MGS remake "Twin Snakes" was released for this console, so it deserves to be mentioned.
The Nintendo G
ameCube often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The hardware system is the most compact, and second-cheapest after Sega's Dreamcast, of the sixth generation. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii. The console was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia. The GameCube sold 21.74 million units worldwide.Like its competitor, the PlayStation 2, the GameCube uses memory cards for saving game data (unlike the Xbox which has a built-in hard drive). The GameCube Memory Card comes in multiple sizes: 59 blocks (grey card), 251 blocks (black), and 1019 blocks (white). Cheaper third-party memory cards are also available.
The Nintendo GameCube Game Disc is the medium for the Nintendo GameCube, created by Matsushita. Chosen to prevent unauthorized copying and to avoid licensing fees to the DVD Consortium, it is Nintendo's first non-cartridge storage method for systems released in North America and Europe (the Famicom Disk System and Nintendo 64DD were only released in Japan). Some games which contain large amounts of voice acting or pre-rendered video (for example, Tales of Symphonia) have been released on two discs; however, only twenty five titles have been released on two discs, and no games require more than two discs.
The MultiAV port was identical to and compatible with the one used in Nintendo's earlier SNES and Nintendo 64 systems.
Nintendo found that the digital AV port was used by less than one percent of users, causing the port to be removed from systems manufactured after May 2004. This was made noticeable on the "Pearl White" Mario Strikers pak in Europe released in October 2005 also on GameCube paks still in production at this time namely the Mario Kart Pak.
The standard GameCube controller has a wing grip design, and is designed to fit well in the player's hands. It includes a total of eight buttons, two analog sticks, and a D-pad. The primary analog stick is on the left, with the D-pad below it. On the right are four but
tons; a large green "A" button in the center, a smaller red "B" button to the left, an "X" button to the right and a "Y" button to the top. Below those, there is a yellow "C" stick, which often serves different functions, from controlling the camera, to one similar to that of the right analog stick on a PlayStation 2 DualShock 2 controller. The Start/Pause button is in the middle of the controller.While the GameCube sold nearly 22 million units during its lifecycle, it lagged far behind the installed base of over 140 million PlayStation 2 consoles sold. The GameCube also finished its generation slightly behind the Xbox, which sold 24 million units before being discontinued.
The overall number of titles released on the system exceeds 600, with 208.56 million GameCube games sold as of June 30, 2008.
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