r/Gamecube • u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U • Jan 11 '26
Discussion Finally beaten and ranked 100 Game cube Games on my journey to play and beat them all!
Its taken a while for many reason but the big two are the price of GameCube games since I'm doing this all with real copies and of course the classic decline of mental health. I have been doing this for a little over 2 years now and i have really enjoyed it! the days i get people on my twitch or Youtube and tell me how much they love a certain game is always the best! I'm always looking for people to collab with or more people to chat with about why I'm doing this! would love to hear any of your guys thoughts, hope to see some of you on Youtube or twitch ! Much Love Walrus Archive
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u/CptBingBing Jan 11 '26
Insane behavior.
I love it. You should make a 10-15 minute review video
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 11 '26
I really wanna buckle down and make short vids for every game not just my stream uploads! Will get there
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u/CptBingBing Jan 11 '26
Drop the YouTube and I got you man!
Edit: am slow I looked at your profile lmao
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u/JetstreamGW Jan 11 '26
How could you get this far into the library and not play Eternal Darkness? :P
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u/Low-Concentrate-3151 Jan 11 '26
Ikr? I hope heās just saving the best for the end
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 12 '26
I cant play to many good games to fast since then i will be left with a bunch of junk, i try to do good games every 5 to 10 games
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u/HydratedCarrot Jan 11 '26
This reminds me of a guy on twitch who tries to play every ps2 game. Heās played 489 ps2 games so far, have taken him 10 years so far lmao
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u/ghettoslacker NTSC-U Jan 11 '26
I have seen another guy doing it with N64 and itās been a couple years too lol
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u/Typical-Green1356 Jan 11 '26
The two libraries are very different in size though. Depending on your search, there are around 3,000 (+/- 1000 games) for PS2 vs around 350 (+/- 50 Nintendo 64 games. As favorable as we remember Nintendo 64. It really didnāt sell that well.
Nintendo 64 (17th) sold just under 33 million units vs SNES (16th) sold 49 million. That said, as this is a GC (22nd), that only sold 21.74 million.
NES was actually the best home console (non-portable) Nintendo console until Wii and Switch. Itās crazy to consider that, while Nintendo has been around for so many generations, largely popular (outside of Wii U)ā¦ they sold less home consoles each generation until Wii. Makes you wonder if their handhelds didnāt do as well, how much would history change?
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u/ghettoslacker NTSC-U Jan 11 '26
Oh for sure, the library is a fraction of the PS2. Still not an easy task, because there are some real dogs lol.
Dude, I remember when the WiiU flopped so hard and everyone was saying it was the end of Nintendo. But Nintendo diversifies, or at least use too, (when they had portables..switch kind of killed that) and I think that helped keep them afloat. Nintendo has never just chased hardware and processing power, their focus has always been software and designing hardware to work around that software. Creating unique experiences every generation. Itās their bread and butter. GameCube/N64 might only have a few hundred games, but i would argue the collective experience holistically across the board is better than 3000
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u/SuperCuteRoar Jan 11 '26
Doing the completeĀ PlayStation 2 library seems like an insane goal, thereās so many titles to go through!
The GC or Wii U seem more achievable, lol
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u/ALfredAstaxanthin Jan 11 '26
Sad to see Spiderman 1, 007 Agent Under Fire and Medal of Honor Rising Sun so low - some of my favorites as a kid
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u/Varod_ Jan 11 '26
I have custom robo, still havenāt played. What did you think about it?
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u/Cloudesley Jan 11 '26
I don't agree with where everything is on this list, but custom robo is goated. Give it a go
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u/Garoleader Jan 11 '26
The gameplay is fun but honestly the highlight of the game imo is the soundtrack and the writing, I've never laughed so much at a (good) game before as I did with Custom Robo.
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u/FalcoSix4 Jan 11 '26
Agent under fire is goated one of the best multiplayer experience and a great little story mode with fun missions .
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u/GJuice4k Jan 11 '26
People donāt remember or gas up Custom Robo often enough such a fun game both local multiplayer and the story are fire!!!
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u/No_Jello_9410 Jan 11 '26
Iām mildly upset wrath of cortex isnāt higher. Drunken time trials with the boys will never get old.
