Which game to buy with my gamecube? (2024)

I have searched long and hard... really pitiful I know... but I made a list of the games I think I want. Can you all please give me your opinions on the games and which one you think should be my starting game?

Animal Crossing - $29.99
Super Mario Sunshine - $27.95
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - $29.99
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - $45.90
Super Smash Bros. Melee - $27.95
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - $45.95
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life - $39.99
Tales of Symphonia - $44.90
Skies of Arcadia : Legends - $49.99
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban - $37.90
Zelda: Four Swords - $49.99
The Simpsons: Hit and Run - $39.99
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc -
Pikmin - $18.95
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - $39.88
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex - $17.82
Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet - $19.82

they are all good games so just go with your favorite type of game...
(eg rpg fighting...ect)

but i would get supersmash bros melee
and final fantsy...

skip the harry potter game unless u are really obsessed with the series...

Word of warning: Crystal Chronicles ISN'T that good. Nintendo used a cheap trick to make more money because you need at least 2 Gameboy Advances to play multiplayer. Not to mention that though the game itself may be beautiful graphic-wise, the game is very repetitive, and the story barely makes sense sometimes. You'll end up going to the same map every other year in the game.

I would definately recommend Tales of Symphonia, guaranteed to entertain you for at least 6 days if you're into it. Then Animal Crossing, then like Kafei said, wait for Pikmin 2.

Harry Potter wasn't too bad, but it was sorta annoying when the game slowed down because of all the nice « Puppy Doodoo » in there.

And finally, Super Smash Bros. Melee, that game will keep you occupied for a long time.

Pikmin, Melee, Skies of Arcadia (Best RPG Ever), Super Mario Sunshine, and Sonic Adventure 2 are awesome. The rest are great, too.

DO NOT GET HARVEST MOON: A WONDERFUL LIFE!

The controls are sloppy, the days are too long, the town is boring, the wives are few and bad, the farming is unbalanced, most events can be activated through sleeping life away, the endings don't change upon how much money you make, there feels like there is no goal to work for, the music is bad, the character models belong on Dreamcast, etc.

The water effects are great, though. The rest of the environments are average.

Read my thoughts on it before getting Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life... If you get it, you will be disappointed.

Here is a quote from Game Informer on Tales of Symphonia-

In the fairy tales, there's always that moment when the herorine steps into the ballroom, guissied from head to toe, and immediately makes all the other belles look like pug-ugly consigment store debutantes by comparison. This is the effect that Tales of Symphonia has on nearly every other Gamecube Rpg on the market, making them look underdressed and hopelessly outclassed.

Skies of Arcadia looks good though, and I was going to get it, but you know, things happen.

Skies of Arcadia is perhaps the best RPG I've played. And I have played lots of them. Two things about that Game Informer quote:

1.) Game Informer is only good with news. Their reviews are sometimes pitiful.

2.) It might be because Skies of Arcadia: Legends was a port. They gave it a 9/10, and Tales a 8.75/10.

So, Skies of Arcadia should be better. I am going to get Tales eventually, though.

Or is it. Different people do the reviews, and as I recall you saying, they are quite bad at reviews. Technically they are on par. They also gave Fire Emblem a 8.75, when it deserved higher, and Melee a 9.25 when it deserved at least a 9.75.

And they said replay was moderate. That's a LIE. I'm on my third time playing, and finally slowing down.