Nintendo: GameCube Console, Available on Amazon

Product Features
Color: Platinum | Edition: Console

• The 485MHz processor makes loading & starting the games faster than ever -- no more long load times
• The processor creates 6 to 12 million ploygons per second -- no more slowdowns in the middle of the game
• Supports instructions for incredible effects -- your games will be brighter, faster, and more dramatic
• External bandwidth of 3.2GB/sec, for really fast gameplay
• It also includes 64 sound channels -- you'll feel like you're in the game, with the top-quality audio.

Product Description

The GameCube is unlike any video game system you've ever seen before! It's power and gaming capabilities will shock you! 40MB of onboard memory means bigger game worlds, bigger enemies, and bigger battles can be stored Store your games on memory cards and load them instantly Analog AV output Includes special controller that connects through analog, digital or compnent video ports Color - Platinum.

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)

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Customer Reviews

Color: Platinum | Edition: Console

967 Reviews 5 star:  (617) 4 star:  (243) 3 star:  (35) 2 star:  (23) 1 star:  (49)           Average Customer Review 4.4 out of 5 stars (967 customer reviews)		Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 37 of 38 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Now it's worth 5 stars...., November 14, 2002 By  Low-Ranking Reviewer "tell it like it is" (US of A) - See all my reviews This review is from: Gamecube Console Platinum (Video Game) I bought my Gamecube a year ago, they were all out of the black ones so I had to settle for indigo. Anyway, this new color is arguably the best and makes the GC look a little more sophisticated and cooler. But that's just on the surface and rather superficial. I'm not writing this to convince you to get a GC based on a color, but rather what the machine has going for it.Last year, I would've rated the GC only 4 stars at best due to the lack of great games and no built-in cd/dvd player to tide me over till the great games came along. But this year, with all the games available and coming up, to use a game machine for anything other than playing great games is ludicrous. Seriously, if you bought a next-generation game machine to mainly play your music cd's or watch a movie, you basically bought the wrong machine to play games with didn't you? But I'm not here to put down the PS2 or X-Box, just to point out why you'll be too busy playing games to worry about anything else. Here's why it's essential you pick up a Gamecube this year if you didn't last year: * There are more games available this holiday season than last, from ports(Tony Hawk, Madden, X-Men, college sports games, etc) to exclusives, the GC will have most of your needs. * Nintendo carries on the tradition of fun multiplayer games: Godzilla's Destroy All Monsters Melee, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Mario Party 4, Bomberman, etc, not to mention upcoming ones like Mario Kart for GC(you know you want it) * Powerhouse exclusives like the Zelda, Metroid, Resident Evil franchises not to mention certain specific Star Wars and Sonic games. * Bigger emphasis on more 'mature' oriented games like Eternal Darkness, Biohazard, Killer 7, etc. * recent announcement by Capcom that they have 5 exclusive games that seem to be more mature-oriented for the GC(check their web-site out for proof) * Online rpg's like Sega's PSO(although on-line games are still rare and new to the GC, it is possible), excellent fighters like Soul Calibur 2, racers like 1080 and F-Zero X(Sega's doing this one!), and while Rare says goodbye Namco will take over and make the next Star Fox game, a new Final Fantasy-esque game from Square for GC, plus popular ports of games once thought exclusive to other systems like Capcom vs SNK 2, Medal of Honor, Baldur's Gate, Wreckless, Splinter Cell, Dead to Rights, Blood Omen 2, Red Faction 2, etc. * The GC has the first major wireless controller(the wavebird) available for any system and works perfectly. * Certain GC games can be connected to or interact with certain games on your GB Advance(i don't own a GBA so i haven't even enjoyed this aspect yet) * Also, I've noticed the fan-noise is a little quieter on the GC and the load times are a little shorter on the games(on average, generally speaking). Plus, the durability of a Nintendo built product(one year with my GC, no problems yet; and I'm sure a few of you still have working NES's and Super NES's to back up my claim of Nintendo-made durability). * recent announcement of a Gameboy adaptor that allows you to play thousands of Gameboy/color/advance games on your GC!! In closing, if you thought the GC was just a toy, or just for kids, think again. Some great games are here, and some even better ones are around the corner. To be honest, I'm very pleased to see Nintendo trying harder to build up their game library(already more varied than the N64's imo) and working hard with some major companies to get some quality games(Capcom's 5-game deal, Sega's ports of their major franchises, joint effort with Namco on Star Fox, ports of rpg's and fighting games--both genres of which suffered on the N64, and the return of Squaresoft incl. an exclusive rpg). But I bought the GC mainly for their world-class exclusives that only GC owners can play. If you can go one-generation in the gaming world without revisiting Link and Hyrule, holding those hours-long multiplayer sessions of Mario Kart or SSB Melee, or finally getting your hands on the new adventure in Metroid Prime...then you have much more restraint than me. But if you want pure gaming addiction, memories, and fun, do yourself a favor and pick up a great system, at a great price, for great gaming value.

