Tomb Raider: Legend getting GameCubed

Eidos confirms Lara Croft is coming to Nintendo's current-generation console this fall.

With Tomb Raider: Legend coming to the Xbox 360, speculation was rife that the game might be ported to another next-generation console. While that may still happen, it has now been confirmed that Lara Croft's latest adventure will be coming to another current-generation console.

Today, Eidos reps confirmed to GameSpot that it is readying a version of Tomb Raider: Legend for the GameCube. When the game is released this fall, it will mark the series' debut on the GameCube--or any Nintendo console for that matter. It will, however, be the fourth Tomb Raider game for a Nintendo platform, after Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (Game Boy Advance, 2002), Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (Game Boy Color, 2001), and Tomb Raider (Game Boy Color, 2000).

Having gone gold last week, Tomb Raider: Legend is set for release on April 11, for the PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 2. The next-gen edition will sell for $59.99, the current-gen console versions for $49.99, and the PC edition for $39.99. A PlayStation Portable version of the game is due later in the year. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's recent hands-on preview.

81 Comments

  • AFWorm

    Posted Feb 25, 2007 3:37 pm PT

    Whatever. It wasn't that great of a series, and it isn't that great of an addition. Laura was only popular because of her sex appeal. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

  • classicwhiteguy

    Posted Apr 30, 2006 2:22 pm PT

    well..thats good i guess...

  • Halexandre

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 3:58 pm PT

    Guys, the Game Cubeis a great system: only if Nintendo had more friends amoong the game developers...

  • pepechidoone

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 3:08 pm PT

    o yeah lara croft in my cube
    that's awesome, now i can compare it with the 360 version ^^

  • gamecubedave000

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 3:37 pm PT

    haha yeah! this gona be great!

  • rafaelszpo

    Posted Apr 21, 2006 9:35 pm PT

    It is really a very interesting notice. I will buy it, of course, since my own gaming plataform is a Game Cube (and yet I canīt stop thinking it was the wisest choice among those available today).

    I agree with the guy who says that the 360 is overated. I am yet to be impressed by any 360 games. Guess that developers will only really release any real game for it just by the time revolution is around, so there is no point in buying one now. Most games that run in it can run as well in Game Cube, so why buy it anyway? =/

  • togo2828

    Posted Apr 20, 2006 3:30 pm PT

    finally the Cube gets some Third Party love

  • Agreb91

    Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:26 am PT

    The cube is getting some love!

  • IcemanX5

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 5:09 pm PT

    This hopefully will help the Cube......!

  • Creapy_team

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 9:41 am PT

    Of course it's cool that the game is converted to Gamecube, didn't expect it to. But because of PS2,XBOX and PC could use DVD and GC not, I have a fear that the game will be smaller on GC. Let's hope not.

  • Razval

    Posted Apr 17, 2006 9:14 pm PT

    Well... I loved the PS2 and PC versions of the game... I think GameCube users (including myself ^^) will be delighted with this version.

  • dcgames

    Posted Apr 17, 2006 2:09 am PT

    The 360 is highly overated. Go GameCube!

  • Eidorian

    Posted Apr 16, 2006 7:02 pm PT

    What's the point of releasing it so late, when the Revolution and PS3 would be out by then?

  • StealthBlade100

    Posted Apr 15, 2006 7:49 am PT

    gamecube sucks!

  • Superzone

    Posted Apr 11, 2006 7:08 pm PT

    WOOT!

  • drollia

    Posted Apr 10, 2006 5:25 pm PT

    The cube is ending the end of its life and now publishers want to started releasing all of these games for it. Ironic

  • joltmajor

    Posted Apr 9, 2006 4:54 pm PT

    For those who ask who would by it for the GC? People who dont have the latest and greatest PC with a top of the line graphics card, and do own a GC, and no other console (afterall the GC is considerably cheaper than the rest)... I'm not a TR fan but i dont see what there is to complain about...

  • LanceK17

    Posted Apr 9, 2006 2:04 pm PT

    Fine for me

  • lebanese_boy

    Posted Apr 9, 2006 12:55 pm PT

    WOW, I was going to get that for my future Xbox 360. Oh well, let's put this on the gamecube list

  • thps48

    Posted Apr 8, 2006 3:44 pm PT

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  • juanfraino

    Posted Apr 7, 2006 7:07 pm PT

    well nintendo need games like these to help GC sales, but there covering there incoms with the DS so...

  • DarkChaoMan75

    Posted Apr 6, 2006 5:29 pm PT

    the cube isn't totally abondoned

  • gatsbythepig

    Posted Apr 6, 2006 4:10 pm PT

    yeah me!

  • E-Raccoon

    Posted Apr 5, 2006 8:25 pm PT

    interesting.

  • cubelover38

    Posted Apr 5, 2006 6:25 pm PT

    yes finally some gamecube recognition plus right around the same yime as the new zelda imagine !!!

  • cdtigers123

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 7:26 pm PT

    that would help Nintendo from downfalls.

  • rcgcfn

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 6:59 pm PT

    Well, I have a choice to make . . .

