Way late to the party: Gamecube
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psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Glad to see someone else who likes their Gamecube.
-If you have never played MGS before, make sure to get MGS: TTS.
-Get Tales of Symphonia if you have the time to play an RPG.
-If you enjoy Metroid prime, get Metroid prime 2
-If you enjoy racers, try F-zero GX. Its not your typical racer, buty it kicks so much ass playing it in first person driving at 1000mph
-If you can get hold of either LOZ: Master quest or Zelda: collectors edition,BUY IT
-If you enjoy mario games, then buy SMS. Ignore the haters.
-If you have never played MGS before, make sure to get MGS: TTS.
-Get Tales of Symphonia if you have the time to play an RPG.
-If you enjoy Metroid prime, get Metroid prime 2
-If you enjoy racers, try F-zero GX. Its not your typical racer, buty it kicks so much ass playing it in first person driving at 1000mph
-If you can get hold of either LOZ: Master quest or Zelda: collectors edition,BUY IT
-If you enjoy mario games, then buy SMS. Ignore the haters.
gamergirly
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Tales of Symphonia is a MUST buy if you love rpgs. Check it out 
F-Zero GX: Man, I'll never understand the love this gets. Sure, it looks great with a great sense of speed, and the controls are, for the most part, spot on...
But I can usually play for about 15 minutes before I get fed up with just randomly getting tossed off the track for no apparent reason. It's not a rare occurance to fall through walls that you should just bounce off of, or spontaneously go flying up and off the middle of the track for no apparent reason, or get bumped into by one of the AIs, and sent flying up and over the wall. It's not a rare occurance, either. I usually end up having to restart a cup something like five or six times before I finally luck out and manage to keep the random insta-deaths to a minimum and beat the cup.
Pikmin 2 is a good game, but personally, I thought the first one was better. The removal of the time limit in the second one pretty much killed any challenge to the game, and the fact that you spend the majority of your playing time in tedious random dungeons instead of the beautiful overworld areas really makes the game feel more like a chore than the first one. I've been close to the end of the game for like six months now, and it looks like all I've got left to do is three different caves, but I just can't bring myself to sit down and trudge through all that stuff.
Cubivore: Once you get used to the controls and the transformation system, it's a pretty good game, and one of the weirder ones I've played in a while.
Metroid Prime: Excellent game. It's essentially a traditional Metroid title with a first-person perspective. Haven't played Echos yet, though...
Super Mario Sunshine: By far my least favorite Mario game. There's a few too many leftover irritating elements from SM64, like getting kicked out of a level after every Star/Shine you get. There are a few good moments though, and the areas where you lose your water pack are easily the best in the game, and some good platforming in general. Well, all except for the "Chuckster" one. I managed to get my fill of it on a rental, and haven't really had the urge to pick it up again.
Ikaruga: This one's a good little shooter, with a sort of puzzle element.
But I can usually play for about 15 minutes before I get fed up with just randomly getting tossed off the track for no apparent reason. It's not a rare occurance to fall through walls that you should just bounce off of, or spontaneously go flying up and off the middle of the track for no apparent reason, or get bumped into by one of the AIs, and sent flying up and over the wall. It's not a rare occurance, either. I usually end up having to restart a cup something like five or six times before I finally luck out and manage to keep the random insta-deaths to a minimum and beat the cup.
Pikmin 2 is a good game, but personally, I thought the first one was better. The removal of the time limit in the second one pretty much killed any challenge to the game, and the fact that you spend the majority of your playing time in tedious random dungeons instead of the beautiful overworld areas really makes the game feel more like a chore than the first one. I've been close to the end of the game for like six months now, and it looks like all I've got left to do is three different caves, but I just can't bring myself to sit down and trudge through all that stuff.
Cubivore: Once you get used to the controls and the transformation system, it's a pretty good game, and one of the weirder ones I've played in a while.
Metroid Prime: Excellent game. It's essentially a traditional Metroid title with a first-person perspective. Haven't played Echos yet, though...
Super Mario Sunshine: By far my least favorite Mario game. There's a few too many leftover irritating elements from SM64, like getting kicked out of a level after every Star/Shine you get. There are a few good moments though, and the areas where you lose your water pack are easily the best in the game, and some good platforming in general. Well, all except for the "Chuckster" one. I managed to get my fill of it on a rental, and haven't really had the urge to pick it up again.
Ikaruga: This one's a good little shooter, with a sort of puzzle element.
Vlad said:
Just want to register my extreme disagreement. Pikmin 2 fixed every single one of Pikmin 1's flaws and then proceeded to add on every Godly element one could need from a sequel. And an actual decent multiplayer component to boot. And an awesomely addictive challenge mode. And a decently long single player quest. And fantastic visuals. And more intense focus. Everything about it was better. Everything.
Pikmin 1? Mediocre.
Pikmin 2? GOTY 2004.
Catchpenny
Member
I disagree with the above post about REmake, unless you've never been able to get past the old Resident Evil camera/control system. It's the best Resident Evil game other than RE4.
Resident Evil 0, on the other hand, is pretty meh. I'd skip that one unless you're a big fan of the series.
Resident Evil 0, on the other hand, is pretty meh. I'd skip that one unless you're a big fan of the series.
Dr_Cogent said:
Yeah, I'm past that. I'm in
the fifth area, and I've gotten all of the above ground treasures except for the dumbell that appears to require 100 purple pikmin. However, there's three caves left in the area that I haven't even started yet, and I really don't feel like doing it, as I found the caves to be EXTREMELY dull and repetitive.
Amir0x said:
I'm well aware that I'm in the extreme minority on this one, but overall, I gotta say that I preferred the original. The only reason that the single player mode is long is due to the fact that you spend 75% of your time carefully plodding through the dull-looking caves.
See, my favorite aspect of the original Pikmin was the task management and puzzles. Sure, they didn't get even remotely tricky until the very end of the game, but there were still some clever parts that required you to utilize the multiple colors well. The sequel has focused way too much on the combat, and while there's a really nice variety of monsters and some really excellent bosses, the caves just drag on for way too long, and it's just a big mess of fighting, which I got tired of about halfway in.
Of course, I seem to be the only person on the planet who actually liked the time limit in the first game. It gave you an actual goal to work towards, and instead of worrying about getting killed by the monsters, you had to worry more about keeping your pikmin populations up and doing things efficiently. The removal of the time limit in the sequel really killed all the challenge that the first one had, since there was really no way to "lose". Sure, you could slip up and lose a ton of Pikmin, but if they were any of the original colors, then you could easily replenish any that you lost over the next few game days with no penalty, and if you messed up and lost a bunch of whites or purples, then that meant more trudging around through the caves in search of flowers.
distantmantra
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Ristamar said:
It's part of the $20 Players Choice lineup. I'll probably snag it one of these days, and I'll get Paper Mario, Tales of Symphonia and Metroid Prime 2 once they drop in price.
Craig Majaski
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You're off to a good start. I highly suggest nabbing Animal Crossing. It's only $20 new now and it comes with its own memory card for saving (it takes up the full 59 blocks). It's highly original and different from anything else out there. If you give it a chance you'll be hooked!