it may have looked like a tiny purple
lunchbox
but this system packed some serious
challenges into it for your effort I
bring a quick and merciful death welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re taking
a look at our picks for the top 10
hardest GameCube games for this list
we’re looking at the most challenging
and difficult games to ever be released
on Nintendo’s 4th home console keep in
mind we’re only including games that
present a legitimate challenge not games
that were broken or badly designed
number 10 Resident Evil 0
this is one from the days when survival
horror actually put the emphasis on
survival the early games in the series
featured realistic difficulty levels
that accurately simulated being dropped
in the middle of his ami apocalypse well
at least sort of and this GameCube
exclusive installment is no exception
while zero attempted to make the
challenge easier by allowing players to
drop items at their will instead of
placing them in item boxes like in other
games it still contained the
time-honored challenge of its puzzles
like the now infamous battery puzzle you
might say that some of the tricks this
game plays on you are pure evil
number 9 beautiful Joe this game may use
style but thankfully Capcom didn’t
sacrifice the substance either Joe was
definitely teleported into a superhero
movie but the game he stars in takes
more inspiration from the side-scrolling
beat’em ups of old featuring a seemingly
endless onslaught of enemies to fight
and tight precise combos to take them
out with if that wasn’t enough Joe has
the ability to manipulate the speed and
focus of the film he’s in a skill which
is easy to learn but hard to master
especially considering the majority of
the games puzzles are based on this
crucial skill
number eight button kaitos origins this
was an RPG released during the final
months of a consoles life that really
wasn’t known for its RPG selection so we
wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of you
hadn’t played this those of you who have
though know how immensely skilled you
have to be if you want to master the
complicated card based battle system
once you manage that make sure not to
let your guard down against enemies that
can end your life in only a couple of
hits as well as some of the hardest boss
fights you’ll find on the system the
best way to survive the mystical world
of this game patience and skill sorry
about that
number seven Super Monkey Ball –
sega’s sublime GameCube launch title
show that even though a game may have a
cute unassuming premise it can still be
a major challenge for seasoned players
the sequel upped the ante increasing the
number of stages up to a hundred and
adding new landscape altering features
like conveyor belts teleporters and
switches all of which have a chance of
sending you flying off the rd stress
inducing levels the game also offers
rewards if you’re able to collect every
banana on the stage a feat that’s easier
said than done
considering how some of the places they
put these things require your spherical
monkey too often defy gravity
number 6 metroid prime 2 echoes how do
you top one of the most celebrated
first-person adventures of all time
already a challenging gaming experience
in its own right well one way is to add
a lot of backtracking developer retro
studios set out to make their sequel
more challenging than its predecessor
now the players were familiar with the
immersive world not only does the game
feature brutal boss characters like
Emperor Inge and Dark Samus but the
series is trademark item hunting
mechanics were taken to extreme levels
this time around not only that but the
game is split between light and dark
worlds and whenever you’re in the dark
world the atmosphere constantly drains
your health bummer
number five Alien Hominid originally
released as a flash game on the website
Newgrounds in 2002 this old-school style
shooter made it to the GameCube a couple
of years later without losing any of its
trademark difficulty while the art style
and basic gameplay make the experience
it seemed deceptively simple the endless
onslaught of enemies both human and
extraterrestrial that adapt to the way
you play the game will leave you
wondering why you ever thought a tiny
alien can take on this many bad guys
this is another great example of a game
that’s easy to learn but hard to master
number 4 Star Wars rogue leader Rogue
Squadron 2
if there’s any game that accurately
represents the tension and threat of
fighting an oppressive Empire it’s
definitely this one factor 5s amazing
Star Wars based combat game isn’t the
most hardcore of experiences but some
missions are very easy to fail
especially when you’ve got to throw
yourself up against Star Destroyers the
game offers bronze silver and gold
medals for players who meet certain
requirements in every stage but the
goals are so difficult that you would
have to be really strong with the force
if you want the satisfaction of fully
beating this game one down two to go
number three
Megaman network transmission we get that
Megaman games have a reputation to
uphold when it comes to challenge but
this is just ridiculous part of the
battle network sub series that
originated on the Game Boy Advance this
game ditched the RPG gameplay Abbott and
held counterpart opting to be a
classically hard platformer in the vein
of the NES original the challenging
platforming would have been hard enough
but the game also integrates the
battleships of the GBA games ensuring
the only real chance of survival against
these incredibly tough enemies are these
sparsely available resources mega
difficult doesn’t even begin to describe
how punishing this is number two Ikaruga
we’re losing our minds just thinking
about this one shoot-’em-up from
Japanese developer treasure this
maddeningly intense game is based around
one mechanic changing the quote polarity
of your ship between a series of colors
in order to absorb enemy fire for
example if your ships polarity is black
you can absorb black bullets if your
ship is white you can absorb white
bullets this is a simple challenging
concept take into its absolute extreme
my treasure
Ikaruga features a constant barrage of
enemy fire forcing you to switch
polarities every other second and it’s
on a vertically scrolling screen that
scaled down to a fraction of the size of
a normal one we hope you like punishment
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one f-zero GX
if this is the level of difficulty that
piloting futuristic racing machines is
going to be like then we’re probably
going to be just fine sticking to
driving regular cars for the time being
unanimously considered to be one of the
best racing games on the system GX also
comes with an almost hilariously steep
learning curve in order to master the
twisty tracks and precise handling of
its vehicles because of the game’s
intense speed it’s very difficult to
maintain your boost and drift without
crashing into walls or worse falling off
the track even the first few missions of
the story mode are really tough to beat
so good luck you agree with our list hey
where do you think you’re taking me wait
what game you gave give you the hardest
time for more challenging Tom pens
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I’ve been looking
forward to this forever well I’ve been
looking forward to this for a long time
too
lunchbox
