Even though we all enjoyed the best N64 games during that generation, there was a lot of pressure on the GameCube to take things to the next level. After all, Nintendo had to compete with the best PlayStation 2 games and best Xbox games in that generation. While it might not have sold as well as Sony’s system, the GameCube still managed to release some classics that we still consider some of the best games of all time.
While we’re always looking toward the future with upcoming Switch games to play, sometimes it’s fun to look back at the best of the best from these classic systems. We’ve already ranked the best SNES games and best Game Boy Advance games, so let’s give the same treatment to our precious little purple cube.
Viewtiful Joe
79% Platforms PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube Genre Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Developer Team Viewtiful, Clover Studio Publisher Capcom Release June 26, 2003 What if a comic book, panels and all, were a video game? That’s exactly what the Hideki-Kamiya-helmed Capcom project
Viewtiful Joe set out to do in 2003 when it launched on GameCube. The side-scrolling beat ’em up put players in the red suit and cape of Joe, a young man who is transported into Movieland to fight villains and save the world. A comic book art style and the melding of both comics and film made for one of the most visually interesting games of the era. It also helped that the game had solid, tough combat. It’s disappointing that after one sequel and a couple of spin-offs,
Viewtiful Joe ceased to exist as a franchise. The original still holds up, though.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
68% Platforms Nintendo GameCube Genre Adventure Developer Nintendo EAD Group No. 3 Publisher Nintendo Release March 18, 2004 Inspired by the
Four Swords cooperative mode in the
A Link to the Past port for GBA,
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures was part relic, part innovative twist on the storied series. Designed as a cooperative dungeon
