compatible Wii launched.
What Replaced It?
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