The 2000s

The era where gaming grew up — online play, HD visuals, and the first generation to debate whether games were art.

153 games in this room

Sega's 2000 Dreamcast game, Jet Grind Radio in North America. It began around 1997 with Ryuta Ueda's drawing of characters on Uncommon

Dreamcast

Jet Set Radio

ジェットセットラジオ

Action / Cel-shaded open world · 2000

It started with a drawing. In the autumn of 1997, as Masayoshi Kikuchi remembers it, he and the artist Ryuta Ueda were i…

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Only the Dreamcast version keeps the original Offspring soundtrack — every port replaced it. Crazy Taxi (2000), the home vers ▶

Dreamcast

Crazy Taxi

クレイジータクシー

Arcade racing · 2000

An arrow points somewhere across the city, and nothing tells you which way to get there. The road, the pavement and the …

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First Pokémon game to offer a female protagonist. Crystal (2000, Game Boy Color) also will not boot on original Game Boy — GB Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Crystal Version

ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン

RPG · 2000

Pokémon Crystal is the third and final entry in the second generation of the Pokémon series — an enhanced version of Gol…

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Built in 18 months on Ocarina of Time's engine, Majora's Mask (N64, 2000) became Nintendo's darkest, most psychologically com ▶

Nintendo 64

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

ゼルダの伝説 ムジュラの仮面

Action-adventure · 2000

Released in Japan on April 27, 2000, Majora's Mask was built on the engine of Ocarina of Time in just under 18 months — …

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Skies of Arcadia (Eternal Arcadia, Dreamcast, 2000) was first conceived around trains, not airships. Rieko Kodama produced Ov Rare

Dreamcast

Skies of Arcadia

エターナルアルカディア

RPG · 2000

Rieko Kodama joined Sega in 1984, worked on Phantasy Star, and directed Magic Knight Rayearth on the Saturn. She says: …

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Wario cannot die — every hazard transforms him into a puzzle tool. Wario Land 3 (2000, GBC) — GameSpot rated it 9.8/10 and it

Game Boy Color

Wario Land 3

ワリオランド3 不思議なオルゴール

Action platformer · 2000

Wario Land 3 (2000) for Game Boy Color is the highest-rated entry in the Wario Land series, praised for a radical design…

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Only PlayStation game ever to score a perfect Famitsu 40/40 — yet it sold modestly at launch. Vagrant Story (2000) — Matsuno' Uncommon

PlayStation

Vagrant Story

ベイグラントストーリー

Action RPG · 2000

In September 1998, five people at Square sat down to design a city. One of them was a wine enthusiast partial to Bordeau…

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Started as Super Mario RPG 2 before Square left Nintendo. Paper Mario / マリオストーリー (2000, N64) spent 18 months finding its pape ▶

Nintendo 64

Paper Mario

マリオストーリー

RPG · 2000

Paper Mario (2000) — known in Japan as Mario Story — is a Nintendo 64 turn-based RPG developed by Intelligent Systems, p…

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The first online RPG on a home console. Phantasy Star Online (2000, Dreamcast) ran on dial-up modems — and fan servers still

Dreamcast

Phantasy Star Online

ファンタシースターオンライン

Online Action RPG · 2000

Released in 2000, Phantasy Star Online was a watershed moment in gaming history: the first true online RPG on a home con…

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Dreamcast

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

マーヴル VS. カプコン2 NEW AGE OF HEROES

Fighting · 2000

Released in 2000, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 assembled 56 characters from Marvel and Capcom universes for the largest fighting …

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Uematsu wrote 160 tracks and called it his favourite. Final Fantasy IX (2000, PlayStation) — a return to swords and crystals

PlayStation

Final Fantasy IX

ファイナルファンタジーIX

RPG · 2000

Released in 2000, Final Fantasy IX was the series' deliberate return to its roots — a response to the urban, technologic…

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Dreamcast

Grandia II

グランディア II

RPG · 2000

Released in 2000, Grandia II refined the series' beloved battle system — already celebrated in the original Saturn and P…

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Sold as Metal Gear Solid in the West, Ghost Babel (Game Boy Color, 2000) is an original story in its own timeline, built as s Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel

メタルギース ゴーストバベル

Action-adventure / Stealth · 2000

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel is a 2000 Game Boy Color original — not a handheld port of the PlayStation hit, but a standalone…

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Mario himself is locked behind story completion. Mario Tennis GBC (2000) built a tennis academy RPG with leveling, rivals, an Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Mario Tennis

マリオテニスGB

Sports / Tennis · 2000

Mario Tennis for Game Boy Color is the first handheld entry in the Mario Tennis series, released the same year as its Ni…

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32 MB cartridge — the largest N64 cart made. Perfect Dark (2000, Rare) packed 45 minutes of voiced cutscenes. Expansion Pak r Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Perfect Dark

パーフェクトダーク

First-person shooter · 2000

Perfect Dark is the 2000 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter developed by Rare as a spiritual successor to their landmark G…

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Japan-only N64 game, yet fully English-dubbed from day one. Sin and Punishment (2000) — Treasure's rail shooter Western fans Rare

Nintendo 64

Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth

罪と罰〜地球の継承者〜

Rail shooter / Third-person shooter · 2000

Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth is the 2000 Nintendo 64 rail shooter developed by Treasure and published by N…

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RE 1, 2, and 3 used painted backdrops. Code: Veronica (2000, Dreamcast) went fully real-time 3D first — Claire and Chris, isl Uncommon

Dreamcast

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

バイオハザード コード:ベロニカ

Survival horror · 2000

Resident Evil Code: Veronica is the 2000 Dreamcast survival horror game that marked a technical turning point for the se…

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Six years before the Wii Remote, a tilt sensor lived inside the cartridge. Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2000, Game Boy Color) — nev Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble

