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| {{Infobox Platform
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| |logo = [[File:GameCube logo.png|250px]]
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| |image = [[File:GameCube-Console.png|300px|Purple GameCube and controller]]
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| |caption = Indigo GameCube and [[GameCube Pad|controller]]
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| |manufacturer = Nintendo
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| |generation = Sixth generation
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| |lifespan = {{vgrelease|JP=September 14, 2001|NA=November 18, 2001|EU=May 3, 2002|AUS=May 17, 2002}}
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| |Discontinued = 2007
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| |unitssold = Worldwide: 21.74 million<br/>Japan: 4.04 million<br/>North America: 12.94 million<br/>Europe & Australia: 4.77 million
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| |media = Nintendo GameCube Game Disc
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| |cpu = IBM PowerPC "Gekko", 486MHz
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| |storage = Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (16MB max. capacity)
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| |display =
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| <li>Composite video
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| <li>S-Video <small>(NTSC consoles only)</small>
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| <li>RGB SCART <small>(PAL consoles only)</small>
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| <li>Component video (YPbPr) <small>(DOL-001 models only)*</small>
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| <li>D-Terminal <small>(DOL-001 models only)*</small>
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| </ul>
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| <small><nowiki>*</nowiki>Requires the use of the Digital AV port, which was removed from later models</small>
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| |GPU = ATI "Flipper", 162MHz
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| |Sound = Analog stereo <small>(support for Dolby Pro Logic II)</small>
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| |input = Nintendo GameCube controller, WaveBird, Game Boy Advance, numerous other input devices
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| |connectivity = Broadband Adapter and Modem Adapter
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| |dimensions = 4.3" height, 5.9" length, 6.3" depth
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| |topgame = ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', 7.09 million <small>(as of March 10, 2008)</small>
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| |predecessor = [[Nintendo 64]]
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| |successor = [[Wii]]
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| }}
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| The '''''Nintendo GameCube''''' ('''''ニンテンドーゲームキューブ''''', '''''Nintendō Gēmukyūbu'''''), officially abbreviated as '''GCN''' in the US and EU and as '''NGC''' in Japan, is [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]]'s fifth home [[wikipedia:Video Game Console|video game console]] and is part of the [[wikipedia:History of video game consoles (sixth generation)|sixth generation console era]]. It is the successor to the [[Nintendo 64]] and predecessor to the [[Wii]].
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| The Nintendo GameCube is the first Nintendo console to use [[wikipedia:Optical Disc|optical discs]] as its primary storage medium, after [[wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|several]] [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)#Development|aborted]] [[wikipedia:N64DD|projects]] from Nintendo and its partners to utilize optical-based storage media. In contrast with the GameCube's contemporary competitors, [[wikipedia:Sony|Sony]]'s [[wikipedia:PlayStation 2|Playstation 2]], [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]]'s [[wikipedia:Dreamcast|Dreamcast]] and [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]'s [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]], the GameCube uses [[wikipedia:miniDVD|miniDVD]]-based discs instead of full-size [[wikipedia:DVD|DVD]]s. Partially as a result of this, it does not have the [[wikipedia:DVD-Video|DVD-Video]] playback functionality of these systems, nor the [[wikipedia:Compact Disc|audio CD]] playback ability of other consoles that use full-size optical discs.
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| In addition, the GameCube also introduced a variety of connectivity options to Nintendo consoles, and was the fourth Nintendo console, after the [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64DD|Nintendo 64DD]], [[wikipedia:Famicom Modem|Famicom Modem]] and the [[wikipedia:Super Nintendo|SNES]]'s [[wikipedia:Satellaview|Satellaview]], to support online play officially, via the [[Broadband Adapter]] and Modem Adapter. It also enabled connectivity to the [[wikipedia:Game Boy Advance|Game Boy Advance]] to access exclusive features of certain games or to use the portable system as a controller for the [[Game Boy Player]].
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| The GameCube sold 21.74 million units worldwide, and was discontinued on February 22, 2007. Its successor, the Wii, was released in November 2006.
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| == GameCube Compatibility List ==
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| <!-- To edit the compatibility list header and manage other templates, navigate to "Template:CompatListHeader" (copy to the search box) -->
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| == GameCube Main Menu ==
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| {|class="wikitable width=100%"
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| ! Title !! Region !! Compatibility
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| |[[GameCube Main Menu]]
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| |JP/NA/EU
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| |{{Ratings|GameCube Main Menu}}
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| == GameCube Titles ==
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| |[[ZooCube]]
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| |2002
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| |}
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| {{Compact ToC|top=yes|num=yes|q=}}
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| == See also ==
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| *[[Wii]]
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| *[[WiiWare]]
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| *[[Wii Channels]]
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| *[[Virtual Console]]
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| [[Category:Platforms]]
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