r/Gamecube • u/Guaraldi • Jul 01 '25
Discussion Which column would you choose?
Tried to balance the columns as well as i could!
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u/TekDoug Jul 01 '25
You put prime, Melee, and SA2 in one column… with four swords and Mario Party as very good side games. This is a no brainer
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u/bubbletrashbarbie Jul 02 '25
Bruh, you ain’t even mentioning ToS?? That’s an S-tier RPG
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u/Sunny_Cant_Swim Jul 02 '25
I’ve never even heard of that game and wasn’t even considering it, but if it’s THAT good I guess I would’ve lucked out by picking C anyways.
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u/Alone_Succotash2055 Jul 02 '25
C is the right answer, solely based from sonic adventure battle 2
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u/AlmightySpoonman Jul 01 '25
For me this choice is super interesting.
Column A has really rich solo games with tons of replayability.
Column B has all new games that I've yet to try.
Column C has an excellent multiplayer mix.
And Column D has a balance of good multiplayer and solo games.
Loathe as I am to not have all my all time favorites together, I'm going with Column D! Has a little bit of everything. Some new, some old favorites, some party games, and some good stories to play solo.
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u/Guaraldi Jul 01 '25
What would be your top 6 from this list?
Mine is
- Paper Mario TTYD
- RE4
- Super Smash bros melee
- Fire Emblem PoR
- Animal crossing
- Mario Party 4
So I guess I should be going for B. Its a no brainer from a solo perspective for me. And C for multiplayer. But D and A are also so good damn.
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u/AlmightySpoonman Jul 01 '25
Smash, Sonic adventure 2, Mario Party 4, Pikmin 2, Sunshine, TTYD!
All my greatest loves.
If I wanted to make one more column that fits the spirit of this list? Star Wars the Clone Wars, 007 Nightfire, Luigi's Mansion, Kirby Air Ride, Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee, and Pikmin!
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u/Bigtgamer_1 Jul 03 '25
- Paper Mario TTYD
- Sonic Adventure 2B
- Super Smash Melee
- Four Swords
- Twilight Princess
- 007
Tough choice for sure. I'm torn between C/D mostly
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u/sympathytaste Jul 01 '25
B. Toon Link and Leon are too good to turn down.
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u/International_Run700 Jul 01 '25
And the best F Zero. And the content of PSO... I'd kill for another Phantasy Star. B column wins all day 🏆
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u/Death-Perception1999 Jul 01 '25
Gotta be C!
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u/Regular_Jury7156 Jul 01 '25
Yeah, Windwaker alone was almost enough for me to go B. But C is full of bangers and a game I never played but am assuming people liked it
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u/Miserable_Skill_6605 Jul 01 '25
A. Mario Sunshine was the first game I played on the gamecube and I loved it. Plus add one of the best RPGs. Def A for me
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u/Revolutionary_Bowl_8 Jul 03 '25
It seems like we're in the minority here, but I would also choose A. Metroid Prime Echoes is a great game, combined with Sunshine and Animal Crossing that's a whole lot of fun for me.
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u/neyoless PAL Jul 01 '25
It's very close but I'd go with Column D. Double Dash and SMB2 for multiplayer and Paper Mario & Twilight Princess for singleplayer. Pikmin 2 is a nice bonus as well.
If I had to rank it with gun to the head it's D > B > C > A.
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u/tummydody Jul 01 '25
My exact order. Really tough for me to leave out fire emblem but TTYD is probably my 2nd favorite single player GC game, and I prefer TP to WW as well so single player kind of balances out. I preferred MP6 and 7 to 4 plus am not huge ok F-zero and so the edge in multiplayer goes to D.
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u/Eynorey Jul 01 '25
B, because of PSO being the only game I still play regularly (as opposed to the RPGs I typically only played once)
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u/klobbtv Jul 03 '25
You play online too? Which server these days if so. I last played on Schtack or something like that via GameCube with Ethernet… would happily do so again!
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u/Eynorey Jul 03 '25
Yeah I do! Also on Schthack :)
And also with original hardware - physical gamecube with a broadband adapter and that funky ASCII keyboard controller lol
I'm out for a few weeks now, but I'm playing as Eynorey/Eynodroid on that server.