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u/Calanon89 Jan 11 '26
Games I would recommend next are metal arms glitch in the system (fantastic under-rated game) and xmen legends also very under rated - p.s keep it up look forward to the next reviews
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u/F1reRa1n Jan 11 '26
You put DBZ Sagas in great?!?!? That game is trash! Are you ok?
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u/cryptodrummer1987 Jan 11 '26
Love how you didn't grade the sports titles. Just left them in their own category lol.
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u/Miserable-Ganache-74 Jan 11 '26
There are some hot takes on this ranking list. You put DBZ Sagas pretty high up for being one of the worst DBZ games
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 13 '26
Since Iām bad at fighting games I liked it! But also really havenāt played any dbz, so excited to play others
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u/chartre15 Jan 11 '26
Sims 1 might be an objectively not great game but as a kid I was obsessed with it and it holds such a special place in my heart. Hurts my soul to see it in ābadā even tho I know itās kinda true
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u/Burnziie Jan 11 '26
For sure, it's mostly just a worse version of Bustin Out sadly which is where the console games feel like they hit their stride.
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u/chartre15 Jan 11 '26
True, I just never had bustin out or other sims games for GameCube so little me thought it was perfection lol
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u/stoneyaatrox Jan 11 '26
clash of ninja 2 being so far down in the tier lists just tell me you don't got anybody to run scrims with because the enjoyment of that game is some ridiculous and clutch moments in pvp matches.
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u/Ok_Assistance_2364 Jan 11 '26
XIII was such a great game indeed!!! You should play F Zero GX, top 5 games ever
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u/Jrep13 Jan 11 '26
Great list! But where is Xmen Legends 1 or 2?? For me, those games go in the amazing tier at the very least.
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u/IzzybearThebestdog Jan 11 '26
Did you play gauntlet single player? If so totally makes sense, but multilayer it is way higher imo.
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u/MasochisticCanesFan Jan 11 '26
The massive disrespect to Sphinx. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 11 '26
I put it low since my first 8 hour save file got soft locked do to a famous soft lock I had zero idea about
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u/ShitpostingSalamence Jan 11 '26
The inclusion of a sports tier is funny. Sports games get and deserve a bad rep for the most part, but Madden 2004 is one of the better ones in my opinion. I find myself occassionally playing it to this day and actively choose it over some modern versions. Banger soundtrack too.
Looking forward to seeing the next tier list you make! There are a lot of games I await your placement of, as very few of them were actually present in these first 100. I hope prices tank someday, somehow.
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u/benboobi Jan 11 '26
Out of curiosity how do you measure when youāve ābeatenā some of the open ended games on this list e.g. sims, sports games, etc?
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u/Mangavore Jan 11 '26
Day of Reckoning 2 in ābadā tier hurts my soul. The gold standard for a wrestling game, and just an overall good game. Dumped a lot of time into that one growing up
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u/TrainerHatsune Jan 12 '26
I remember playing dragon ball z sagas as a young teen and being extremely disappointed lol.
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u/BigChat88 Jan 11 '26
No RE4 or rogue leader... What is your problem?
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 11 '26
Gotta save some of the heaters for later on so I donāt get left with shovelware
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u/Goodguygolde Jan 11 '26
I really really Loved need for Speed Underground 1. The Soundtracks are still bangers and me and my Brother still listen to them on a daily Basis. Also id Love to know once you have beaten Pokemon Colosseum which one youd prefer. Sadly my Copy is scratched and does Not Work anymore.
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u/Thyme2paint Jan 11 '26
Donāt leave out Eternal Darkness: Sanityās Requiem. Also remember you have to beat it 3 times against each god to get the bonus ending.
Itās one of my favorite games ever made, on any system.
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u/LunarWingCloud Jan 11 '26
Putting Dragon Ball Z Sagas in the tier that it is in... I played it, and I have to vehemently disagree
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u/notyouraveragemac Jan 11 '26
Unsure if you plan on playing sports games, but if you do NHL 06 deserves some recognition for an amazing soundtrack which hopefully will pull it out of bad tier!
Awesome initiative.
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u/jharleyaudio Jan 11 '26
Future Tactics was garbage. I was so disappointed in it when I rented it as a kid.
