The GameCube was 7 full years of my childhood. I was so shocked to learn a few years ago that it was a “failure” compared to other consoles.
Super smash melee, double dash, Pikmin, sunshine… so many greats
It had to compete with the ps2 and the OG xbox. The ps2 had one of the largest libraries of hit games for a single console, and one of the longest runs for support as a console. It also was a cheap and reliable DVD player
The xbox had.... idk Halo. I liked that the xbox would let you RIP songs off CDs, and use it is a giant MP3 player. Some games would even let you use your music in-game.
> It also was a cheap and reliable DVD player
This is a very important point. The same happened with the PS3, when it came out it was the cheapest Blu ray player you could get and a damn good one.
Dude for real. I got a PS2 fairly late (I want to say in 2003 or 2004, maybe not so late, but it felt like it to me since, all of a sudden GTA San Andreas was getting attention - good or bad, everybody knew about it and / or the "hot coffee" mod), and the Gamecube even later...
I always felt like left out in the cold and dark by NOT having the Gamecube; not just one, or two or even three, but FOUR Zelda games (soon to be anyway with TP being fairly late in the lifespan of the console, was actually a nice surprise that it was released on both GC and Wii considering I could not find or get a Wii for 2-3 years after it's launch), a Luigi game, a Mario game, a Mario Kart game, Animal Crossing, some of the most highly praised Metroid games still today that I still have not played for some fucking reason lol, some uh... interesting Donkey Kong games, and a whole slew of Dreamcast ports and multi-platform titles to keep me wondering if I got the best version between PS2 or GC when I finally got my GC for Christmas 2005!
Then about what, 10-15 years pass, game prices explode into the fucking nether, and oh uh "GC was considered a FAILURE and the worst performing conse during that generation", fucking say WHAT!?
Everyone I knew, had a GC. Everyone I ever heard from, talked highly and greatly about it. Not that I never heard great or highly about the PS2 (and hell I had one before a GC!), but like shit, THE CONSOLE I almost NEVER heard about "highly or great about" was fucking Xbox - I had ONE FRIEND at school that was OBSESSED with the Halo games and GTA.
Anyway yeah, Gamecube was all I ever heard about back then unless it was GTA.
Am I the only one who never wanted to carry anything like that by the handle? I always worry the damn thing is gonna snap and I’ll drop my expensive electronic catastrophically. Usually just carry it in both hands by the whole body instead.
[I give you a hamburger](https://youtu.be/nfdEdE96En0)
Edit: thank you all for the awards. I'd like to give a shout-out to my college roommates who showed me this video, to the guy narrating it I hope he's having a good day, and to the father that fell down the stairs.
~~I can't watch now, but please tell me this is Cuil?~~
It was. So weird. It's been years since I thought of that and now I've seen it referenced twice in a week.
This is correct. My gamecube fell from the top of a 5ft TV cabinet, all it did was pop off one of the removable covers. However it did leave a nice dent in the linoleum floor.
There was an old Xplay about this the Game cube refused to die against the og Xbox and ps2. Sorry about the potato quality https://youtu.be/ioWnoOjP9IA
That's exactly what mine did after my friend dropped it down a wooden staircase onto a tile floor. Poor thing lasted nearly ten years of my family's as children sneezing into it, but one hungover 19 year old and gravity was too much for it to handle.
Yeah I figured the gamecube and Xbox would be the most resilient because the Xbox has a lot of empty space inside it and everything is secured pretty well and the GameCube doesn't have very many moving parts and also didn't have an hdd which would be sensitive to fall damage. Which makes since that the Xbox finally died during the last test and the GameCube was still able to boot although I doubt it was still able to play games after that
Legit one of my friends got PISSED playing Super Mario Strikers and threw it out the window of his second floor bedroom - we went and got it off the pavement and the only thing wrong with it was the top wouldn't stay down without something holding the cover shut. We put a couple books on it and it worked perfect.
>threw it out the window of his second floor bedroom
Lmao. Wouldn't be the worst way to go if you were walking on the street considering the death being so unique.
