Ukubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa lwe-GameCube yama-20, siphinda sipapasha oku kujongwa kwakhona kwibhokisi encinci yamaqhinga kaNintendo…
Ngeendlela ezininzi, i-GameCube yayiyi-console ephelelwe lixesha, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ifike emva kwexesha kakhulu (okanye mhlawumbi kwangethuba kakhulu) ukuqonda amandla ayo okwenene. Singajonga ngasemva ngoku kwaye sizixabise iiquirks zayo, sincome uyilo lwayo kunye nethala leencwadi lesoftware eligqwesileyo, kwaye sikhanukele izinto ezahlukeneyo ezingazange ziye kunxweme olusentshona, kodwa ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000 yayiyibhloko enkulu, enemibala engathandekiyo enesiphatho sechunky ixesha apho iiyunithi zemultimedia ezithambileyo zazinomsindo. Yayisisikhonkwane esisikweri kumngxunya ongqukuva, ubhontsi obuhlungu ngokudanisa iintloni owathi wagqama ngokuchasene 'nokupholisa' okujoliswe kuko ngelaser. Akunjalo ngengozi ukuba ixesha elide leshumi leminyaka lijonge emva 'njengesizukulwana sePlayStation'.
Ukufuna isichazi esingcono, yi "Nintendo" console, isiphumo somphathi weqonga ehlanganisana kwakhona emva kwehardware yakhe yokuqala 'yokudilika' nge. iNintendo 64. Okokuqala kwimbali yayo, inkampani yangena kwisizukulwana se-console esinempumlo enegazi. Ngelixa iimfazwe ze-console zisenokuba zazigquba ngasentshona, ekhaya e-Japan i-Sega's Mega Drive ayiphumelelanga ukuba nefuthe kwisabelo sentengiso sikaNintendo ngendlela efanayo kwaye akuzange kube njalo de kwafika u-Sony kwindawo yesehlakalo- wadelwa wazimisela emva kokuhlatywa ngasemva ngaphezulu. iNintendo Play Station - ukuba inkampani yaseKyoto yaqala ngokwenene ukuva ubushushu. Kulo lonke ulonwabo kunye nenkqubela phambili iNintendo 64 ibonelele ngabadlali kwibala elikhulayo lemidlalo ye-3D, izixhobo ze-obtuse kunye neekhatriji ezibizayo zithetha ukuba yayingeyonkqubo enobubele bomphuhlisi.
Ikhonsoli entsha, ebizwa ngokuba yiDolphin, yayilinge lokuzama ukulungisa eminye yemiba eyaye yaphoswa ngumanduleli wayo. Inkqubo ye-'Flipper' GPU yenziwe yi-ArtX, inkampani entsha eyenziwe ngabasebenzi be-Silicon Graphics, Inc. ababeyila i-N64's GPU ngaphambi kokuba babaleke ukumisa ivenkile yabo. Ukuba nobuso obuqhelekileyo ebhodini kwenza ukuba iinjineli zikaNintendo zinxibelelane ngokulula ukuba yeyiphi imigibe ebenqwenela ukuyiphepha ngeli xesha.
UNintendo wayezimisele ukwenza ikhonsoli ifikeleleke kwaye igcine ifikeleleka kubaphulaphuli abancinci. Ivezwe ngokusemthethweni kwinkomfa yeendaba kwi-E3 kwi-1999, uHoward Lincoln wagxininisa kwi intetho ezukileyo, exhokonxayo ibizangabizi kangakanani iDolphin, kunye nendlela "eyalingana okanye yodlula nantoni na abahlobo bethu bakwaSony abanokuza nayo kwiPlayStation 2".
UNintendo wancwasa ngombono wesikrini esikhethekileyo seLCD esincanyathiselwe kwikhonsoli ngokwayo kwaye siza kubonisa i-3D yestereoscopic. Njengoko kuchaziwe kwi i Iwata Buza udliwanondlebe ekhutshwe ekusungulweni kweNintendo 3DS, inkampani yayinoguqulelo olusebenzayo lomdlalo wokuqalisa Luigi's House phezulu kunye nokusebenza kwesixhobo, kodwa iindleko zokuvelisa zenza iyunithi yabiza kakhulu ngelo xesha, ngoko kuya kufuneka ukuba ilinde ishumi leminyaka. ukuza kwisiqhamo kwi-3DS.
