An interesting video has surfaced on the interwebs. Entitled “The Nintendo Difference,” this video was created to promote the GameCube before the system was released. The video gives us a very interesting glimpse of what could have been.

The four-minute video gives us brief previews of a bunch of GCN games. Several of them are close to what we ended up seeing (Rogue Leader, Wave Race, SSBM). A few of the titles shown had features that wouldn’t be in the final version (clock in Luigi’s Mansion, racing around town in Animal Forest/Crossing). Several of the titles - Raven Blade (action game from Retro), Kameo (finally released on the Xbox 360), and Donkey Kong Racing - would never even see release on the GCN.

Take a look at the video for an interesting trip through the early stages of the GameCube.

The Nintendo Difference