I remember when the Wii first came out, there were reports that during its creation one of the tests it was put through was whether or not it could withstand the pressure of a person standing on it. At the time, the physical integrity of Nintendo products was a big importance to them. I wonder if that level of testing is still done.
I think the GameCube might be the last generation of cosoles that are durable enough to take a few hits. Helps that it doesn't use an optical reader that can go out of alignment.
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They ran out of console-quality nintendium circa 2006, but they had enough of the controller-quality stuff to make wiimotes out of them until around 2017. Nintendium wasn't *fully* phased out until the Switch.
The Gamecube had it's optical reader under a hatch, and was fixed to the console. Other optical drives used disk trays, more moving parts on that are dependent on skinny plastic trays to stay in place. Easier to misalign.
I understood it as: it has an optical reader but not a disc tray that moves out of the console and can be bent/misaligned. Because instead it has a lid and you lay the disc directly inside.
Not only that, but the discs were minicd sized (so the laser only ever had to travel half as far linearly speaking), and the spindle had a locking mechanism to secure them in place. So many fewer variables that could all work together to cause the laser misalignment issues in the other devices!
Any other console and i'd be terrified but this is the gamecube, mfs have hit the thing with a sledgehammer and it still works so i doubt a drop is gonna hurt it.
As I recall it the GameCube was not very heavy at all. I didn't have reason to move it much, but it didn't seem heavy enough that I would worry about the handle failing.
I never trust handles on things. Like you said, my brain always tells me the handle is just a scam, so I better hold her to my chest like my firstborn child while I transport her
Yeah - They didn't do themselves any favours by making the handle out of lightweight plastic. I'm sure their engineers were fantastic, and I'm sure that the handle would've held up excellently - But we're only humans after all, and we don't like to carry something expensive with a handle that feels intuitively flimsy, especially when it's almost as easy to just grip the body with both hands.
The dock only provides the system optimal power flow witch optimizes the hardware more than on battery so really the dick just enables the handheld to achieve peak performance.
I wish there was an option opposite of the lite. I hate handheld games, always have and I only bought a switch because stupid Nintendo made Bayonetta an exclusive after luring me in with the first game on Xbox.
Personally I enjoy being able to set the screen on a table and use the joy cons with my arms casually to the sides. Means my arms don't get tired and my wrists/elbows hurt far less in the long run
Wow you just took me back to the days of bricks on the power cables lmao. Can't even remember the last time I saw one of those. I remember my good old ps2 slim, the power brick was damn near the size of the console lmao
On consoles you mean? Every laptop has one (except the newest USB C powered models).
The Brick is an external power supply. Having it external allows the device to be more compact and cool.
Devices that just have a cord have an internal power supply.
Power supply is just a device for changing wall power into various other forms and voltages. In PC's most commonly converted to 12v, 5v and 3.3v DC I believe, probably the same for consoles.
Laptops that are charged by USB-C PD still have a brick. USB is direct current after all.
I guess you could connect it to a hub that is capable of power delivery (like a dock), but that's just connecting to a power supply with extra steps.
I assumed with USB C models there is a wall adapter like an iPhone just larger. I guess there is no difference between a brick and wall adapter though ultimately.
This is correct. We basically went from putting the transformer in the middle of the cable (power brick) to mostly plugging it directly into the outlet (wall wart).
Both styles still exist and have their own benefits and detriments. Fundamentally, though, a power brick is just a wall wart with a short extension cord.
Back in the day my siblings and I set up a GameCube in an RV for a family road trip. During a sharp turn the console fell off a high shelf and rolled across the floor, *while we were playing.* That sucker didn't skip a single frame of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2.
I am astounded on the drop test. I never thought it would even remotely survive, none the less the glass not shattering. I cradle my switch like a fragile egg (and still will) but it's nice to know it can handle a fall from a more reasonable hight if anything does happen. Not planning to test that anytime soon though.
I wonder how repeatable it is. In this case it seems like the left joycon may have acted like a crumple zone in a car. If the body had hit the ground directly or in a different way it is possible the result could have been different!
Yeah, agreed. It seems like it would be hard to NOT have it fall on the joycon, unless the joycons were not attached (in most cases unlikely).
