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Best GameCube Game

This is the highest honor that we bestow upon a GameCube game, and with it we acknowledge the one game that stands out from all the rest as being the hands-down greatest, most highly recommendable game of them all. While the GameCube seemed to struggle through parts of this year, as it saw fewer new releases than the competition, a number of outstanding games more than tided us over.

In considering this category, we weigh all of a game's various accomplishments and consider everything from its technical merits and its story to its lasting value and its impact on the industry, though of course the sheer level of fun and entertainment the game provides is what ends up being the most important consideration. As such, we narrowed down our Best GameCube Game contenders to the following:

Mario Power Tennis

(GC)
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Camelot Co. Ltd.
"This is hands down the single best GameCube tennis offering, and it's also one of the most enjoyable tennis video games around." - Ryan Davis, from GameSpot's Full Review

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

(GC)
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Retro Studios
"Echoes stands shoulder to shoulder with its predecessor, delivering absolutely everything you'd want from a new 3D Metroid adventure." - Brad Shoemaker, from GameSpot's Full Review

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(GC)
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Intelligent Systems
"It's practically overflowing with wonderful, funny characters, memorable subplots, inventive gameplay, and beautiful visuals, and it's lengthy and quite challenging to boot." - Greg Kasavin, from GameSpot's Full Review

Pikmin 2

(GC)
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
"With Pikmin 2, Nintendo has addressed the bulk of the shortcomings of its predecessor by crafting a game that tops the original in nearly every way." - Ricardo Torres, from GameSpot's Full Review

Tales of Symphonia

(GC)
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Namco
"If you have a GameCube and like RPGs, you definitely need to check out Tales of Symphonia." - Bethany Massimilla, from GameSpot's Full Review
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