8 Big Reasons To Re-Invest In A Nintendo GameCube

4. Party Time

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The PlayStation had Buzz and the Xbox had utterly nothing that could compete with the party gaming options available on the GameCube. Starting with the aptly named Mario Party series, you could invite your friends over en masse and be entertained all night by the Purple cube’s engrossing group games – compete with that Microsoft!

Tournament style gaming was truly born with the Gamecube thanks to one utterly sensational title – Super Smash Bros. Melee (seriously, more later). The game offered to set up the tournament for you and pitted player against player until one was declared the undisputed champion of the world front room.

Yes. You would need a DVD player if the party needed some movie action but who wants to watch some Hollywood blockbuster when you can romp through the Mushroom Kingdom as a collective? No one, that’s who.

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