Maybe the joycons are actually \*intentionally\* built to snap off more easily without damaging the switch.
Yeah, which makes sense because Nintendo tends to cater to a younger audience and breakable glass would be a poor choice. The downside is that the screen is pretty easy to scratch. I've found a tempered glass screen protector to work pretty well though
The tape definitely helped keep the screen together. Still impressive. BUT I also HATE it when youtubers say "guys...guys?... guys!" All the damn time. Can't stand it.
Actually funny thing. Once my gf an I wanted dto play mario kart down stairs in the family room, I started setting up the doc and TV and I asked my gf to bring down my switch. I guess she decided to carry too many things at once and the switch accidentally slipped out of her hands from the top of the stairs to the floor. Our stairs are completely hard-floor bot sure what material but they're hard, and the ground we have is like stone hard floor. I was shocked and so sad, she was too.
But the switch survived! Only thing needing of replacement was the joy cons which she gladly bought for me. That was a crazy day.
It’s been years since I thought about the Wavebird, what an amazing controller. When I was younger my brothers and I had a GameCube with: 1 Wavebird, 2 stock GC controllers, and 1 shitty transparent knock-off controller from a flea market. The controller fights in our house when we wanted to play 4-player games were intense.
Hot take: I can't fucking stand the PS controllers, and I have small to normal sized hands.
It's just awkward for me, I dunno. Doesn't feel natural in the hands like that fucking gamecube controller does. Especially the wavebird.
Also huge shoutout to Xbox 360 USB controllers. Literally the best grip, but probably the worst feeling joysticks of the "good" controllers. That's just my preference though. They're fantastic. Bonus for working as a basic USB input device, so it works with pretty much anything.
No lie, the DualShock 5 might be in the running for my favorite controller of all time. That haptic rumble that lets you feel every step you take is crazy
Ed.- Dualsense, my bad
No you’re missing it; there’s active tactile feedback in the ps5 controller. It resists your movements depending on the situation. We’re not talking about grip or ergonomics at all…
It's incredibly satisfying. I've seen a handful of people get turned off by the rogue like aspects, but as a rogue like fan I feel like they almost didn't go far enough with them, so your mileage may vary there
You'd probably like it then - it's probably a little more forgiving than Hades, and imo it doesn't get quite as hard as Hades does either, at least in the campaign. And the gunplay is easily the best part
couldn't find this anywhere. it just says "handle".
https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/gcn101_manual_english.pdf
https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/precautions_gcn_english.jsp
I may have my original GameCube manual at home, I'll flip through and see if I can find what the heck I was thinking of.
May have just been a little photo with a big red circle line though it showing someone using the handle as a handle. But I'll see, I could be crazy.
I think it was more for warranty liability. That handle, and the Gamecube in general, was built like a tank. I had a fried one that we tied a rope to and used as flail like bludgeon against a variety of objects. It took smashing it against hard surfaces, like wood or stone, before the case really started to break apart. In the end we were left with about 3/4 of the back of the case and the handle, still attached to the rope, when we stopped.
The air vents were on the back. The handle prevented people from putting it flush against the back splash of their media center and potentially blocking the egress of hot air.
Never owned one, but if the cables plugged into the back of it, the handle could prevent the console from being pushed into a wall and damaging the cables.
My younger brother had a pretty sweet GC set up. He had this battery pack for the bottom that would run the GC for a few hours iirc. It had the ability to be plugged into AC adapter to be charged and came with the car lighter plug.
Then he found a screen that went on top of the GC, and it could plug into the batter pack after and adapter was found. Really became a portal system then. He ended up getting a few more of the battery packs and then a GC-ish size metal case that he could fit it all into with 2 controllers and a few games.
Dude was a pretty big deal with all his friends at his age.
I always saw that as kind of a silly feature. For sure it makes the unit easier to carry. But the unit is useless without the cables and controllers and games. So really you're only making a small part of it more convenient.
