its rather silly people are pooping their pants over this. i had to buy an xbox to play mkd in october. i didnt have one. i had to buy an xbox if i wanted to play it in oct. see the point? do ya? its the same issue. you dont have gamecube, i didnt have an xbox. if i wanted to play mkd early i had to buy one. isnt it unfair that midway didnt allow a version at the same time for nintendo? why should nintendo fans have to go buy another console to play mkd then find out its gonna be released on gc 5 months later? see how it works both ways. but guess what....i dont care. i baught the xbox version and i loved it. i am gonna buy the gamecube version. the games are FIVE MONTHS APART. five. yes five. did i mention five? if not five months apart. dont tell me no matter how poor you are you cant afford to rent the game if need be to try out the new fighters let alone buy the game.