Hi again It's time for the last part of my Top 30 GameCube Games list, which started in my last 2 blogs with a countdown for 30 to 11. Now I am going to post the top ten places, be ready for some surprises xD. And below is the full list so far...

• 30. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
• 29. FIFA Soccer 06
• 28. Need for Speed: Underground
• 27. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• 26. Crash Tag Team Racing
• 25. Mario Power Tennis
• 24. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
• 23. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• 22. Mario Party 4
• 21. Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO
• 20. Sonic Heroes
• 19. Sonic Riders
• 18. Luigi's Mansion
• 17. Sega Soccer Slam
• 16. FIFA Soccer 2005
• 15. FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006
• 14. F-Zero GX
• 13. Mario Party 5
• 12. Super Monkey Ball
• 11. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$

And now my 10 most loved GC titles...

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#10. FIFA Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Genre: Sports
Year: 2005
This game is pure fantastic football. Featuring soccer gameplay unlike any other since, as the name says, it is street soccer. It's a shame it didn't get very good ratings because there is a lot to enjoy here. It's very easy to play like every other FIFA, and has cities from all over the world, characters that actually look similar to the real life players, as well as the ability to create and customize your own player. Rule the Street mode is excellent with friendly matches, tournaments and unlockable players in every city, and during the actual games you can perform many tricks and score incredible goals. It does get a bit repetitive but if you like the sport it is a very recommendable game (although it is outdated now, and the sequels are not as good imo).

#09. Kirby Air Ride
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: HAL Labs
Genre: Racing
Year: 2003
Another underrated game. Perhaps this was "different" from the normal Kirby titles and it may not be a great single player game, but I still found a lot of quality in it. Being from the same developer as Smash Bros Melee, the presentation, graphics and sound have many similarities with that game, which I think is a good point. The game itself has 3 fantastic modes: Air Ride is like the main game where you can race in full tracks against CPU/human opponents, Top Ride has smaller tracks in a top-down view that is perfect for a quick crazy game. And then there's City Trial, which is a completely different thing, up to 4 players are in a city and have to find power-ups and the best machine until time runs out, then they compete for first place in a random event, this was fine with computer opponents but if you could gather 3 friends it would be a blast, I spent hours just playing that. There are also many things to unlock, secrets, Kirby colors and more, but I already talked too much about this one.

#08. Pokemon Colosseum
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Genius Sonority
Genre: RPG
Year: 2004
Like Gale of Darkness, Colosseum took the Pokemon franchise to a whole new level on the GameCube. I believe it has a lot of merit for being the first Pokemon RPG with console graphics and features. The basic gameplay is quite easy and very pleasant, and has a phenomenal styIe. It's one of the few games I have played and completed more than once, mainly because of the great battle system with the different stadiums and opponents, plus a remarkable story and the very good idea of shadow pokemon. And like I said before, Nintendo really needs to do another game like this...

#07. Super Mario Strikers
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Next Level Games
Genre: Sports
Year: 2005
Super Mario Strikers was like SEGA Soccer Slam, but a few years later and with Nintendo's most important mascot, Next Level Games did a wonderful job and brought one of the top sports games of all time. Like many other games of my list, I had tons of fun playing it alone or with friends, since almost everyone loves soccer here and the game is so fast and addictive! It has enough cups to keep you entertained for a while and an option to create your tournament. It's also a very challenging game, especially the last difficulty that almost doesn't give you a chance. And well, the gameplay is incredibly fun with all the amazing goals you can score, the items, super strikes and of course hitting the rival players always felt so good XD.

#06. Mario Kart: Double Dash
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Racing
Year: 2003
There's no doubt Mario Kart defined the kart racing genre. All of its games are good and Double Dash is no exception. It features the usual Mario Kart gameplay along with new characters and courses, and some of my favorite things in a racing game like character specific items, all-cup tour and two players per vehicle. All of those add to make one of the best games on the system and a personal favorite for me.

#05. FIFA 07
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Genre: Sports
Year: 2006
Yes, another FIFA game! But I promise it's the last one. And it is definitely the best sports game on the system, sure there are better soccer titles now but if you played this one back then you may know why it's so high. The improvements were huge in every area, the ball control feels better than ever and there are lots of play possibilities while the controls are still very simple, sound is pretty cool too and it even has some of my favorite songs =0 The old modes like manager and tournament are fun and the new FIFA 07 Lounge mode was very original and worked perfectly. Overall, it's a fantastic game I enjoyed for a long time.

