The best co-op games for gamecube

Often overlooked both at the time of its release and today, Custom Robo is a mecha role-playing game. While there is a single-player adventure, the arena fighting multiplayer is a mode that remains fun even fifteen years later. You build a robot, set the against a group of friends, and have at it. The game is an incredibly fun experience unlike virtually any other on the console.

If you haven't played it, check it out now. F-Zero is a franchise that is all but eclipsed by another, more popular Nintendo racing series. Regardless, F-Zero GX is still an incredibly fun multiplayer game.

It's stylish and over-the-top, prioritizing dizzying level design and high-speed races over all else. Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's greatest IPs.

It's surprising it took this long for them to produce a multiplayer game for the GameCube, but produce it they did. Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is an unconventional game.

It puts you in the shoes of four different Links who have to work together to solve puzzles and battle adversaries. The game requires you to play with four Gameboy Advance consoles hooked up to the GameCube, making it more complicated to play today. However, if you're so willing, it remains a fascinating adventure to go on with friends. Pikmin 2 is the sequel to the beloved original game in the franchise.

Most people are aware of Pikmin 2 as one of the more unique games on the GameCube, but its multiplayer function stands as a unique and entertaining game mode. Pikmin 2 features both a co-op challenge mode and a competitive, "capture the flag"-esque mode. Both modes challenge players in a complicated mission of supremacy. It's one of the few times a single-player game like this included a multiplayer mode this immerse and fun.

However, what makes Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles one of the better GameCube multiplayer games is the level of complexity it offered players who dared play it in multiplayer mode. Multiplayer mode is in many ways more of a co-operative RPG experience than a party game. It offers players a chance to engage in the world and adventure with a friend. As one of the most overlooked entries in the Final Fantasy series, this set its apart from its contemporaries in a big way.

Asking you to take it with you to sleepovers and anywhere you could find friends to play with. First up is a game most of you probably recognize as being one of the weakest entries in the StarFox roster. Indeed, I still remember the broken dreams of my middle-school bestie who thought this game would change his life, only to become conscious of the existence of shoddy games — even from the Big N. This cult-classic from Capcom revolves around Borgs, little autonomous toy robots armed with weapons of mass borg-destruction.

Much like Custom Robo, one of the main gameplay features is preparing your robots for battle, but Gotcha Force focuses on building an army rather than a single operative. Among my favorite parts of the game are the battlefields, made up of everyday locales such as toy rooms, kitchens, and parks that are gigantic in comparison to your soldiers. While the story progression and moving about in the overworld are all handled by a single player, you can hook up a second controller and take command of a party member during fights for an engaging Co-Op experience.

Both single and multi-player puzzles range from hard to stupidly hard. And that goes for both the original and the sequels all of which are comparably good. And that goes for both the original and its sequel. The best way to manage this is to do some Co-Op challenges in between versus rounds, but this is only a palliative — they will definitely get annoyed at your BS after a couple of hours. And who could ever forget this incredible soundtrack to boot.

Once a staple element of the best bit games, co-op modes aren't quite as easy to pull off in the 3D realm. The extra work load of balancing a game for two or more players is further complicated by polygon limitations and the difficulty of running full levels and AI in split-screen form. But that hasn't deterred some game developers from going the extra mile and adding full-fledged co-op modes to their titles. While pretty much every sports or FPS title includes an option to play on the same team, it's often tough to figure out what games out there offer specifically designed co-op modes that can go beyond the single player experience.

We're not talking about team versus modes, like in Smash Bros. This article will list the top five best full-game co-op titles, as well as the five most promising upcoming games. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on GameCube may not be as good as the original on PS2, but it's still one of the best co-op games on the platform. Well, the fifth best co-op game, to be precise. Here's a game that has a wonderful singe-player quest; it's got a rich storyline, intuitive gameplay mechanics, and some of the most subtle, yet impressive graphics around.

And as great as the game is by oneself, the journey is significantly more fun with a friend. From a pure combat standpoint, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a hack-n-slash game in the vein of Gauntlet , but where Baldur's Gate surpasses the Atari classic is with its story and depth. Our buddies over at IGN PS2 received lots of emails from female gamers that love the game, so maybe all you male gamers can use it to find your long-lost soul mate.

Now if only the GameCube version wasn't so choppy Looking to buy the game? Click here for a good deal. Do you already own this game?

Rate it here out of From the team behind some of the best co-op games of the bit days Gunstar Heroes , Contra III , etc , Ikaruga brings a very different type of co-op gameplay to the table. To really appreciate this traditional 2D shooter, one must understand how the game works. Ikaruga uses a single fire button and a Homing Laser button.

There are two types of enemies and enemy fire: dark and light -- no more, no less. But it's the third button, that switches the ship from dark to light, that really defines this game.

When the ship is dark, it can absorb dark projectiles but is susceptible to light projectiles. When it is light, it has to avoid dark projectiles and enemies but can absorb the light ones.

This gameplay mechanic, borrowed from Treasure's own Silhouette Mirage , turns what initially looks like a pure "twitch" shooter into a tactical, puzzle-game-like experience.

When you add a second player into the mix, the combination of two ships working cooperatively to intelligently take on the light and dark threat pushes the game over the edge. Be warned though, you need two players with excellent hand-eye coordination to enjoy the co-op mode. Beginners need not apply. Looking to buy it?

Check price here. Remember the co-op mode in Rare's Perfect Dark? Yes, it was choppy, but the ability to play through the whole game with two players was one of the best features of the game.

Enter TimeSplitters 2. In addition to a great, fast-paced four-player mode, Free Radical's first-person shooter brings one of the best co-op modes out there to the table. Two players can play through the entire game together, from the GoldenEye -inspired dam all the way to the final battle. What makes Chaos Bleeds such a wonderful horror-type game is that you are constantly battling vampires, monsters, and demons.

This game stood out because it featured a fun multiplayer mode so you could take on the creepy creatures with a friend or two in tow. While most game generations have been graced with a Scooby-Doo game of sorts, Night of Frights might just be the best a bringing a horror feel to the otherwise family-friendly affair.

In this action-adventure game, Scooby and the gang must explore a haunted mansion, derelict docks, a spooky hedge maze, and much more.

Night of Frights isn't a revolutionary experience, instead, focusing on a platformer-type experience with plenty of Scooby snacks and goodies to collect. The locations are music are what stand out in this game making it feel like a light-hearted, yet often creepy Scooby adventure.

The Nintendo Gamecube and Luigi's Mansion go hand-in-hand. Like any good Luigi-themed adventure, our titular hero must seek out and rescue his brother, Mario, in a dark and spooky haunted mansion. While the game spawned multiple fun sequels, it's the original that shines due to superb stage design, excellent puzzles, and creepy ambiance. Luigi's Mansion features all sorts of ghouls and ghosts. Luigi is armed with the Poltergust, a Ghostbuster-inspired vacuum weapon that quite literally sucks up the ghosts who are then turned over to Professor E.

Gadd in order to study their supernatural shenanigans. Resident Evil 4 is seemingly available on every platform currently, consistently being rereleased over and over again. This is for good reason because this fourth mainline entry in the series did away with the more traditional fixed camera and zombies, instead, pushing the envelope an over-the-shoulder camera and a whole new host of baddies to face.