Apart from GTA3- that will have been thought of , being released only a few months later. And I suppose some others might have been thought of, just not made by then. Sorry.

Don't forget Jet Set Radio and Viewtiful Joe.

All of these games hadn't even been thought of when you could spray graffit on the side of a helicopter in Jet Set Radio.

The blue and gold badge logo of Rare was actually discontinued in 2003 (according to Wikipedia- I wasn't sure of the exact year), not 2010. Between 2003 and 2010 a simplified version without the badge background was used.

What about Resident Evil 4? Easy final boss and a silly jet ski sequence.

To imgema- F Zero GX was made by Sega using a modified version of the engine that they made Super Monkey Ball with. That game was also specifically made for the Cube (they only later ported it to other consoles). The Casino level may have been inspired by all kinds of things- Super Monkey Ball, the Casino Nights level from Sonic 2, arcade pinball machines in general. I never played the previous F Zero games but I agree that the game isn't amongst my favourite Cube games. It feels fast but clinical.

Although Metroid Prime also stands out as one of the best Gamecube experiences (especially the lovely Phenandra Drifts level), playing the Resident Evil remake on the Gamecube is also one of my favourite gaming experiences of all time. The detail and subtlety of the character models and rooms is beautiful. It doesn't matter if you played it on the Playstation - the majority of the game has been reworked so that it has become completely fresh.

Don't hate the Cube too much. It refined some things were started on the N64. Sometimes it was disappointing but it did try new things (Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, Viewtiful Joe). It also had cute discs. But its best achievment was not the over-rated Super Mario Sunshine or The Wind Waker. It was Metroid Prime and the Resident Evil games.

The N64 had 'eye popping visual prowess'? Doesn't every new console tend to do that? Were the N64's quite chunky visuals so great that they need to be singled out compared to, say, the Dreamcast? Rare got the best out of the N64 but that was an exception rather than a rule.

The PS2 was 'loved by everyone'? That is heresy to some Sega and Nintendo fans.

How about the fact that he wsn't in the best platform game of his console on the SNES and N64?

Donkey Kong Country was arguably better than Super Mario World.

Banjo Kazooie was better than Mario 64.

I trust that anybody who likes good videogame shows has seen the UK show Gamesmaster. The show was hosted by Scottish presenter Domiminic Diamond, except for a few series when actor Dexter Fletcher took over. Astronomer Patrick Moore featured as the 'Gamesmaster', a cybernetic disembodied head who would set challenges to the contestants to win a 'Golden Joystick'. Scantily clad women featured and all kinds of double entendres were slipped in. Every series they hosted it from a different set (church, oil rig, prison, heaven etc). Dominic Diamond went on to host another videogame show When Games Attack but it was on a satellite channel this time rather than the wider audience of Channel 4.

It is daft to criticise other game shows though. Game shows don't necessarily have to feature many games. The clued up people who watch it get enough information from the internet and magazines. It is the connection that is important - to feel that other real people share your love and understanding of games. So there's room for all other kinds of things- throwing people in pies etc. It all epitomises the fun that we play games for. The aforementioned Dominic Diamonmd criticised Gamezville. Bad form, Dominic. Just because it looks like a parody of street talk doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it by looking at it that way.