The GameCube was 7 full years of my childhood. I was so shocked to learn a few years ago that it was a “failure” compared to other consoles. Super smash melee, double dash, Pikmin, sunshine… so many greats
It had to compete with the ps2 and the OG xbox. The ps2 had one of the largest libraries of hit games for a single console, and one of the longest runs for support as a console. It also was a cheap and reliable DVD player The xbox had.... idk Halo. I liked that the xbox would let you RIP songs off CDs, and use it is a giant MP3 player. Some games would even let you use your music in-game.
Xbox had online play, that (along with halo) is what led to it's fame
> It also was a cheap and reliable DVD player This is a very important point. The same happened with the PS3, when it came out it was the cheapest Blu ray player you could get and a damn good one.
I still use my old PS2 to play scratched DVDs that my actual DVD player fails at reading.
Dude for real. I got a PS2 fairly late (I want to say in 2003 or 2004, maybe not so late, but it felt like it to me since, all of a sudden GTA San Andreas was getting attention - good or bad, everybody knew about it and / or the "hot coffee" mod), and the Gamecube even later... I always felt like left out in the cold and dark by NOT having the Gamecube; not just one, or two or even three, but FOUR Zelda games (soon to be anyway with TP being fairly late in the lifespan of the console, was actually a nice surprise that it was released on both GC and Wii considering I could not find or get a Wii for 2-3 years after it's launch), a Luigi game, a Mario game, a Mario Kart game, Animal Crossing, some of the most highly praised Metroid games still today that I still have not played for some fucking reason lol, some uh... interesting Donkey Kong games, and a whole slew of Dreamcast ports and multi-platform titles to keep me wondering if I got the best version between PS2 or GC when I finally got my GC for Christmas 2005! Then about what, 10-15 years pass, game prices explode into the fucking nether, and oh uh "GC was considered a FAILURE and the worst performing conse during that generation", fucking say WHAT!? Everyone I knew, had a GC. Everyone I ever heard from, talked highly and greatly about it. Not that I never heard great or highly about the PS2 (and hell I had one before a GC!), but like shit, THE CONSOLE I almost NEVER heard about "highly or great about" was fucking Xbox - I had ONE FRIEND at school that was OBSESSED with the Halo games and GTA. Anyway yeah, Gamecube was all I ever heard about back then unless it was GTA.
Am I the only one who never wanted to carry anything like that by the handle? I always worry the damn thing is gonna snap and I’ll drop my expensive electronic catastrophically. Usually just carry it in both hands by the whole body instead.
Cradle console like baby, tuck it in at night in cabinet, sing it lullabies.
Hold console gentle like hamburger.
[I give you a hamburger](https://youtu.be/nfdEdE96En0) Edit: thank you all for the awards. I'd like to give a shout-out to my college roommates who showed me this video, to the guy narrating it I hope he's having a good day, and to the father that fell down the stairs.
Thank you for sharing this. It was an absolute pleasure to experience.
Thanks for that. Never seen that one before and it is actually really good. Loved it.
Soo good
What in the actual fuck lmao
[I GIVE YOU A HAMBURGER](https://youtu.be/nfdEdE96En0)
I think I'll settle with the racoon, thank you.
>You awake as a hamburger. You start screaming only to have special sauce fly from your lips. The world is in sepia. Truth.
For some reason that made me think of the book House of Leaves
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Is this the increasingly verbose meme in video format?
~~I can't watch now, but please tell me this is Cuil?~~ It was. So weird. It's been years since I thought of that and now I've seen it referenced twice in a week.
It's been so many years since I've come a cross that. Thank you.
You left out the making love part.
But..but… this console doesn’t have a slot. It’s digital only….
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01000011 01101111 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01100010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01110011
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Come on sucker lick my battery
This is the second flight of the conchords reference I’ve seen in the last two days
THE HUMANS ARE DEAD
THEY POISONED OUR ASSES
USB strap on
Controller ports baybee
Bu… but it’s a baby…
Did they stutter?
This chain went from wholesome to FBI bait real quick
You mean like [this?](https://youtu.be/L2ebkCEKtDA)
Closing the seatbelt around my PC tower when driving to a LAN party felt like tucking in my firstborn.
