Nintendo fans have been shocked to realise the GameCube is now 20 years old. We'll soon be in the same boat with the original Xbox's birthday fast approaching this November! To celebrate the milestone, fans have been sharing their favourite GC titles, including head of Xbox Phil Spencer, who revealed his fondness for Eternal Darkness.
The Twitter Gaming account asked the community to drop their favourite Nintendo GameCube title in the comments. Spencer was straight in there, revealing he's a man of taste with the fantastic Eternal Darkness. It's wonderful to see him go outside of the norm and come in with a completely unique title.
Eternal Darkness has become loved by fans over the years and remains exclusive to the system to this day. Many praised its sanity effects, which utilised the system in pretty unique ways to startle the player.
In a thread that seems to consist of a lot of Super Smash Bros. Melee, it's refreshing to see a more niche title amongst the selection from the head honcho at Xbox. Now, if only we could see Eternal Darkness reimagined...
What's your favourite Nintendo GameCube title? Let us know in the comments below.
[source nintendolife.com, via twitter.com]
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Mine is a bit boring with the Resident Evil 1 Remake.
I remember being blown away with the graphics at the time and loved the original on PS1.
Also a big fan of MGS: The Twin Snakes on GameCube.
Soul Caliber II, it was the reason I bought a GameCube. I put so many hours into it and unlocked everything it was. Still love that game to this day.
@Clankylad It picked up alot more third party support then the Wii and Wii U.
Eternal Darkness is definitely one of my favorite GameCube games, but I think Tales of Symphonia might be my favorite.
A man of culture.
I'm still amazed it actually got released on a Nintendo console but Killer7 takes the GameCube top spot for me, closely followed by Skies of Arcadia Legends.
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 (sadly offline only because no internet at the time). Used to play it so much for the rare weapons in ultimate. Printed sheets of drops for each section ID at the library. Loved the Central Control Area stage but was really miffed when the Plus version of the game wasn't released in the UK which added extra areas offline for the Central Control Area. Loved finding red boxes. Never found a Sealed J Sword
Re4, killer 7, Metroid prime, super Mario sunshine for me
A favourite GC game?? Impossible lol
Was always Eternal Darkness for me, blew my mind. Thought about getting 2nd hand GC just for this. Remaster please!
It's not a bad choice at all! I really liked Eternal Darkness. If I remember correctly, you could play it three times in different ways.
My favourite GameCube games must be Wave Race Blue Storm, Resident Evil and Twilight Princess (Twilight Princess HD is much better, though). Super Mario Sunshine is my favourite Mario 3D game. The Thousand-year Door is my favourite Paper Mario game (I think that everybody agrees about it). My favourite Mario Kart is Double Dash because of the physics and gameplay. Pikmin and Metroid Prime are also awesome... Star Fox Adventures! SNES, N64 and GameCube have the best Nintendo games.
My top 3 are probably Fire Emblem PoR, Paper Mario TTYD, and Eternal Darkness SR. So many great games on that system.
I had a Japanese launch Gamecube imported to the uk with Luigi's mansion, wave race and super monkey ball. I soon found out my TV was 50hz and I played them for two weeks in black and white until my PAL converter arrived. Crazy times.
@Codessa that is literally what happened for me as well 🤣 Same games, same circumstances, the lot.
I got mine from lik-sang... I got stung by import charges as well at the point of delivery. Still, great times! I've still got mine upstairs in mothballs.
Metroid prime for me. But Phil staying classy as ever and reminding everyone that enjoying games is more important than platforms.
@AhabSpampurse got mine from lik-sang too. A brother from another mother.
Good choice Phil, mine too.
(Although Super Mario Sunshine was pretty great too).
@Codessa truly bizarre. What a small world. Also, RIP mighty lik-sang... you were taken from us too soon ðŸ˜
Super Mario Sunshine was an absolute blast and Luigi’s Mansion was so unique too!
Although I played the crap out Rogue Squadron.
I have phenomenal memories playing the stupid Super Monkey Ball party games with my family too!
Definitely Skies of Arcadia Legends!!!
I owned the original on Dreamcast and loved the extras they put into Legends.
This game totally needs a remaster!!!
Q) What's your favourite Nintendo GameCube title?
A) A funny thing to be asked on an Xbox site, but for me, my favourite GameCube game is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It sits comfortably among my top 10 favourite games of all time as well.
Eternal Darkness is a game I'm aware of but never played; it is a uniquely cool choice to see from Phil Spencer.
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