Like Sega’s ill-fated Dreamcast, the Nintendo GameCube may have failed commercially, but today it’s held in high regard by gamers, and many of its titles have a cult following. The GameCube’s legacy isn’t merely limited to retro, cult appeal, though, and many games on the platform have survived and have been continued on later Nintendo platforms. It also played host to some people’s all-time favorite entries in long-running Nintendo series, with its incarnations of some iconic Nintendo franchises beating those on the more successful platforms from the Japanese giant.

We’re big fans of the GameCube here at Den of Geek, so we’re going to take a look at our top 25 titles to grace the GameCube’s tiny discs. We can’t pick all of the platform’s best games, of course, so feel free to chip in in the comments section with your own personal favorites….

25. Animal Crossing

It may not be considered a real game by many (it certainly is by us), but there’s no denying Animal Crossing‘s popularity, and although you spend much of your time performing fairly mundane tasks with cutesy animals, there’s just something so appealing and addictive about it.

About as stressful as a picnic on a sunny day, there’s no danger of anger or irritation here, and simply playing the game for a while can ease those daily troubles, all the while you’re building your little cartoon life, and there are few games more suitable for young kids. Charming, to say the least.