Nintendo GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance Cable - Game console link cable

by Nintendo

Product Features

• NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME BOY ADVANCE CABLE.
• BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005YYFE
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 3.2 x 1 inches ; 2.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,945 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED!

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95 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get your facts straight, April 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Nintendo GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance Cable - Game console link cable (Video Game)

Let me explain exactly what this does. By using it to connect your GBA and Gamecube, you can take advantage of special functions in games. It DOES NOT let you play your GBA games on TV. That is impossible, as the link port on the GBA cannot transfer that enourmous amount of information in a reasonable amount of time. There will be many Gamecube games that can use the GBA for many different things. Right now the only game to use it is Sonic the Hedgehog, and it is only used with the Chao Garden. Some people think it is a waste of money because only one game uses it, but there are dozens more games on the way and endless possibilities. For example, in the upcoming game Animal Crossing, you can use the GBA to access a secret island and to make custom texture patterns for various purposes. There are other games planning to do similar things. A new Kirby's Tilt n' Tumble is planned for GC that requires the GBA so you can use a special motion sensor pack that plugs into the GBA. Other examples include private plays in future sports games, or transferring items between corresponding GBA and GC games. Note that these features are not available in current games (other than Sonic) because games have to be specially programmed to take advantage of it.

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's required., August 14, 2003

By 

katie (Eden Prairie, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nintendo GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance Cable - Game console link cable (Video Game)

Basically, this will be required for Pokemon Colosseum, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles.

It significantly enhances the gameplay of Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, and likely will do the same to next Zelda game (which won't be coming out for quite a while).

If you plan on buying either of the first two games, buy this. If you want to add 1 and a half-player functionality (rather than 1-player) to Zelda, buy this.

Otherwise don't.

By the way...

IT IS NOT A GBA PLAYER. YOU CANNOT PLAY GBA GAMES ON YOUR CUBE WITH THIS.

Don't get mad at Nintendo because you didn't see what you were buying, guys...

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The link that will bridge the console - handheld gap, March 17, 2002

By 

L. Zaideman "theDude" (Porter, IN.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nintendo GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance Cable - Game console link cable (Video Game)

This new GameCube-Game Boy Advance game link is the future of gaming. It will open up new worlds to gamers. Like previewing and choosing plays in secrecy on your GBA screen, or viewing the map of an RPG or adventure game your playing for GameCube, or even using the GBA as an extra GameCube controller. The possibilities are endless. And developers ARE noticing this. Already Sonic Adventure 2 Battle can use it for the Chao garden, and Animal Forest Plus (making it's way to North America later this year) uses the link as well. But other developers have hinted at there wanting to take advtange of it. Square said that they want to create a Final Fantasy game (yes, there back together) for GameCube and GBA that would use the link cable for something.
The link it's self is very easy to use. Just plug the one end into a controller port on your GameCube, and plug the other end into the top of your GBA (the same place where the multiplayer link goes in). It has a lock on there so it fastens to your GBA so it can't accidently fall out, like in the early prototype. The transfer of data does take a little time, of course. But the wait isn't that bad. It usualy never last more then 15 seconds.
Unfortunately you will not be able to play GBA games online threw this cable, as it is not fast enough to transfer the data at a fast enough speed. It would require a much thicker, and expensive wire.
This is one accesory I highly suggest you buy if you own a GameCube and a Game Boy Advance...