コロコロカービィ

Action / Puzzle · 2000

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2000) is one of Nintendo's earliest experiments with motion-based controls, using a tilt sensor b…

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X infiltrates a virtual simulation — new story, SNES-era bosses in handheld form. Mega Man Xtreme (2000, Game Boy Color). Jap Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Mega Man Xtreme

ロックマンX サイバーミッション

Platform / Action · 2000

Mega Man Xtreme (2000) brought the Mega Man X series to the Game Boy Color, condensing the action and boss roster of the…

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Training mini-games that outshone the tennis itself. Virtua Tennis / Power Smash (2000, Dreamcast) — NAOMI hardware made the

Dreamcast

Virtua Tennis

パワースマッシュ

Sports / Tennis · 2000

Virtua Tennis (2000) is the Dreamcast game that set the template for every tennis simulation that followed. Developed on…

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Japan's schools adopted it as a typing tutor. Typing of the Dead (2000, Dreamcast) — House of the Dead 2, but zombies die by Uncommon

Dreamcast

The Typing of the Dead

ザ タイピング オブ ザ デッド

Typing / Horror · 2000

The Typing of the Dead (2000) is one of gaming's most audacious concept games: a complete reimagining of House of the De…

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Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for Game Boy Color (2000) — Intelligent Systems' Panel de Pon mechanic wrapped in Pokémon Gold/Silve

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

ポケモンでパネポン

Puzzle · 2000

Developed by Intelligent Systems and released in September 2000, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge brings the Panel de Pon puzzle…

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Nintendo made a Capcom game. Elite Forces (2000, GBC) was Nintendo Software Technology's very first shipped title, built unde Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Bionic Commando: Elite Forces

バイオニックコマンドー エリートフォーシーズ

Action Platformer ·

A notable footnote in game development history, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces was the debut title from Nintendo Software…

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Dead or Alive 2 for Dreamcast (2000) — Team Ninja's landmark 3D fighter with interactive multi-tiered stages and fast counter

Dreamcast

Dead or Alive 2

デッド オア アライブ 2

3D Fighting · 2000

Team Ninja's follow-up to Dead or Alive, released for the Dreamcast on February 29, 2000 — a leap day release that match…

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Ferrari F355 Challenge for Dreamcast (2000) — Yu Suzuki's AM2 racing sim built with real Ferrari telemetry data. Dreamcast on Uncommon

Dreamcast

Ferrari F355 Challenge

F355チャレンジ Passione Rossa

Racing Simulation · 2000

Directed by Yu Suzuki — creator of Out Run, After Burner, and Shenmue — and developed by Sega AM2, Ferrari F355 Challeng…

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Tom Baker narrates. A sci-fi novelist wrote the script. Ecco: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast, 2000) is a stranger game tha Uncommon

Dreamcast

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

エコー・ザ・ドルフィン ディフェンダー・オブ・ザ・フューチャー

Action Adventure ·

The fifth and final Ecco the Dolphin game, released for Dreamcast in 2000, marked a complete reinvention of the franchis…

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Sakurai avoided playing this game during development so his opinions would not override the director. Kirby 64 (2000, Nintend

Nintendo 64

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

カービィ64 クリスタルのひみつ

Action Platformer · 2000

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) is Kirby's only mainline entry on the Nintendo 64, and HAL Laboratory's boldest expe…

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Waluigi was invented for this game and has never appeared in a mainline Mario platformer since. Mario Tennis (N64, 2000) by C

Nintendo 64

Mario Tennis

マリオテニス64

Sports · 2000

Mario Tennis (2000) defined what a Mario sports game could be: tight arcade mechanics wrapped in franchise characters, w…

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200+ crafting recipes inside a fighting game — an early first. Power Stone 2 (2000, Dreamcast) — four-player brawler on hardw Uncommon

Dreamcast

Power Stone 2

パワーストーン2

Action Fighting · 2000

Power Stone 2 (2000) expanded everything that made the original remarkable: where the first game was a two-player arena …

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Worlds four times larger than the original — and connected. Solving a puzzle in one level opens a door in another. Banjo-Tooi Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Banjo-Tooie

バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険2

3D platformer · 2000

Released on November 20, 2000, Banjo-Tooie is Rare's magnum opus on the Nintendo 64 — a vast, richly interconnected 3D p…

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Only the GBC version has Xenlon — a dragon boss who grants wishes. Dragon Quest III (2000, GBC), remake of the RPG that empti Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Dragon Quest III

ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…

Role-Playing Game · 2000

Dragon Quest III for Game Boy Color is widely regarded as the definitive version of what many fans consider the finest e…

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Battle Tower debuted here and became a staple of every Pokémon generation after. Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000, N64) — 251 Gold & S

Nintendo 64

Pokémon Stadium 2

ポケモンスタジアム金銀

Strategy / Battle · 2000

Released in Japan in December 2000, Pokémon Stadium Gold & Silver — known internationally as Pokémon Stadium 2 — brought…

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Dragon Quest VII (PS1, 2000) holds no battles for its first 3–5 hours — a bold choice by Yuji Horii. Japan's best-selling PS1

PlayStation

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

ドラゴンクエストVII エデンの戦士たち

Role-Playing Game · 2000

Released in Japan on August 26, 2000, Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden is one of the defining RPGs of the PlayStation …

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Dreamcast

Project Justice

プロジェクト ジャスティス 燃えろ!正義学園

Fighting · 2000

Released in December 2000, Project Justice is the sequel to Rival Schools: United by Fate and the last major Capcom figh…

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Amigo's designer also gave Sonic his modern look. Samba de Amigo (2000, Dreamcast) — shake maracas at three heights in sync w Uncommon

