Nintendo GameCube

The Nintendo GameCube is a video game console created and produced by Nintendo. It was first released in late 2001 in Japan and North America and then in 2002 in Europe and Australia. The Nintendo GameCube's two main competitors were the and, although it has sold the least out of its two competitors.

The only Kirby game for the Nintendo GameCube is a spinoff racing title, Kirby Air Ride. Prior to this, Kirby's first appearance in a Nintendo GameCube game is Super Smash Bros. Melee, a fighting game in which Kirby is one of the playable characters.

There are two Kirby games that were developed for the Nintendo GameCube but later canceled: Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble 2 and Kirby GCN. The former game was a planned sequel to the Game Boy Color game Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, and would have utilized the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance cable, allowing it to be played on a Game Boy Advance as well. The latter game was to be the first 3D platforming title in the main Kirby series, something that occurred years later with the release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land for the Nintendo Switch.