Talk:Nintendo GameCube

Official Abbreviation

The top of the article says: The official abreviation is GCN, which kind of doesn't make any sense. So, what's the source? NGC makes sense since it's called the Nintendo Gamecube. Robin.lemstra (talk) 19:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I myself always thought it was just an odd thing on Nintendo's part. Nope! Quite possibly a misreading that took off. AliceSKD (talk) 00:07, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea how this site works but I know the source if somebody would be so kind as to include it. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, if a Trophy mentions a GameCube game, it will display "GCN". 68.202.23.224 (talk) 21:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Serial Port 2

Random curiosity has paid of and I have found commercial use of serial port 2 (a debug USB 2.0 port). I don't know how to contact the photographer to ask for a license for wikipedia though. http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/ALCAMJI/Game%20Cube/?action=view&current=tdevbottom.jpg

More stuff here: http://www.pspx.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=776529#post776529 MrJRT (talk) 20:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

About the hardware

I have a gamecube that is a Zelda edition. It is mostly greenish, with a fort in the background. You can see thew wolf from...Twilight Princess, I believe, sticking out of the bottom left corner, just below the big black circle that's in the middle if the gamecube. What's the name of this, and should it be mentioned? Also, there is a another Twilight Princess edition gamecube, and a brown one with the Triforce on the cover...24.179.27.28 (talk) 19:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Orignal naming?

The code name was starcube and dolphine.--Cooly123 01:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Start ups

These are regular start ups I found when I start the system (with Youtube links):

• Press Z on 1 Controller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU-WPMxun3Q&feature=related
• Press Z on 4 Controllers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icHT4R26ivo&feature=related
• Press A+B on 4 Controllers and Switch Memory Card A to B (Now With Viva La Vida for more cool actions!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPPwZ0qkro&feature=related

I don't know the rest -__-

Use this link to look at the rest (THE LAST ONE IS VERY SCARY! YOU WILL DIE IN THIS ONE OR BREAK THE SOUND! D: NO!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoMeBYe5DTs

Click here for 10 more (20th one is creepy, but you won't die oFTo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxV2f2D6U8&feature=related —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mario324 2 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Fake videos are fake. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 16:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Contradiction?

So, 109.76.76.116 has a added a contradiction template; what exactly about this article contradicts PlayStation 2? Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 14:48, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

I looked up the user's contributions, and it looks like all the edits entail random/irrelevant templates being added to articles. So to me, it looks like vandalism...(but it's that a weird/uncommon example of vandalism!) Sergecross73 msg me 20:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Seemed that way to me too, but it didn't seem blatant enough for a reversion… assume good faith and all that. I suppose if it was legit (I see you have reverted it) he/she can always re-add it, although hopefully with an explanation. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 00:35, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, assuming good faith was my first reaction too, not to mention most people who vandalize wikipedia briefly don't usually take the time to learn more obscure templates, but when I looked up the contribs, there seemed to be a trend. But as you said, if the IP did mean it, they can re-add it with an explanation. Sergecross73 msg me 02:57, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

32/64/128-bit

Recently, 74.176.223.2 has been adding data on the "bits" of the system to the lead. Initially, they called it a 128-bit system, but after being challenged instead added various 32/64-bit capabilities. The edits to me suggest that this editor either doesn't know what they are talking about in terms of hardware (and likely feels the system bits are important as they were back with the SNES & Mega Drive/Genesis) or has a poor grasp of English so is unable to communicate effectively what they mean.

What has been written seems like far too much of an oversimplification to me and I'm not even sure if it's correct (I am not knowledgeable enough about the GCs hardware to make a valid judgement). Regardless though, this isn't a technical article, so the systems capabilities in terms of the accepted bit values don't really belong in the lead (just as the amount of RAM or the controller protocol wouldn't), and certainly not in the first sentence like they were. If there is any legitimate reason to add it to the lead, it should at least be placed in its own sentence alongside the disk and connectivity info (the latter of which I'm not sure belongs in the lead either, or at least not in such a fleshed-out manner).

Since I am not all that familiar with the specifics of the hardware, someone else would have to chip-in on that front if it is decided that it does belong.

Alphathon /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ^(talk) 22:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Article should include original price

This article should include the Gamecube's original price of $199 (source: http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/faq/1787). I would add it myself, but I have no idea how to make a reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EvanKroske (talk • contribs) 02:45, 17 January 2012 (UTC)