Nintendo GameCube: Difference between revisions

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The '''{{wp|GameCube|Nintendo GameCube}}''', or simply the '''GameCube''', is a home console system developed by [[Nintendo]] and released in late 2001 as the successor of the [[Nintendo 64]]. The Nintendo GameCube has six ports on its front: four controller ports (like the Nintendo 64) and two memory card ports. It has three buttons on top: Open, Reset, and Power. On the bottom are two serial ports and one hi-speed port for add-on expansions. The system uses proprietary 8 cm Game Discs based on the {{wp|MiniDVD}} format that are able to hold up to 1.5 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes), making it the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as the primary storage medium.

During pre-production, the console was codenamed "Project Dolphin," a name alluded to in several early Nintendo GameCube games, such as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', where its main setting, [[Isle Delfino]], is shaped like a dolphin. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' did not release alongside the Nintendo GameCube at launch, and the Nintendo GameCube is the first Nintendo home console since the [[Family Computer]] that did not have a ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' game at launch.

In 2006, the Nintendo GameCube was succeeded by the [[Wii]]. The original version of the Wii is mostly compatible with Nintendo GameCube hardware and software. Like the Nintendo GameCube, the Wii has 4 controller ports and 2 memory card slots which support all controllers, like the dance mat and microphone, though it does not support add-ons that attach to the console. Later revisions of the Wii, such as the [[Wii#Wii Family Edition|Wii Family Edition]] and [[Wii Mini#Wii mini|Wii Mini]], would remove Nintendo GameCube support. The [[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo Switch]] are also not compatible with any Nintendo GameCube games, but ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' and most Nintendo Switch games are compatible with the controllers through a special adapter. The GameCube controller is compatible with more consoles than any other Nintendo controller, with a total of four: GameCube, Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch (as of its 4.0.0 update).

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| Unlocks exclusive items that can be obtained only from the bonus disc. Also unlocks the soundtracks 99 & 100.<br/>The GBA link option is absent in the European version of ''[[FireEmblem:Fire Emblem (GBA)|Fire Emblem]]'', since the ''Bonus Disc'' was not released in Europe.

| Used as a controller. Can also be used to download the NES version of ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'' and ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'' along with a GBA port of ''{{wp|Puzzle League (series)|Panel de Pon}}''.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', [[Lucky]], the brown Bulky Bob-omb that runs the [[Happy Lucky Lottery|lottery]] in the west side of [[Rogueport]], will mention the system's internal clock if the player attempts to cheat the lottery by changing the time.

*The GameCube is Nintendo's first home console to support digital audio and video output; this feature was also used to display standard definition video through {{wp|progressive scan}}ning rather than conventional {{wp|Interlaced video|interlacing}}. However, due to technological limitations of televisions at the time, the digital AV port was only used for analog component cables (with a proprietary converter chip built into them) that were quickly discontinued due to low sales. Component video and progressive scan support would later be carried over to the Wii, albeit through a conventional analog output. All but two ''Mario''-related titles for the GameCube support progressive scan, which can be enabled either automatically or by holding down {{button|GCN|B}} while booting up a game; the sole exceptions are ''[[NBA Street V3]]'' and ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]''.

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