Dreamcast

Samba de Amigo

サンバ DE アミーゴ

Rhythm / Music · 2000

Samba de Amigo (2000) is Sega's rhythm game built around performance — players shake two maracas controllers at three he…

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Three people built the only real-time strategy game ever made for Game Boy Color. Warlocked (2000, Nintendo) — humans vs. gob Rare

Game Boy Color

Warlocked

Warlocked

Real-Time Strategy ·

Warlocked (2000) is the only real-time strategy game ever made for the Game Boy Color — a North America-only release dev…

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One level exists that was never in the SNES original. DKC for GBC (Rare, 2000) hides Necky Nutmare in Chimp Caverns. Released

Game Boy Color

Donkey Kong Country

ドンキーコング2001

Action-Platformer · 2001

Donkey Kong Country for Game Boy Color (2000) is Rare's port of the landmark 1994 SNES platformer, re-released on the sm…

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Nintendo Software Technology, the studio behind Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, remade SNK's Crystalis for Game Boy Color. Nor Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Crystalis

クリスタリス

Action RPG ·

Nintendo's own studio in Redmond spent 2000 rebuilding a game SNK had let disappear; the cartridge reached North America…

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Rare

Game Boy Color

Keitai Denjuu Telefang

携帯電獣テレファング

Role-Playing Game · 2000

Keitai Denjuu Telefang is a monster-collecting RPG released on Game Boy Color in Japan on November 3, 2000, in two simul…

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Cannon Spike for dreamcast (2000) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Dreamcast

Cannon Spike

キャノンスパイク

crossover fiction · 2000

Cannon Spike is a 2000 crossover fiction for the dreamcast, developed by Psikyo.…

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Dreamcast

Gunbird 2

ガンバード2

vertically scrolling shooter · 2000

Gunbird 2 is a 2000 vertically scrolling shooter for the dreamcast, developed by Psikyo. It belongs to the Gunbird serie…

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Mars Matrix for dreamcast (2000) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Dreamcast

Mars Matrix

マーズマトリックス

bullet hell · 2000

Mars Matrix is a 2000 bullet hell for the dreamcast, developed by Takumi Corporation.…

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Magical Drop for Game Boy Color (2000) — the only series entry never released in Japan. Pull drops up, not down. Western-mark

Game Boy Color

Magical Drop

マジカルドロップ

puzzle video game ·

Magical Drop for Game Boy Color is a 2000 puzzle video game, developed by Sakata SAS Co., Ltd. and published by Data Eas…

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Pokémon Crystal for game boy color (2000) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Crystal

ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン

role-playing video game · 2000

Pokémon Crystal is a 2000 role-playing video game for the game boy color, developed by Game Freak, with music by Junichi…

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Tomb Raider: Chronicles (Dreamcast, 2000) — the final original-era Tomb Raider, told in flashbacks at Lara's memorial. Four i

Dreamcast

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

トゥームレイダー5:クロニクル

action-adventure game ·

Released in 2000 for Dreamcast, PlayStation, Windows, and Mac, Tomb Raider: Chronicles concluded the original Tomb Raide…

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PlayStation 2

Tekken Tag Tournament

鉄拳タッグトーナメント

Fighting ·

Tekken Tag Tournament reached arcades in 1999, later coming home on PlayStation 2, letting players switch between two fi…

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Nintendo 64

Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion

風来のシレン2 鬼襲来!シレン城!

Roguelike RPG · 2000

Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion (2000) is a roguelike RPG developed by Chunsoft and publishe…

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PlayStation 2

Dead or Alive 2

デッド オア アライブ 2

Fighting · 2000

Dead or Alive 2 was released on March 30, 2000 as a launch title for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. Directed by Tomonobu It…

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Miyamoto watched garden ants and built a game around them. Pikmin (2001, GameCube) — miss the deadline and Olimar actually di ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Pikmin

ピクミン

Real-time strategy · 2001

Pikmin (2001) is a real-time strategy game created by Shigeru Miyamoto, released as a GameCube launch title in Japan. Ca…

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Wavedashing — the technique that built a 20-year competitive scene — was never intended by the developers. Super Smash Bros. ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Super Smash Bros. Melee

大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX

Fighting · 2001

Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) is the second entry in the Smash Bros. series and the best-selling Nintendo GameCube game…

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Capcom created Flagship solely for this project, then dissolved it. Oracle of Seasons (GBC, 2001) links with Oracle of Ages f Uncommon

Game Boy Color

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎの木の実 大地の章

Action-Adventure · 2001

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons is one of two interconnected Game Boy Color adventures released simultaneously in…

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Capcom's Flagship made this — not Nintendo. Oracle of Ages (GBC, 2001) was one of three planned Zelda games; the third was ca Uncommon

Game Boy Color

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎの木の実 時空の章

Action adventure · 2001

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) is a Game Boy Color action-adventure developed by Capcom's Flagship team. Ora…

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For 18 years, Luigi was player 2. His first starring role was a haunted mansion and a vacuum cleaner. GameCube's 2001 launch ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Luigi's Mansion

ルイージマンション

Action Adventure · 2001

Released in 2001 as a GameCube launch title, Luigi's Mansion finally gave Nintendo's perpetual sidekick his own starring…

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Out the same week as the Game Boy Advance, Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 (GBC, 2001) still hit #1 in Japan. Two versions, differe Uncommon ▶

Game Boy Color

Dragon Warrior Monsters 2

ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ2 マルタのふしぎな鍵

Role-playing / Monster-raising · 2001

Dragon Quest Monsters 2 is the 2001 GBC sequel to the monster-raising RPG that introduced the series to Game Boy players…

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Fans called the 1998 preview 'too kiddy' — so Rare made Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001, N64) an M-rated adult comedy. Never relea Rare

