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With a massive character roster – there are 23 Capcom characters and 23 SNK characters to choose from – this one’s deeper than a scuba diving philosopher. Well, racing games too, but let’s focus on fighters.Ĭapcom vs SNK 2 is the one exception to this rule. Why it’s Essential: If there’s one popular gaming the genre in which the GameCube suffered slightly it was 2D fighting games. What it is: The ultimate crossover fighting game, pitting Capcom’s (mostly Street Fighter heavy) roster against that of SNK (The King Of Fighters, Fatal Fury). They don’t touch N64 gem WWF No Mercy, but they’re still quality wrestling titles.Ĭapcom vs SNK 2 EO: Millionaire Fighting 2001 They’re not quite up there with the Smackdown games on PlayStation systems but they handled storylines better than any other WWE game to date, particularly Day Of Reckoning 2. Why it was chosen: To be clear, the Def Jam games are still the best wrestling games on GameCube, but obviously not every wrestling fan wants to play as Redman.įor more a more conventional WWE experience, give both Day Of Reckoning games a go. What it is: The best wrestling games on GameCube that are actually about wrestling. Luckily, he’s armed with the V-watch, a device that lets him transform into a superhero with the words “henshin-a-go-go, baby”.Ĭue some magnificent cel-shaded face-punching action, complete with cool as hell (see?) slow motion bits. Joe is a normal chap whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by the villain in a movie they were watching at the cinema (bloody IMAX). Why it was chosen: We rarely use the term “cool as hell” when describing video games but Viewtiful Joe gladly fits into this description as if it were a skin-tight superhero outfit. What it is: A pair of side-scrolling beat ’em ups helmed by Devil May Cry, Bayonetta and Okami director Hideki Kamiya. But don’t get anything from the appropriately named Downhill Jam onwards. They are all, therefore, worth hunting down. The subsequent GameCube entries – Pro Skater 4, Underground, Underground 2 and American Wasteland – all built on this formula, but never went quite so far as to ruin what was a good thing. The introduction of the revert, allowing players to continue combos after performing vert jumps, completely changed the way the game was played and made insanely long combo runs possible. Why it’s Essential: The first Tony Hawk game on GameCube, Pro Skater 3, was the one that absolutely nailed the series’ iconic skating gameplay. What it is: Five classic games in Activision’s skateboarding series. Clearly you should be sold on it already. The result is a fighting game starring the likes of Simon Belmont from Castlevania, Solid Snake, Bomberman, Tyson Granger from Beyblade and even Optimus Prime and Megatron from Transformers. Why it’s Essential: Long before Konami surprised gamers by allowing Solid Snake to feature in Super Smash Bros Brawl, it had included him in this brilliant Smash Bros-like game.ĭreamMix TV World Fighters plays just like Smash Bros, but instead of featuring Nintendo characters it instead brings together characters from Konami and Hudson Soft games, as well as toys from Japanese toymaker Takara. What it is: A Smash Bros clone which has a struggling TV station put on a fighting tournament starring characters from different worlds. To celebrate the diversity of this grossly underrated console’s library, here – on its 20th birthday – is our list of the 25 best GameCube games ever.īest GameCube Games: #25 – 21 DreamMix TV World Fighters Yet despite these disappointing sales figures, many who owned Nintendo’s console fell in love with it – as is often the case with Nintendo’s few spectacular failures – thanks to its excellent line-up of mostly first-party software.

That console was the outlandish Nintendo Gamecube, a bold, purple box which despite its many excellent games, found itself third in a three-horse race, with Sony leading and Microsoft holding its own in second.