Lookie at what I found:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=gamecube+is+for+kids
Blood GodNov 9 2003, 20:27
GameCube is a kids console. who are you kidding? Xbox is way better! Halo is one of the best games ever and when halo 2 comes out its gonna blow any chance of gamecube keeping up out of the water. common guys. my 12 year old cousin even thinks that gamecube is for kids. and hes outgrown it. hes into xbox now like a big kid
but you little kids have fun with your mario wash the world and your luigis mansion! Ill play Halo and have more fun killing people in 16 player battles then you will cleaning the world and looking for ghosts.
thats my shinny 2 cents, why dont you get mario to clean em!
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http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art649.asp
The GameCube: A Console Review
At first glance, it´s hard to take the Nintendo GameCube seriously. It´s so tiny! It´s like an oversized 6-sided die with little mini-donut-sized CDs. It´s sized well for little hands, for tucking into a bag and bringing along in the car. The size embodies all that is good and not-so-good (depending on your point of view) about this game system.
It´s clearly a gaming machine. It´s not a DVD player, it doesn´t have the cool jukebox features of the XBox. It´s not meant for college students who would appreciate all of the functionality that the XBox and PlayStation 2 offers. The prime audience of Nintendo has always been the younger kids, and that´s where this system shines. It´s easy to use, it´s small and portable. Snap on a small screen, and the kids in the back seat can play Luigi´s Mansion all the way to grandma´s house. Going to see relatives for a long, boring visit? The GameCube comes along easily, plugging in to any TV set.
I´m a HUGE Zelda fan, but in general the games on Nintendo systems are geared towards the younger set. In Pikmin you´re playing with flowers, trying to rebuild your spaceship. In Luigi´s Mansion you´re sucking up ghosts to clear out the house. These games are fantastic for my under 5 nieces and nephews, and are games that adults can play with them without fear of excessive gore and violence. Me? I´d much rather be playing Halo on the XBox, with its amazing combat graphics and AI of your teammates, or be caught up in Final Fantasy X. As much as I have fun with the GameCube, it´s not what I turn on at the end of the day for my own fun.
Yes, there will be more adult games coming out for the GameCube in the future, but that´s not where its strength lies. No game system is *meant* to be everything for everyone. The GameCube is truly excellent for the younger set, and it shines in that area. That is where the designers concentrate, and it shows.
We have all three (Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2) and the GameCube is always what the kids go running for. They play it for hours without any boredom. But for the adults, the games on the XBox and PlayStation 2 are far more enthralling. It all depends what you, personally, are looking for in a gaming system.
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http://www.gamespot.com/features/giftguide2004/product_list.html?platform=gc&genre=7
Recommended GameCube Suitable for Kids Games
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http://www.nbrid.net/article/43/
The problem say a number of anti-underage drinking organizations is that Nintendo and it's purple GameCube are targeted at younger kids. To see one along side a bottle of beer clearly is an attempt by Heineken to subvert federal laws and market to the teenage crowd, or even younger. "I don't know how Nintendo approved such an ad," said Amanda Morris of M.A.D.D. "In the past 'Nintendo' and 'Family Entertainment' have always gone hand-in-hand. This changes everything."
Kids everywhere play Pokemon on their Nintendo GameBoy's or Mario on their Nintendo 64's. Families feel safe with the Nintendo brand name knowing the games they buy won't have the same prat falls as highly controversial games like last year's Grand Theft Auto 3 (Game of the Year on PS2). As such Nintendo has been synonymous with the phrase "kid-friendly". Therefore, these groups claim, kids who read the ad could be lead to believe that beer is just as "kid-friendly". Giving Heineken an edge in the untapped 8-16 age group.
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http://www.forbes.com/2001/04/02/0402nintendo.html
Nintendo's Game May Be Over
Marcella Bernhard, Forbes.com, 04.02.01, 4:25 PM ET
NEW YORK - Kids may love Zelda and Mario, but that won't be enough to keep Nintendo out of last place in a three-way battle to dominate the $6.5 billion videogame market. Though Nintendo is sure to remain the videogame maker of choice for the elementary school set, Microsoft and Sony will split the spoils from the growing--and more lucrative--population of adult gamers.
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http://www.gamerslogik.com/column.php?ColID=11
The Gamecube's True Audience
The first attack anyone makes on Nintendo is that their systems are aimed at children. Nintendo doesn't do much to dissuade this type of thinking; they billed their last system, the N64, as the Fun Machine. But I think Nintendo had a different target audience in mind when they designed the Gamecube. I think they were attempting to tap into the elusive female consumer base, something that no system has been able to successfully do.
Why women? They're the biggest untapped income controlling audience. While Sony and Microsoft stumble over themselves trying to capture the male 18-30 demographic, Nintendo has an easy opportunity to grab this source of cash. Nintendo seems like it's after the younger audience, but there's a big problem with that. The marketing strategy of targeting kids has been popular since the Nazis made Hitler Youth and Ronald McDonald refined it with McDonalds. But there is a substantial hole in this thinking. Kids have no money. They have to rely on begging their parents to get them what they want. So Nintendo does the smart thing and targets moms and young women who will eventually become moms.
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