Guess it's about time to post another GameCube gem or two.
F-Zero GX:The F-Zero franchise was a cool sci-fi racer series on Nintendo's part, though grossly underrated. About 95% of the attention it gets anymore is from Captain Falcon (whose machine is just okay from where I stand) being playable in every Super Smash Bros. game with his memetic Falcon Punch, and relatively more recently Samurai Goroh appearing as an assist trophy in Brawl. However, every person I ask about this series is like "Wut? I mean, I know who Captain Falcon is, but..." This series had everything one could want out of a sci-fi racing game. Fast machines, a diverse cast of characters, such as
Mr. EAD,
Silver Neelsen,
Spade,
Gomar & Shioh, and even freaking
Deathborn, one of the more intimidating villains we've seen on Nintendo consoles.
On top of all this, the series boasts some great soundtracks. I'll list two major tracks from F-Zero X and GX, so here goes.
Big Blue (F-Zero X),
Rainbow Road (yes, THAT Rainbow Road, in F-Zero X!),
Phantom Road (GX), and
Emperor Breath (GX). The characters - while typically shallow - are interesting and diverse enough, and each one has their own unique machine that is meant to be played differently. The only thing I don't like about F-Zero? The horrible neglect it suffers.
Cel Damage:Vehicular combat at its best and funniest, Cel Damage is a GameCube racer/fighter game about toons (cartoon characters, though all original to the game) getting in their unique vehicles and abusing the laws of cartoons to beat the hell out of each other. Eat through an opponent's bulldozer with your woodchipper if you want, or fire off some heat-seeking missiles. Maybe you'll throw a cleaver and chop 'em in half! Since they're toons, they'll just get right back up again, ready to kick ass and take names. While there's not too much resembling a plot, that can be a good thing in a fighting game, especially one as over-the-top hilarious as Cel Damage. It would also seem there was a PS2 copy entitled Cel Damage Overdrive. In the event that this explanation fails to properly create an image for you, there's also
a Let's Play of the PS2 version of this game. Let it be known that there are some differences in gameplay between the two different games.