E3 06: GameCube's 2006 lineup still strong

  • By Dan Tochen, GameSpot
  • Posted May 9, 2006 1:48 pm PT

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess leads the list, with Baten Kaitos Origins, Super Paper Mario, and DK Bongo Blast rounding out the key first-party games.

LOS ANGELES--Though Wii and DS got most of the love at Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference today, the GameCube is still a contender. Its replacement, the Wii, won't even arrive until an as-yet-undisclosed date sometime in the fourth quarter of 2006, so there's still plenty of time to rack up more hours on the GameCube. Today, Nintendo released a partial list of games currently in development for its current-gen console, showing a healthy pipeline of new releases that extends right up to--and past--the Wii launch.

See below for an alphabetical list of publishers and their games, as well as planned launch dates where available.

2K Games -MLB 2K6: available this month

Activision -Over the Hedge: available this month -X-Men: The Official Game: available this month

Atari -Backyard Baseball 2007: June 2006 -Backyard Basketball 2007: November 2006

Buena Vista Games -Disney's Meet the Robinsons: March 2007

D3 -Dreamworks' Flushed Away: October 2006

Eidos -Tomb Raider Legend: September 2006 -Bionicle Heroes: October 2006

Electronic Arts -Madden NFL '07: August 2006

LucasArts -Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy: September 2006

Midway Games -The Ant Bully: Q3 2006

Namco Bandai Games -Pac-Man World Rally: July 2006 -One Piece: Grand Adventure (formerly Grand Battle 2): August 2006

Nintendo -Baten Kaitos Origins: September 25, 2006 -DK Bongo Blast: Q4 2006 -Super Paper Mario: Q4 2006 -The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Q4 2006. As announced during the Nintendo press conference, Twilight Princess will launch in two versions on the same day: a version for Wii and a version for GameCube.

Sega -Super Monkey Ball Adventure: Summer 2006

THQ -Disney/Pixar Cars: June 2006 -Monster House: July 2006 -Avatar: The Last Airbender: September 2006 -The Barnyard: September 2006 -Bratz Diamondz: October 2006 -Nicktoons Vortex Island: October 2006 -SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab: October 2006

Tomy -Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2: Q3 2006

Ubisoft -Open Season: September 2006 -Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent: September 2006 -Rayman: November 2006

Vivendi Universal Games -The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning: October 2006

When the E3 show floor opens tomorrow, we'll bring you more info on these games and hands-on reports for the ones that are playable on the floor.

63 Comments

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 12:31 am PT

    cool

  • komdosina

    Posted May 31, 2006 11:08 am PT

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  • rafaelszpo

    Posted May 27, 2006 3:49 pm PT

    Baten Kaitos Origins and Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 are the games I´m waiting for. I would like to see Battle Stadium: D.O.N around here too, but guess I´m not...

  • shannon_25

    Posted May 17, 2006 8:14 am PT

    Yay! I cant wait for the new Super Paper Mario! The first two rocked! And according to the screen shots, you get play as peach and bowser again, but it sorta looks like an actual stage. Sorta odd for princess peach, yet fun!

  • rbarahona

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:46 pm PT

    I was gladly impressed with this announcement. I thought that there wouldn't be more games for the GCN but I think that the console will have more life in it. Thank you very much Nintendo!!!

  • enoslives7

    Posted May 10, 2006 10:24 am PT

    The gamecube is a huge flop. Nintendo should let it die . Sony owns Nintendo...

  • gtimandan

    Posted May 10, 2006 8:14 am PT

    From what I'm reading elsewhere, say what you will about SpongeBob, but it's supposed to be a hilarious-fun game to play. I'll at least give it a look based on that, and I've never touched a SB game prior as they seem too juvenile for my tastes.

  • GoldenSilence87

    Posted May 10, 2006 8:09 am PT

    Twilight Princess will assure Nintendo of a profit, alone this year

  • whosgotthe311

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:56 am PT

    So I guess we aren't getting that Kirby game after all?

  • ewjim

    Posted May 10, 2006 4:43 am PT

    Strong?! How then weak lineup must look?