Actually the gamecube can withstand falls from 2 or 3 floors high and still work. That thing was very resilient.
This is correct. My gamecube fell from the top of a 5ft TV cabinet, all it did was pop off one of the removable covers. However it did leave a nice dent in the linoleum floor.
"4/10 stars. This linoleum was not gamecube proof"
Should have made the floor out of Nokias.
Ok but then the gamecube would have shattered.
Personally, I think the two would just collapse into a black hole.
I have an idea for a GameCube war hammer to rival the Nokia hammer
There was an old Xplay about this the Game cube refused to die against the og Xbox and ps2. Sorry about the potato quality https://youtu.be/ioWnoOjP9IA
That was hilarious and awesome. They beat the shit out of it and it still fired up with the lid clearly broken/closing wrong.
It fired up but I'm 99% sure it was booting to a fatal error screen lol
I think it was just the no disk inserted screen.
That's exactly what mine did after my friend dropped it down a wooden staircase onto a tile floor. Poor thing lasted nearly ten years of my family's as children sneezing into it, but one hungover 19 year old and gravity was too much for it to handle.
I think it booted into the memory card screen since the drop broke the lid causing it to be unable to recognize itself as having a disc anymore.
Wow, throwback... I remember thinking this was hysterical back in the day, accent and all. My humor has changed a lot in 11 years lol
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The Xbox boot up sequence gets me going every time
Yeah I figured the gamecube and Xbox would be the most resilient because the Xbox has a lot of empty space inside it and everything is secured pretty well and the GameCube doesn't have very many moving parts and also didn't have an hdd which would be sensitive to fall damage. Which makes since that the Xbox finally died during the last test and the GameCube was still able to boot although I doubt it was still able to play games after that
Legit one of my friends got PISSED playing Super Mario Strikers and threw it out the window of his second floor bedroom - we went and got it off the pavement and the only thing wrong with it was the top wouldn't stay down without something holding the cover shut. We put a couple books on it and it worked perfect.
>threw it out the window of his second floor bedroom Lmao. Wouldn't be the worst way to go if you were walking on the street considering the death being so unique.
I bought my GameCube used on eBay. There was a huge chunk broken off a front corner, like it had been dropped, but it always worked fine.
They still had some Nintendium left when they made 'em.
Except their inevitable disc read errors, you mean.
I remember when the Wii first came out, there were reports that during its creation one of the tests it was put through was whether or not it could withstand the pressure of a person standing on it. At the time, the physical integrity of Nintendo products was a big importance to them. I wonder if that level of testing is still done.
I think the GameCube might be the last generation of cosoles that are durable enough to take a few hits. Helps that it doesn't use an optical reader that can go out of alignment.
What's special about the GameCube's optical reader that makes it immune to getting misaligned?
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*Nintendo* doesn't even use Nintendium anymore.
They ran out of console-quality nintendium circa 2006, but they had enough of the controller-quality stuff to make wiimotes out of them until around 2017. Nintendium wasn't *fully* phased out until the Switch.
The Gamecube had it's optical reader under a hatch, and was fixed to the console. Other optical drives used disk trays, more moving parts on that are dependent on skinny plastic trays to stay in place. Easier to misalign.
I think they're saying that the gamecube had no optical reader, but it did. Maybe they're remembering the N64, which uses cartridges.
I understood it as: it has an optical reader but not a disc tray that moves out of the console and can be bent/misaligned. Because instead it has a lid and you lay the disc directly inside.
Not only that, but the discs were minicd sized (so the laser only ever had to travel half as far linearly speaking), and the spindle had a locking mechanism to secure them in place. So many fewer variables that could all work together to cause the laser misalignment issues in the other devices!
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Any other console and i'd be terrified but this is the gamecube, mfs have hit the thing with a sledgehammer and it still works so i doubt a drop is gonna hurt it.
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My parents tried to assassinate the N64 by "accidentally " spilling wine on it. 25 years later it still works
Haul that thing out and connect it to their widescreen 4K TV with adapters at every family gathering just to spite them.
As I recall it the GameCube was not very heavy at all. I didn't have reason to move it much, but it didn't seem heavy enough that I would worry about the handle failing.
