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Yes, following the Japanese and North American anniversaries last year, today it’s the last of the GameCube’s 20th birthdays… well, almost! The cube-ular console and its launch lineup was let loose in Europe on 3rd May 2022, and two weeks later on 17th May in Australasia.<\/em><\/p>\n

We’ll take any opportunity to look back fondly on one of the best-looking consoles ever made, so let’s indulge ourselves once more, shall we? Lovely…<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Nintendo GameCube launched in Japan in September 2001 and a couple of months later on 18th November in North America. Unlucky Europeans wouldn’t get their hands on it until the following year, but the wait was worth it for one of the best-looking video game consoles of all time. The NGC (sorry, GCN<\/em>) is a beautiful, compact piece of kit.<\/p>\n

Eschewing the jack-of-all-trades direction of its contemporaries, the console concentrated on doing just one thing well: playing games<\/em>. Its striking indigo colour, big chunky ‘A’ button, cute little discs and infamous carry handle ultimately worked against it in an era of sleek, all-in-one multimedia machines,<\/em> but it was a powerful little box of tricks that played host to a fabulous library of games. This was the last time Nintendo put itself in direct competition with Sony and Microsoft in pure spec terms before changing tack with the Wii.<\/p>\n

We asked Nintendo Life readers to rate their favourite GameCube games, and the result is the list of 50 games you see below. The ranking is formed entirely from each game’s user rating in the Nintendo Life Games database<\/a>. However, unlike other static lists, this one constantly evolve to reflect ratings from Nintendo Life users, so you can still participate.<\/p>\n

We’ve done this for a growing number of Nintendo consoles, so if you’re interested be sure to check out the best Nintendo DS games<\/a>, the best 3DS games<\/a>, the best Game Boy games<\/a> and even the 50 best Switch games<\/a> \u2014 each and every one a fluid list that can change over time. Try rating the games in them, too!<\/p>\n

If there’s a game bubbling under the top 50 that you’d like to rate, feel free to find it using the search tool below and give it a score out of 10. That’s enough waffling, though. Let’s dive in and see your picks for the all-time 50 best GameCube games…<\/p>\n