Nintendo 64

Conker's Bad Fur Day

コンカーのバッドファーデイ

3D Platform ·

Conker's Bad Fur Day is the 2001 Nintendo 64 game that began its life as an entirely different product: a family-friendl…

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Rez (2001, Dreamcast) shipped with the Trance Vibrator — held against any body part, synced to the music's pulse. Kandinsky i Uncommon ▶

Dreamcast

Rez

レズ

Rail shooter / Synesthetic experience · 2001

Rez is the 2001 rail shooter directed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and developed by United Game Artists, built around a single c…

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Combat switches to first-person on a zombie cruise liner — Resident Evil Gaiden (2001, Game Boy Color) was Capcom's strangest Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Resident Evil Gaiden

バイオハザード ガイデン

Survival Horror / Action · 2002

Resident Evil Gaiden (2001) is the unlikely survival horror entry on Game Boy Color — a top-down adventure set on a zomb…

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Two months before Sega discontinued the Dreamcast. Cosmic Smash (Sega Rosso, 2001) — Japan-only minimalist squash game, one o Very Rare

Dreamcast

Cosmic Smash

コズミックスマッシュ

Sports / Action · 2001

Cosmic Smash (2001) is one of the rarest and most visually distinctive Dreamcast exclusives — a futuristic sports game c…

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Lufia: The Legend Returns for Game Boy Color (2001) — Neverland's RPG with the beloved roguelike Ancient Cave mode. Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Lufia: The Legend Returns

エストポリス伝記 よみがえる伝説

RPG · 2001

The first Lufia game on a handheld, released for Game Boy Color in September 2001 — just months after the Game Boy Advan…

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Capcom vs. SNK 2 for Dreamcast (2001) — the ultimate 2D crossover fighter with 44 characters and 6 Groove systems. Uncommon

Dreamcast

Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001

カプコン バーサス エス・エヌ・ケイ 2 ミリオネア ファイティング 2001

2D Fighting · 2001

Released in September 2001, Capcom vs. SNK 2 arrived months after Sega had officially discontinued the Dreamcast hardwar…

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The arcade cabinet was just called Monkey Ball. Yakuza creator Nagoshi supervised it. Super Monkey Ball (2001, GameCube) — ti ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Super Monkey Ball

スーパーモンキーボール

Puzzle-Action · 2001

Released as a GameCube launch title in 2001, Super Monkey Ball challenged players to tilt an entire world around a monke…

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No two races are identical — Blue Storm's wave physics ran entirely in real time. Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001) was a GameCube ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Wave Race: Blue Storm

ウェーブレース ブルーストーム

Racing · 2001

Released as a GameCube launch title in 2001, Wave Race: Blue Storm was Nintendo's showcase of the console's water-simula…

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GBA was already on sale when tri-Ace built this sequel. Blue Sphere (GBC, 2001) — Japan-only Star Ocean continuation, all ten Rare

Game Boy Color

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere

スターオーシャン ブルースフィア

Action RPG · 2001

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere is a 2001 action RPG developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix exclusively for the Game Boy Col…

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Beat both campaigns as X and Zero to unlock a third Xtreme Mode. Mega Man Xtreme 2 (2001, GBC) — bridge between the X series

Game Boy Color

Mega Man Xtreme 2

ロックマンX2 ソウルイレイザー

Action / Platformer · 2001

Mega Man Xtreme 2 is a 2001 Game Boy Color action platformer developed and published by Capcom — a sequel to Mega Man Xt…

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Dreamcast was already discontinued when Shenmue II shipped. Yu Suzuki's Hong Kong epic — Japan/Europe-only on Dreamcast, 18 y Uncommon

Dreamcast

Shenmue II

シェンムー II

Action Adventure · 2001

Shenmue II (2001) is the direct continuation of Yu Suzuki's open-world epic, following Ryo Hazuki from Yokosuka to Hong …

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Built after Sega already announced the Dreamcast's end. Sonic Adventure 2 (2001, Dreamcast) — Shadow's debut, Chao Garden, fa

Dreamcast

Sonic Adventure 2

ソニックアドベンチャー2

3D Action Platformer · 2001

Released in June 2001 to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog's 10th anniversary, Sonic Adventure 2 was the final major Sonic ga…

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Dreamcast had a modem — Bandai used it for live Gundam battles. Gundam Battle Online (Dreamcast, 2001) — command Federation o

Dreamcast

Gundam Battle Online

ガンダムバトルオンライン

Strategy / Action · 2001

Set in the world of Mobile Suit Gundam, this Dreamcast title casts the player as a commander on either the Earth Federat…

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Sega quit Dreamcast hardware in January 2001. Takashi Iizuka's team of about fifteen finished the console's last big Sonic an

Nintendo GameCube

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

ソニックアドベンチャー2 バトル

Action-Platformer · 2001

On January 31, 2001, Sega announced it would stop making Dreamcast hardware. In San Francisco, Takashi Iizuka's team at …

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Illbleed for dreamcast (2001) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Dreamcast

Illbleed

イルブリード

action-adventure game · 2001

Illbleed is a 2001 action-adventure game for the dreamcast.…

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Doom — the Game Boy Advance release of 2001 by David A. Palmer Productions for Activision. Its history, the people behind it,

Game Boy Advance

Doom

DOOM

first-person shooter ·

They asked for Doom. What they carried into id Software was a Game Boy Color tech demo, and Carmack put Commander Keen i…

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Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World — the Game Boy Advance release of 2001 by Nintendo Research & Development 2 for Nint

Game Boy Advance

Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World

スーパーマリオワールド

2D platform game · 2001

Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World is a Game Boy Advance game released in 2001, developed by Nintendo Research & D…