Umlawuli wayeyenye indawo apho iintlungu zithathwa khona ukuqhubela phambili kwinto eyayiza ngaphambili. I-Rumble yaba yinto eyakhiwe ngaphakathi, amaqhosha ehlombe ayenobuntununtunu be-analogue kunye namaqhosha e-C atyheli ye-predecessor yayo morphed ibe yi-nub yesibini ye-analogue ye-C-stick. Amaqhosha amane obuso aphinde ahlengahlengiswa kwaye abunjwa ngokutsha ukuze kube lula ukuwachonga ngokuchukumisa kuphela. Ngaphandle kwe-D-pad encinci kwaye ingonelisiyo, umlawuli we-GameCube ukhululekile kakhulu ezandleni kwaye usenazo iintshatsheli zakhe namhlanje (ezininzi. KwiSmash Bros. abalandeli basafunga ngayo).
I-Dreamcast yayikhokele ityala kwisizukulwana sesithandathu se-console, kodwa ngothotho lwezigqibo ezingezizo, ukulwa nenkampani kunye nokuphatha kakubi, iSega yazibhuqa phambi kokuba iGameCube isungulwe; USony ibilolona khuphiswano luphambili ngoku. Kwaye ke, emva kokulibaziseka okuliqela (ukunqongophala kwesoftware isesona sizathu siphambili), ikhonsoli yasungulwa eJapan ngomhla we-14 kuSeptemba 2001, kunye nokuqaliswa koMntla Melika okuza nje ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezimbini kamva kwaye iYurophu yafumana 'Cube ngoMeyi kunyaka olandelayo. . Ixabiso nge-£ 129 / $ 199, linciphisa i-PlayStation 2 nge-£ 70 / $ 100 engenakulinganiswa kwaye inyanzelise iMicrosoft ukuba inqumle ixabiso leXbox yokuqala ubuncinci ukuyizisa ngokuhambelana nekhonsoli yakwaSony.
I-PS2 yayinentloko yonyaka, kodwa ngaphandle kokuyila i-console ukuba ibe ye-dev-friendly kangangoko kunokwenzeka, uNintendo-nokuba ngengozi okanye uyilo-yasilela ngokupheleleyo ukufumana izixhobo ze-dev ezandleni zabantu besithathu ngendlela ekhawulezileyo, kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwabantu besithathu. ukudlala ukubamba-up yayingeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuzikholisa emva kobunzima bexesha leNintendo 64. Nangona kunjalo, ngokungathandabuzekiyo eyona mpazamo inkulu yenkampani yenzeka ngokukhetha kwayo umdlalo wokuphehlelelwa kwekhonsoli.
Super Mario 64 yayilukhululo oluqhelekileyo kwimbali yomdlalo wevidiyo, usetyenziso olubulalayo olwagcina uNintendo 64 ephila ngexesha lembalela yesoftware eyayihamba kunye. ukuba ukuqaliswa kwe-console (kwaye iya kuqhubeka nokubonisa umjikelo wayo xa kuthelekiswa nonogumbe wemidlalo ekhutshwa kwiPlayStation). I-GameCube ibingenawo umdlalo wokuphehlelelwa ngendlela efanayo kwi-Mansion kaLuigi, kwaye ngelixa sele ixatyiswe ngokwawo, imbono yaloo mini yayikukuba uNintendo wayefaka iqela le-B. Nangona kunjalo kungalunganga ukuthelekisa, imbali eyoyikisayo yemidlalo kaMario isungulwa ecaleni kweenkqubo zeNintendo (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World kunye neSuper Mario 64) yayingumzekelo wesihloko esifanayo sophehlelelo. Indlu kaLuigi yayingeyiyo le nto yayilindelwe ngabadlali okanye babeyifuna ngo-2001.
UNintendo akazange acinge ngokutshintsha kwabadlali abakhulele kwi-SNES kwaye waqhubeka nokujolisa kwi-demographic efanayo eyayihlala inabo ngelixa u-Sony ngobuchule wakhetha ulutsha olunexhala olufuna ukuzikhwebula kwizinto zabantwana. UNintendo uye wasilela ukuqikelela (okanye khange akhathalele) ukusabela kwabadlali basentshona kwifom yeconsole kunye nemidlalo. Kakhulu ngendlela efanayo ne-Xbox ye-Xbox yokuhula ingakhange ibonakalise ukuthanda kwabadlali baseJapan, i-GameCube yayithengiswa nzima entshona nangona ine-IP kaNintendo. Umqheba wokuthwala, umzekelo, wawusongezo esimnandi esijoliswe ukwenza ikhonsoli iphatheke lula kumakhaya aseJapan, isuka kwigumbi lokuhlala iTV ukuya kwigumbi lokulala ngobuncinci bengxabano. Entshona, ngokuphikiswanayo yanika imbonakalo yeFisher-Xabiso 'My First Game Console' - isiqalekiso kubadlali abazazisayo abafuna ukudlala iiDVD kunye nemidlalo 'yabadala' kwiPS2 okanye kwiXbox. Kukho isizathu sokuba Panasonic Q igcina umtsalane ongakholelekiyo ezingqondweni zabalandeli basentshona- yinguqulelo 'yabantu abadala' ye-hardware esingazange siyifumane.
