Thought I'd repost this, as there seemed to be a spike in activity in the GameCube forum after Nintendo sold, like, four or five million new Wiis during the holiday season. Below are the 91 GC titles that were called out by wiichatters in "Best GC game"-type threads from 2006 through mid-2008, when I began totting up the votes.
I'll start this time with the list sorted by popularity, since that's the money shot...
The obvious question is, of course, "Why would any sane person do this when we have Metacritic?"
Call me crazy if you must, but I'm vastly more interested in what the user base says about a game after they've been playing it (or not...) for six months than I am in the opinions of paid reviewers. A title with unimpressive reviews and poor sales that somehow ends up with a loyal following is more intriguing to me than one that gets good press and sells big right out of the gate but doesn't generate quite so much enthusiasm down the road. The "long tail" of my list was thus of particular interest, as I figured any GameCube title that still, years later, had even one or two fans out there willing to speak up on its behalf might be worth investigating.
Besides, reviewing games is a business, and money talks...
I'll start this time with the list sorted by popularity, since that's the money shot...
Code:
Super Smash Brothers Melee TILT
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 86
Resident Evil 4 68
Metroid Prime 61
Mario Kart Double Dash 41
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door 40
Super Mario Sunshine 39
Tales of Symphonia 33
Animal Crossing 28
Metroid Prime 2 25
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 23
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 18
Pikmin 13
Luigi's Mansion 11
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle 11
Resident Evil series (...other than RE4) 10
Soul Calibur 2 10
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles 9
Super Mario Strikers 8
Baten Kaitos series 7
Naruto: Clash of Ninjas 2 7
Pikmin 2 7
Skies of Arcadia Legends 7
Viewtiful Joe series 7
Beyond Good and Evil 6
Custom Robo 6
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 6
Phantasy Star Online series 6
Starfox Assault 6
Mario Power Tennis 5
Mega Man X: Command Mission 5
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes 5
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5
Prince of Persia series 5
Sonic Mega Collection 5
Sonic Gems Collection 4
007: Nightfire 3
1080 Avalanche 3
Battalion Wars 3
F-Zero GX 3
Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness 3
Star Wars: Rogue Leader 3
Super Monkey Ball series 3
TimeSplitters series 3
Tony Hawk's Underground series 3
Chibi-Robo 2
Def Jam Fight for NY 2
Harvest Moon series 2
Killer 7 2
Lego Star Wars series 2
Medal of Honor: European Assault 2
Mega Man Anniversary Collection 2
Mega Man Network Transmission 2
NBA Street 2
NFL Street vol. 2 2
Pokemon Channel 2
Pokemon Colosseum 2
Simpsons Hit and Run 2
Sonic Riders 2
Spiderman 2 2
SSX Tricky 2
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter 2
Starfox Adventures 2
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland 2
WWE Day of Reckoning series 2
007: Agent Under Fire 1
Bloody Roar: Primal Fury 1
Call of Duty series 1
Crazy Taxi 1
Dead to Rights 1
Donkey Konga series 1
FIFA 07 1
Goldeneye: Rogue Agent 1
Hunter: The Reckoning 1
Mario Party 4 1
Mario Party 7 1
Midway Arcade Treasures 1
Monopoly Party 1
Mortal Kombat: Deception 1
Mystic Heroes 1
Second Sight 1
Sims: Busting Out 1
Sonic Adventure DX 1
Spartan: Total Warrior 1
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly 1
Star Wars: Rebel Strike 1
Tomb Raider: Legend 1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 1
Wario World 1
Wave Race 1
XIII 1
The obvious question is, of course, "Why would any sane person do this when we have Metacritic?"
Call me crazy if you must, but I'm vastly more interested in what the user base says about a game after they've been playing it (or not...) for six months than I am in the opinions of paid reviewers. A title with unimpressive reviews and poor sales that somehow ends up with a loyal following is more intriguing to me than one that gets good press and sells big right out of the gate but doesn't generate quite so much enthusiasm down the road. The "long tail" of my list was thus of particular interest, as I figured any GameCube title that still, years later, had even one or two fans out there willing to speak up on its behalf might be worth investigating.
Besides, reviewing games is a business, and money talks...
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