Anyone heard of the Baten Kaitos games for Gamecube?

I absolutely love these games. Their stories are fantastic (Origins better than Eternal Wings but EW has it's definitely positives) and their battles, while somewhat slow-paced, particularly in Eternal Wings, they are still so fun and well thought-out.

It's definitely one of the best hidden gems of the RPG fandom imo

Those games are true classics. I would love to see a new Baten Kaitos game for the Wii U. An HD Baten Kaitos would be a day 1 purchase for me. Especially if it had online gameplay> Nintendo published the game and should seriously try to get this classic RPG on the Wii U.

Do you like the music as well?

The music is the absolute best part of the games!

Dat Violent Storm.

Sadly i never had my Gamecube long enough to get a good look at its library of games. All i ever played was Phantasy Star Online Ep 1&2, Sonic Adventure 2, and Zoids Assault i think it was called.

Is it available any other way then on gamecube?

Nope. It's Gamecube exclusive and unless the Wii-U happens to have a Gamecube emulator or virtual console you'd have to get a Gamecube or Wii to play it.

Darn, well thanks. Was thinking maybe the Wii marketplace would have it or something, but honestly, ive no idea what kinds of things would be on there.

Guess i gotta start looking over craigslist and yard sales for old systems

The Wii Shop Channel doesn't have anything beyond N64 on it so you'd be out of luck for any Gamecube game.

Also, let me make you want the games by showing you their amazing music









I don't know the name of that last boss theme so I had to find a video of a boss that used it. lol

You'll get a look at BKO's battle system that way too though so it's good.

Keep in mind: The first three are from Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, the first game in the series, while the last one is a boss fight from Baten Kaitos Origins, the prequel to the first one. It's always recommended to play BK before you ever play BKO because there's a lot of little details you won't catch unless you have played BK first but it's not set in stone. You definitely can play BKO first since they are not directly connected through story, there's just a lot of elements you won't get as well if you didn't play BK first.

Oh and I know usually people see a card-based battle system and turn away but these games really should be checked out regardless. It's card system is unique and is actually a part of their world rather than just being a system for the battles. BKO particularly has a rather unique battle system that I honestly couldn't imagine being any other way, it flows so perfectly.

Yeah they should really remake this game or release a new BK. Nintendo Wii doesn't support GC downloads as you said, but that's all Nintendo fault. They wanted to make the console as cheap as possible for major profit just like all of the other companies out there. They have succeeded so hopefully now with the Wii U we can get some up to date hardware.

I have a feeling the GC games section will be thin for third party. The prices will more than likely be unreasonable just like the DLC games on GameCube. BK and other titles will probably be overpriced. If they have high value you can expect Nintendo and the devs to get top dollar for them.

The one reason I would want to see a brand NEW BK or a remake is because of the possibility to add online play. Of course we would get HD graphics and sound, but the online play could be fun as well if they included it. If we simply got a GC port for download online play is nearly impossible.