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Celestial
Oct 19, 2002, 12:58 AM
i know this is stupid as hell but i think its dumb when its called GCN doesnt sound right as Game Cube Nintendo if thats what the N means? shouldnt it be NGC as in Nintendo Game cube? anyways pretty dumb topic here i just wanna know what the N means.

rbf2000
Oct 19, 2002, 01:00 AM
Well, NGC was their first choice, but it was already the initials for some other company, so they had to move the N to the end. Whenever I look at it, I read it as Nintendo Gamecube, even though I guess it should be read as Gamecbue Nintendo.

ABDUR101
Oct 19, 2002, 01:01 AM
The abbreviation NGC was already taken, so instead of facing legal action, Nintendo just gave it the initials GCN.

GameCube Nintendo, Nintendo GameCube. Same thing, just alittle switch of lettering saves court time.


*EDIT*
*looks above his post*

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*shakes fist at RBF*

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*puts knife down*

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rbf2000
Oct 19, 2002, 01:05 AM
sucker, I beat you by a whole minute!!

Ness
Oct 20, 2002, 03:15 PM
I just call it GC.

neko-chan
Oct 21, 2002, 01:37 AM
On 2002-10-20 13:15, Ness wrote:
I just call it GC.


Yeah! Free posting rulez lil Ness!

GCN is the official short name, as stated in a Nintendo press release.

If my memory serves well, other official names are: NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Nintendo GameCube.

.:EDIT:.
I just found the original IGN story about GameCube's name:


http://cube.ign.com/articles/088/088956p1.html

and


http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/news/image/cube/arakawamemo2.jpg

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Rumina
Oct 22, 2002, 10:27 PM
still, gcn is strange. i just think it should be gc. we all know its nintendo anyways....

SnAPPUrU-nyan-ko
Oct 22, 2002, 10:37 PM
I use GCN since it's not similar to the hundreds of other.... uh, phrases composed of the first letter of each word in a phrase (mad cow disease is eating away my vocabulary).

Shrevn
Oct 25, 2002, 11:05 PM
You noobs!!! yall wrong its Gcube!
well at least thats what i call it http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

Darrin
Oct 26, 2002, 08:43 PM
On 2002-10-20 13:15, Ness wrote:
I just call it GC.



I call it Gamecube

CorneliusPower
Oct 27, 2002, 01:34 AM
It's Gamecube people. If you wanna abbreviate, it's GC. When did the N ever come into play?! Pfft. Whatever, Nintendo makes Gamecube, so it's just GC, noone says STPSO, Sonic Team Phantasy Star on-line, thats what I thought, lol! Anyways i know im gonna get a smart-ass reply so give it to me! =P