Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo Gamecube or the GCN is a sixth generation home game console released by Nintendo EAD in 2001.

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The Gamecube is a purple console which is shaped like a cube. The console is the first Nintendo console to use Optical Discs. The second is the Wii and the third is the Wii U.

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The Gamecube is not backward compatible to anything, but a socket which can be connected to the console can play Game Boy Advance games.

The console's version of SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game won the Best Game Award in 2006.