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A YouTuber got tired of waiting for Nintendo and built their own fully functional GameCube Classic

Despite a stellar lineup of games and plenty of nostalgic fans waiting to pick one up, Nintendo has yet to announce a smaller, classic version of the GameCube. A YouTuber named Madmorda decided to fill that hole themself by creating the world's smallest GameCube, their own Classic version of the cube console.

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Neonridr1806d ago

Wow, that's pretty amazing.

Sono4211805d ago (Edited 1805d ago )

This is the coolest thing i've ever seen! Just 2 questions.

1. Where can I buy this?
2. Does it come with games pre loaded? Does it have a special menu for selecting them? Or is it just the Wii Menu?
Actually let's add a third! How old is the person who built this? They sound young!

darthv721805d ago

I'm assuming the games are on that flash drive that is in the first USB port.

darthv721806d ago

Using a Wii mainboard cut to fit inside... that is some good reverse engineering. Although you know N would likely still use the same mini boards in their existing classics to make a cube one.

DreadGara1806d ago

Too much of a drama in that title....
How hard for a fan to get any console out there if he really wanted to???
The answer is obvious, no matter what those Queen's tried to pull this new garbage re releases from the companies will never replace the original machines anyway.
I'd rather find a used rusty on life support console over the new junk we are getting.

BioDead1805d ago

Its so tiny, I'm sure Nintendo won't go that small if you take a look NES and SNES Mini. But that tiny one didn't have HDMI out put, it was just one plug (I don't know the name, but I know it gives crappy image quality). So then it must be bigger.

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Behind The Dangerous Stunts Of Nintendo’s Iconic Mario Commercials

Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.

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Bowser Is Canonically 34 Years Old

In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.

jznrpg323d ago

I saw Bowser when I was a kid and now I’m older than him , sigh.

Brazz322d ago

Wow, i'm as old as Bowser!!

Stanjara322d ago (Edited 322d ago )

He looks 55 to me.

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Nintendo Is A Bad Company, But We Can't Help Loving Them Anyway

TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”

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Magog332d ago

I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.

Kosic330d ago

Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....

Tapani331d ago (Edited 331d ago )

Another very weird article.

Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.

Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.

Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.

There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.

Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)

The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.

In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.

MadLad331d ago

I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.

They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.

gold_drake330d ago

my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.

and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.