There was a distinct difference in the way Nintendo of Japan marketed the GameCube and how it was marketed in western markets. the helmet of Samus Aran taped onto a ballerina to promote Metroid Prime).
The idea behind the campaign was that players were the character that they played, with print ads showing pieces of the main character taped onto a photograph of a person (e.g. Most of the commercials and print ads were games developed or published by Nintendo, but some third-party developers were able to use the campaign as well. The "Who Are You?" logo was graffiti lettering. This was used to market a wide variety of Nintendo games. A wallpaper for the "Who Are You?" campaign.Īnother well known advertising campaign was the "Who Are You?" advertising campaign. A voice would then whisper, "GameCube." This was usually shown at the end of a commercial for a GameCube game. The first advertising campaign for the Nintendo GameCube was simply a rotating cube that would morph into the GameCube logo. Memory cards are available in 59 block (of which several were packaged with games including Animal Crossing), a 256 block, and a 1024 block versions. The final "major release" on the GameCube was also first-party, with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess being one of the most highly-anticipated titles in the console's run, though it is more well known for the version that was ported to the Wii.Īs games were no longer on cartridges Nintendo released a series of memory cards where players would save their progress. Games released only on the GameCube at the time of release have a triangle in the upper left corner that says "Only For," implicating that the game was only available on the GameCube. The GameCube also saw a fair share of games, although its most popular games were first-party Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, F-Zero GX, and Animal Crossing, to name a few. The Panasonic Q Gamecube was released only in Japan. The console is officially abbreviated to the acronym "GCN" (" Game Cube by Nintendo").Ī version of the GameCube with DVD playback capability was released by Panasonic, but the "Panasonic Q Edition" GameCubes weren't available outside of Japan.
The GameCube sold a total of 21.74 million units worldwide, coming in third place in the so-called "console war" slightly behind Microsoft's Xbox, but far behind Sony's PlayStation 2. The GameCube was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002.
The Nintendo GameCube is Nintendo's successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to the Nintendo Wii. Overview The Nintendo GameCube and its logo
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