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Gearbox brought Half-Life to PlayStation 2 in 2001 — enhanced models, cooperative Decay mode, and what they called the highes

PlayStation 2

Half-Life

ハーフライフ

first-person shooter · 2001

Half-Life on PlayStation 2 (2001) is Gearbox Software's console adaptation of Valve's landmark PC first-person shooter. …

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Age of Empires II on PlayStation 2 (2001) — how Konami adapted mouse-and-keyboard real-time strategy to a DualShock controlle

PlayStation 2

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

エイジ オブ エンパイアII

real-time strategy · 2001

On 11 May 1999, Microsoft and Konami announced a trade. Konami took the option to publish selected Microsoft games on th…

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Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2, 2001) — the first in the series with full voice acting and facial animation, spawning the fir

PlayStation 2

Final Fantasy X

ファイナルファンタジーX

role-playing video game · 2001

Isamu Kamikokuryo joined the Final Fantasy X team as a part-time hire. He says, in a Japanese-language interview with Ar…

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A letter from a wife three years dead is the only invitation James Sunderland needs. Silent Hill 2 (PS2, 2001): horror built

PlayStation 2

Silent Hill 2

サイレントヒル2

survival horror · 2001

Released September 2001 for PlayStation 2, Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror game developed by Konami's Team Silent. Ja…

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Unreal Tournament for Dreamcast (2001) — Epic's arena shooter with keyboard/mouse support and online multiplayer. Collector's

Dreamcast

Unreal Tournament

Unreal Tournament

first-person shooter · 2001

Released for Dreamcast in 2001, Unreal Tournament brought the PC's intense arena combat to Sega's console with full keyb…

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Soldier of Fortune (Dreamcast, 2001) — Raven Software's tactical shooter ported by Runecraft. Main character John Mullins is

Dreamcast

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

action-adventure game · 2001

Soldier of Fortune is a first-person shooter originally developed by Raven Software for Windows (2000) and ported to Dre…

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PlayStation 2

Devil May Cry

デビルメイクライ

Action ·

Devil May Cry (2001, PlayStation 2) was director Hideki Kamiya's first original IP after debuting on Resident Evil 2 — a…

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PlayStation 2

Tekken 4

鉄拳4

Fighting ·

Tekken 4 (2001) followed the enormous success of Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, and by series director Katsuhiro Ha…

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Rare

Dreamcast

Segagaga

セガガガ

RPG / Simulation · 2001

Segagaga is a game about Sega losing. You play a boy recruited to save a games company down to 3% market share, and you …

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Nintendo GameCube

Super Monkey Ball (Japan) - Nintendo GameCube Game Disc

Super Monkey Ball (Japan) - Nintendo GameCube Game Disc

Puzzle Platformer · 2001

Released in Japan on September 14, 2001, Super Monkey Ball was one of three launch titles for the Nintendo GameCube. Dev…

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Uncommon

PlayStation 2

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies

エースコンバット04 シャッタードスカイ

Combat Flight Simulation · 2001

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (2001) is a combat flight simulation game developed by Project Aces and published by Namc…

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Nintendo GameCube

Super Mario Sunshine

スーパーマリオサンシャイン

Platform / Action · 2002

Super Mario Sunshine (2002) is the second 3D Mario platformer and the first mainline Mario title released on the GameCub…

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WayForward spent years finding a publisher. Shantae (GBC, 2002) launched after the GBA was already out, with only ~20,000 cop Very Rare

Game Boy Color

Shantae

シャンティ

Action-Platformer ·

Shantae is the game that proved the Game Boy Color still had undiscovered depths three years into its lifespan. Develope…

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Fans called it Celda before anyone played it. Wind Waker (GameCube, 2002) — Nintendo chose cel-shading because photorealism a ▶

Nintendo GameCube

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト

Action-Adventure · 2002

Released on December 13, 2002 in Japan, The Wind Waker traded the dark realism fans expected after Ocarina of Time for b…

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Rare

Dreamcast

Ikaruga

斑鳩

Shoot 'em up · 2002

You will die in the same corner of the same chapter over and over, and then one day you will not. Ikaruga is learned the…

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It slowly faked deleting your save data, file by file. Eternal Darkness (GameCube, 2002) — Miyamoto personally approved that Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

エターナルダークネス 〜招かれた13人〜

Survival Horror · 2002

Released in 2002, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem was unlike any horror game before it. Spanning thirteen playable ch…

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Leaving a zombie alive was fine in 1996. Mikami's remake (2002, GameCube) added Crimson Heads — the dead come back faster and Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Resident Evil

バイオハザード

Survival horror · 2002

Resident Evil (2002) is Capcom's ground-up remake of the landmark 1996 survival horror game, developed exclusively for N…

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Built for a console it never shipped on. Resident Evil Zero (2002, GameCube) started as an N64 game before Capcom rebuilt it Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

Resident Evil Zero

バイオハザード0

Survival Horror · 2002

Released in 2002, Resident Evil Zero is the origin story of the Raccoon City disaster, following S.T.A.R.S. medic Rebecc…

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Rare's last Nintendo game was never meant to be a Star Fox title. Star Fox Adventures (GameCube, 2002) began as an N64 origin ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Star Fox Adventures

スターフォックス アドベンチャーズ

Action-Adventure ·

Released in 2002, Star Fox Adventures sent Fox McCloud on foot across the primeval world of Dinosaur Planet in a Zelda-s…

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Twenty-seven fighters inside a Game Boy Color cartridge, and the card numbers stop at 27. Banpresto's Dragon Ball Z card batt Uncommon ▶

Game Boy Color

Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors

ドラゴンボールZ 伝説の超戦士たち

Card battle (official) / Role-playing game · 2002

Twenty-seven fighters are in here — and “here” means a Game Boy Color cartridge. Flight-Plan built it, Banpresto put it …