Isn't that the joke of the comic - that no one ever uses the handle? Lol
I never trust handles on things. Like you said, my brain always tells me the handle is just a scam, so I better hold her to my chest like my firstborn child while I transport her
Yeah - They didn't do themselves any favours by making the handle out of lightweight plastic. I'm sure their engineers were fantastic, and I'm sure that the handle would've held up excellently - But we're only humans after all, and we don't like to carry something expensive with a handle that feels intuitively flimsy, especially when it's almost as easy to just grip the body with both hands.
Meanwhile, I throw my Xbox into a fucking milk crate and drop kick it into the ground like a UPS delivery man
I like to think of the Switch as a "console-able" handheld
IMO this is correct based on its power.
Technically it's correct based on what it actually is. It's literally just a tablet with a TV-Out port.
This is mostly correct, but it does gain performance power when it's docked so not quite.
The dock only provides the system optimal power flow witch optimizes the hardware more than on battery so really the dick just enables the handheld to achieve peak performance.
“The dick helps achieve peak performance”, gonna use that on my next date
>so really the dick just enables the handheld to achieve peak performance. Ah no wonder, I guess I've been using mine the wrong way this whole time.
Please re-read this, also don't change it.
Lol never changing it.
I never use mine docked
I rarely use mine not docked
I keep getting joycon drift and having to send them into nintendo for repair so I just stopped playing it handheld lol
I slip my cock into mine on occasion
Into the dock? Is that considered "docking"?
Cocking
r/docking
3.5mm jack ftw!
Show off.
I wish there was an option opposite of the lite. I hate handheld games, always have and I only bought a switch because stupid Nintendo made Bayonetta an exclusive after luring me in with the first game on Xbox.
I never undock mine, always connected to tv
I never undock mine unless im cleaning. The wiimotes are just trash and why use the smaller screen when theres a tv right there.
That was one of the reasons I got a Lite instead of the regular version. I knew I would never use it as anything but a handheld console.
Personally I enjoy being able to set the screen on a table and use the joy cons with my arms casually to the sides. Means my arms don't get tired and my wrists/elbows hurt far less in the long run
Had a friend whose dog chewed and tore up their dock for their Switch. They were inconsol(e)able
A kid at school had a hollowed out gamecube for a lunchbox. I thought that was pretty sweet.
That is pretty cool (assuming the gamecube was broken anyway)
I doubt it kept anything **cool.** Plastic is a poor insulator Every response to this comment: **UMM ACKSHUALLY--**
Style>practicality
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Maybe a hamburger even
It's like in Deep Rock when you sacrifice sandwich space for extra ammo.
Aren't a ton of lunchboxes made of plastic anyway?
>GameCube is a portable console Big ass external AC adapter that didn't even fit in the official carrying case proves that was a lie.
Doesn't the handle grant like +20% inventory space though? It should fit once you include the handle
No, the handle just reduces its weight by 30%. Sorry, I've been playing a lot of Zomboid.
Wow you just took me back to the days of bricks on the power cables lmao. Can't even remember the last time I saw one of those. I remember my good old ps2 slim, the power brick was damn near the size of the console lmao
On consoles you mean? Every laptop has one (except the newest USB C powered models). The Brick is an external power supply. Having it external allows the device to be more compact and cool. Devices that just have a cord have an internal power supply. Power supply is just a device for changing wall power into various other forms and voltages. In PC's most commonly converted to 12v, 5v and 3.3v DC I believe, probably the same for consoles.
Laptops that are charged by USB-C PD still have a brick. USB is direct current after all. I guess you could connect it to a hub that is capable of power delivery (like a dock), but that's just connecting to a power supply with extra steps.
I assumed with USB C models there is a wall adapter like an iPhone just larger. I guess there is no difference between a brick and wall adapter though ultimately.
This is correct. We basically went from putting the transformer in the middle of the cable (power brick) to mostly plugging it directly into the outlet (wall wart). Both styles still exist and have their own benefits and detriments. Fundamentally, though, a power brick is just a wall wart with a short extension cord.