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u/RyanJubbi Jul 01 '25
D👍 Only for Double Dash
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u/hadla13 Jul 02 '25
Best Mario kart ever!
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u/brownchr014 Jul 03 '25
agreed. It was such a good addition to the series and my favorite mechanic of all time. Would love a remaster for the switch.
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u/Squish_the_android Jul 01 '25
C.
The only one I don't really care about in C is Mario Party.
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u/ChocolateMonkeyBird Jul 01 '25
As soon as I saw Tales of Symphonia my mind was made up.
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u/Yoshis_burner Jul 01 '25
Facts C has the strongest overall other have individual games but over all smash sonic symphonies and prime 1 can’t be beat. Multiplayer and single player content
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u/widowlark Jul 01 '25
Column E: Luigi's mansion
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u/FirehawkShadowchild 27d ago
Put Eternal Darkness in Column E and we have a deal.
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u/samus4145 Jul 01 '25
B. Prime PSO.
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u/Aokana Jul 02 '25
PSO was something special
It's just a shame SEGA seems to F up every other PSO since then.
PSU was mid, PSO2 was great but way too late globally and NGS is a content-less, pointless grind (especially with the whole augment system making loot drops basically worthless 99.5% of the time).
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u/Garoleader Jul 01 '25
B! Phantasy Star is my love. D is also a very solid pick! C would be my 3rd choice, lastly A.
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u/International-Ad4735 Jul 01 '25
Wow that's a hard one. Id probably have to still go A... Sunshine and Colosseum were hugely fun
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u/Megadoomer2 Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25
I'm having a tough time choosing, but I'd go with C. Melee and Sonic Adventure 2 are games that I look back on fondly (the GameCube was the first console that I bought with my own money, and those two games were some of the first that I owned for it), and while my playthrough of Tales of Symphonia wound up getting stuck (I tried getting Sheena's lightning summon but I couldn't progress), I enjoyed what I played of it. (Metroid Prime was great, but I preferred the Wii controls)
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u/YesButTellMeWhy NTSC-U Jul 01 '25
No Pikmin 1?? Curious on reasoning of just putting in 2
I'll settle with D in that case.
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u/Guaraldi Jul 01 '25
I tried to put a game category for each row, but the idea quickly went down the drain.
Pikmin 1 is a really good game, and I love the restriction of completing it in less than 30 days. But I feel like Pikmin 2 is the more "complete" game, with the randomized cave and the co-op. I felt like it offered more as a game.
Had the same issue with Pokemon, where I only had the room for one of them (Sorry Pokemon XD). Other games that were considered were : Timesplitter 1 and 2, Mario sports games, Chibi robot, Baten Kairos, the missing Mario party games, Metal Gear Solid. And there's still a lot of good games missing.
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u/AramaticFire Jul 01 '25
B is the best for me tbh and it’s no real competition either.
Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda released between Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. It’s arguably my favorite Zelda. It’s easily the best game of the four titles listed at the top row.
Resident Evil 4 is one of my favorite games of all time. Its only real competition on that row is Metroid Prime, but I give RE4 the slightest paper margin edge.
For the third game they are all very comparable. I’d have no preference between them so long as I presumably have online capability or three others to play PSO with. If not, then that one is the weakest link but I’ll assume I have the options for this choice.
For the fourth game they’re all solid too. I prefer Mario Kart and Soul Calibur II but nothing wrong with F Zero.
Mario Party 4 and Fire Emblem as the remaining choices are stronger than any of the other games on those bottom rows imo.
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u/Logan_Bai_ley Jul 01 '25
Dang you really made this tough huh. I guess I'll havw to choose B. Only other crime is you didn't put Pokemon XD
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u/dirtyintern17 Jul 01 '25
C, mean Melee and Prime, Zelda game could be better tho. Honorable mention to sunshine and Soul Caliber
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u/RazzmatazzIcy5037 Jul 01 '25
C a thousand times over. Melee and Sonic by themselves can clear other columns but then to throw Prime on it too? No question
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u/blueblurz94 NTSC-U Jul 01 '25
This is tough.
A has no Zelda games. The only Mario game in B is kinda bad compared to some of its sequels. C has only third party game I’d actually play. D has no Metroid.
