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-The '''Nintendo GameCube''' is a home console system developed by [[Nintendo]], and released in late 2001 as the successor of the [[Nintendo 64]] as well as to compete with Sony's Playstation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox. The console's preproduction codename name was "Project Dolphin" and was originally a console that used cartridges, as noted references appear in games such as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The Nintendo GameCube has six ports on its front: four controller ports just like the Nintendo 64 and two memory card ports. It has three buttons on top: Open, Reset, and Power. On the bottom are two serial ports and one hi-speed port for add-on expansions. The system uses game discs based on a [[wikipedia:MiniDVD|MiniDVD]] that are the size of an MP3 disc, and are able to hold up to 1.35 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes), making it the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as the primary storage medium. Unlike its competitors, the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube does not play [[wikipedia:DVD|DVD]] [[wikipedia:DVD-Video|movies]]. However, the GameCube's release was accompanied by that of the Panasonic Q; the result of a collaborative project between Nintendo and former rival Panasonic, the Q was capable of playing both GameCube games and DVD movies. It ended up failing due to the price of a Q being noticeably higher than that of a standard GameCube and separate DVD player, and as a result, was never released outside of Japan. The Nintendo GameCube was officially discontinued in 2009 due to the leaving of [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]. It sold about 22 million units during its lifetime.
+The '''Nintendo GameCube''' is a home console system developed by [[Nintendo]], and released in late 2001 as the successor of the [[Nintendo 64]] as well as to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox. The console's preproduction codename name was "Project Dolphin" and was originally a console that used cartridges, as noted references appear in games such as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The Nintendo GameCube has six ports on its front: four controller ports just like the Nintendo 64 and two memory card ports. It has three buttons on top: Open, Reset, and Power. On the bottom are two serial ports and one hi-speed port for add-on expansions. The system uses game discs based on a [[wikipedia:MiniDVD|MiniDVD]] that are the size of an MP3 disc, and are able to hold up to 1.35 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes), making it the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as the primary storage medium. Unlike its competitors, the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube does not play [[wikipedia:DVD|DVD]] [[wikipedia:DVD-Video|movies]]. However, the GameCube's release was accompanied by that of the Panasonic Q; the result of a collaborative project between Nintendo and former rival Panasonic, the Q was capable of playing both GameCube games and DVD movies. It ended up failing due to the price of a Q being noticeably higher than that of a standard GameCube and separate DVD player, and as a result, was never released outside of Japan. The Nintendo GameCube was officially discontinued in 2009 due to the leaving of [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]. It sold about 22 million units during its lifetime.
 The Nintendo GameCube was released in four colors: Indigo, Black, Orange, and Silver. Indigo is the original color seen in advertisements, the trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', and other places. Silver was released after the first three colors. Orange was not available in the United States, but controllers matching its color were.