I-cubic console ye- Nintendo Kukhunjulwa nge-nostalgia eyanele ngama-nintenderos amaningi, noma abanye bakubheka njengekhonsoli yokugcina "eyiqiniso" ye- IBig N. Kuzalwe njengephrojekthi yokuvelela ukumelana namandla onke PlayStation 2 kwathi lapho ehamba wahlangana nomncintiswano omusha, Xbox.
Kulokhu okukhethekile, sibukeza izimbangela ezingaba khona eziholele ku- GameCube ukuze ube ideskithophu yekhonsoli ye Nintendo okungenani ithengiswe kumjikelezo wayo wempilo.
GameCube kufakwe ngaphakathi kwe-CPU yayo IBM, eyaziwa njengeGekko, ne-GPU Ati ngokuhlanganyela ithuthukiswe ngu Nintendo y I-ArtX, unikeza umshini amandla obuchwepheshe awubeka ngaphezu kwalokhu uNintendo ayenakho njengomncintiswano wakhe omkhulu: kwakwanele ukubona imidlalo efana I-Metroid Prime, I-Rogue Squadron III o Owakhile omubi -ngisho itheku lengxenye yesine lalibukeka lingcono kwikyubhu kunase PS2- ukubona lokhu.
Kodwa-ke, usongo olukhulu ku Nintendo fue Microsoft ngokungena kwayo njengomkhiqizi wekhonsoli, emkhakheni wegeyimu wevidiyo okhula ngokushesha owathathela ukunakekela kwalabo abaseRedmond, futhi sesivele siyazi ukuthi ubasebenzisa kanjani Microsoft. Ngenkathi i- Xbox uhambe phambili GameCube ngamandla aluhlaza, kushiya ikhonsoli Nintendo phakathi, ngenhla PS2, kepha kusekude nezinga le Xbox. Lokhu, yize kubonakala kuyisilima, kunokubaluleka kwayo: imidlalo eminingi yenziwa isuselwa ku- PS2 ukuba yipulatifomu ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke, kuyilapho abanye abaningi bethatha Xbox njengekhonsoli lokuma ngenxa yokufana kwayo ne- PC, futhi empeleni, lo mshini uthole amachweba ambalwa emidlalo ehambisanayo.
Olunye udaba olunameva ukusekelwa kwe-optical okusetshenziselwa ikhonsoli. Ngaleso sikhathi, Nintendo ivume ngokusobala ukuthi ifomethi ye-cartridge ye- I-Nintendo 64 konke bekuyiphutha nokuthi ama-DVD amancane enziwe Panasonic ukuze GameCube bezingeke zibe yisithiyo konjiniyela. Nokho, okwenzekile ukuthi umthamo walawa madiski ubunganele (1,50 GB) futhi kuholele emidlalweni efike kuma-DVD angaphezu kwelilodwa futhi idatha eningi kumele icindezelwe, ngaleyo ndlela kuthinte ikhwalithi yomsindo nevidiyo. Izimpikiswano zisetshenziselwe ukuvikela le fomethi, njengokuthi izingane eziningi ezincane bezizosebenzisa ikhonsoli nokuthi lolu sayizi lwe-disc lubalungele, nokuthi bekungadingekile ukuthi kubhekwe lonke i-GB le-DVD ukwenza okuhle umdlalo noma lokho Nintendo bekufanele bazivikele ebugebengwini (okuyinto abangazange bayivimbele: yize kumangalisa ngokwengeziwe kune PS2 o Xbox, izipele zingasebenza kududuzo GameCube modified, futhi njengoba sonke sazi, nge I-Wii ukushaya ngamandla kwabo akuzange kuthuthumele ukukhetha i-DVD njengoba ifomethi namazinga okuphanga kulesi simiso ayethusa kakhulu)
Umndeni noma isithombe somkhiqizo wezingane naso sibonakala siyingozi kwikhonsoli (yize kufanelekile, bekukhona imidlalo yeminyaka yonke, kusukela UTy: ITiger yaseTasmania kuze kufinyelele Owakhile omubi). Kumele futhi kuqashelwe ukuthi GameCube Wayephuzile ukuya ephathini: eJapan yathengiswa ngoSepthemba 2001, yayizokwenza okufanayo ngoNovemba e-US futhi, ekugcineni, kuze kube nguMeyi wonyaka olandelayo asikwazanga ukujabulela umshini eYurophu, futhi ngaleso sikhathi , Xbox yayivele ifikile kuzo zonke izindawo, ngenkathi PlayStation 2 Isivele ikwenzile lokho ngonyaka ka-2000 (Mashi eJapan, Okthoba e-US nangoNovemba eYurophu)