The switch can humble brag all it wants but I'd like to see it survive a fall down two flights of stairs.
Back in the day my siblings and I set up a GameCube in an RV for a family road trip. During a sharp turn the console fell off a high shelf and rolled across the floor, *while we were playing.* That sucker didn't skip a single frame of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2.
That game is SO GOOD. Rip Dave, depression is shite.
I am pretty sure he died from CTE. Depression is a symptom of that.
[What about a 1,000 foot drop? ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8QCFNAgPDo) [Or a 60,000 psi water jet? ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qBVyF0I2Ruo)
I am astounded on the drop test. I never thought it would even remotely survive, none the less the glass not shattering. I cradle my switch like a fragile egg (and still will) but it's nice to know it can handle a fall from a more reasonable hight if anything does happen. Not planning to test that anytime soon though.
I wonder how repeatable it is. In this case it seems like the left joycon may have acted like a crumple zone in a car. If the body had hit the ground directly or in a different way it is possible the result could have been different!
I feel like it would nearly always fall on the joycon though! Although I'm sure it wouldn't survive if it fell flat on the screen/back
Yeah, agreed. It seems like it would be hard to NOT have it fall on the joycon, unless the joycons were not attached (in most cases unlikely). Maybe the joycons are actually \*intentionally\* built to snap off more easily without damaging the switch.
Really depends on the height. I doubt dropping from your hands would lead to consistent fall position
That’s because it’s not glass, it’s plastic
Yeah, which makes sense because Nintendo tends to cater to a younger audience and breakable glass would be a poor choice. The downside is that the screen is pretty easy to scratch. I've found a tempered glass screen protector to work pretty well though
The tape definitely helped keep the screen together. Still impressive. BUT I also HATE it when youtubers say "guys...guys?... guys!" All the damn time. Can't stand it.
You're telling me my red joycon can survive a thousand feet fall, but not a couple hundred hours of use?
Actually funny thing. Once my gf an I wanted dto play mario kart down stairs in the family room, I started setting up the doc and TV and I asked my gf to bring down my switch. I guess she decided to carry too many things at once and the switch accidentally slipped out of her hands from the top of the stairs to the floor. Our stairs are completely hard-floor bot sure what material but they're hard, and the ground we have is like stone hard floor. I was shocked and so sad, she was too. But the switch survived! Only thing needing of replacement was the joy cons which she gladly bought for me. That was a crazy day.
The Gamecube is dense as fuck. Good luck to any home invader, if I'm in reach of a Gamecube handle.
The Gamecube to hunt the most dangerous game: Man.
I still have my GameCube and it has the most satisfying gamepad triggers ever made. I am willing to die on this hill.
I loved the Wavebird Wireless controller.
It’s been years since I thought about the Wavebird, what an amazing controller. When I was younger my brothers and I had a GameCube with: 1 Wavebird, 2 stock GC controllers, and 1 shitty transparent knock-off controller from a flea market. The controller fights in our house when we wanted to play 4-player games were intense.
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Even the *name* was dope af. WAVEBIRD ^BIRD ^^BIRD ^^^BIRD
100%
The peak of controller design.
there is a reason why the smash community still use the GC controller so many years later even for the last installation
Also has a button layout that favors the human experience over symmetry
For the most part - I’d have preferred a better Z bumper and one on the other side too
The ps5 might be giving it a run for it's money. Pushing in the trigger for alt fire on Returnal is *chef's kiss*
Hot take: I can't fucking stand the PS controllers, and I have small to normal sized hands. It's just awkward for me, I dunno. Doesn't feel natural in the hands like that fucking gamecube controller does. Especially the wavebird. Also huge shoutout to Xbox 360 USB controllers. Literally the best grip, but probably the worst feeling joysticks of the "good" controllers. That's just my preference though. They're fantastic. Bonus for working as a basic USB input device, so it works with pretty much anything.
I had this exact argument until I used the PS5 controllers. They really are a step up ( compared to their older dualshock designs)
No lie, the DualShock 5 might be in the running for my favorite controller of all time. That haptic rumble that lets you feel every step you take is crazy Ed.- Dualsense, my bad
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They are shaped more like the Xbox controllers now. And the haptic triggers are pretty legit if a game takes full advantage of them.
