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Nintendo - Stodgy, Not-So-Super Mario?
Thanks to the Washington Post for their article discussing Nintendo's current position in the console wars. Although many of the usual points are discussed (despite Sony and Microsoft's efforts at innovation in online gaming and elsewhere, Nintendo has "...stuck to a philosophy that people who buy and play video games enjoy the familiar and care little for such gimmickry"), the piece also points to possible failure in Nintendo's current tactics ("The company proclaimed that the Game Boy Advance would be a 'Trojan horse' for the GameCube - but that Trojan horse never opened because very few game designers have figured out cool ways to take advantage of that connectivity.") The article ends with an analyst's concern that "...the game console market might be starting to move beyond what Nintendo can deliver."
You should do a little more research. . . there are a great number of truly amazing games available for GameCube. If you think the Resident Evil series is good, check out Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. It's what Resident Evil 0 should have been. Except that none of the Resident Evil games have actually been as good as Eternal Darkness.
Without knowing what kinds of games you like, it's hard to offer more specific suggestions, but you might be surprised at how many great GameCube games there are. Viewtiful Joe is one of the coolest things I've played in years, Ikaruga is still one of my favorites, although I've had it for almost a year now. Pac Man Vs. looks like an absolute blast for multiplayer (although the Mario Party games, and Super Smash Brothers currently rule that area). And let's not forget Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles, which I'm hoping will live up to the hype, since FF: X2 has been rather disappointing.
And, you've also got available to you pretty much everything from EA, and most major cross-platform games, like Prince of Persia, Sphinx, etc.
[Information Disclsure: I currently own a PS2, GameCube, X-Box, Dreamcast, and PC. They all get played to some extent, but of the current consoles, the GameCube gets played the most, followed closely by PS2, and lastly (by a good bit) the X-Box.]
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