<P> The GameCube is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, released during the sixth generation of video games . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64, and was first launched in Japan on September 14, 2001, followed by a launch in North America on November 18, 2001, and a launch in Europe on May 3, 2002 . The successor to the GameCube is the Wii, which was first released in North America on November 19, 2006, and is backward compatible with GameCube games, memory cards, and controllers . Later Wii models removed the backwards compatibility feature .). </P> <P> The last game to be released for the platform was Madden NFL 08, which was released in North America on August 14, 2007 . </P>

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