A little bit late with updating but better late than never right?
Well as you can guess from the name of this post I bought myself a Gamecube as a belated birthday present to myself. You may be wondering why I would even bother with the Wii already in stores (well not true since I wasn't able to find one). Don't get me wrong the Wii is a great system but it all came down to a few things.
Price and Deals: $100 vs $250, to me it really isn't that much but it is still something. This was more of an issue when I learned of a deal that was going on at my local Toys r Us. The deal was for the Gamecube System, 1 $9.99 memory card, and 1 $19.99 dollar game. I'd get everything I needed for $100, a great deal. In contrast if I got a Wii that would be $250 and another $50 for a game. Now it becomes $100 vs $300. I think that makes it just a little bit clearer why I took the deal.
Compatability: If I bought a Gamecube my things would not go to waste since I knew that sometime in the future I would buy a Wii. I would be able to use everything except for the system itself on the Wii which also seemed great to me.
Games: The only games that I wanted to play that were already out or would be out in the coming months were Twilight Princess and Super Paper Mario. 2 games that are honestly both Gamecube ports with motion controls. I thought to myself how Twilight Princess was already out on the Gamecube and how Super Paper Mario wasn't too different at all to Paper Mario on the Gamecube. I missed out on a whole generation of games (as for as the Gamecube goes) and there were many games that could only be found on Gamecube. There were many games that I missed out on like Super Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, Waverace, Paper Mario, and Smash Brothers Melee. All of those are some really fun games which are a good step away from that $50 price point of most Wii Games.
Price (part 2) and Availability: The Wii is a good system but it was too much of a hassel to find and I didn't want to go out of my way to be able to buy it. Also with the number of Gamecube games that I wanted to play that would have me set for a good while in the meantime while some of the Wii games came down in price and the system would be easier to find.
I have a few more reasons but these above suffice rather well. It almost seems from my reasoning that the Gamecube is somewhat of a shadow to the Wii but that is not true. I'm just someone who knows that they will buy a Wii in the future but that also realizes that the Gamecube is a good system. I haven't gotten much into the games I bought but I still have yet to sink my teeth into Twilight Princess, Double Dash, Sonic Heroes, Waverace, and finish Paper Mario which I'm only 2-3 hours into. Considering it's a 20-30 hour game I really have a while to go but it's a very fun journey in the meantime.