- For more information on the console, see Nintendo GameCube on "Nintendo Wiki".
The Nintendo GameCube (ニンテンドーゲームキューブ Nintendo GameCube) is Nintendo's sixth generation home console. A few Pokémon spinoff games were released with the system, and any Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games were backward compatible via the Game Boy Player. Pokémon games released for the Nintendo GameCube include Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon Channel, Pokémon Colosseum, and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
The system was first released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, then on November 18, 2001 in North America, then on May 3, 2002 in Europe, and on May 17, 2002 in Australia.