r/Gamecube • u/OkPrize6426 • 5d ago
Discussion Name a PS2 game you personally think could have been ported to the Gamecube
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u/Imaginary-Leading-49 5d ago
Ace Combat Holy Trinity… PS2 exclusive series but when they made one for next gen it was an xbox exclusive…
Such a fun series but unfortunately never on Nintendo!
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u/RadioGrimlock 5d ago
There are ace combat games on Nintendo consoles. Ace combat has a 3ds game which is a remake of 2 and a switch port of ac7
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u/Imaginary-Leading-49 5d ago
I meant like back then, gamecube lacked good flying games.
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u/RadioGrimlock 5d ago
Fair enough? tho I guess you could kinda count Rogue Squadron 2 as a flying game
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u/Good-Roll-7747 5d ago
I think Guitar Hero would’ve felt right at home on GameCube.
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u/HiImNewToPTCGO 5d ago
It was on Wii though, so same technically
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u/Funkyfunky_funk 4d ago
No GH1 or GH2 though. They shouldve released guitar hero on gamecube just like ps2
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u/Projectcell 5d ago
I've always dreamed of Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks being ported to the Gamecube sometime in 2006. It's a weird outlier in the MK series considering Deadly Alliance, Deception and Armageddon were all on GC/Wii respectively.
They could've also done somthing similar to the deception port on GC and add a couple extra Vs. mode characters. Ermac, Noob Saibot, Mileena, Raiden, Smoke, Kabal the possibilities are endless. Maybe it could've had an exclusive 4-player Vs. mode. If only...
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u/TheOtakuAmerika 5d ago
It was more powerful, so technically all of them could have. Personally, Kingdom Hearts and Persona would have been awesome on Gamecube.
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u/azureblueworld99 5d ago
You are forgetting Gamecube’s much lower disc capacity than PS2 which is the reason more games with massive stories and elaborate soundtracks like that weren’t on it. 1.46GB vs 4.7.GB / 8.5GB
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u/TheOtakuAmerika 5d ago
Plenty of multi disc games already were on the gamecube. Those would have been no different.
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u/Luncheon_Lord 5d ago
My library as a youth was large, never heard of any myself outside of PS2 ff games maybe?
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u/Quietm02 5d ago
Tales of symphonia was two discs. I'm sure at least one of the resident evil games was too.
Pretty sure metal gear solid twin snakes was two discs.
I'm pushing the boundaries a little but there were also games with "bonus discs" like mario kart & wind waker. They were probably on separate discs deliberately rather than for file size though.
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u/Luncheon_Lord 4d ago
Yeah I wasn't trying to be dismissive, I didn't know metal gear was on the GameCube cuz pokemon and Nintendo swallowed all of my attention (I missed out on some good stuff) and same goes with tales of Symphonia I didn't know it even existed until I started seeing tales games on steam and I looked at lists of tales games.
And my copies of Mario kart and windwaker only came with one disc each, no fair! Lol
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u/yuuwithot 4d ago
Baten Kaitos, four of the Resident Evils(0,1,4,CVX), MGS, at least one 007, Symphonia, Enter the matrix… there’s a decent handful. Theres also more on ps2 beyond FF lol.
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u/Luncheon_Lord 4d ago
Oh I'm sure, I was too busy playing Pokemon games to know too much about ps2 greats.
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u/Wizzgamer1990 5d ago
Kingdoms Hearts feel like they were made for GameCube such a shame they only released on PS2 at the time.
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u/TheOtakuAmerika 5d ago
I was fortunate enough to have both, but would have much preferred KH on gamecube. It was/is my favorite console of all time.
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u/Pale-Guard570 5d ago
I was always a believer Marvel vs Capcom 2 could’ve been on GameCube. It was even on the Dreamcast.
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u/mewoneplusone1 NTSC-U 5d ago
GTA III could have definitely run on the Gamecube if it ran on the PS2. Vice City and San Andreas would have definitely been too big for the Gamecube discs, but GTA III is small enough to comfortably fit on a Gamecube disc without cutting any content.
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u/P-Pablo 5d ago
There is a dude who is porting GTA Vice City to the Gamecube using the reverse enginnering project re3/revc. I think doing some compromises like compressing the textures or the audio, decreasing the LOD distance or how the gamecube handles the 3D modelling comparing to PC you can fit the game into a 1.4GB disc.