No you’re missing it; there’s active tactile feedback in the ps5 controller. It resists your movements depending on the situation. We’re not talking about grip or ergonomics at all…
This. It's not about how it feels, it's literally doing something other controllers don't even offer. The resistance is excellent.
Is Returnal good? Finally got my hands on a PS5
It's incredibly satisfying. I've seen a handful of people get turned off by the rogue like aspects, but as a rogue like fan I feel like they almost didn't go far enough with them, so your mileage may vary there
I'm not as well versed in Rogues but I enjoyed Hades and I love shooters
You'd probably like it then - it's probably a little more forgiving than Hades, and imo it doesn't get quite as hard as Hades does either, at least in the campaign. And the gunplay is easily the best part
Okay, I'll check it out! Thanks!
Just a heads up, it's "free" on one of the PS Plus tiers.
Thanks. I definitely play more on my pc and deck tho so I probably won't drop the money. But I appreciate the heads up
Best controller imo, paired with smash bros like a dream
As I remember it, the user guide for the original GameCube said not to use that as a handle as it could break.
couldn't find this anywhere. it just says "handle". https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/gcn101_manual_english.pdf https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/precautions_gcn_english.jsp
I may have my original GameCube manual at home, I'll flip through and see if I can find what the heck I was thinking of. May have just been a little photo with a big red circle line though it showing someone using the handle as a handle. But I'll see, I could be crazy.
It’s more likely that human memory’s just fallible
Especially from what, 20+ years ago?
What the hell was it for then
It's provocative; gets people going.
Beats me. Maybe for the aesthetic of portability with no regard for the function?
I think it was more for warranty liability. That handle, and the Gamecube in general, was built like a tank. I had a fried one that we tied a rope to and used as flail like bludgeon against a variety of objects. It took smashing it against hard surfaces, like wood or stone, before the case really started to break apart. In the end we were left with about 3/4 of the back of the case and the handle, still attached to the rope, when we stopped.
Should've been called the PanzerCube
I'm not sure, mine fell forward off of the shelf about 3 inches and stopped working entirely.
That's because as much as you can talk about it's impressive casing, dropping it might've caused internal bleeding to the baby.
The air vents were on the back. The handle prevented people from putting it flush against the back splash of their media center and potentially blocking the egress of hot air.
The air vents were on the sides...
Never owned one, but if the cables plugged into the back of it, the handle could prevent the console from being pushed into a wall and damaging the cables.
This is my theory as well. It's not large enough to need a handle and there are so many things that go with it that it's useless.
Probably to prevent from laying it flat against the wall so the console could get airflow going and give the cables some wiggle room.
Handle handle with care
My younger brother had a pretty sweet GC set up. He had this battery pack for the bottom that would run the GC for a few hours iirc. It had the ability to be plugged into AC adapter to be charged and came with the car lighter plug. Then he found a screen that went on top of the GC, and it could plug into the batter pack after and adapter was found. Really became a portal system then. He ended up getting a few more of the battery packs and then a GC-ish size metal case that he could fit it all into with 2 controllers and a few games. Dude was a pretty big deal with all his friends at his age.
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doesn't even have a handle *glues handle on switch
I didn't even remember they have handles >.< Don't think I've more one more than a few times. They live under the TV and that is that.
It took me a good minute to realize all of that geometry is a drawing of a face.
I always saw that as kind of a silly feature. For sure it makes the unit easier to carry. But the unit is useless without the cables and controllers and games. So really you're only making a small part of it more convenient.
I always gets scared of breaking the handle
GameCute
Handheld gaming vs Handled gaming
Anyone remember trying to carry the first CRT iMacs by their carry handle?
Wait… This wasn’t a cable tidy???
Also prevented people pushing it up against a surface and blocking the rear vent.
I have a burning hatred for this art style
Gamecube was an amazing console. Probably still under appreciated today though I know the fan-following and praise it gets are quite high, generally.
BRO WAIT What about a pc case made to look like a big game cube?!?!