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Asarch, Steven (2022-09-14). "21 years ago, a Nintendo flop changed the video games industry forever". Inverse. Retrieved 2022-09-26.

On 6 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Nintendo GameCube. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Accuracy of the imagery of the Indigo GameCube

The quality of the imagery by User:Evan-Amos is amazing, however I'm dubious of the accuracy of the colour. While the GameCube was often graphically illustrated as a purple-Indigo, does the actual physical console look like this?

The colour in the earlier revision of File:Gamecube-controller-breakdown.jpg looks much closer to what I've seen first hand and what appears online. When photographs do posses this purple tint, it tends to be in warm lighting.

~ Rob984 (talk) 16:20, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Evan-Amos took both of those photos. On the controllers, I personally cannot really see a color difference. The console does seem less vibrant, but it's also flat rather than curved. -- ferret (talk) 16:32, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The purple of the GameCube and GBA does not photograph properly due to colorspace issues, showing up as blue-ish. I used Nintendo promo photos to adjust the colors to what should be "real" values, but it's a finnicky process. The Controller Breakdown photo is also really old and should have been retaken, but I just never got back to it. Evan-Amos (talk) 20:54, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abbreviated Name

Why is the page simply titled "GameCube"? Shouldn't we put "Nintendo GameCube" on the title? Because that is what the logo says. 2603:6010:8B00:44FF:90B6:1DE7:B1D3:FB0B (talk) 21:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 March 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 16:56, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GameCube → Nintendo GameCube This is the official name for the system, Nintendo refers the system to its complete name in all marketing for the system. VenezuelanSpongeBobFan2004 (talk) 03:36, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COMMONNAME doesn't necessarily care about "official" names. Is there a new argument here? We've had this move discussion repeatedly. Opposed until a new argument is presented. -- ferret (talk) 03:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This argument is moot since WP:COMMONNAME disregards official names for things. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:21, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose move. The common name here omits "Nintendo". O.N.R. ^(talk) 08:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. WP:COMMONNAME. Precedents: ZX Spectrum (instead of Sinclair ZX Spectrum), Master System (instead of Sega Master System), TI-99/4A (instead of Texas Instruments TI-99/4A), VIC-20 (instead of Commodore VIC-20). Dgpop (talk) 23:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The console is commonly referred to as the GameCube and I don't often hear it referred to as the Nintendo GameCube. I feel the move would over complicate the title. PrincessJoey2024 (talk) 14:05, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We haven't cut off the Nintendo part for Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, or Nintendo Switch. We've cut off the Nintendo part for "Wii" and "Wii U", but that's because the Nintendo portion is not shown on either console. Are we really going to single out Nintendo GameCube? I'm not saying it should be stated as Nintendo GameCube every time its name is stated on the article, just for the page title. 2603:6010:8B00:44FF:B1C1:AB23:5DD9:8EC9 (talk) 05:04, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That shows a lack of understanding on each of those caes. "Entertainment System" would be too inconcise, so Nintendo is required, plus NO ONE calls it that. "Super" "Entertainment System" is obvious why that would be wrong. Similar for Nintendo 64, "64" is too inconcise. DS, 3DS, etc. The actual name of the Switch is just "Switch". Each of these use Nintendo because the common word is too inconcise, and it provides natural disambiguation. That is not the case here. GameCube is both the COMMON NAME and is not inconcise. -- ferret (talk) 13:27, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.