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GameCube Dominates NBC Today's Toy Test 2002
In the kingdom of fun, it's the subjects who speak the loudest.
Today those subjects, America's youth, spoke with one voice,
choosing exclusive Nintendo GameCube games as their holiday gift
list favorites. In America's biggest toy test, NBC Today's Toy Test
2002, America's kids and teens played and ranked the following
titles, available exclusively for Nintendo GameCube, as the hottest
video games for the holidays:
1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Mario Sunshine
5. Mario Party 4
6. Star Fox Adventures
7. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)
9. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (Infogrames)
14. Super Monkey Ball 2 (SEGA)
In addition to these seven exclusive Nintendo GameCube games, the
Toy Test 2002 list includes five titles available on Nintendo
GameCube and a competing system. This brings the total number of
Nintendo GameCube games on the Toy Test list of 19 top games to 12.
"The rankings speak volumes about Nintendo's ability to place
its finger on the pulse of every type of game fan when developing
video games," says Peter MacDougall, executive vice president,
sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "This further
illustrates that Nintendo's commitment to quality games is paying
off."
To pick this year's winners, consumer specialist Herb Weisbaum
allowed thousands of kids an advance peek at 73 games that are due
for release on Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, and Microsoft
Xbox. The goal of this one-of-a-kind video game test was to provide
parents a holiday shopping list of video games that have been
approved by thousands of kids and teens. More than 10,000 ratings
were tallied during the two-week exhibit at the Pacific Science
Center in Seattle. To ensure a "family friendly" exhibit,
no games were shown that rated above Teen (T) or portrayed realistic
animated violence.
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