Nkqu Nintendo umgca up of IP kunye franchise kwabonakala ukusebenza ngokuchasene nayo kwesi sizukulwana. Xa kuthelekiswa nemidlalo yegritty ekhutshwe kwiPlayStation 2 - izihloko ezifana UThixo War, Gran Turismo 3, GTA: ISan Andreas kwaye Isinyithi seGear 2 kwaye 3, ukubala abambalwa - abalinganiswa abanemibala yeMushroom Kingdom babonakala 'bancinci' kunanini na ngaphambili, kwaye isizukulwana sonke sabadlali sagqiba ekubeni uNintendo akasenabo. Akukho ndawo icace ngakumbi kunokuphikisana kuka-'Celda' kwi-Space World 2001.
Idemo yetekhnoloji ye-GameCube ibonisiwe kunyaka ophelileyo kumnyhadala weshishini likaNintendo owabamba iingcinga zabalandeli bakaNintendo. Ikhonkco kunye neGannondorf ukusuka Ocarina wexesha babevalelwe ekulweni ikliphu eyathatha kuphela malunga nemizuzwana engama-20 kodwa khangela amazing xa kuthelekiswa ne-blocky, i-polygonal ebonakalayo ye-N64. Sika kwisiganeko esinye kunyaka kamva kwaye isihlwele sikaNintendo esinengcwangu esasiphupha ngeZelda 'eyinyani' yaphathwa iveza ukuba iguqule i-Link ibe yikhathuni. Ukubuyela umva kwaba ngoko nangoko kwaye iya kuba ngumsitho wokugqibela weHlabathi leSithuba. Ixesha belinobubele Umqalisi womoya kwaye kule mihla kwanabona bagxeki banamandla bathanda ukuvuma ukuba iWind Waker - ngaphandle kweziphene - ikhethekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ngelo xesha iToon Link yayiluphawu lwendlela uNintendo awayephuma ngayo kwinqanaba labantu bemidlalo.
Nangona yayingenalo umdlalo kaMario, inkqubo yayisenayo iminikelo eyomeleleyo ekuqaleni. Awunako ukungahambi kakuhle ngomdlalo we-Star Wars kumgca wokuphehlelelwa, kwaye ngokungafaniyo ne-N64 kunye (isadume kakhulu) Izithunzi zoBukhosi, I-GameCube yayineyona eqaqambileyo ngokwenene ngohlobo lwe I-Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Inkokeli ekhohlakeleyo -Into yesi-5 yokudubula indawo ye-arcade nangoku ibukeka intle kwiminyaka eyi-18 kamva. Kwakhona apho kwasekuqaleni kwaba Sega nge I-Super Monkey Ball -ewe, emva kokusweleka ngephanyazo kwe-Dreamcast, imbangi yakudala kaNintendo ayizange ichithe ixesha lokutsiba kwamanye amaqonga kwaye kungekudala sabona ubungqina obungaphambili. engacingi isiganeko sikaSonic the Hedgehog ebonakala kwinkqubo yeNintendo.
I-GameCube iya kongezeleka ngokuthe ngcembe ithala leencwadi leeklasikhi ezinemidlalo efana nale Ugqatso lwamaza: Isiqhwithi esiBlue, Pikmin, Super Smash Bros. Melee, i Ukungcola kwabahlali qaphela, Premier Prime, Super Ukukhanya kwelanga, Ukuwela kwezilwanyana (uguqulelo lweN64 yokuqala yokuqala entshona), Ubumnyama obungunaPhakade, F-Zero GX, i-Wind Waker ekhankanywe ngasentla kunye nokulandelelana kwayo kwesizukulwana Twilight inkosazana ukunika i-console ezinye eziqaqambileyo ngokwenene, ezikhethekileyo ezibetha nzima. Ezi zomelezwa ngumgangatho iinzame cross-platform ezifana I-Spider-Man 2, Imfuno yesantya esifunwa kakhulu, UmphefumloCalibur II (ngeLinki njengomlweli okhethekileyo) kunye Ngaphandle kokulungileyo nobubi. Umhlali Evil 4 incede ukunika i-GameCube cred yesitrato, kodwa uCapcom wagqiba ekubeni abhengeze izibuko le-PS2 ngaphambi kokuba umdlalo okhethekileyo weNintendo usungulwe.
