I'm actually thinking of buying a GameCube now (Re:MGS:TS)
 

I'm actually thinking of buying a GameCube now.

There's a plethora of reasons for you to purchase one. It's got some of the best games currently on the market, it costs 100 bucks, it's an extremely durable piece of hardware (I'd estimate that I've played somewhere between 700 and 900 hours on the machine) and it has the bar none best multiplayer titles you can find.

And before anybody starts screaming "Halo" at me, that's one game the XBox has. And regardless of how entertaining that game is (I actually played it for an hour or two a week ago, and it is pretty damned fun), it provides nowhere near the level of multiplayer amusement that Super Smash Bros. Melee or Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles can provide.

Robo, I honestly have no idea why you're still "thinking" about picking a Gamecube up. You should already own one and be knee-deep in Mario games by now.

I was going to get it for, Zelda, Animal Crossing, SSB:M, Twin Snakes, Soul Caliber II(Come on, Heihachi sucks), Metroid Prime... yeah... I'm getting one definately. My PS2 has had Legacy of Kain: Defiance in it for two days without me playing it once. Raziel levels make me lust after Kain levels. Mmm blood.

The Raziel levels get much better. Admittedly, they're not as fun as the Kain levels for about the first half of the game.

Either way, though, a Gamecube is definitely worth every penny. Especially for the selection of games you listed there. I actually really need to pick up SC2 pretty soon. I was never tremendously jazzed about it until I sat at a friend's house last weekend playing through Weapons Master mode as Link for about 5 hours. And yeah, Heihachi does suck. The PS2 crowd should have gotten either Solid Snake or Dante. Personally, I think Dante would have been the better choice.

Animal crossing is cool, but some of the games on gamecube have limited capabailities lengthwise. Also you cant have the option of DVDs or music. Which ups the cost for most things. So basically your paying more if you want to get the same features of an Xbox or PS2. So there is one big dillema due to the Gamecube. It still is a good system tho.

And dont forgot the new Star Wars game on Xbox Knights of the Old Republic.

I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you saying the GameCube is lacking because it doesn't have useless features or are you saying it's bad because it's cheaper?

I am not saying it is bad, it just lacks features that others do...so that is why it is cheaper. Basically im proving my point justly

why did u call me a idiot? if its like the first one and u played the first one, why would u want to get it again and play almost basically the same thing over?

I don't see how not having a DVD player is supposed to be a fault in the Gamecube's design. I own about three DVD players, and frankly, I don't need another one taking up space in my GC. The Gamecube is solely designed for games, and as such, the technical quality of most games on the Gamecube is better than what can be found on the PS2.

So, yes, you're paying less for a GC and not getting a DVD player, but you are getting a more powerful console, and one that will last a lot longer.

You see, Nintendo is focusing on the gaming aspect of the system, and not installing frills and gimmicks.

yea, but didn't it come out after the ps2??? The PS3 will pwnz Nintendo GC or other system and the next xbox. Face it, Quad Cell procesors, each containing wut ever amount of 65nanometer chips compared to the 90nanometer chips uused in computer p4's

Yes, the PS3 is going to be a technological beast. Supposedly it can use the processing power from idle PS3's to power itself up so you always get peak performance although that seems too impressive to be true.

The next round of systems is gonna be difficult to interpret. How much I hate to say it, alot of it is based on the timing.

I will stick with nintendo and sony.I have never played Halo and I don't have an Xbox so I don't care about Xbox2

I say you should play Halo, but don't get an Xbox. Find a friend who has it and do some Co-Op.

As for the GameCube, I bought one today and I already love it. Quiet and small so it fits well into my TV space. The only thing I have a problem with, and this relates to MGS:TS as well, is that the controllers do not have pressure sensitive buttons like the PS2 does. This makes it a huge hassle to brandish a weapon because you can no longer lower it by letting off of the button slowly like you can on the PS2. This means I have to unequip the gun to lower it and unequipping it instantly makes the enemy attack me. Bad news until I can nab a silencer.

If I was you, I wouldn't use the weapons in the game almost at all. I had much more success with just avoiding enemies entirely, or using my bare hands, than I did trying to hold them at gunpoint. The enemies in the game respond much more realistically then they did in the first one, and even if you could lower your weapon in front of a guard, I would expect him to attack you for it in this one.

And the two shoulder buttons are pressure sensitive. Press them all the way down to open your menus, and just press them slightly to equip or unequip whatever weapon or item you're using.

that sounds like fun.Does anybody here live in Florida that has Halo because I am going to move there in late May?I hope the people here who live in Floridsa at least have a Gamecube.