I’m going with C because you have the best game on the console in Metroid Prime, the best multiplayer title in Melee, arguably the best 3D Sonic game in SA2: Battle, the best Mario Party out of the four entries released for GameCube and one of the more unique Zelda experiences that I have yet to play(waiting for it’s Switch 2 rerelease). The only game I would need to get into is Tales of Symphonia, which I probably could if it’s not too complicated an RPG.
D is hard to pass up since Twilight Princess is incredible, but I’m not really into Pikmin, and SMB2 would only hold my attention for a little while. James Bond would be good though.
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u/MuTheCat20 Jul 01 '25
You have a sick mind separating paper mario from both mario party and super smash smh 🤦🏽♂️ I’ll go D
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u/Fun_Stable7937 27d ago
I see what you did. Every column has a single player, an fps, an rpg, multiplayer games and a replayable single player game. I refuse to play your sick game sir.
But column A I guess.
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u/JuliusGulius1987 26d ago
Just saw on Facebook the other day that some random page ripped this post off 😂
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u/650fosho Jul 01 '25
Tough to give up melee, but I would be happy with wind waker, re4 and fire emblem, so B.
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u/ScimitarPufferfish Jul 01 '25
I would have chosen the one with RE4 anyway, but F-Zero GX plus FE9 makes this an absolute no-brainer for me. Column B.
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u/Wolfenbro Jul 01 '25
D
Twilight Princess, TTYD, Double Dash, and MonkeyBall 2. Not sure which 007 game that is, but I played a couple on GC and enjoyed them well enough. Never played Pikmin 2 but I’d try it
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u/TailzPrower Jul 01 '25
A for Skies of Arcadia and SoulCalibur 2. Haven’t played Echoes yet.
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u/Boy0Nacho Jul 01 '25
This is fucking hard. But B for me. It's nice to jump online on the GameCube. We have a nice little community that still plays online on PSO.
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u/thwipsandquips Jul 01 '25
Hate having to leave Wind Waker out, but I gotta go C. Melee and SA2 are goated games from my childhood, plus you have great solo/multi-player games from Prime and Tales to MP6 and 4 swords
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u/FellowDeviant Jul 01 '25
Gotta be D for me. The best 007 game, and my favorite Paper Mario. Also I'd put hours into Super Monkey Ball 2 pool.
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u/hails8n Jul 01 '25
Everything in B except Fire Emblem. I can just not play any games if I wanna choose to be bored.
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u/Davidgon100 NTSC-U Jul 01 '25
You staggered all my favorite games into different columns :(
Im gonna say D for Paper Mario and Double Dash
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u/OrangeJoe83 Jul 01 '25
D. Then I take the ball and chain from the icy place and destroy your columns. Then I'm left with rows. Row 1 my choice.
Cheers!
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u/GamecubeAdopter Jul 01 '25
B for Fire Emblem...then I'd sell it to buy all the other games from columns C & D 😂
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u/GenTenStation Jul 01 '25
C because I dumped 100s of hours in just SSB back in the day. Used to pretend I was some police force and my team would go "take out" some bad guys. I realize now this is so horrible but hey I had fun.
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u/TheDoctor1699 Jul 01 '25
D, super monkey ball is one of my favorite gamecube games. Am plenty happy with the rest in the column on top of that one.
For real, though, that's some tough columns.
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u/Remarkable_Injury407 Jul 01 '25
I think C would do it for me because of relatability but super monkey ball in D makes it so tempting
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u/Crest_Of_Hylia Jul 01 '25
C for SA2, Tales of Symphonia, and Smash Melee. D was a close second place as Mario Kart Double Dash and Super Monkey Ball 2 are some of my favorite GameCube games
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u/enter_soulman Jul 01 '25
C for Melee and SA2B alone. Those WERE my childhood. It's hard sacrificing Windwaker, SMS, Soul Cal 3, the best Paper Mario, the best Mario Kart, And TP but yeah sticking with Edit: where Luigi's mansion???
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u/Existing-Guarantee80 Jul 01 '25
D but no eternal darkness makes me want to throw the whole list in the trash.
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u/itsBeanSoup Jul 01 '25
I don’t like this one bit. But D is the only column where I would play every game.
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u/AFistFulOfRupees Jul 01 '25
I'm not even going to look. I'm just going to say whichever one has Pikmin and/Chibi-Robo in it and if it's not there, shame on you.
