Celebrating one year with GCN: My Gamecube story (for you who wants to listen).

Well today is a special day for us European Nintendoids, it was one year since we got Gamecube. I´ve been celebrating by playing all my GCN games at the same day. And now i´m going to do something I sure will get a lot of critic for: Write the story of my year with Gamecube. Okay I´ll start a (not so) long time ago.

Chapter 1: From Dolphin to Gamecube.
I remember when i read in a Swedish v-game newspaper called Super Play that Nintendo had announced a new console they were developing with the help of IBM. It was called Dolphin and the N64 were still young. Months went and I read in the same magazine that it had changed name to Starcube and not so long after that: Gamecube. But I still played my N64, deciding to not care too much about the new stuff until it came out.

Chapter 2: Getting to know the games.
Out on the Internet i saw things I just could dream about, a Luigi game (sadly enough about ghosts, which made me decide not to buy it) and not so long after that: a sequel to Super Smash Bros..
And looking at the pictures:
"Oh, new characters: Bowser! Peach! Sheik! Those eskimoes from that NES game! No Luigi, and WHERE´S JIGGLYPUFF!" It just made me go crazy to get it. It was the 25:th of may, 2001. By the way, I thought that SSBM would have a Game & Watch character before Mr. G&W were announced.

Chapter 3: Learning more.
Well, I heard lots about some other games and SSBM that summer. Lets go on to the next chapter.

Chapter 4: You lucky guys.
I knew that Gamecube had been released in Japan but had no idea of when you Americans or us Europeans were going to get it. Now I knew pretty much about SSBM and other GCN games. Now christmas was also coming, and I wanted to get a Game Boy Advance so very very much (and I got it). But still no sign of PAL Gamecube. Then one day in december, i went to some site, and there it were: the realease date for the American Gamecube. I picked up the phone, dialled the number to my cousin and yelled:
"THE AMERICANS GOT GAMECUBE YESTERDAY"!

Chapter 5: I went crazy.
Now I was really jealous. And just thought: Why, why ,why?
Even though you didn´t, it felt like you were boasting about it. And I went to the Internet a lot of times to try and find a European G-date. With no success. Until the third of february 2002. When I checked the Swedish Nintendo-homepage. And now I went more crazy, since the PAL version wouldn´t be realeased until the third of may. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Chapter 6: The long wait.
Those three months were boring. And after that, it would take three more weeks until SSBM. I put up a calendar on my wall and crossed over every day until the 24:th of may. It felt a little faster that way. But there was some problems, Super Smash Bros. Melee wasn´t going to be released at the same time as Gamecube, and I had decided not to buy Luigi´s Mansion, so the question was: what game were I going to get, since I didn´t want to buy GCN later. And the other problem was: What money should I use. I decide to buy Tony Hawk´s Pro Skater 3 after playing the PC-version at a friends house. And I borrowed 3000 kronor (around 350 $) from my father.

Chapter 7: Finally.
The day came and I bought a purple Gamecube with THPS3 and a 59 block Memory Card. It was a happy time for me and i played and played and played. Later I decided to buy Luigi´s Mansion after reading about it in Nintendo Official Magazine. Which put some more money on the money i owe my dad. And with two games, I was (still) very happy. And soon, SSBM was going to be released.

Chapter 8: The first game I ever sold.
After SSBM was released, I had neither any money to buy it or permission to borrow more money. After getting really talked to, I (hold me) .............sold Luigi´s Mansion. I sent it to my mom living in Stockholm, she sold it and gave me the money. Then I bought SSBM and played happy but sad. Soon came a big trouble, I still owe my dad money.

Chapter 9: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!
Every summer my dad gives me no permission to play v-games, and this summer was no exception, only the fact that I had to pay back my dad before I would be allowed to play GCN. Then after the summer I still hadn´t paid and could only play my other games.
You should only know how much I missed my GCN.

Chapter 10: X-Mas wishes.
That christmas I wanted Super Mario Sunshine and permission to play my GCN which I got. I went very happy and then a few days later: bough a new controller for my x-mas money.

Chapter 11: Moment of happiness.
I have my birthday on the 31:st of december, and I had no idea of what I would get. What I got? It´s like this, my mother never sold Luigi´s Mansion, she hid it and gave me the money just like that, and I got LM back. Which made the number of games become four.

Chapter 12: This year.
This year I bought Mario Party 4 and a new Memory Card (59) and have played just like normal, until today.

Well, that was my story.
It took time to write and I hope you read it.
Thank you for your time.

[Heroine of the Dragon]

I read it. Pretty cool. *gives ya marshmallows* Hope you have lots more GC fun!

Mmmm... marshmallows.

That was cool, post your two year story next year. And, bye now you know, there are Jigglypuff and Luigi.

Great story. My gamecube story is quite similar to yours actually.

Your parents dictate your game playing... A pity.

They tried that with me ages ago. A losing battle on their part.

^How can you out talk your parents?

I´m glad you liked it. By the way, I forgot to tell you that I still owe my dad money.( )

[ May 06, 2003, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: jigglypuffer ]

Originally posted by Brandon2390 Wakes Winds:
^How can you out talk your parents?

Because I proved they were better off whining about other things like keeping me away from drugs, rather than complain that I play Nintendo on a regular basis.