Progressive scan is also supported when playing GameCube games on a Wii through component cables. The GameCube is Nintendo's first home console to support digital audio and video output, albeit through analog component cables this feature was also used to display standard definition video through progressive scanning rather than conventional interlacing. In Western regions, the GameCube is abbreviated as 'GCN,' notably for classic courses in the Mario Kart games, because the abbreviation 'NGC' is trademarked by the National Geographic Channel. In Japan, the GameCube is abbreviated as both 'NGC' and 'GC,' as 'NGC' is also an abbreviation used by the Japanese electronics company NGC Corporation.

Orange was not available in the Americas, but controllers matching its color were. Silver was released after the first three colors. Melee and its appearances in various other Nintendo games.

Indigo is the original color seen in advertisements, as well as the GameCube's trophy in Super Smash Bros. The Nintendo GameCube was released in five colors: Indigo, Black, Orange, Silver, and Gold. Super Mario Sunshine did not release alongside the Nintendo GameCube at launch, and the Nintendo GameCube is the first Nintendo home console since the Family Computer that did not have a game from the Super Mario series at launch. The system uses proprietary 8 cm Game Discs based on the MiniDVD format that are able to hold up to 1.5 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes), making it the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as the primary storage medium.ĭuring pre-production, the console was codenamed 'Project Dolphin,' a name alluded to in several early Nintendo GameCube games, such as Super Mario Sunshine, where its main setting, Isle Delfino, is shaped like a dolphin. On the bottom are two serial ports and one hi-speed port for add-on expansions. It has three buttons on top: Open, Reset, and Power. The Nintendo GameCube has six ports on its front: four controller ports (like the Nintendo 64) and two memory card ports. The Nintendo GameCube, or simply the GameCube, is a home console system developed by Nintendo and released in late 2001 as the successor of the Nintendo 64.

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