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Characters relive the same summer week on an endless loop. Dream In Pandra's Box (2002, Dreamcast) — Japan-only visual novel

Dreamcast

Dream In Pandra's Box

パンドラの夢

Adventure (visual novel) · 2002

Dream In Pandra's Box (Japanese title: Pandora no Yume) is an adventure / visual novel for the Sega Dreamcast, published…

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Rare

Nintendo GameCube

Skies of Arcadia Legends

エターナルアルカディア レジェンド

JRPG · 2002

Skies of Arcadia Legends is the enhanced GameCube port of the 2000 Dreamcast JRPG, produced by Rieko Kodama (Phantasy St…

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Game Boy Color, 2002) — the final licensed GBC game in North America. Jeremy Soule's

Game Boy Color

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋

role-playing game ·

Released November 5, 2002, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the final licensed game for the Game Boy Color in…

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (GameCube, 2002) — EA Seattle's version with a different engine, different courses, and differe

Nintendo GameCube

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

ニード・フォー・スピード ホット・パースート2

racing video game · 2002

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002) exists in two completely different versions: EA Black Box developed the PlayStation…

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Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002, Windows) — Daniel Vávra told the gangster story from inside the family, inspired by Goo

pc

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

action-adventure ·

Released for Windows in August 2002, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a fict…

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Nintendo GameCube

Mario Party 4

マリオパーティ4

Party Game · 2002

Mario Party 4 is a software for the gamecube.…

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Game Boy Advance

Metroid Fusion

メトロイドフュージョン

Action-adventure · 2003

Metroid Fusion (2002) is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for Game Boy Adva…

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Nintendo GameCube

Super Monkey Ball 2

スーパーモンキーボール2

Action / Party · 2002

Released in 2002, Super Monkey Ball 2 expanded on the original's tilting-platform puzzle design by adding twelve party g…

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GameCube Animal Crossing's most complete edition never left Japan. Doubutsu no Mori e+ (2003) added e-Reader cards, new villa Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+

どうぶつの森e+

Life simulation · 2003

Doubutsu no Mori e+ is the final and most complete GameCube entry in the Animal Crossing series, released exclusively in…

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Never shipped a game before — then scored 97 on Metacritic. Retro Studios built Metroid Prime (GameCube, 2002) in two years f Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Metroid Prime

メトロイドプライム

First-person adventure · 2003

Metroid Prime (2002) is a first-person adventure developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. It translated the…

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Nintendo gave Sega the keys to F-Zero GX (GameCube, 2003). Every disc secretly contains the complete F-Zero AX arcade game. Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

F-Zero GX

F-Zero GX

Racing · 2003

F-Zero GX (2003) is a GameCube racing game co-developed by Sega's Amusement Vision division and published by Nintendo — …

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Thirteen Tales games came before it and none found a Western audience. Tales of Symphonia (GameCube, 2003) did. History, triv ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Tales of Symphonia

テイルズ オブ シンフォニア

Action RPG · 2003

Released in 2003, Tales of Symphonia became the breakout RPG of the GameCube era — introducing many Western players to t…

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Kamiya made Resident Evil 2, then Devil May Cry. Viewtiful Joe (2003, GameCube) was what Clover Studio built when Capcom said Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Viewtiful Joe

ビューティフル ジョー

Action · 2003

On June 26, 2003, Capcom released Viewtiful Joe for the GameCube in Japan. Joe is a young man who loves movies. While he…

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One drives, one throws — swap mid-race. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GameCube, 2003) tried a two-character system no sequel has ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

マリオカート ダブルダッシュ!!

Racing / Kart racing · 2003

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the 2003 GameCube entry in Nintendo's kart racing series, introducing the two-character sys…

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Cards age in real time — a lit torch burns down mid-battle. Baten Kaitos (2003, GameCube) was Monolith Soft's JRPG with a liv Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

バテン・カイトス 終わらない翼と失われた海

RPG / Card Battle · 2003

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003) is one of the GameCube's most distinctive RPGs — a card-based comb…

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Planned for the N64 in 1996, cancelled, finished for GameCube in 2003. Sakurai's one-button racer — and City Trial, the twelv ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Kirby Air Ride

カービィのエアライド

Racing / Action · 2003

Kirby Air Ride (2003) is one of the GameCube's most unusual Nintendo games — a racing title stripped of acceleration and…

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No random wild Pokémon encounters — every Pokémon must be stolen from a trainer. Pokémon Colosseum (2003, GameCube) went dark ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Pokémon Colosseum

ポケモンコロシアム

RPG · 2003

Released in 2003, Pokémon Colosseum was the first full RPG adventure in the mainline Pokémon tradition on home console h…

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Snow wall calibrated to chase skilled players without feeling unfair — that is the design secret of 1080° Avalanche (GameCube Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

1080° Avalanche

1080° アバランチ

Sports · 2004

Released in 2003, 1080° Avalanche is the sequel to the acclaimed 1080° Snowboarding for Nintendo 64, this time developed…

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Treasure built a Nintendo GameCube brawler for Wario in 2003 — their only Nintendo collab. Punch, grab, piledriver through fo Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Wario World

ワリオワールド

3D action-platformer · 2004

Released in North America on June 23, 2003, Wario World is an unusual entry in Nintendo's lineup: a fully 3D action-plat…

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Nintendo GameCube

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

マリオゴルフ ファミリーツアー

Sports / Golf · 2003

Released in North America in July 2003, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is Camelot Software Planning's GameCube entry in the …

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Victor Interactive made this as their farewell before the merger. Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (GameCube, 2003) — your char ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

牧場物語〜ワンダフルライフ

Farming Simulation / Life Sim · 2003

Released in September 2003, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life is the most emotionally ambitious entry in the series — a gam…