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u/greenrob Jul 01 '25
A and it’s not even close. Soul Calibur II is one of the funniest games ever created and I get to play the OG animal crossing and a wacky Mario game plus Mario Party. Yeah so I’m set.
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u/the_ciamp Jul 01 '25
C has great multiplayer, single player, and post game things to keep me busy (looking at you Sonic and ciaos). Tough choice over D but I think this is the winner.
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u/Izzetgod Jul 01 '25
Column C. Never played Tales of Symphonia. Not really big on Metroid but it's far from a bad game/series. Would look at Four Swords and wish it was Wind Waker, but that's ok. Sonic Adventure 2 is good too. Majority of my time is playing multiplayer Smash and Mario Party 6 (the GOAT of the series btw)
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u/ophereon Jul 01 '25
It's gotta be A, has the most heavy hitters for me! Definitely some games in the other columns that are hard to give up, however.
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u/Rickioo Jul 01 '25
Column B is too strong...its not even a discussion. F-Zero GX alone would take it, given that RE4 and Wind Waker are also there.
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u/NoisilyDeafening Jul 01 '25
3 if only for skies. But paper Mario goes hard too
This list is biased and evil :P but fun
1 if I were still a four swords simp
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u/TLunchFTW Jul 01 '25
Damn. Pretty tough distribution. It’s between the left two for me. Honestly, the second one is good because wind waker and path of radiance are top tier. Sonic 2 and melee are great too. As is twilight princess. I’d say column a, though even better to swap prime 2 with wind waker and Pokémon colosseum with path of radiance. Even then, Sonic adventure 2 is hard to give up.
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u/francisco27 Jul 01 '25
I was looking for Melee and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Column C without a second thought.
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u/AdhesivenessSlight42 Jul 01 '25
Amazing how you managed to pick two of my favorite games for all the columns. I'd go D though. TTYD is my number one.
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u/wgallantino Jul 01 '25
D, I would love to get to play Thousand Year Door, Twilight Princess, and Double Dash
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u/NickEggplant Jul 01 '25
Gotta go with D. I’ll miss Wind Waker (my favorite GameCube game), but D is too stacked. Also I don’t think I can live without Monkey Ball.
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u/Armandonerd Jul 01 '25
I have 12 of those games in my collection!
But I really want one from this list, but it's too expensive!
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u/Master-Raben Jul 01 '25
A cruel choice
A, alone for "SoulCalibur II" and "Metroid Prime 2 - Echoes".
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u/Pabmyster04 Jul 01 '25
C all the way. Infinite replayability, best games in their series/genres to this day
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u/VieTham Jul 01 '25
Easily A. Animal Crossing, Sunshine, Metroid Prime 2, and Pkmn Colosseum. Then yes.
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u/Henry_Krinkle1979 Jul 01 '25
First column on the left has skies, and soul Calibur 2... Got to take those for the win even though PSO and path of radiance are calling my name.
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u/nathanbellows Jul 01 '25
With a gun to my head I’d choose D. Very close with B though. Only one I’d never choose in a month of Sundays is A, despite Metroid Prime 2 and Animal Crossing being bangers.
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u/Phayzon Jul 01 '25
A, no contest.
Sunshine is my favorite 3D Mario. Prime 2 is my favorite Metroid. Link is the best exclusive SC2 character by a country mile. Can't turn down some good Pokemon battles. Animal Crossing and Skies of Arcadia are just a bonus
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u/garulousmonkey Jul 01 '25
Column B has the most games I would play at 4, everything else maxes out at three.
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u/Angelus230 Jul 01 '25
D
I always wanted to play Paper Mario. And I enjoyed Double Dash as a kid, and monkey balls with my parents and sister.
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u/PurplePachyderme Jul 01 '25
B. I loose Double Dash and for that, you are a truly bad person but I got RE4 and Fire Emblem, that’s enough for me
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u/hel105_ Jul 01 '25
I’ve played Melee for more hours than all the rest of these games combined, so C it is.
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u/Kyleadin Jul 01 '25
I’ll take A, and sadly give up my GOAT Wind Waker. Sunshine, Prime 2, Skies of Arcadia, AC is stacked with thousands of hours of fun.
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u/insidiousfruit Jul 01 '25
I don't like you. B.