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5 Responses to “GameCube Link Cable – GC to GBA”

1. G. Bright says:

   May 7, 2010 at 5:35 pm

   I’ve only used this cable with Pokemon Colosseum but it’s very picky with the direction in which it takes information. It’s fine with sending information (such as the Berry Fix) to the GBA but refuses to take information from the GBA (such as Pokemon team data). This renders it practically useless. Very disappointing.
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. Salem J. says:

   May 7, 2010 at 6:23 pm

   This cable is being used more and more as Gamecube develops more games. For example, Animal Crossing uses the cable in a really interesting way (ie. collecting and playing classic Nintendo games, transferring rare objects, etc…) If you haven’t read up on it, I suggest doing so. It’s a small price to pay for another way to use your GBA and Gamecube! Thank you Nintendo!
   Rating: 4 / 5
3. Justin Howard says:

   May 7, 2010 at 9:06 pm

   Simply put, you’d be a fool not to buy this cable if you own a GBA and Zelda The Wind Waker. A whole interactive hint and task/puzzle system is accessible through the GBA while playing on the GameCube.

   For a lot of things in Zelda the GBA acts like a sort of GPS showing you map information and allowing you to locate specific areas that you need to navigate to.

   The single more important advantage about this cable compared to the Nintendo one is that you can charge a GBA SP while linked to the GameCube. That’s an even more important point than price, as ideally the GBA needs to be turned-on for the duration of the game.

   The same is true of other upcoming titles such as Square-Enix’s Crystal Chronicals, where in multiplayer mode you need a collection of GBA’s continually connected to the GameCube.

   The official cable from Nintendo has an unnecessary locking mechanism for the cable the width of the GBA (hence covers the charging connector).
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Anonymous says:

   May 7, 2010 at 11:45 pm

   The only game I’ve used this with so far is Pokemon Colosseum/Pokemon Ruby and the game cut the connection and said ‘link invalid’, so a very dissapointing bit of kit.
   Rating: 1 / 5
5. Stephen Kissane says:

   May 8, 2010 at 2:28 am

   Do not be fooled by the price, buy the official cable. I bought this thinking I would save a few pounds, only to find that it does not work with all the link compatible games. Sure it works with Metroid Prime and Zelda. However with animal crosing you cannot download information from your GBA after playing with it, makes it kinda pointless.

   Don`t waste your money, but the nintendo cable which does work instead.
   Rating: 1 / 5