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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The GameCube menu music is actually a slowed-down version of the [[Famicom Disk System]] startup tone.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1m6j38CDOc</ref>
*The GameCube menu music is actually a slowed-down version of the [[Family Computer Disk System]] startup tone.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1m6j38CDOc</ref>
*The DK Bongos are featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' as [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Final Smash]], [[Konga Beat]].
*The DK Bongos are featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' as [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Final Smash]], [[Konga Beat]].
*The directional pad on the Nintendo GameCube Controller had the same size and shape as the original [[Game Boy Advance]].
*The directional pad on the Nintendo GameCube Controller had the same size and shape as the original [[Game Boy Advance]].
*The GameCube is often abbreviated as "GCN", although in reality this would be an incorrect abbreviation as it would stand for "GameCube Nintendo". A correct abbreviation would be "NGC", which is also the Japanese version of the abbreviation.
*The GameCube is often abbreviated as "GCN", although in reality this would be an incorrect abbreviation as it would stand for "GameCube Nintendo". A correct abbreviation would be "NGC", which is also the Japanese version of the abbreviation.
*The GameCube is currently the latest home console to receive an entry of the ''[[Mario Golf (series)|Mario Golf]]'' series. It was the latest console to receive a game in the series, up until the 2014 release of ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].
*The GameCube is currently the latest home console to receive an entry of the ''[[Mario Golf (series)|Mario Golf]]'' series. It was the latest console to receive a game in the series, up until the 2014 release of ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].
*The GameCube was the first Nintendo console to not have a ''Super Mario'' game as a launch title (excluding the Japanese launch of the [[Family Computer|Famicom]]), as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' wasn't released until a year later.
*The GameCube was the first Nintendo console to not have a ''Super Mario'' game as a launch title (excluding the Japanese launch of the [[Family Computer]]), as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' wasn't released until a year later.
*The GameCube's code name "Dolphin" is referenced in many GameCube games, such as ''Wave Race: Blue Storm'' and ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
*The GameCube's code name "Dolphin" is referenced in many GameCube games, such as ''Wave Race: Blue Storm'' and ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
* In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', there is a Yoshi design called GameCube Yoshi.
* In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', there is a Yoshi design called GameCube Yoshi.
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