  • Ganondolfz

    Posted May 10, 2006 3:57 am PT

    What is gameCube?........My brain only knows 1 thing..... Wiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!

  • s0l0123

    Posted May 10, 2006 3:06 am PT

    pretty good lineup from Nintendo

  • faridmon

    Posted May 9, 2006 11:00 pm PT

    baten kaitos will be super dupe, and to those who says "kiddy games" baten kaitos is like Final Fantasy, so if your saying baten kaitos 2 is a kiddy game why do you buy Final Fantasy games on the PS2, thats shows how ignorant most of u are.

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted May 9, 2006 8:51 pm PT

    yes they sell more GameCubes than 360s in some territories. so then the 360 must be deader, right ?

  • alberto2045

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:57 pm PT

    do they still sell gamecubes i didnt know that

  • ebonyflame

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:19 pm PT

    Its funny how a lot of the games being released on the Gamecube that are also released on PS2 are only considered kiddy games on the Gamecube and not on the PS2.

  • sithlord300

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:11 pm PT

    That;s awesome.I can't wait tillZelda Twilight princess comes out.Thats gonna be awesome.I proably going to get it on gamecube if i dont get a Wii.Also September 25th i can wait.

  • xbox_gamer1

    Posted May 9, 2006 6:27 pm PT

    Hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahah.
    At the end of the Gamecubes life span they actually give it first party support.To little to late.GO MS!!

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 9, 2006 5:39 pm PT

    Nice stuff but The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess should just be a Wii game.

  • tubbablubba

    Posted May 9, 2006 5:26 pm PT

    Yay for cube of gameness

    I'm getting the 3 games there that matter Paper Mario baten Kaitos and twilight Princess

  • serotonin0

    Posted May 9, 2006 5:17 pm PT

    Ah, well I can't say I agree with you, dcgames. I play quite a few types of games, and I'm not really biased against any. I'm playing through Paper Mario right now actually as I type this. I'm a huge Halo player, going through Oblivion on my PC at the moment, and constantly playing Tetris DS. I'm a huge FPS fan, and I think it's an ignorant comment to say that it involves no thinking to play. There are plenty of strategies and such that are needed to be better in them. It's not just random shooting. Although I am male, I'd like to point out that I'm not into gore, I don't own a gun, and violence isn't something I consider a hobby.

    So while shooters may not be your type of game, they're not just for people obsessed with death and violence and such. I'm a fan of almost all games, and the ones that I'm not a fan of, I try not to bash either.

  • dcgames

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:56 pm PT

    It was nice to play a game like PMTYD and not have to kill anyone or blow someone's head off. FPS and the like (which seem to be the brunt of XBOX games) are totally brainless games without any thinking involved; you just mash the trigger and shoot. Wow. That's hard. Definitely this appeals to a large percentage of "types" (mostly male) who get off on this kind of thing. Me I prefer to play a game that involves some thinking in an environment that isn't the Blitz. So if that's a "kiddy" game so be it.

  • primordial2003

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:49 pm PT

    The only good games on that list are Baten Kaitos Origins, Twilight Princess, and Super Paper Mario. The rest are all either sports or kids games that are going to be available on other consoles as well.

  • serotonin0

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:42 pm PT

    Woah woah, did you guys see the video for Super Paper Mario? It's like a 2D platformer, not an RPG. It looks really good actually.

  • genealharrison

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:39 pm PT

    Super Paper Mario! Sweet! The first two Paper Marios were most excellent adventures.

  • serotonin0

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:36 pm PT

    Never played Tales of Symphonia either. I've got all consoles, a PC, and low amounts of time, but lately I've had a surplus, so I'm looking to go back through and play the games I missed.

