GameCube Nostalgia

I've decided to get the most nostalgia I can out of the way in this first article. It'll be present in later posts, no doubt, but today I'd like to really reflect on my lovely purple box.

Mine looked much like this, sans the memory card

In the early 2000s, I had but a few game systems. There was the Sega Pico that we got who knows when, and the Dreamcast that we got close to the end of the console's lifetime. And a PlayStation also, I think. However, we had rarely gotten new systems.

The GameCube comes out in 2001, but despite its lower price, is too expensive for us, at least initially. Eventually, they either splurged or found it cheaper, because come Christmas, I had my very own purple cube of fun. Despite not being the official launch title, my first GCN gaming experiences came from the system's main Mario game, Super Mario Sunshine.

Mine looked just like this

My first platforming ventures were not with Super Mario Bros or even Super Mario 64, but this FLUDD-assisted romp across a tropical paradise. I never beat the game 100%, as the blue coins were something else to find sometimes. Still, it was a great game and made good use of the controller.

A thing of beauty

I always liked platformers on the GameCube because of the controller. It always felt just right, when running around as Mario or rolling around as Sonic. The addiction even lasted into the Wii years, with the Mario Kart entry on that system.

Back to GCN matters, I'll close by bringing up my favorite GameCube game:

A superb game

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was one of my first experiences with the RPG genre. It wasn't too difficult and had enough unique stuff to make it its own game. Over the years, I've played through the game at least 4-5 times: the characters are silly, the plot is a little better than those of the platformers (Spoilers: Bowser didn't do the kidnapping this time!) and the different areas are quirky and fun to explore. But that's all I'll say for now - gotta save it for a full article later!

Anyway, now that my ramble-y nostalgia article is over, I look forward to full-fledged reviews and discussions of GameCube stuff in the future! Till then, "Later mans!"