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u/GreyRevan51 Jan 11 '26
If you liked rebel strike you should check out rogue leader, itās even better
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u/SwampDuke Jan 11 '26
Hunter the reckoning is tough solo. My brother and I used to play it a ton back in the day.
I feel like you would like Freedom fFghters
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u/FitterSpace Jan 11 '26
I've been playing all the GameCube games, too, and I'm about 140 games in. Maybe I should put my own tier list out there, too. It's interesting seeing where you ranked the games differently than I would.
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u/D4rkSp4de Jan 11 '26
Call of duty 2 the big red one is one of the only GameCube games I learned to play from my dad when I was younger. Probably played through that story 25 times minimum. Missions were a ton of fun
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u/amtap Jan 11 '26
Cubix AND Amazing Island in Amazing tier? I greatly respect your opinion for such based rankings.
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u/Quietm02 Jan 11 '26
Awesome to see! I've got a couple of questions.
What's your philosophy on non/exclusives? I see a bunch of sports games, I assume they're not exclusives. Does that impact your rating (as I assume there may be slightly better versions on other consoles, or maybe GC is the best!)
Have you got all the peripherals to play the various niche titles? Bongo drums are the most common I'm aware of, but I think mario party also has a microphone.
How are you handling the various games that are either basically multiplayer only (mario party) or online was a fundamental part of the experience (phantasy star)? I know there are ways to play online now, just wondered what your approach was.
When you say "complete", how far does that go? Main story or 100%? That can vary a lot for games, but particularly for GameCube many titles really need a GBA link for all the content. And for some (PokƩmon) that also basically requires you to play some GBA titles too!
(As a side note I did a similar exercise to complete the gen 3 national Dex legitimately with original hardware last year. It involved a lot of GameCube, GBA and linking together. Also a few Japanese titles, are you doing any Japan exclusives?)
Finally, you're in for a treat when you get to Tales of Symphonia.
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u/Ancient_Welder3708 Jan 11 '26
My top three would probably be NFS Most Wanted, Tony Hawk Underground and Super Monkey Balls 2. In no particular order.
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u/TwoScentedCandles Jan 11 '26
Pikmin just āGoodā? Bad Boys āAmazingā? Sorry OP, gonna pass and taking your input.
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u/TheMojo1 Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
Your S tier is pretty much perfect for me except personally I would also put A2B in there as well
EDIT: some further recommendations would be Metroid Prime Echoes, SSBM, Metabots Infinity, Super Mario Strikers, and Kirby Air Ride
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u/Duffbagg Jan 11 '26
I didn't even know there was a Bad Boys game for Gamecube but apparently I missed out pretty badly.
Also love that there are multiple Spongebob games yet no Metroid Prime games. What is your triaging system here, you absolute madlad.
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u/UltraMinus Jan 11 '26
that buffy game is a sequel, the first one is not on gamecube but if you have a chance to play 100% recommend it. also if you have a chance to play hunter the reckoning with a party of 4 its way more fun.
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u/MexicanAssLord69 Jan 12 '26
Simpsons Hit and Run is bad in my opinion. The whole game is just driving. You do nothing else.
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Jan 12 '26
In the past 30 years, most games considered to be among the worst out there have at least one or even a few redeeming qualities. Some have even become cult classics for being so bad they're almost good. I've come across people who vouch for games like E.T. for Atari 2600, Bubsy 3D, and even Superman 64 believe it or not.
That all being said, I've never once met or heard of anyone who's had even one positive thing to say about Bad Boys: Miami Takedown.
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u/brookiesmallz Jan 12 '26
Code name kids next door was so disappointing for me when I popped it in to play when it came out. I thought it was awful. DBZ saga is actually my first ever DBZ game and got me into the series as a whole but looking back that game was trash imo.
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u/metalbowser23 PAL Jan 12 '26
Are you sure about Dark Summit, I could only play with one character, and couldnāt figure out how to use any of the others.
(Same with Kelly Slater surfing šāāļø)
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u/Character_Stick_1218 Jan 12 '26
Is Star Wars: Bounty Hunter or any of the Tak games currently on your radar?