Isoftware ngokuqinisekileyo ibingekho ninzi njengoko ibinjalo kwikhonsoli yakwaSony, nangona kunjalo, kwaye uNintendo wancama i-asethi ebalulekileyo ngendlela yesitudiyo somntu wesibini iRareware. Bamangaliswa kakhulu ababukeli (kunye nabazalwana bakaStamper owayeqhuba inkampani) INintendo yalile ukwandisa isabelo sayo sama-49% kwiRare kwaye iyithenge ngokuthe ngqo. Ke, ngo-2002 uMicrosoft wathatha istudiyo somntu wesibini owayethe wagcina inqanawa elungileyo engu-'64 idada kwisizukulwana sangaphambili ngothotho lweehithi. Okuphoxayo Star Fox Adventures iya kuba kuphela komdlalo weRareware okhutshwe kwi-'Cube kunye nokungabikho komphuhlisi kwavakala kakhulu.
Inani lezixhobo kunye neeperipherals zakhululwa ekuhambeni kweminyaka, eyona nto ibalaseleyo isilawuli seWaveBird esingenazingcingo kunye neGame Boy Player ehleli kakuhle phantsi kweconsole. I-Broadband kunye nee-adaptha zokudayela zazifumaneka kodwa zinenkxaso encinci kakhulu, kunye Inkwenkwezi yeFantasy Star Online ukuba sesona sizathu sokwenyani sokuba ubekho (ngaphandle kokuba ubuthanda ugqatso lwabadlali abali-16 beLAN UMario Kart: Dash kabini!!). Ngokungathandabuzekiyo eyona peripherals yonwaba yayiyi-DK Bongos, iperi ye-bongo drums ezine-microphone eyakhelwe-ngaphakathi eyayisetyenziswa idonki ikonga imidlalo yesingqisho kunye Idonki Kong Jungle Beat (kwaye zi isasetyenziswa unanamhla ngabadlali abangoyikiyo befuna ukunyusa umngeni wemidlalo abayithandayo).
Ngelishwa, ngaphandle kwemidlalo eqaqambileyo, uNintendo wayesilwa idabi elilahlekileyo. I-PS2 yayigrumbe imisele ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba i-GameCube ifike kwibala ledabi, kwaye iMicrosoft ngoku igxila kwelinye icala, iNintendo yazifumana ifakwe ebhokisini. indawo njengoko uSony wathatha isabelo sengonyama kwimarike kwakhona.
I-GameCube ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayiyinto yokuphoxeka kwezorhwebo, ukuba ayingokusilela okuthe ngqo kweNintendo. Ngoku ka amanani ayo, i-console iphumelele ukuthengiswa kwexesha lokuphila kwe-21.74 yezigidi. Ukubeka loo nto, i-N64 ithengise i-32.93 yezigidi zeeyunithi kwaye ngexesha lokubhala kukho i-89.04 yezigidi Ukutshintsha kwi-wild-and-ene-half years ukususela ekuqalisweni kwe-console ye-hybrid - kuphela i-Wii U ethengisiweyo ngaphantsi kwe-GameCube. Ngethamsanqa, uNintendo wayesonwabile ngelo xesha yimpumelelo enkulu yeshishini lakhe eliphathwayo, ke ngelixa ukuthengisa kwakunokuba nzima, akuzange kubekho bungozi bokuphuma okufana neSega kwishishini lehardware.
Ekugqibeleni uNintendo wayeya kugqabhuka aphume kwezo zivalo zimilise okwetyhubhu, etshintsha incoko ngeconsole yakhe elandelayo. Ukuba ibingaphandle kwenyathelo nabadlali, isisombululo ibikukwandisa inkcazo yemidlalo ukubandakanya 'ubunzima' obutsha babadlali, kwaye imifuniselo kunye nobuchwepheshe bexesha le-GameCube yayingundoqo kuphuhliso lwe-Wii. Isiqhulo esidala sokuba i-Wii zimbini nje i-GameCubes intambo edityaniswe kunye inokuba lubaxo, kodwa i-chip ye-'Cube's 'Flipper' yayisisiseko se-Wii's 'Hollywood' elinganayo, kanye njengokuba i-IBM's 'Broadway' chip yabelana ngoyilo lwe-PowerPC ye. I-GameCube's 'Gekko' CPU. Undoqo wekhonsoli unokuqhubeka ngokunika amandla uguquko, kwaye ngelixa kunokubakho malunga nezigidi ezingama-21 zeGameCubes endle, uninzi lwe-101.63 yezigidi zeWiis phaya. ngokunjalo dlala ezo diski zintle zincinci. Isibini esinethala leencwadi lemidlalo emangalisayo kwaye - nokuba ngawaphi amanani okuthengisa - kunzima kakhulu ukubona i-GameCube njengeyona nto iluloyiso.
