Import Gamecube recommendations, please

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:50 am

I was given a Gamecube last summer as a belated birthday present. Since then, I've accumulated a bunch of domestic RPGs: Crystal Chronicles, Tales of Symphonia, and Evolution Worlds. I'm considering getting Skies of Arcadia, since I loved the DC version and the GC version has new stuff added to it. Despite this, I really haven't played my GC much at all yet.

Yesterday I had Undamned mod my Gamecube with a switch. Now I can finally play Mr Driller Drill Land! Yay. Any import Gamecube recommendations? I can easily skip shmups on the GC because the only ones worth getting are the ones I already have on the Dreamcast. I know of a Super Robot Taisen game for the GC. Anything else?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:52 am

Giftpia!

EDIT: Oh, and Chibi Robo!

Cromarty · Post by **Cromarty** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:02 am

Viewtiful Joe.

(Domestic stuff is okay too, right?)

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:14 am

I heard good things about Kururin Squash and Four Swords JP has a cool mode not in the US one.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:08 am

the naruto gekkitou ninja taisen series is a must have.
Even though im no Naruto-fan anymore, the games are very good, in a comparison to its PAL branch-games, which are hiliarous.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:56 am

Star Soildier
Naruto 1-4
Battle Stadium D.O.N.
TV Fighters

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:19 am

Ah yes, Kururin Squash. I have Kururin Paradise for the GBA and it is fun.

I think I'll pass on Naruto.... I just can't stand that show. I admit that the SFC Dragonball Z games were pretty decent, but it's still not enough for me to want to ever buy them because I despise the show.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:52 am

PC Genjin (Hudson Selection Vol 3)

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:44 pm

greg wrote:I think I'll pass on Naruto.... I just can't stand that show. I admit that the SFC Dragonball Z games were pretty decent, but it's still not enough for me to want to ever buy them because I despise the show.

That's another I hate.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:06 pm

The Adventure Island and Bonk remakes for the cube (and PS2) are pretty ace.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:17 pm

LGB wrote:
greg wrote:I think I'll pass on Naruto.... I just can't stand that show. I admit that the SFC Dragonball Z games were pretty decent, but it's still not enough for me to want to ever buy them because I despise the show.
That's another I hate.

Don't let the smooth taste fool you.

I don't particularly care for the Naruto toon either, but Naruto as well as BS D.O.N both rock as fighting games.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:56 pm

I'm sure there was another topic on this some time ago, so you might want to search for it. As I recall, though, it had little to offer. So few titles, it seems. But that's the GC in general. The only imports I have are Shiki II and Star Soldier. Shiki II looks amazing-- at least as good as the DC port and approaching the XBOX port.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:05 am

Kururin Squash is awesome, the full analog control feels like how it was meant to be played. The gimmick levels are somewhat annoying, though.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Battle Stadium D.O.N. is pretty good indeed, though it's a Smash Bros type of Brawler. Great fun on multiplayer.

It's the only Dragonball Z game I ever played that I found to be actually good... maybe it's because it was made by Raizing and not Bandai...

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:14 pm

I enjoyed Chaos Field in import- some people don't enjoy it- but its one of my favourite gamecube games.

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:01 am

CF certainly is a better experience with the gamecube than the DC, at least on a television. So many roving turrets either way, though. Yeesh.

So few naomi games were ported to GCN. It seems to be well suited.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:07 pm

Gosh, I thought Chaos Field was such a lackluster first attempt. I've only played it on the Dreamcast, but I thought it was so extremely boring and I didn't bother buying it. All boss and no popcorn. Up until then, I had every shmup on the Dreamcast. I passed on this one as well as Trizeal. As far as Milestone shmups go, I really did enjoy Radilgy though. I haven't played much of Karasu though.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:04 pm

Star Soldier is indeed a must as is PC Genjin.

other import only (not sure if this goes for US, but for Europe it does):

Space Raiders.

And no Gamecube collection can be complete without Viewtiful Joe, SSB: Melee, Resident evil 4 and Killer 7 (acquired taste I admit but very cool and different). Get F-Zero if you like racing games, incredibly hard but amazingly beautiful and well made.

But if I can only recommend 1 import game: Star Soldier.
You'll love it.