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Mario Kart: Double Dash, Available on Amazon

Product Features

• Choose two of your favorite Mario characters and hit the strip - Mario, Waluigi, Peach, Bowser, Wario, and many more
• Compete in two-seater racing karts, and choose a team to drive -- one handles the wheel, the other hands out damage to competing karts
• Race through wild courses as you compete in tough circuits and duke it out with power-ups in battle arenas
• Go into a racing frenzy in super-fast four-player action -- or link up to broadband for 8-person multiplayer action!
• Supports Logitech steering wheel controllers, for better control and gameplay.

Game this one was never cracked everlasting, although many other games more modern, still this game can still compete and have millions of loyal fans. Is a game of super mario bros are still drugged loyal fans, although the game is quite old game but still worthy to be enjoyed. When I was a child or exactly 20 years ago, the first time I know the figure of mario brothers is through television, with time there are friends who show mario brothers figure in another form, he invited me to play games on Nintendo's and games played was super mario bros, it would be fun and enjoyed it first time.

Until this moment super mario games still in demand, even with a lot of development on the side of his character and the game technology. So no one if the game was confirmed as Super Mario game of all time. All ages can still enjoy this game no matter the emergence of the games are more modern and high tech.

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Product Description


Mario Kart: Double Dash! lets you double up with your favorite Nintendo mascots for fast and hard kart racing.

Customer Reviews

351 Reviews 5 star:  (210) 4 star:  (108) 3 star:  (19) 2 star:  (7) 1 star:  (7)           Average Customer Review 4.4 out of 5 stars (351 customer reviews)		Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 96 of 110 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for the whole family...and probably the kids too!, January 18, 2005 By  D. COLLIER "Doug Collier" (Brownwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  This review is from: Mario Kart: Double Dash (Video Game) My brother received a Gamecube (it came with this game only) for Christmas. He's in his thirties. I'm almost in my thirties. And I'm the youngest. There were six adults at our family get-together this past Christmas. There were no children. But all of us got the biggest kick out of this game. I don't even usually like racing games, and I loved it! I almost never play console games (only computer games), and I couldn't get enough of it. This game is easy enough that anyone can enjoy it and still presents enough difficulties not to make it boring. That is a balance which very few games ever achieve. If you own a Gamecube, this is definitely for you. If you don't own a Gamecube, this game could potentially make you want to purchase one.

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Super Mario Sunshine, Available on Amazon

Product Features

• Play as Mario and use your water cannon to clean the graffiti and fight back against angry villagers
• Climb walls, run across rooftops, and jump like never before as you wash off the scribbles on walls, floors and even the ground
• Explore the massive island setting, completing tasks, and getting clues
• Collect the gold coins and new Sunshine Coins to finish the level and build up the points you need to unlock new levels
• Then get to the bottom of the mystery and find out who's been impersonating Mario!

A game this one was never cracked everlasting, although many other games more modern, still this game can still compete and have millions of loyal fans. Is a game of Super Mario Bros are still drugged loyal fans, although the game is quite old game but still worthy to be enjoyed. When I was a child or exactly 20 years ago, the first time I know the figure of Mario Brothers is through television, with time there are friends who show Mario Brothers figure in another form, he invited me to play games on Nintendo's and games played was Super Mario Bros, it would be fun and enjoyed it first time.

Until this moment Super Mario games still in demand, even with a lot of development on the side of his character and the game technology. So no one if the game was confirmed as Super Mario game of all time. All ages can still enjoy this game no matter the emergence of the games are more modern and high tech.