#04. Super Mario Sunshine
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: 3D Platformer
Year: 2002
This, I think is an underappreciated Mario game. It plays like the other 3D platformers and has hours of fun. The setting is a pretty cool island, different to the usual Mario games, and it feels good to simply walk around it and discover all its secrets. But the actual game is about going to the different zones and getting all the shines (some of which are very challenging) and defeating Bowser. You also have FLUDD, which I really liked, and the awesome green dinosaur that actually appears in many colors in this game =D. The whole game is very entertaining, the artwork was impressive for 2002, and camera was improved a lot from Mario 64, making it a formidable 3D platformer.

#03. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Genre: RPG
Year: 2004
Nintendo certainly surprises me with each new Mario game, and TTYD, while it may look strange with the paper artwork, is a well-developed RPG for all ages. Featuring a lengthy adventure that might just be the best story of a Nintendo title, with some cool and humorous characters, and incredibly clear and colorful visuals for its time. The gameplay mechanics and battle system are also greatly implemented, and well, it's just very fun until the end. Even though I was never able to beat it because of some problem with my disc, it's one of the games that got me most into it and was a fantastic experience.

#02. Soul Calibur II
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Namco
Genre: Fighting
Year: 2003
Soul Calibur 2 is not only the best looking fighting game on the GC, but also the most addictive, those two things alone make it a superb videogame, and there is much more for it to stand out. Personally I have never played the first SC but I know it has some impressive ratings, and I think SC2 deserves just as much, from the amazing introduction to the very intense final battles, and the huge amount of game modes and content. It also features various badass characters and tons of different weapons, a Weapon Master mode that keeps you busy for a while with its good story, several challenges, dungeons and unlockables. Graphics are the best on the system, every stage is very detailed with stunning backgrounds, sound is flawless and music is excellent. Not to mention the fun multiplayer modes. Everything adds a bit to the outstanding gameplay, and I think I'm still forgetting other good aspects of this game .

#01. Super Smash Bros. Melee
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: HAL Labs
Genre: Fighting
Year: 2001
So you thought SC2 was the top fighting game of this list? Wrong =P After several days of thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that my top 2 GameCube games are of the fighting genre. But SSBM is different and extraordinary in its own way. Starting with the character roster that features all-time Nintendo icons and more than twice as many characters as the first Smash Bros. game. The gameplay is almost perfect, it never gets boring and becomes even more amusing in the different stages and with the crazy items, all of them coming from Nintendo videogames. The presentation is the best of any GC title, and the tournament mode, trophies, single player and multiplayer, everything was awesome. I simply can't find something better in the GameCube generation of gaming.

There it is, hope you liked this list as much as I enjoyed making it. I had planned to post at least another list this summer but my vacations already ended. So the next one will be in a while and I think it will be the Gameboy list first and i'll leave Wii for when Skyward Sword comes out.

PREDICTION CONTEST

And here's the prediction game result. Thanks to my 8 friends that participated this time, and remember that you got 0 to 3 points for each game you predicted, depending on its position in the list. These were the scores:

#8. Super-Poke-Bros - 3 Pts.
#7. ManateeExpress - 4 Pts.
#5. jwallace - 6 Pts.
#5. osciel_ben - 6 Pts.
#4. Shy_Guy_Red - 8 Pts.

#1. Bzilla56 - 9 Pts.

#1. nunchuk28 - 9 Pts.

#1. waZelda - 9 Pts.

Congrats to all of you! And here are some fun facts:

• waZelda was the only one who predicted 3 exact positions, but the other two he said weren't in the list.
• Only Super-Poke-Bros guessed Pokemon Colosseum.
• Only Bzilla56 guessed SoulCalibur 2, and in the right position.
• No one got any of the soccer games =/.
• I don't know why so many people said Metroid Prime, I don't think I have even played it.

And below is the overall leaderboard for the big prize (which will be a downloadable game, but idk which system)

#14. FireboltDS - 2 Pts.
#12. megasuper1 - 3 Pts.
#12. Super-Poke-Bros - 3 Pts.
#9. Iffy350 - 6 Pts.
#9. jwallace - 6 Pts.
#9. osciel_ben - 6 Pts.
#8. megamario9 - 7 Pts.
#7. wiifan001 - 8 Pts.
#5. ManateeExpress - 9 Pts.
#5. moleblob - 9 Pts.
#4. waZelda - 17 Pts.
#3. Shy_Guy_Red - 24 Pts.
#2. nunchuk28 - 26 Pts.
#1. Bzilla56 - 28 Pts.