Just about to get a Gamecube, what games MUST i own?

[Del Boy]

Just reserved one from Argos, its a white one with mario footy for just ?59.99. Good price?

Anyhow what games MUST i own?

[Wools]

There's a lot of brillant games including more Niche games like P.N.03 but the games that you must own are probally:

Zelda: Wind Waker Special Edition
Metroid Prime
Sonic Adventure
Mario Sunshine
Super Monkey Ball
Resident Evil 4

That'll keep you quiet for a few months! Anywho, hope you enjoy the Gamecube!

[sj33]

Tales of Symphonia. Even if you don't like RPG's, because it has a pretty open-ended action-orientated battle system and light-hearted plot.

Skies of Arcadia Legends, if you've not played SoA on the Dreamcast.

[Champloo]

I'll bump Tales of Symphonia, it's a really, really brilliant RPG.

There's also Viewtiful Joe and Killer7 for some Capcom goodness.

Paper Mario 2 is also fantastic, don't miss that one. And Mario Kart: DD.

[JazzFunk]

Resi 4, without a doubt. All the 'big' games will be mentioned, so I'll just chuck in Spiderman 2 for good measure - it's not the greatest game ever but it just feels really good on the 'Cube.

[importaku]

Add chibi robo to the list, although ive heard its a git to find a PAL version.

[Mayhem]

He'll have to find it though if he wants to play it... he's bought the pearl cube which refuses to let Freeloader work on it. Hence he can't import anything.

[ryodi]

Must haves are:

Super Mario Sunshine
Tales of Symphonia
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Paper Mario
Chibi Robo
Resident Evil 4
Luigi's Mansion
Super Monkey Ball (the original only, all of the sequels have been terrible)

I've also found the Mario sports games to be pretty good, Superstar Baseball and Power Tennis especially.

[SuperDanX]

If you like resi then get remake and zero to. F-zero gx is essential too.

[Del Boy]

He'll have to find it though if he wants to play it... he's bought the pearl cube which refuses to let Freeloader work on it. Hence he can't import anything.

Not collected it yet, if thats the case i may leave it.

[w?stling]

Pikmin
Eternal Darkness
Starfox Adventures

[vertigo]

I would have said Mr Driller Drill Land but you've gone and bought a PAL one so ignore that.

Metroid Prime, obviously. Luigi's Mansion is great entertainment. Oh I dunno, all the non-usual-suspects that I'd recommend are Japanese like Star Soldier and Mr Driller.
How about Super Monkey Ball? You could pick that up for peanuts (baboom-tish!).
Paper Mario and F-Zero too.

Seriously, you should just get a switched NTSC one instead, even imported GC games are really cheap on ebay and the like. So you can't go into a shop and browse 2nd hand stuff, who cares? No one goes into games shops these days anyway, do they?

[gingerj]

Del Boy, I'd personally recommend these titles (in no order):
Resident Evil 4
P.N.03
Viewtiful Joe
Super Mario Sunshine
Chibi Robo
Eternal Darkness
Battalion Wars
F-Zero GX
Pikmin
Killer 7
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I hope it helps!

[Concept]

Other people have already mentioned them, but the seven real GameCube essentials (if you don't have the time/resources to track many more down) are:

Resident Evil 4
Killer7
Viewtiful Joe
Metroid Prime
Eternal Darkness
Resident Evil Remake
Super Monkey Ball

[briareos_kerensky]

If you have friends to play with:
Super Mario Kart Double Dash
Wario Ware
Super Mario Strikers/Power Football/whatever it's called
Beach Spikers
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Zelda Four Swords

Some of them are fine for single player too, but here's a list of my personal 1P favourites:

Ikaruga
Viewtiful Joe
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Eternal Darkness
Battalion Wars
Pikmin 2
F-Zero GX
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2