Ukuthengiswa kwekhonsoli, nokusatshalaliswa kwayo - womabili imishini nemidlalo, kubi kakhulu eSpain-, nakho akusizanga: ngaphandle kwentengo eyehlisiwe ye- GameCube uma kuqhathaniswa nomncintiswano, umphumela owuthandayo awuzange uzuzwe, futhi ake sikhumbule ukuthi ikhonsoli isuke ku- € 199 yaya ku- € 99, nini Xbox iphume yaya kuma-euro angama-480 ngokuncishiswa okulandelayo kwaba ngu-300, futhi kwathengiswa izigidi ezingama-21 kuphela GameCube kuqhathaniswa nama-24 atholwe umshini Microsoft, futhi-ke, kukude kunalokho okungaphezulu kwe-155 elikutholile PS2. Lokhu futhi kuholele ekushodeni kokwesekwa okuvela kwizitudiyo nezinkampani kuya GameCube: bekunezinhlobo ezithile zezintandane nenqwaba yemidlalo ephume PS2 y Xbox abakubonanga ukukhanya emshinini Nintendo.
Esinye isici, noma mhlawumbe abanye basikhomba njenge-anecdotal, ukuthi i-console yayihlala ngesikhathi sokushintshwa kwamandla Nintendo: umlando UHiroshi yamauchi unikeze isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli njengamanje USatoru Iwata, abathi abayinakanga kangako Umdlalo Cube, ngoba wayegxile kakhulu ezinhlelweni zenkampani ezizayo.
Njengoba sibona, ukukhubazeka kwe- GameCube- Ifike sekwedlule isikhathi, bekungekho ukusatshalaliswa okuhle kweziduduzo nemidlalo, izinkampani eziningi azizange zisekele i-console kahle, ifomethi ye-mini DVD ibiyiphutha, ukuchema kwezingane, kanye nokushintshwa kwamandla kwangaphakathi kusuka Nintendo Bashaye kanzima kukhonsoli ezalwe ikhulisa okulindelwe okuningi futhi lapho amaphutha obengaphambi kwayo ayengalindelwe ukuthi aphindwe: ekugcineni, GameCube kube yinhlekelele enkulu kune I-Nintendo 64, njengoba kudayiswe izinduduzo eziyizigidi ezingama-21 kuphela uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-33 kwezingu-64.
Sesivele sazi ukuthi yize impumelelo ingahambisani nakho, akusho ukuthi imidlalo yamaqophelo ibingekho: Ama-Super Smash bros, Inganekwane kaZelda: Wind Waker, Inganekwane kaZelda: Twilight Princess, isaga Owakhile omubi (ngaleyo remake enhle futhi okukhethekile Resident Evil 0), UJoe obukekayo, i-Metal Gear Solid Izinyoka ezingamawele, ukulethwa okubili kwe- I-Metroid Prime, the Pikmin, IBaten Kaitos, Ubumnyama Obungunaphakade, uMario Kart Double Dash, uGeist, iWario World, iWario Ware, isaga leMario Party, iSoul Calibur 2 (nge isixhumanisi njengohlamvu olukhethekile), Indlu kaLuigi, Tales of Symphonia, Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles, Fire Emblem, Star Fox Adventures (isethi yokugcina ye- ezingavamile yekhonsoli yedeskithophu ye Nintendo), IPhepha Mario: Umnyango weMillennial, uMario Smash Ibhola, iF-Zero GX, iDonkey Kong Jungle Beat o PN 03 yizibonelo zekhathalogi enkulu ye GameCube, eminye yale midlalo ize idizayinwe kabusha I-Wii, kodwa lokho, bangane, kungenye indaba.