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The '''Nintendo GameCube''' ({{ja|ニンテンドーゲームキューブ|Nintendō GēmuKyūbu}}, ''Nintendo GameCube''), also known as '''GCN''' or simply '''GameCube''', is the fourth internationally released home video game console released by Nintendo in 2001. ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' is one of its games, and its top-seller. | The '''Nintendo GameCube''' ({{ja|ニンテンドーゲームキューブ|Nintendō GēmuKyūbu}}, ''Nintendo GameCube''), also known as '''GCN''' or simply '''GameCube''', is the fourth internationally released home video game console released by Nintendo in 2001. ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' is one of its games, and its top-seller. | ||
The GameCube's successor, the [[Wii]], is backward compatible with the | The GameCube's successor, the [[Wii]], is backward compatible with the GameCube, capable of playing all of its games and accepting its controllers and Memory Cards. Various Wii games have allowed use of a [[GameCube controller]] as a way to have a more traditional way to play, including ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. The control scheme in ''Brawl'' works much like it did in ''Melee''. However, later released Wii models removed the backwards compatibility. | ||
==General information== | ==General information== | ||
The | The GameCube is unique in that its discs are smaller than any other game disc, utilizing a proprietary variant of the 8 cm MiniDVD. The [[GameCube controller|controller]] features a considerably different layout from the [[Nintendo 64 controller]]. The C-buttons are replaced with a C-Stick which is identical in function, its shoulder buttons are pressure-sensitive, and sports a new binary wing grip design as opposed to the Nintendo 64 controller's ternary wing grip design, along with many other differences. It is the first Nintendo console to introduce online play, although in an extremely limited, decentralized manner unlike its competitors, the Sony {{iw|wikipedia|PlayStation 2}} and Microsoft's {{iw|wikipedia|Xbox|console}} console. The system sold 21.74 million units worldwide, selling significantly less than the PS2, and slightly less than the Xbox, only outselling former rival Sega's {{iw|wikipedia|Dreamcast}}. | ||
==In the {{uv|Super Smash Bros.}} series== | ==In the {{uv|Super Smash Bros.}} series== |