Partially as a result of this, it does not have the DVD-Video playback functionality of these systems, nor the audio CD playback ability of other consoles that use full-size optical discs. In contrast with the GameCube's contemporary competitors, Sony's Playstation 2, Sega's Dreamcast and Microsoft's Xbox, the GameCube uses miniDVD-based discs instead of full-size DVDs. The Nintendo GameCube is the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as its primary storage medium, after several aborted projects from Nintendo and its partners to utilize optical-based storage media. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to the Wii.
The Nintendo GameCube ( ニンテンドーゲームキューブ, Nintendō Gēmukyūbu), officially abbreviated as GCN in the US and EU and as NGC in Japan, is Nintendo's fifth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. Nintendo GameCube controller, WaveBird, Game Boy Advance, numerous other input devices
