Buying to just let a game or system rot on the shelf is really lame. I've spent a lot on various games, but I've at least played them all to some extent. Sealed collectors are the worst of the bunch

Don't get me wrong. The switch is cool an all. But it just looks soo bland and unappealing. When I look at the switch in stores. I think of it as just another console with little to no style or personality put into it. The joycons feel cheap and the dock looks like a generic brick. Everything about the switch is just bland, boring, and feels a family system. Rather than a game system for hard-core gamers like the GameCube was. Even the UI for the switch is bland.

Bought a controller but the sticks feel a bit off. The analog stick in particular doesn’t feel as “rubber” as my other controller. Deadzones also feel strange

I have never seen another one of these dual packs online so I was wondering just how rare this is.

Why is metroid prime echoes, a game that sold 200,000 fewer copies, so much cheaper than Twilight Princess. I don't understand why anyone is paying £80 for a game that sold 1.3 million copies and why that is the price of just about every listing. It makes no sense.

People using GC Loader and Swiss never bothered me as it wasn’t invasive to the console and it never really did damage to the Gamecube. I don’t consider myself a crazy preservation person at all but I’m thinking maybe I am. The sheer amount of people destroying GameCubes to install this PicoBoot and every 3rd post being about it or crying for “help” when they’ve messed it up is getting pretty tiresome. Just today someone has said they have broke 3 GameCubes trying to install this mod???

Perhaps the mod deserves its own sub? Never thought I’d say this but I’d rather see another post of some idiot lying about how he got either a rare or pristine collection of rare games in a recycle bin or goodwill store than one more bloody PicoBoot post.

Edit : the tag was discussion. Apparently there aren’t too many people here that can engage in discussion. They want to shout you down and gatekeep you for having the audacity to start a post about this subject. Asked the question should Pico have its own sub. Instead of replying no and moving on. I should apparently unsub and downvote the posts and go about my business. So that’s what I’ll do.

Just stuffing my package from Japan to make the postage cost worth it

Even tho I have a few worthwhile GameCube 1st party titles I have since 2018, recently I successfully modded my Wii to play GameCube for disc preservation. But regardless, did I made a smart decision that I modded my Wii with Nintendon’t, because while physical gaming is the way to go. Recently, a lot of GameCube disc drives are dying mainly to their capacitors going out and if it isn’t then the laser probably stops working altogether due to age , now If you have a backwards compatible Wii to play your GameCube games physically. It should be fine with no issues and wouldn’t be much of a problem.

Maybe its just me but a lot of posts i see are really similar , most of the times they have only super popular games , some well known console variants ( mostly orange or black ones).

I think GameCube collecting is getting really stale compared to other consoles ( im also feep into N64 collecting wich have the same issue but less than GameCube ).

I also interested on Xbox and Ps2 and they are a bit more diverse than GameCube, PS2 owners loves obscure games too.

I think some people who made theses posts are just collecting for clout fame wich explains why they don't have games that are a bit more obscure ( even rare ones who are less known ) and might be way louder that standard collectors.

If not, how should I wrap it?

Found massively varying prices for this stuff. But I got:

-Fully tested and working black PAL console with AV and power cable

-Fully tested and working indigo official controller

-Pokemon Colosseum PAL - disc only. Also tested and working.

Thanks for your time :)