Game Informer’s Top 10 GameCube games

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1. 11. Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
   12. Beyond Good & Evil
   13. Animal Crossing
   14. Pikmin Series
   15. SSX3
   16. Skies of Arcadia Legends
   17. Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero
   18. F-Zero GX
   19. Prince of Persia series
   20. Ikaruga
   21. Super Monkey Ball
   22. Killer 7
   23. TimeSplitters2
   24. Tales of Symphonia
   25. Luigi's Mansion

2. And I'm glad that you said that you're too lazy Blake, because I think many of the 11-25 were anything but forgettable.

3. Metroid Prime needs to be a little higher than that. Below Rogue Squadron 2?! No, sorry.

4. Take out Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, SSX3, Skies of Arcadia and Timesplitters 2 and the rest make up half of my GC collection.

5. I personally would have put Resident Evil in the Top 10, and I certainly wouldn't have lumped it together with Zero. RE is much better IMHO.

   I'm not sure I would have put Luigi's Mansion in the Top 25. Is this person saying the Metroid Prime series at #6, because if not MP 2 definitely should be in this list.

6. Funny Blake, real funny. You just dissed many of my favorite games. I'll be teaching you the lyrics to "Oh No!" personally. You don't have to thank me.

7. I was joking, gametaku, as cory pointed out.

8. ToS should be higher, Re4 should NOT be higher than melee.
   Pretty ok list but slightly messed up as far as i'm concerned

9. GameCube didn't have nearly the library of games that PS2 did… but that's still a great list of games.

   After missing last generation, I have managed to find most of those games used to enjoy on my Wii. Makes me extremely happy that Wii has FULL support for backwards compatability, unlike other systems.

   Games I'm still missing that look worth buying:
   16. Skies of Arcadia Legends
   18. F-Zero GX
   20. Ikaruga
   25. Luigi's Mansion

   Announced reprints that I'm excited for on Wii:
   05. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II
   14. Pikmin Series

10. Are you serious, many of 11-25 easily beat some 1 – 10.

    Killer 7, Beyond Good and Evil and Pikmin 2 being some of them.

11. TimeSplitters 2 ROCKS.

12. I agree with most of the games there, but not in that order. TimeSplitters 2 spent more time in my GameCube than any game ever made, especially for multiplayer.

13. Metroid Prime = 1st

    The rest of the list is really good.

14. What's Sould Calibur?

15. yeah i think that their list looks pretty spot on

16. Smash Bros. Melee is over rated. It should be in the bottom of the top ten, at best.

    RE 4 was awesome and deserving of its high place.

    Star Wars Rogue Squadron II seems a little high, but it was a great game. Maybe switch places with Metroid Prime and it would be better.

    Still, a pretty accurate list of top games on the gamecube.

17. F-Zero GX you dumb dumb. How could you? How could you as an Nintendo fan ignore F-Zero GX?

    Wii Wii go to youtube and type Smashbro + ken, m2k, or koreandj, and you will know the stupidity of calling SSBM an over rated game.

    Tales of Symphonia is not that good…maybe I have finally grown up, LOL. On the other hand, I wish I played Skies of Arcadia when it first came out.

    Blake how could you forget F-Zero GX? And you have Sunshine on your list?

18. Oh wait I see it's the GI list, oh well, that makes more sense.

19. Resident Evil 4, while being the most graphically intense and fluid gamecube game doesn't deserve the number 1 spot.

20. Metroid Prime
    Super Smash Bros. Melee
    Resident Evil 4
    Zelda Wind Waker
    Pikmin Series

    Regardless of the order you put them in (this would be my ranking), I don't see how you argue with this top 5. Honestly, I can't explain why GI didn't even put the Pikmin series in the top 10… Behind games like Eternal Darkness, Rogue Squadron II, and Soul Caliber II?

    Yeah… Right…

21. @ejamer Get Ikaruga for any platform (GC or Dreamcast) because it is amazing. Honestly, it doesn't matter if you like schumps or not, Ikaruga is a such a fantastically designed and super old school hard game that it pays off in the end even if you suck at it. The game rewards you for finally making it past a stage, which keeps you engaged. Highly, highly recommended.

22. Look at the uproar I started by posting the rest of the list, lol.

23. I'm dissapointed Phantasy Star Online isn't on there.

24. @Paul

    I'd love to get Ikaruga, but can't find it anywhere except eBay, and never at a reasonable price. One day, it will be mine though!
    😀

25. Ikaruga is also on Xbox Live Arcade for 10 – 15$.

26. How come the two Pikmin games are lumped together? Metroid Prime 2 should be lumped together since it's both equally good. My Top 5 –

    Metroid Prime/Echoes
    Resident Evil 4
    Zelda Wind Waker
    Killer7
    Eternal Darkness

27. I didn't ask before. but… What's that game a screenshot for?

28. @ Jamie, Rogue Squadron II, I know I 'm going to be flamed like hell, but IMHO Soul Calibur 2 is the best fighting game on the Cube way better than Smash Bros, Combos are better & link together naturally, Visually it samshes Nintendo's fighter, the animation is better too…
    Soulcalibur II is the ultimate fighter to me.
    F-ZeroGX & Timesplitters 2 should rank higher too… Just my 2 cent 😛

29. twilight princess omitted b/c?

30. @ deepthought, hey, you are right!!!

31. I agree 100% with GI EXCEPT:

    – bump up Eternal Darkness out of the top 10 and put in Pikmin 2 instead!

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