10 Best GameCube Games Of All Time

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The Nintendo GameCube might not have been one of the company's top-selling consoles, but the library of titles that the system racked up is up there with the very best. Thanks to a significant leap in capability from the Nintendo 64, the GameCube was able to build and expand on the blossoming legacy of 3D titles on Nintendo systems. From strong iterations of past formulas to games that experimented and broke the mold in new and exciting ways, there's no shortage of fascinating experiences to find on the GameCube.

It's no surprise that some of the best titles on the GameCube come from Nintendo's time-honored flagship franchises, but none of them were coasting on the quality of past successes. Other excellent games came from Nintendo partners or third-party developers, covering essentially any genre that players might be looking for. Despite the expansive library of the contemporary PlayStation 2 and the exciting developments happening on the original Xbox, the GameCube library featured enough exclusives to easily fill up a selection of its best games without crossing over into any multi-platform titles.

There wasn't anything like when it was first released, and despite occasional imitators, there still really isn't today. isn't about farming, or fighting, or really even getting the Bells to pay off home loans. What sets it apart from anything else is the surplus of quirky and memorable interactions with the animal villagers, and although newer franchise entries like have added a robust array of features and quality-of-life improvements, the original is still hard to beat in this core regard.

Horror may not be the genre that first comes to mind when thinking about Nintendo, but the company published one of the most fascinating titles in the genre with is most famous for its Sanity Effects, which play around with the reality of the game in ways that sometimes leap out of the bounds that players would expect. It's exceptionally innovative and generally great, making it