The GameCube was a weird time for Nintendo. Existing franchises were taken in unexpected directions, from a Luigi-centered ghost busting game launching with the system instead of a Mario Bros platformer to Metroid's graceful transition to first-person shooting to The Legend of Zelda's cartoony visual reinvention with The Wind Waker. Star Fox turned into a crappy Zelda knockoff with Star Fox Adventures,the only Kirby game released was a racing game, and after the successful Donkey Kong Country trilogy on SNES and Donkey Kong 64, Nintendo decided the system's Donkey Kong title should be a bongo-based rhythm game.