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Six years. Six long years we’ve had to wait for a new Mario game, and finally it’s here. And even considering the ridiculously unfair expectations, Super Mario Sunshine is almost entirely as good as you’d hope and expect.

The premise of the game is that Mario’s tropical holiday is ruined when he’s stitched up by an evil look-alike for daubing graffiti all over the island. Rather conveniently, there’s a water pump waiting for him to use, which not only washes away the mess but also doubles as a handy jet pack. The jet pack aspect means that whenever you fall off something you have the chance to immediately recover. This built-in safety net means the game can afford to be far more ambitious in its level design than ever before, with massive levels filled with trampolines, tightropes, water-powered windmills, huge coral reefs, and mountains and mountains of platforms.

The whole thing looks amazing, too, with the most realistic water ever seen in a video game, and a near-infinite draw distance. On top of all this are rideable, fruit-juice-spewing Yoshis, extra water nozzles, super-hardcore platform levels where Shadow Mario nicks your jet pack, and goop-generating bosses who seem to live to make Princess Peach’s laundry a nightmare.

After the sweet but rather short pleasures of Luigi’s Mansion and Pikmin, you need have no fear that Mario Sunshine is of a similarly brief nature. There are a total of 120 shines to collect--the same number of stars as in Super Mario 64--and the game world is at least as large and far more interactive. This is without question the best game on the GameCube yet. That may be no more than you'd expect from a Mario game, but it's certainly more than most of us mere mortals deserve. --David Jenkins

Customer Reviews

642 Reviews 5 star:  (345) 4 star:  (173) 3 star:  (69) 2 star:  (28) 1 star:  (27) Average Customer Review 4.2 out of 5 stars (642 customer reviews)		Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 135 of 143 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Too Good to be True, September 6, 2002 By  niftyspam "J Money" (USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game) Wow, after getting this game when it came out and playing it for two weeks, I am still amazed by it. Nintendo has once again delivered a huge hit that will be enjoyed by fans for a long time. Let's get to the basics.Story- What's this? The princess being saved ISN'T the main part of the story? Well, she does get kidnapped a few times(I guess it was unavoidable...) but the game offers a fresh plot. Mario tries to have a relaxing vacation, but before he even arrives, Shadow Mario, his archenemy, as been wreaking havoc on Isle Delfino, where Mario plans to relax. Unfortunately, the town artist's drawing of Shadow Mario is in black and white, so all the people think Mario is guilty. His punishment is to clean up the town, and with that, his good name. Graphics- While not the best on the GameCube, these are very nice graphics that remind me of the days of Super Mario 64 on the N64. There are some nice touches, too, that add to the gameplay, such as enemies exploding or Piantas(residents of the island) celebrating when you free them from Shadow Mario's paint. Very few, if any, graphical flaws make this one beautiful game to look at. 9/10 Control- The controls are very easy to learn and very hard to forget. Once you get down jumping much of the controls are already learned, and the rest of them are really simple, too. The one bad part is the camera, which you have to manually control, making it difficult in some areas, but that's not too much of a problem in most cases. 9/10 Gameplay- Finding all 120 Shine Sprites or those few coins, whatever your task may be, Super Mario Sunshine is a blast to play. You could be surfing on Bloopers or hanging from fences, even riding a roller coaster while destroying a mechanical Bowser(did it come back from Paper Mario?) and all the while you'll be having fun, which is what the game is all about. 10/10 Satisfaction- This game is definitely worth the money for it. Best of all, all of these intricate worlds and characters only take up 7 blocks of memory on your memory card, making it very easy to save. You will not regret purchasing this game, in fact, I've even seen some people get GameCubes simply to own this game. 9.5/10 Sound- The familiar sounds and grunts, along with some cutscenes with full voice features of Mario, the Princess, and any other characters around at the time. The music isn't obtrusive and is familiar of a Mario game. 8.75/10 Overall- This is what Luigi's Mansion was shooting for. They got everything right that was wrong before. The one thing that may discourage players is the aforementioned camera, but in the long run, the tasks are fun enough that even if the camera causes you to fall, you'll just want to climb back up again. Super Mario Sunshine, while reminiscient of the Super Mario 64 game, is a whole new adventure that's loads of fun to play and well worth the time to complete it. Have fun(which you will with this game) and happy gaming. 9.75/10

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