  • KevComesRipping

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:13 pm PT

    Baten Kaitos wasn't as entertaining as Tales of Symphonia if you ask me, but if you've already played that, BK should be pretty cheap by now, serotonin0

  • KevComesRipping

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:09 pm PT

    Ooooo Super Paper Mario, I'm stoked, they need to make a Paper Luigi for the DS if you ask me, many folding, twisting, turning actions you could do with the stylus

  • serotonin0

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:08 pm PT

    I'm looking forward to Super Paper Mario. I'm playing the first GCN version of Paper Mario right now actually. Besides that, not much on the list I'm excited for. I will be buying Zelda, but now that it's on both consoles, I'll be buying the Wii version. Was Baten Kaitos good? I was thinking about trying it out.

  • Louis_Armstrong

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:06 pm PT

    Twilight Princess was going to be the last GC title that i would buy, but now that I know it'll come out in the Wii too, Twillight Princess will be my first Wii title

  • ultimate_zero

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:04 pm PT

    hmmm... the only game i would buy is legend of zelda twilight princess

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:03 pm PT

    gamecube is definitely dead

  • rhsu

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:02 pm PT

    "Strong" my ass. Gamecube is almost dead. Only game I'm looking forward to is Twilight Princess and that game isn't coming out 'till Q4 2006 which could very well be December 2006. It's a damn shame what happened to this console. I have all three current gen consoles and two of them are practically dead.

  • Sepewrath

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:02 pm PT

    Its funny how people dont understand when they talk about how many kids games the GC has playstaion has the most of all the systems since they get pretty much every game that nintendo gets and many more of those kiddy games since they get all the support from 3rd party's.

  • troakun

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:57 pm PT

    Super Paper Mario is the only game I'm looking forward too but glad to see GC still going strong. Maybe it won't have quite the lifespan of PS1 but it has some juice left.

  • santiagochile

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:31 pm PT

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  • EvanO_O

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:30 pm PT

    The only great games to come for the cube are only from Nintendo, but it's great that Nintendo still has so many suprises for it.

  • dwmorrow

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:21 pm PT

    Super Paper Mario & Baten Kaitos are pretty much the only games on this list I'm looking forward to.

  • billigloo

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:20 pm PT

    Super Monkey Ball Adventure!!! sweet
    (why the hell did i buy a gamecube should have learned my lesson with N64)

  • Penguin_dragon

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:15 pm PT

    Yay baten kaitos!! p.s. so what da games are " kid - friendly" yall just think cuz id dont show gallons of blood its dumb youll never experience REAL FUN!

  • MrPuzzlez

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:09 pm PT

    Hey! We don't want anymore Senseless Moronic Violence unless it actually has a point.... Like Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

  • EddyG0RD0

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:00 pm PT


    is this a joke?

  • komdosina

    Posted May 9, 2006 3:00 pm PT

    Well I'm happy because Nintendo is bringing the prequel to Baten Kaitos.

  • TJSpyke

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:56 pm PT

    This is the first mention of "Super Paper Mario" that i've seen. That will probably be my last new GameCube game(I plan on getting the Wii version of TP).

  • SatanicNemesis

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:56 pm PT

    Yeah.. strong.. whatever. I cant wait to trade mine in for a Wii.. (god that name)

  • Exxelerator

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:50 pm PT

    Super Paper Mario im definitively looking for this!

  • FallenOneX

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:36 pm PT

    I'm pretty mixed when it comes to the "kiddy" game issue. The reason most companies don't release high profile, more mature games on the GC is because the sales are terrible. Well people, the same thing works in reverse for Sony. Despite having 100mil plus systems out there, those same titles GC drowns in don't sell squat on the PS2. When big budget titles fall short of goals, it has to be made up somewhere. But remember, the GC as a system is on it's way out as the Wii is backwards compatible. I expect a price drop and influx of "Kiddy" games either in the mid summer (gotta catch'em all, out of school) or late fall.

  • Jarlaxle0204

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:26 pm PT

    I guess I'm the only one excited about Super Paper Mario. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door was an excellent game and was in my top 3 RPG's for this console generation (I own all 3 systems).

  • leo31206

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:24 pm PT

    hmm i know there's at least one mistake in the release dates, splinter cell has been canceled for current gen systems. At least thats what they reported a couple day's ago, doubt anythings changed.

  • Zonelezz

    Posted May 9, 2006 2:22 pm PT

    lol just insane!

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