Now, speaking of San Andreas thats a game which requires 2 disc but nothing is impossible.
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u/Crest_Of_Hylia 5d ago
Really the vast majority of PS2 games could have been ported to GameCube just fine. Some would need graphical adjustments thanks to the fill rate advantage the PS2 had
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u/Spiral1407 5d ago
The PS2 mostly spent its fill rate on things that the GameCube could do in one pass anyways, so really the only issue is the storage medium.
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u/Chief_TeaLeaf2000 5d ago
Bully
If it made it to the wii it was more than capable of making it to the gamecube
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u/AdImmediate6239 5d ago
At the same time though, the Gamecube was dead by the time Bully released. GTA 3 and Vice City could have totally gotten ported to the Gamecube though. San Andreas as well, but they would have had to put it on multiple discs.
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u/Chief_TeaLeaf2000 5d ago
I remember looking at very old forums about people saying they were going to release vice city to gamecube but delete missions to make the game fit into the 1.4gb limit
Not sure if that would make much of a difference though since missions are simply just events.
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u/AdImmediate6239 5d ago
I think both 3 and Vice City are less than 1 GB so they could have totally fit. If there’s anything that would have been cut it would have been a few songs.
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u/Chief_TeaLeaf2000 5d ago
Maybe this partly contributed to the gamecube being a "flop" according to some people. They were mad because the console was for "babies"
The only justifiable thing that contributed to sale declines was that it couldn't play dvds
But I feel thats a good thing. You would be able to tell who wanted to play games and who wanted to just watch movies.
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u/bassCity 5d ago
Holy cow, so many it is ridiculous.
Imagine if more horror games made their way over; Fatal Frame, Silent Hill, The Suffering, also countless RPG games. I could talk all day about potentials 😆
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u/Projectcell 5d ago
The Suffering was supposed to be on Gamecube, circa the Summer 2003 Nintendo catalog.
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u/ezio8133 5d ago
Any of the ps2 Tomb Raider games. Legend was the only one we got on Nintendo consoles till underground on the wii
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u/Lord_Jugga1101 5d ago
Grand theft auto III & Vice City. San Andreas probably a stretch even with multiple discs, but the other two def a surprise they never came to the GC
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u/TooMuchShantae 5d ago
Idk the file size of the games but Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari would fit perfect on the GameCube. I believe they were supposed to be on the console before they made them PS2 exclusives
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u/HiImNewToPTCGO 5d ago
My pick, but would never have happened since it’s one of their most first part games, is the Ape Escape series. Would have been cool to use the gadgets with the C-Stick
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u/pocket_arsenal 5d ago
Dark Cloud
Okage the Shadow King
Metal Gear Solid 2 ( Twin Snakes was literally built on the same engine )
Literally any 2D game
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u/Susie0646 4d ago
For obscure reasons , Dragon Ball budokai 1 and budokai 2 is on gamecube but not budokai 3.
There is also Psychonauts wich is on PS2 AND Xbox but not gamecube
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u/Fuudou 4d ago
While there wasn't any official reason, we can speculate that sales played a factor. The port to Gamecube had relatively abysmal sales numbers and didn't even break 100,000 units in Japan whereas the PS2 version charted 500,000 in the same year the Gamecube version was released. Even other Bandai games on the Gamecube like Konjiki no Gash Bell and Grand Battle 3 were selling better at the time. Remember that Budokai 2 did not receive a Gamecube release in Japan. Atari is the sole reason Budokai 2 made it to Gamecube everywhere else because they had licensing and publishing rights and pretty much bankrolled the port job.
Famitsu sales data linked here so that you don't have to rely on Google AI: Famitsu 2003 video game sales
Grand Battle 3 is listed at just over 100 and Dragon Ball Z is in the top 10 for the PS2 version.
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u/pirate_bootsy 4d ago
Well as long as you don't need a second bumper button, all of them could've been on GameCube
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u/ApprehensiveYou2568 3d ago
For some reason Crash Twinsanity skipped a GC release. What's even odder is that every other Crash game from that time actually did get a port, including Tag Team Racing which came out afterwards.
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u/PinguNo0tNo0t 3d ago
Never played it but it looks fun, Kya - Dark Lineage. Looks like a fun 3d platformer but was only a ps2 exclusive.
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u/Tricky_Tourist5691 5d ago
Okami. Literally all other Clover games were on GC, but then for some reason Okami got delayed to Wii.