    I could buy it for the new PC that I just made (pretty awesome I might add), or get it for GC. PC or GC . . . dang. I really want to support their decision to make it for the cube, but I wonder which input I would like better. Mouse & board or the GC pad? Grr . . .

    I'll have to decide when they "review" it. Or at least get an impression of how well it plays . . .

  • RikkuGirl1984

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 8:39 am PT

    I can't wait to check it out and see if its any good.

  • LordAndrew

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 7:42 am PT

    A game for the GameCube? Well, I'll be damned. Unfortunately, it seems few people care about the 'Cube any more. Maybe this will change their opinion. Or maybe not.

  • bunty_007

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 6:45 am PT

    Congratulations for gamecube owners and fans!

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 6:05 am PT

    its nice the gamcube is also getting the game

  • sundhar

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 3:24 am PT

    they know this game is goin to rock thanks to the director of the first game and they want to make it big gc isgod

  • Yulaw2000

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 2:11 am PT

    MadonnaProject sed "the question is: WHO IS GOING TO BUY IT?

    and just what content will they leave out of the gamecube version? because come on, if its a FULL version that stands head to head with the ps2, xbox and even the psp version then im going to get the xbox version anyways.

    because i cant be a nintendo fan and do something everyone else does. come on make the game different. take out a few levels. we all know people are sick of normal gaming methods and just want games to play for 20 minutes and then run back to their HECTIC HECTIC lives."

    lol finally sum one sed it

  • MadonnaProject

    Posted Apr 4, 2006 12:55 am PT

    the question is: WHO IS GOING TO BUY IT?

    and just what content will they leave out of the gamecube version? because come on, if its a FULL version that stands head to head with the ps2, xbox and even the psp version then im going to get the xbox version anyways.

    because i cant be a nintendo fan and do something everyone else does. come on make the game different. take out a few levels. we all know people are sick of normal gaming methods and just want games to play for 20 minutes and then run back to their HECTIC HECTIC lives.

  • Golden_surfer

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 3:23 pm PT

    Right. Fall. Then they'll complain the game didn't sell well on GC and what not, but how would it sell at all with the game being released 5+ months before on other platforms? They might have as well not bothered at all.

    Thanks but no Eidos.

  • Dawn_Patrol

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 3:22 pm PT

    The sales figures:

    Tomb Raider 7 on PS2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP = Success.

    Tomb Raider 7 on Gamecube = Titanic.

  • Keibo

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:50 pm PT

    I think its a great move except that coz it's being released on all other consoles before the gamecube it probably won't do as well as it could have IMO, but still is great news though, haven't played tomb raider since tomb raider 3 on the PC lol

  • BlankXII

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:18 pm PT

    It's being released months after all the other versions. With the track record of other console-to-Gamecube ports, it won't have any extra features. And by then, the Revolution will most likely be out. Yet game companies wonder why Gamecube versions sell the least generally? They should at least create a whole new Tomb Raider, even better if it were for the Revolution. But didn't Eidos abandon the 'cube years ago after poor sales of Hitman 2 (which this seems to be following in the same footsteps - a game released months after the PS2, Xbox and PC versions, which had already sold enough copies by then for everyone that wants to play the game to own it, to come out on a seperate platform with next-to-no special features AND at a higher price, assuming the other versions got price drops)? This is a really stupid buisness decision.

  • MiKaNoH

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:09 pm PT

    between the PS2 and GameCube versions, i will choose the version with better graphics...

  • Pyro2Z

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:09 pm PT

    It's a shame that this won't sell well... Not even sure why they bothered.

  • Jason____

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:00 pm PT

    It's good to see that the GameCube is still getting some support. This also means that TR:Legend will work on the revolution.

  • dounowhatiam

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:57 pm PT

    oh definatle the best thing that ever happen to tomb Raider
    i hope it sells more then the others so edios has more faith on the gamecube.

  • xbox_gamer1

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:43 pm PT

    Wow the Gamecube is actualy getting third party support.

  • Phazevariance

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:28 pm PT

    I think they probably kept all the special effects in but are only viewable on the Revolution when you put it in. And the GC will have an "effect dulled" version. Since they both use the same API's that would be pretty easy to do.

  • cyprus646

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:26 pm PT

    It dosent matter what console its on it's still going to suckl.

  • Flame_of_Nova

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:24 pm PT

    Thats good.

  • samuelroberts

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:17 pm PT

    Er, why were so many messages on the first page deleted? It made it virtually unreadable. Well, thats the FCC for ya!

    I think this is a great treat for Gamecube owners. I just hope its owners won't despair due to a lack of Italian plumbers, pointy-eared-yet-delayed elves and attractive women in cyborg suits. Oh, and animals that start wars with bug nets, and maintain somewhat conspicuous breeding habits. BUY IT, GUYS! AND GALS!

  • automaticsnake

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:11 pm PT

    at least the gamecube getting something this year.

  • GunslingerMan

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:05 pm PT

    Yeah who is even getting it is beyond me ( gc )

  • umaque

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:00 pm PT

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