DazV

Official - Gamecube to be launched May 3rd for £150 smackeroos.

Titles available on launch day include Luigi's Mansion, Wave Race, FIFA, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Batman, Crazy Taxi, Burnout, Sonic 2 and Star Wars: Rogue Leader. Shortly after launch, Europe will see Resident Evil, Super Smash Bros. Melee (May 24), and Pikmin (June 14)

scooby nutter

wow,thats a good price!!
I wonder if it will knock the ps2 to 2nd place
But there has been many consoles that have bombed,3d0,atari jaguar etcetc.
Is that when the ps2 goes to £130??
I'll stick with my ps2 for a good while yet

DazV

I'm just gonna get both - can't resist Mario and Zelda!

Robertio

iTrader: (1)

That does look like a good price

Time to start collecting those coppers, and waiting 4,000years for the next Zelda game

wah

I have had my Cube for going on 3 months now and I can highly recommend it

Dizzy

The reason the PS1 lasted as long as it did (when there were better consoles outthere) was because of the games...
the PS1 & 2 are aimed more at us (over 18) ppl whereas the Gamecube and others deffinatly seem to be marketed more at kids..

Havn't seen one Gamecube game I want to play yet.. however Halo (XBox) looks quite good... I'll probably wait for that on the pc though

wah

Hey well I take it I must be a big 25 year old kid then, Star Wars rogue squadron leader 2 is one of the best games I have played on any system at the moment

DazV

I think GameCube will be a big success because:

1. Nintendo are writing the games
2. Rare are writing the games
3. The system is supposed to be perfect to develope for
4. Its as powerful if not more than PS2

I'll hav e one, but not yet - I'm waiting ror a game to come out that FORCES me to buy it - Rogue Squadron isn't that game for me.

wah

Daz,

How about Resident Evil out in March in the US and that looks really good !!!

DazV

Wah, definitely - I think it WILL be a cracking game - but I've solved ALL of the Resident Evil games and if its the one I'm thinking of, I don't see myself buying one I've completed already. It'll be a great game for someone who hasn't played it though.

I really fancy a good look at Pikmin from Miyamoto - anything by that bloke needs a closer look.

I'll wait til Zelda or Mario or something from Rare.

-DV

roadrunner

Its good to see that Nintendo aren't ripping Europe off with a stupid price like Microsoft. Just goes to prove that all this talk about distribution costs etc is completely crap! Yes Europe maybe slightly higher but an asking price of £300 for the XBOX when Japan/US is near the £180-200 mark really annoys me!

Might just buy a cube now for Nintendo support!

rr
PS, anyone want a UK cube for £130 when it comes out... will never play the thing

RB170

I'll get one and an XBOX. Why restrict yourself to one console

Mike

DazV

Mike, agree - I buy whatver platform has the games for it, but I've been biased against X-Box from the start. I honestly think its games portfolio will be filled with mediocre crap with nice graphics, all written by the crappy PC fraternity.

Am I the only one that thinks Halo looks crap ? I'm not a fan of Quake or Unreal either - wonder if thats coincedence ?

-DV

wah

I just waiting now to see if they can convert my Jap/US modded cube to play UK games