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'2000% Miyazaki' was the team's visual guide. Beyond Good & Evil (GameCube, 2003) — never released in Japan until 2024. Ubiso Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

Beyond Good & Evil

ビヨンド グッド & イービル

Action-Adventure ·

Beyond Good & Evil (2003) is an action-adventure by Ubisoft Montpellier, directed by Rayman creator Michel Ancel over mo…

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Nintendo GameCube

SoulCalibur II

ソウルキャリバーII

Fighting · 2003

SoulCalibur II (2003) is Namco's weapon-based 3D fighting game and the first major title to feature platform-exclusive g…

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Game Boy Advance

Need for Speed: Underground

ニード・フォー・スピード アンダーグラウンド

racing video game ·

Need for Speed: Underground (2003) brought tuner culture and street racing to the Game Boy Advance. Developed by Pockete…

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Möbius Entertainment brought Max Payne's bullet-time and noir atmosphere to GBA in 2003 via isometric adaptation. One of only

Game Boy Advance

Max Payne

マックスペイン

isometric shooter ·

Max Payne for Game Boy Advance (2003) is an isometric adaptation of the acclaimed PC original, developed by Möbius Enter…

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EA brought Maxis's sandbox to GameCube in 2003 — rebuilt by Edge of Reality with a mission-based 'Get a Life' story mode the

Nintendo GameCube

The Sims

シムピープル

life simulation game ·

The Sims reached the GameCube in 2003, a console edition of Maxis's life simulation rebuilt by Edge of Reality. It added…

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Nintendo GameCube

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石

action-adventure game ·

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a 2003 action-adventure game for the GameCube, developed by Warthog Games an…

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (GameCube, 2003) — the time-rewind mechanic born from frustration, Jordan Mechner's Perfe ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

プリンス・オブ・ペルシャ 時間の砂

action-adventure game · 2003

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2003 action-adventure game for the gamecube, developed by Ubisoft Montreal, dir…

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Nintendo GameCube

Mario Party 5

マリオパーティ5

Party Game · 2003

Released in 2003, Mario Party 5 replaced the series' item system with a new Capsule system — players could now throw cap…

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Nintendo GameCube

Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+ (Dōbutsu no Mori e+)

どうぶつの森e+

Life Simulation · 2003

Released exclusively in Japan on June 27, 2003, Doubutsu no Mori e+ (Animal Forest e+) was the final and most complete v…

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Nintendo GameCube

R: Racing Evolution + Pac-Man Vs. Bonus Disc

R: Racing Evolution + Pac-Man Vs. ボーナスディスク

Racing / Party Game · 2003

Released in Japan on November 27, 2003, this bundle paired Namco's R: Racing Evolution — a realistic racing simulator de…

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Every treasure is a real object — bottle caps, toy cars, rubber ducks — reframed as priceless alien relics. Pikmin 2 (2004, G Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Pikmin 2

ピクミン2

Strategy · 2004

Released in 2004, Pikmin 2 expanded the original Pikmin formula in nearly every dimension — removing the time limit, add…

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Fans asked for the remake for 18 years. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube, 2004) — RPG with live audience battles Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

ペーパーマリオRPG

RPG / Adventure · 2004

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the 2004 GameCube RPG developed by Intelligent Systems and the second entry in th…

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Standing in the dark world drains Samus constantly — no safe moment outside light crystals. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, GameCube ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

メトロイドプライム2 ダークエコーズ

Action / Adventure · 2005

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004) takes the first-person Metroid framework of its predecessor and doubles it — introducing …

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Controlled entirely with bongo drums — left, right, both to jump, clap to attack. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube, 2004), E Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

ドンキーコング ジャングルビート

Platform · 2004

Released in 2004, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was controlled entirely by the DK Bongos — the drum peripheral originally bund…

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Three Japan-only N64 games before Western players ever saw it. Custom Robo (2004, GameCube) — 200+ parts, real-time arenas, t Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Custom Robo

カスタムロボ バトルレボリューション

Action RPG / Arena battle · 2004

Released in Japan on March 4, 2004, Custom Robo: Battle Revolution is the fourth entry in Noise's Custom Robo series — a…

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Kojima met Iwata at E3 2002 — that conversation became Twin Snakes. Silicon Knights remade MGS for GameCube (2004) in two yea Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

メタルギアソリッド ザ・ツインスネークス

Stealth Action · 2004

Released in March 2004, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a remake of the original 1998 PlayStation Metal Gear Solid …

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One year after the original, Viewtiful Joe 2 (2004, GameCube) added Silvia as a co-op partner with powers Joe didn't have. Cl ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Viewtiful Joe 2

ビューティフル ジョー2

Action · 2004

Released in November 2004, Viewtiful Joe 2 is the sequel to the original GameCube exclusive and the second title from Cl…

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Famicom Mini: Donkey Kong — the Game Boy Advance release of 2004 by Nintendo. Its history, the people behind it, and what to

Game Boy Advance

Famicom Mini: Donkey Kong

ドンキーコング

platform game · 2004

On February 14, 2004, Nintendo put a twenty-one-year-old game back on a shop shelf and asked money for it, unchanged. T…

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Need for Speed: Underground 2 (GameCube, 2004) — the first open-world city in the series. Bayview let you explore, customize,

Nintendo GameCube

Need for Speed: Underground 2

ニード・フォー・スピード アンダーグラウンド2

racing video game · 2004

Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a 2004 racing video game for the gamecube, developed by EA Black Box, with music by Tom…

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Nintendo GameCube

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

プリンス・オブ・ペルシャ ケンシノココロ

action-adventure game · 2004

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a 2004 action-adventure game for the gamecube, developed by Ubisoft Montreal, with m…