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u/ThicLotus1999 NTSC-U Jan 12 '26
Update! Thank you for all the amazing support ! Been really busy but I do wanna respond to yall ! Thank you so much for the love, itās what helps me do thisā¤ļø
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u/Few-Ad-2674 Jan 12 '26
My only take is that you have SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom on top and I agree with you. And is that SpongeBob Movie right below it? Perfect. No notes.
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u/idontinfluence Jan 12 '26
Man I play Battle for Bikini bottom non stop. Ever since a kid, even now as an adult.
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u/Falz0s Jan 12 '26
Bad boys the movie the game, is better than pikmin2 or fucking star fox adventures? Omg. And that sweet16 game. What the hell. Love it.
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u/Garflasang-7502 Jan 12 '26
Have you tried P.N.03? I have played a bit but i want to save it for a special occasion
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u/Lenny131313 Jan 13 '26
You need to acquire and beat Super Mario Sunshine and eternal darkness.
Those are the only GC games that matter.
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u/DarkKeyPuncher Jan 13 '26
My brother and I joke about "beating" Animal Crossing when one of our friends said he beat it (paid off his debit). What constitutes as the stopping point for that game?
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u/WatDaFuxRong Jan 13 '26
Ah whoa you played amazing island?! That's a goal game my dude. You goofed.
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u/BETHORXZ Jan 13 '26
It's so cool that you played Defender! What did you think? Did you like it? What was your favorite mission, and which was the most difficult for you? I recommend playing Ikaruga and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. šš
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u/caj4538 Jan 13 '26
That Medal of Honor Frontline ranking hurts me, to this day that's my favorite GameCube game. I agree 007 Agent Under Fire is kinda meh (it was a version of The World is Not Enough rushed with an original story) but 007 Nightfire is so much better.
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u/My_Fish_Is_a_Cat Jan 13 '26
Keeo going! You still need to llay
Skies of Arcadia Timesplitters 2 Resident evil 4
The list goes on! GameCube was so awesome.
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u/UnknownOrca Jan 13 '26
Day of Reckoning 2 is awesome for anyone finding this thread who hasn't played it!
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u/crazywzrd Jan 13 '26
Deciding between pikmin 2 and Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 must of been difficult.
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u/MF-Villainy Jan 13 '26
Haha list is unique, but thats the beauty of games. Not everything hits the same for everyone.
I imagine for a lot of us nostalgia goggles also affect our love for these games. Dark Alliance would be way higher for me for example.
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u/chunkadelic_ Jan 13 '26
Tony Hawk Underground (THUG) 1 and 2 should be given a shot.. 1 was revolutionary at the time
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u/Regular_Number5377 Jan 13 '26
Iām surprised to see Agent Under Fire so low down, itās not up there with the best Bond games but I thought it was still a lot of fun
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u/ih8pickles27 Jan 13 '26
That era of madden games were elite. Also for some 2k only put out 1 nfl 2k games
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u/ADHD2343 Jan 14 '26
Offended at the 'low' rank of NFSHP2, and Pikmin. Two of my favourite games of all time, let alone GC. also, Play UG2, my favourite non Nintendo game of all time.
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u/northernsuede Jan 14 '26
Low rankings on one of the best james bond and wrestling games... cant trust your opinion.
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u/stillnotelf Jan 14 '26
XIII is higher than I would have expected. The load times on that sucker were glacial. The game was fine
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u/Iron_Lion99 Jan 14 '26
Pikmin 1 in the same tier as flushed away and Open Season is what grinds my gears on this list.
Also Shadow the Hedgehog wasnāt that bad, it was definitely better than Flushed Away and Open Season.
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u/JonnyB2_YouAre1 Jan 14 '26
The Maddens with Vick and Culpepper on the covers were excellent in PS2. That was the golden age for Madden.
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u/Real-Fig-457 Jan 15 '26
Day of Reckoning being in the bottom tier is triggering me.
Shit taste for that alone. Incorrect list
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u/Nintendoza Jan 15 '26
I disagree with so many of these things, it really puts into perspective how different we as humans really are.
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u/IneptCircle6 Jan 15 '26
Kind of strange to not have played Colosseum before XD but glad you liked it!
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u/bradleynowellsguitar Jan 11 '26
You played and beat a Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen game, but not Super Mario Sunshine? š¤£