Talk:GameCube/Archive 1

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Please add new archivals to Talk:Nintendo GameCube/Archive 2. (See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page.) Thank you. Jedi6 20:48, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

message: Also, is it necessary to have the huge table on its specs?  That information is easily avaialble on a Ninetendo website.  I don't think most non-nerds care about the technical nitty-gritty.  Couldn't we just include a link to the page with the specs? -Frecklefoot
:Perhaps it could be cut down into a smaller summary of the most salient specs, but I think just linking to an external source is dubious - after all, most of the content of Wikipedia could be found elsewhere, so why not just make it into one big link-farm, with each article saying "For a definition, see [1]; for history, see [2]..." And of course, if the external page then gets deleted, or even moved, the WP page becomes completely pointless! - IMSoP 05:45, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Solution: create a "Nintendo Gamecube specifications" page on the Wiki. Sockatume 17:56, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  System Specs 

message: (Nintendo prefer that NINTENDO GAMECUBE be written in all capitals, as described in http://www.nintendo.com.au/gamecube/faqs/index.php (F.A.Q. 10). This convention is followed by next to nobody.)
:...including Nintendo themselves, on their American and European websites. Is this an Australian peculiarity? --rbrwr
It doesn't matter, because it is on the Australian NINTENDO WEBSITE. It was made by Nintendo. I think it is a stupid idea to have it in capitals, but as the Nintendo Website says, it is NINTENDO GAMECUBE. I won't bother changing it, because you will probably change it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.208.88.138 (talk • contribs) .
::Definately never heard of that usage in the US or Europe, so it's hardly a "convention". Nintendo are rather particular about including trademark notices and descriptions in press coverage though; really it should be the Nintendo(R) Gamecube(TM) video game console. This eventually spawned a couple of forum in-jokes it happens, with people referring to, say, Metroid (R) Prime (TM) 2: Echoes (TM) First Hunt (TM) for the Nintendo (R) DS (TM) dual-screen touchscreen-and-voice activated handheld videogames system, every time they wanted to talk about the Metroid Hunters demo. Sockatume 17:56, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caps 

message: Is it true that the system was named after a plot element of the CG animated TV series ReBoot?
--Damian Yerrick 03:34, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I highly doubt it. Probably because after they designed it someone said it looked like a Cube and they decided to work it in to the title. K1Bond007 05:32, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
I only saw a couple episodes of Reboot, so I only have a vague idea of wht you guys are talking about, but the original patent mentioned the name "Starcube" so most likely they just replaced "Star" with "Game". Deathawk 19:46, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warning: incoming game. 

message: It needs a full list, or at least a partial list of launch titles.  I seem to remember that there were 18 launch titles, I personally bought Super Smash Brothers: Melee and Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II at launch.  
It also needs an estimated total sales figures for the three largest gaming markets, the US, the UK, and Japan.  The Dreamcast article has their respective sales figures, the Gamecube article needs one too.  Dionyseus 12:55, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Super Smash Bros. Melee was not a launch title. Estimated total sales figures are not available. And launch titles are needed. Xizer 04:52, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: This Article Needs A Huge Revamp

message: Language that refers to "winning" is not acceptable. I will rewrite this myself if necessary, but I wanted to give the people more directly involved a chance to fix it their own way. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 23:56, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Winning" 

message: Xizer, I don't think it was necessary for you to remove VederJuda's revision of the sales figures and calling them "crap," as the source Gamespot.com is as reputable as they come.  Anyways, I have found Nintendo's 2005 financial report, and I have included their sales figure for the Gamecube in the article, coincidently they agree with Gamespot.com's numbers too.  I just read a bit of the earlier discussions here, and it seems you are way too defensive of the Gamecube, hopefully this does not mean you will continue to remove essential facts from our article.  Dionyseus 07:34, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sales figures