but this system packed some serious
challenges into it for your effort I
bring a quick and merciful death welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re taking
a look at our picks for the top 10
hardest GameCube games for this list
we’re looking at the most challenging
and difficult games to ever be released
on Nintendo’s 4th home console keep in
mind we’re only including games that
present a legitimate challenge not games
that were broken or badly designed
number 10 Resident Evil 0
this is one from the days when survival
horror actually put the emphasis on
survival the early games in the series
featured realistic difficulty levels
that accurately simulated being dropped
in the middle of his ami apocalypse well
at least sort of and this GameCube
exclusive installment is no exception
while zero attempted to make the
challenge easier by allowing players to
drop items at their will instead of
placing them in item boxes like in other
games it still contained the
time-honored challenge of its puzzles
like the now infamous battery puzzle you
might say that some of the tricks this
game plays on you are pure evil
number 9 beautiful Joe this game may use
style but thankfully Capcom didn’t
sacrifice the substance either Joe was
definitely teleported into a superhero
movie but the game he stars in takes
more inspiration from the side-scrolling
beat’em ups of old featuring a seemingly
endless onslaught of enemies to fight
and tight precise combos to take them
out with if that wasn’t enough Joe has
the ability to manipulate the speed and
focus of the film he’s in a skill which
is easy to learn but hard to master
especially considering the majority of
the games puzzles are based on this
crucial skill
number eight button kaitos origins this
was an RPG released during the final
months of a consoles life that really
wasn’t known for its RPG selection so we
wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of you
hadn’t played this those of you who have
though know how immensely skilled you
have to be if you want to master the
complicated card based battle system
once you manage that make sure not to
let your guard down against enemies that
can end your life in only a couple of
hits as well as some of the hardest boss
fights you’ll find on the system the
best way to survive the mystical world
of this game patience and skill sorry
about that
number seven Super Monkey Ball –
sega’s sublime GameCube launch title
show that even though a game may have a
cute unassuming premise it can still be
a major challenge for seasoned players
the sequel upped the ante increasing the
number of stages up to a hundred and
adding new landscape altering features
like conveyor belts teleporters and
switches all of which have a chance of
sending you flying off the rd stress
inducing levels the game also offers
rewards if you’re able to collect every
banana on the stage a feat that’s easier
said than done
considering how some of the places they
put these things require your spherical
monkey too often defy gravity
number 6 metroid prime 2 echoes how do
you top one of the most celebrated
first-person adventures of all time
already a challenging gaming experience
in its own right well one way is to add
a lot of backtracking developer retro
studios set out to make their sequel
more challenging than its predecessor
now the players were familiar with the
immersive world not only does the game
feature brutal boss characters like
Emperor Inge and Dark Samus but the
series is trademark item hunting
mechanics were taken to extreme levels
this time around not only that but the
game is split between light and dark
worlds and whenever you’re in the dark
world the atmosphere constantly drains
your health bummer
number five Alien Hominid originally
released as a flash game on the website
Newgrounds in 2002 this old-school style
shooter made it to the GameCube a couple
of years later without losing any of its
trademark difficulty while the art style
and basic gameplay make the experience
it seemed deceptively simple the endless
onslaught of enemies both human and
extraterrestrial that adapt to the way
you play the game will leave you
wondering why you ever thought a tiny
alien can take on this many bad guys
this is another great example of a game
that’s easy to learn but hard to master
number 4 Star Wars rogue leader Rogue
Squadron 2
if there’s any game that accurately
represents the tension and threat of
fighting an oppressive Empire it’s
definitely this one factor 5s amazing
Star Wars based combat game isn’t the
most hardcore of experiences but some
missions are very easy to fail
especially when you’ve got to throw
yourself up against Star Destroyers the
game offers bronze silver and gold
medals for players who meet certain
requirements in every stage but the
goals are so difficult that you would
have to be really strong with the force
if you want the satisfaction of fully
beating this game one down two to go
number three
Megaman network transmission we get that
Megaman games have a reputation to
uphold when it comes to challenge but
this is just ridiculous part of the
battle network sub series that
originated on the Game Boy Advance this
game ditched the RPG gameplay Abbott and
held counterpart opting to be a
classically hard platformer in the vein
of the NES original the challenging
platforming would have been hard enough
but the game also integrates the
battleships of the GBA games ensuring
the only real chance of survival against
these incredibly tough enemies are these
sparsely available resources mega
difficult doesn’t even begin to describe
how punishing this is number two Ikaruga
we’re losing our minds just thinking
about this one shoot-’em-up from
Japanese developer treasure this
maddeningly intense game is based around
one mechanic changing the quote polarity
of your ship between a series of colors
in order to absorb enemy fire for
example if your ships polarity is black
you can absorb black bullets if your
ship is white you can absorb white
bullets this is a simple challenging
concept take into its absolute extreme
my treasure
Ikaruga features a constant barrage of
enemy fire forcing you to switch
polarities every other second and it’s
on a vertically scrolling screen that
scaled down to a fraction of the size of
a normal one we hope you like punishment
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one f-zero GX
if this is the level of difficulty that
piloting futuristic racing machines is
going to be like then we’re probably
going to be just fine sticking to
driving regular cars for the time being
unanimously considered to be one of the
best racing games on the system GX also
comes with an almost hilariously steep
learning curve in order to master the
twisty tracks and precise handling of
its vehicles because of the game’s
intense speed it’s very difficult to
maintain your boost and drift without
crashing into walls or worse falling off
the track even the first few missions of
the story mode are really tough to beat
so good luck you agree with our list hey
where do you think you’re taking me wait
what game you gave give you the hardest
time for more challenging Tom pens
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I’ve been looking
forward to this forever well I’ve been
looking forward to this for a long time
too
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