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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for game boy advance (2004) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Game Boy Advance

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

キングダム ハーツ チェイン オブ メモリーズ

Action RPG · 2004

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a 2004 action rpg for the game boy advance, developed by Jupiter.…

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Nintendo GameCube

Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūjō Tag Battle Full Power

金色のガッシュベル!! 友情タッグバトル フルパワー

Fighting / Action · 2004

Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūjō Tag Battle Full Power (2004) is a 2-vs-2 tag-team fighting game for the Nintendo GameCube, b…

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Nintendo GameCube

Mario Party 6

マリオパーティ6

Party · 2004

Mario Party 6 (2004) is the third Mario Party title for the GameCube, developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo…

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PlayStation 2

Gran Turismo 4

グランツーリスモ4

Sim Racing · 2004

Released in Japan on December 28, 2004, Gran Turismo 4 was the fourth entry in Polyphony Digital's simulation racing ser…

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Mikami publicly threatened to cut off his own head if RE4 left GameCube. Resident Evil 4 (2005) — the camera system every act ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Resident Evil 4

バイオハザード4

アクション · 2005

Released in January 2005, Resident Evil 4 abandoned the fixed camera angles and tank controls of its predecessors for an…

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Original GameCube copies now sell for hundreds. Path of Radiance (2005) — too few made, too many wanted it. Ike, first in 3D. Rare ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

ファイアーエムブレム 蒼炎の軌跡

Tactical RPG / Strategy · 2005

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is the 2005 GameCube tactical RPG developed by Intelligent Systems — the first entry in th…

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Shigeru Miyamoto rescued this from development limbo. Chibi-Robo! (2005, GameCube) — a 10cm robot fixing a family that had st Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

Chibi-Robo! Plug Into Adventure!

チビロボ! プラグインベイビー

Action / Adventure · 2005

Chibi-Robo! (2005) is one of the most quietly original GameCube games — an action-adventure where a 10-centimeter tall r…

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Goichi Suda directed killer7, and Capcom published it in 2005. In 2024, Shinji Mikami said he would love to see Suda make a s Uncommon ▶

Nintendo GameCube

killer7

killer7(キラー7)

Action-Adventure · 2005

In 2003, Tadayuki Nomaru was a college student drawing part-time at Grasshopper Manufacture. His first job there was kil…

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Nintendo GameCube

Star Fox: Assault

スターフォックス アサルト

Rail Shooter / Third-Person Shooter / Action · 2005

Star Fox: Assault (2005) is a GameCube action game developed by Namco and published by Nintendo — one of the era's most …

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Shadow Lugia was engineered to be permanently uncorruptible. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005, GameCube) asks: what if no o Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

ポケモンXD 闇の旋風ダーク・ルギア

RPG · 2005

Released in 2005, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is a direct sequel to Pokémon Colosseum set five years later in the same …

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The Sims 2 for Game Boy Advance (2005) — reality show meets life sim with dark humor, episodic missions, and complete creativ

Game Boy Advance

The Sims 2

ザ・シムズ2

life simulation game ·

You are the star of a television show, and you did not audition for it. The town is Strangetown, the man who owns it is …

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (GBA, 2005) — Pocketeers brought street racing and police chases to Game Boy Advance with a pseud

Game Boy Advance

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

ニード・フォー・スピード モスト・ウォンテッド

racing video game · 2005

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a Game Boy Advance game released in 2005, developed by Pocketeers, published by Electroni…

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God of War — the PlayStation 2 release of 2005 by Santa Monica Studio for Sony Computer Entertainment. Its history, the peopl

PlayStation 2

God of War

ゴッド・オブ・ウォー

action-adventure game · 2005

God of War is a PlayStation 2 game released in 2005, developed by Santa Monica Studio, published by Sony Computer Entert…

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Nintendo GameCube

Super Mario Strikers

スーパーマリオストライカーズ

Sports · 2006

Released in late 2005, Super Mario Strikers marked the first time a North American studio — Next Level Games, based in V…

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PlayStation 2

Urban Reign

アーバンレイン

Beat-'em-up ·

Urban Reign (2005, PlayStation 2) was a street-brawler spin-off built by a member of the Tekken team — Tekken series dir…

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Dreamcast

UNDER DEFEAT

アンダーディフィート

shoot 'em up · 2006

UNDER DEFEAT is a 2006 shoot 'em up for the dreamcast, developed by G.rev.…

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Game Boy Advance

Need for Speed: Carbon

ニード・フォー・スピード カーボン

racing video game · 2006

The last Need for Speed the Game Boy Advance ever received arrived on October 31, 2006, and it was not the console game …

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Nintendo's last GameCube game shipped the same morning the Wii went on sale. No shop in Japan stocked it — you had to order t

Nintendo GameCube

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス

action-adventure game · 2006

On December 2, 2006, the Wii went on sale in Japan. The same morning, Nintendo shipped the last GameCube game it would e…

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Bully (PlayStation 2, 2006) — Rockstar Vancouver's boarding school adventure. Development history, composer Shawn Lee, and co

PlayStation 2

Bully

BULLY

action-adventure game · 2006

Bully is a 2006 action-adventure game for the playstation 2, developed by Rockstar Vancouver, with music by Shawn Lee. I…

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Treyarch built Call of Duty 3 in eight months — the shortest cycle in the series. PlayStation 2 (2006). It became their 『firs

PlayStation 2

Call of Duty 3

コール オブ デューティ3

first-person shooter ·

Call of Duty 3 (2006) is a World War II first-person shooter developed by Treyarch for multiple platforms including Play…

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PlayStation 2

Okami

大神

Action-Adventure ·

Okami (2006, PlayStation 2) was director Hideki Kamiya's project at Clover Studio, Capcom's internal unit formed to give…

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