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This special Nintendo GameCube bundle includes the 3-D adventure game Super Mario Sunshine. In Super Mario Sunshine, players chase a vandal who has been spreading graffiti around an island paradise and framing Mario for the misdeeds. The bundle also includes a Memory Card 59 so you can save your progress through the game.
Though it looks like a toy, don't be fooled: the Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console that rightly deserves its place among the other next-generation game systems. In fact, its playful, appealing design and small size (the unit is a not-quite-cubed 6 inches) aren't the only features that set it apart from the others.
For starters, Nintendo has quite clearly made this a game-only machine. It doesn't try to play your CD collection, run your movies, read your e-mail, or store your MP3 files. The company has concentrated its efforts on games. All the prelaunch titles we've seen play smoothly, with bright, fast graphics and great sound. Nintendo says its engineers have removed traditional bottlenecks that have, in the past, slowed down processing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels. In English: the GameCube is optimized to push speed up while pushing costs down; hence its position at the lower end of the price spectrum.
The GameCube is the first Nintendo video game system to use a disc-based medium rather than cartridges for its games. Moving the software to disc media generally means lower development costs for the publishers, which, in turn, trickles down to the consumer not only in price, but also in availability and quality, as it's then easier to try out untested game ideas (Pikmin, anyone?). While most other systems likewise have their games stored on discs, the GameCube's 3-inch format is smaller than everyone else's, and is so designed to fit in a shirt pocket as much as to deter would-be software pirates.
Of course, the main advantage of the GameCube is that it's the home field of one of the world's premier game designers: Nintendo. While powerhouses Electronic Arts and Sega make games for all systems (including this one), you can play Nintendo games only on a Nintendo system. And Nintendo, you might recall, has been hitting them out of the park since it started with Donkey Kong. In fact, here's a roll call of characters and series you won't find on the other consoles: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Perfect Dark, Metroid, Kirby, and, of course, Pokémon. A few names that the GameCube will share with the other guys: Madden, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Batman, and Star Wars.
The system also comes with four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games--it's even got a built-in handle so you can easily move it to a friend's house. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming.
In short, the GameCube isn't an all-in-one entertainment system, and neither is it the most powerful of the modern video game consoles. But for video game enthusiasts who want to stick with their favorite characters, its value cannot be beat. --Porter B. Hall
Unit Specifications
The Nintendo GameCube Controller provides the crucial connection between the player and the game. Two analog Control Sticks, a built-in rumble feature and flawless ergonomic design ensure that the Controller feels and plays perfectly. The WaveBird Wireless Controller accessory allows players to feel the freedom of cord-free gaming!
The Nintendo GameCube Game Disc holds an incredible 1.5 Gigabytes of information, but it has a diameter of only three inches. The disc drive and processor work together with awesome speed, which makes load times hardly noticeable.
Super Mario Sunshine for Nintendo GameCube is Mario's biggest, most amazing adventure ever. When Mario, Peach and an entourage of her loyal Toad friends set out for a tropical vacation on lovely Isle Delfino, they're in store for much more than a relaxing holiday. A mustachioed maniac has mucked up the entire island, and Mario is accused of committing the crime. Armed with a hi-tech water cannon called FLUDD (Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device), Mario sets out to clean the island, clear his name, and solve the mystery of the villainous vandal.
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48 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A BARGAIN, A MUST BUY, YOU CAN'T BEAT THIS DEAL,
This review is from: SuperMario Sunshine Gamecube Bundle (Video Game)
Nintendo has did it again. Especially for a person like me who enjoys playing games by Ninendo. I started collecting all the systems since NES. So I waited until they brought the price down on the GameCube or have a great deal. In which you get ONE CONTROLLER MEMORY CARD 59 GAME MARIO SUNSHINE GAMECUBE SYSTEM ADAPTER AUDIO/VIDEO CONNECTION FOR THE TV Sorry for the PS2. I like to see how is it going to top this deal. XBOX is offering more games but nothing else. So come on down and check this out. I am telling you will regret it, if you don't purchase this bundle. Look at all the money you are saving.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The system and the game is awesome!!,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: SuperMario Sunshine Gamecube Bundle (Video Game)
Ok, just to let everybody who reads this know, I am NOT a Nintendo freak. In fact I have a PS1 & PS2 also. But anyway this pack is great. You get the system (obviously including 1 controller)[$$] Mario Sunshine which is about ten times better than Luigi's Mansion [$$] and a Gamecube 59 Memory Card [$$] which would normally equal [$$$] dollars for only [$$]. The gamecube system is probably the most criticized of all systems just because it doesn't have a DVD player and has more child-friendly games. But the critics are wrong. If you want a DVD player, buy a DVD player. It's a GAMING SYSTEM not a DVD player. It has outstanding graphics great Nintendo and Sega titles, along with remarkably tiny game disks. As for Mario Sunshine, this game will keep all gaming fans from age 7-77 entertained. Now on to the reason why I only gave this bundle a **** rating. The memory card. This is the one bad apple that spoils the bunch. If you actually play your system then you'll probably get more than 1 game. Well this memory card is EXACTLY like a PS1 memory card. It judges the amount saved by blocks. That's why they call it memory card 59 because it has 59 blocks. Now thats all fine and dandy, but there's only one problem... most games take up more than 59 blocks in 1 SAVE. That's why I suggest with the purchase of this pack you also get either another memory card 59 or the new 251 memory card. Otherwise this is a great deal for a great system. Before I leave you alone I just have to say one thing to you detail nuts out there. WHO CARES WHAT COLOR THE SYSTEM IS. I mean its a good deal who cares if its purple. A color won't change the way the system plays. But anyway I strongly suggest you buy this system. ...
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nintendo delivers once again,
By Jonathan Sang (Jacksonville, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SuperMario Sunshine Gamecube Bundle (Video Game)
The Nintendo Gamecube is not the flashiest system on the market, but all style and no substance is a poor investment indeed. Despite its small stature the gamecube displays impressive graphics and is backed by a steadily growing supply of quality games. Of course no gaming icon is bigger than Mario, and for good reason. Super Mario Sunshine is an incredibly enjoyable experience for gamers of all ages. (And I do mean all ages, it packs the light hearted touches of the previous games in the series, but is not without its challenge for serious gamers) All in all, the gamecube is a fine gaming system that a person would be hard pressed to go wrong with, and Mario Sunshine is an excellent game to showcase the beauty of the system.
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