The Nintendo GameCube - What Happened?

Matt McMuscles June 17, 2023
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Check out the DYKG video (which I narrated) on Star Fox Grand Prix HERE ➤ https://youtu.be/ZmRN7pF9k5I ➤ BECOME A VIP (and see early, AD-FREE videos): https://www.patreon.com/mattmcmuscles ➤ MY NEW GAMEPLAY CHANNEL: https://rb.gy/uau7y4 ➤ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/mattmcmuscles ➤ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MattMcMuscles Edited By: https://twitter.com/AdamnatorStudio & https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX SkeleMatt and DD thumbnail art By: https://twitter.com/DonWoka Intro By: https://www.youtube.com/c/2ManySnacks and https://twitter.com/LittleVMills MGS TTT Art By: https://twitter.com/othatsraspberry Some footage courtesy of The Gaming Historian: https://twitter.com/GamingHistorian SOURCES: SCEI via WayBackMachine - PlayStation® Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023857/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html Nintendo - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html zdnet.com - Nintendo tweaks GameCube's specs https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-tweaks-gamecubes-specs/ denofgeek.com - How the GameCube Made Nintendo Cynical https://www.denofgeek.com/games/how-the-gamecube-made-nintendo-cynical/ videogameschronicle.com - GAMECUBE AT 20: NINTENDO INSIDERS ON THE FAILED CONSOLE THAT CHANGED THE INDUSTRY https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/gamecube-at-20/ zdnet.com - Nintendo delays Dolphin console https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-delays-dolphin-console/ IGN.com - Miyamoto Roundtable www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/29/miyamoto-roundtable GameSpot - Nintendo GameCube launches in Japan https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-gamecube-launches-in-japan/1100-2812298/ Nintendo via WayBackMachine - At Long Last, Nintendo Proclaims: Let the Brawls Begin on Wii! https://web.archive.org/web/20080513182616/http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/1u0FthaPxTSSeJelWm4Jt8TI0VJlTt5j Eurogamer - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem retrospective https://www.eurogamer.net/eternal-darkness-sanitys-requiem-retrospective Game Data Library https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary Investor’s Business Daily via Forum.dvdtalk.com - Investor's Business Daily article claims GTA games coming to XBox, GameCube https://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-talk/288651-investors-business-daily-article-claims-gta-games-coming-xbox-gamecube.html GameSpot - Nintendo slowing GameCube production https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-slowing-gamecube-production/1100-6073133/ Nintendo via nintendoworldnews.com - GameCube now $99 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/pr/8998/gamecube-now-99 Emily Rogers via WayBackMachine - A Dolphin’s Tale: The Story of GameCube https://web.archive.org/web/20140705003643/http://www.dromble.com/2014/01/07/dolphin-tale-story-of-gamecube/ GameCube Elite - Interview with: ASHIDA KENICHIRO https://gcelite.tripod.com/Focus.html NPD Group via NeoGAF.com - Classic Sales-Age: MARCH Edition, USA TOP50+HW past four console cycles (NPD) https://www.neogaf.com/threads/classic-sales-age-march-edition-usa-top50-hw-past-four-console-cycles-npd.1215053/ NPD Group via Beyond3d.com - NPD April 2004 https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/npd-april-2004.10705/ IGN.com - Eidos to Pull GCN Support https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/05/eidos-to-pull-gcn-support Eurogamer - Yamauchi on PSP, the NES, industry mergers, more https://www.eurogamer.net/news030703yamauchi Nintendo - Nintendo Co., Ltd. Consolidated Sales Transition by Region https://web.archive.org/web/20111027052007/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1106.pdf Nintendo - Iwata Asks Volume 1 And That's How the Nintendo 3DS Was Made https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/how-nintendo-3ds-made/0/2/ Nintendo - Iwata Asks Volume 2 Nintendo 3DS Hardware Concept https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/how-nintendo-3ds-made/1/1/ Adam Doree via YouTube - Shigeru Miyamoto - Unseen/Extended 2002 Interview Feature, ft. Satoru Iwata & Takashi Tezuka https://youtu.be/RH5D2nQ7GZg?t=1293 MUSIC: Title Screen - DK Jungle Beat Main Title - Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Brave Sword, Braver Soul - Soul Calibur II Stroll Around Town - Custom Robo Title Theme - Pikmin The First Fight - Fire Emblem Path of Radiance Victory is Near - Fire Emblem Path of Radiance Steel Hearts - Custom Robo Tallon Overworld - Metroid Prime Mario Stadium - Mario Baseball Stars Rumble Falls - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Tank Hanger Encounter - MGS The Twin Snakes Hotel Delfino - Super Mario Sunshine Horror Manor - Wario World Bowser’s Castle - Mario Kart Double Dash Secret Course - Super Mario Sunshine Outset Island - The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Beanstalk Park - Kirby Air Ride Corneria - Super Smash Bros Melee Peach Beach, Daisy Cruiser - Mario Kart Double Dash The Great Sea - The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Introduction - Gotcha Force #nintendogamecube #whathappened #mattmcmuscles

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