Switch 2 The Past

Where we're going we dont need.. ROADS. Ever wish you could go back in time and save the GameCube from getting beat by the Playstation 2 and the Xbox? We do it everyday, and on this Side Mission of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast Mike and Neil sit down to share their ideas to go back in time to the year 2001 and make the GameCube a commercial success. The GameCube is a beloved console, but with just 22 million units sold, the console had lots of room for improvement and we are here to fix them!

Remember when the front of the game was all you had to go by when deciding how to use your $20 gift card and reading your video game cases as your mom drove you home from EB games only to get home and realize you bought the worst game of 2003 and now you need to wait until Christmas to play something good? Well in this Side Mission of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast, Mike and Neil sit down to talk about the best and the worst box art in the GameCube's library!

The 'Classic' console Nintendo hype of 2016-2018 was a good time, and left a lot of Nintendo fans dreaming of what games would be on the mini GameBoy, N64 and of course the GameCube! This week, Mike and Neil are on vacation so they decided to sit down and list 15 games each that they would like to see on a dream GameCube Classic console that will probably never see the light of day!

Enter the Dragon. It's been 23 years to the day that Spyro first graced the PS1 and Mike & Neil are here dive head first into the purple dragon's history, games (the good and bad) and his future. The episode starts off with the boys welcoming friend of the show Andy to talk about the original trilogy and then transitioning to the 3 GameCube games. Friend of the show Quinn joins the pod for the first time to discuss terribly disappointing Enter the Dragonfly and the show moves along to talk about A Hero's Tail as well as the second Spyro trilogy starting with Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman and Mark Hamill?!?!). It's a jam-packed, nostalgia-filled trip that will hopefully leave you with some knowledge bombs and thinking just a little more highly of Spyro and the Insomniac team who gave him life.

Brain Blast!!! One of the best Nickelodeon franchises of the 2000s also dipped its toe in the video game market with 3 Jimmy Neutron games on the GameCube. The movie started the series with a bang and continued with a really cool show we all loved to watch after school. The games...were OK. Jimmy and all his friends' adventures in video games were alright cartoon tie-ins that were probably only on your Christmas list if you were in-between waiting for other big Cube games. We await for the Hugh Neutron game on Switch to this day.

You've got boost power! Welcome to fastest show on earth where the boys sit down to discuss one of their most beloved games, F-Zero GX and the series that spawned it. Mike & Neil go into the super challenging gameplay that makes this game so different from any other Nintendo property as well as why we haven't seen a new F-Zero entry since F-Zero GX hit the shelves exactly 18 years ago in 2003. With animation sequences that look stunning for the time yet are totally disjointed story wise, it has the boys craving for more "F-Universe" content than having Captain Falcon in Smash or Mute City in Mario Kart. Rev up those engines and hit speeds of over 1000km in the latest episode from The GameCube Was Cool.

It's time to DUEL! On episode 63 of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast, Mike and Neil sit down to talk about Yu-Gi-Oh, Beyblade and a bunch of other animes/fads we loved when we were in school (and we kinda still do!). Joining us on the show is enemy of the pod Ramon to talk about how Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom isn't a card dueling game but actually an RPG/RTS that he became extremely fond of growing up.The boys start the episode off with some talk about Arthur, back to school memories and their favourite Pokemon. All this and more in this episode of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast!

Bring the tripod and all of the film! On this episode of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast, Mike and Neil sit down to talk about King Kong and Rampage! Both giant monkey games on the cube are terrific hidden gems which have been somewhat lost to history. The boys start the episode off with thinking about where they would live if they could not longer live in Canada, and whether or not Neil remembers the places he has been to. All this and more in episode 62 of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast!

Serve up! To celebrate the 2020 Olympics, Mike and Neil are covering five sports games that appeared on the Gamecube. Most of these games are not Olympic sports, BUT they could be someday...Featured games today consist of Beach Spikers, World Series of Poker, WTA Tour Tennis, Strike Force Bowling, and one of the best hidden gems for the GameCube, Pool Paradise where you can finally play Skeeball in a video game. The boys start off the episode with talk about their favourite flavoured milk products and which Nintendo universe they would visit on vacation if they could. All this and more in episode 61 of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast!

Suit up! And join Mike and Neil as they take a trip back to a time when superheroes were not all owned by Disney, and the video games were discounted a few days after they came out along with whatever movie we all paid real money to see. From Spawn to Judge Dredd, video games based on comic books in theory are a match made in heaven, although playing some of these games was not exactly a heavenly experience. Who knew the GameCube was home to the last stand alone Aquaman game? Or that a Hulk game made in 2005 is actually really good? Or that Neil has a touching memory around playing Fantastic Four in 2006. The episode starts off by celebrating 20 years of an amazing album, and ranking of all the Marvel movies. All this and more in episode 60 of The GameCube Was Cool Podcast!