Action 2003 for GameCube — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Spawn: Armageddon - a game in the Action genre

Game released: GameCube → 21 November 2003

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This 3D action-adventure based on the Spawn comics follows the hero caught between the forces of good and evil. He struggles to break free from the influence of...

Sonic Mega Collection

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 14 March 2003

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Mega Collection — a collection of all Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, released on the Nintendo GameCube. Games run on an emulator developed...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: GameCube → 20 February 2004

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: GameCube → 24 November 2006

Metacritic: 74/100

Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 — Offers several different game modes such as Arcade Mode, VS Mode, and Story Mode. You can unlock new features such as new...

State of Emergency

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 25 March 2003

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action game with fighting elements follows a freedom movement battling a tyrannical corporation. The player carries out the movement’s agents...

Rogue Ops

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 28 October 2003

Players: 1.9/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A third-person tactical action game about Nikki Conners, a former Green Beret who joins a covert government agency after an explosion kills her husband and...

Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo

Action, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 26 September 2003

Metacritic: 63/100

This third-person action game based on the Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo follows the search for Nemo and the effort to reunite him with his father, Marlin. Players...

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: GameCube → 5 December 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu — Like Batman, Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing, the player must fight groups of enemies. The story mode, which forms the bulk of the...

Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: GameCube → 31 January 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure with horror elements follows the vampire Kain and his attempts to rule Nosgoth. The story unfolds as he explores detailed 3D...

Pac-Man World 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 21 March 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person platforming action game follows Pac-Man on a new adventure against the Ghost Gang. His journey spans six lands, where he solves puzzles and takes...

Go! Go! Hypergrind

Action, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: GameCube → 18 November 2003

Metacritic: 67/100

A sports action game about skateboarders competing on the sets of an animated feature. Players choose a character and enroll in SPUMCO’s newly founded stunt school...

Ikaruga

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Arcade

Game released: GameCube → 23 May 2003

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Ikaruga is a vertical shooter with unique polarity switching...

Mega Man Network Transmission

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 27 June 2003

Metacritic: 65/100

This action platformer with shooter elements follows a battle against a virus in cyberspace. A month after Lan and Mega Man stopped the WWW terrorists from...

Batman: Dark Tomorrow

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: GameCube → 11 April 2003

Metacritic: 27/100

Batman: Dark Tomorrow is a linear, stealth-based game in which players control Batman as he fights crime. Batman is equipped with several of his tools, such as...

SoulCalibur 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 26 September 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

SoulCalibur II is a 3D weapon-based fighting game built around one-on-one battles. Its roster includes 13 fighters from earlier entries in the series alongside new...

Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Wrestling

Game released: GameCube → 5 June 2003

Metacritic: 77/100

This wrestling fighting game follows a clash between two generations of superheroes as returning villains threaten to take over the world. Their mentor, Meat, pits...

Big Mutha Truckers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 16 August 2003

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Arcade racing with business-management elements centers on a contest to inherit a family trucking company. When its owner, Ma Jackson, announces her retirement, her...

GrooveRider: Slot Car Thunder

Arcade, Action, Racing, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 28 September 2003

Metacritic: 45/100

This arcade slot-car racer is set in a fantasy penthouse, where 20 tracks feature loops, sharp turns, and opportunities for quick lane changes. In single-player and...

Dream Mix TV World Fighters

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 18 December 2003

Dream Mix TV World Fighters is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting and platforming from the studio Red Company Corporation. The main publisher of...

Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Emulator, Legend of Zelda

Game released: GameCube → 17 November 2003

Metacritic: 95/100

This collection brings together four games in The Legend of Zelda series: The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II - The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of...

Super Monkey Ball 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Board / Group Game

Game released: GameCube → 14 March 2003

Metacritic: 81/100

An arcade game with a single-player story and group modes, where AiAi and his friends take on stages and party games. In Story mode, AiAi sets out to thwart the...

Def Jam: Vendetta

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Sports game, Wrestling

Game released: GameCube → 20 June 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This arcade wrestling fighting game takes place in New York’s underground fight scene. After three years away, the protagonist returns to help a friend, Manny, by...

X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003)

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics

Game released: GameCube → 17 April 2003

Metacritic: 61/100

This third-person action game based on the X-Men comics puts Wolverine on a 48-hour deadline: a secret organization implanted a deadly virus in his body, and he...

Hobbit (2003)

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: GameCube → 28 November 2003

Players: 9.6/10

Hobbit (2003) is a third-person action game with fantasy game elements from developers from the studios Fizz Factor, The, Inevitable Entertainment and Inc.. The...

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 7 November 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This action platformer takes place in Morning Land, plunged into darkness by a sinister raven and its flock of monstrous crows. Billy Hatcher and his friends from...

Robotech: Battlecry

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: GameCube → 21 March 2003

Metacritic: 73/100

This science-fiction action shooter follows combat pilot Jack Archer as he fights the alien Zentraedi forces threatening Earth. The campaign spans more than 40...

Freaky Flyers

Action, Racing, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 8 August 2003

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Viewtiful Joe

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Comics

Game released: GameCube → 24 October 2003

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 92/100

A side-scrolling action game in which an ordinary man named Joe transforms into a superhero and fights enemies in cartoon- and noir-inspired settings. Combat...

Disney's Party

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Board / Group Game

Game released: GameCube → октябрь 2003

Disney's Party is an action game with an isometric view with platform elements from the Jupiter Corp. studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts, Inc...

Blowout

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: GameCube → 26 November 2003

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 57/100

This science-fiction side-scrolling action game follows a mission to clear a space station overrun by mutated alien parasites. Major John “Dutch” Cane leads a...

Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: GameCube → 9 April 2004

Metacritic: 63/100

This third-person fantasy action platformer with puzzles follows Dirk the Daring, a brave but clumsy knight, through the dangerous, labyrinthine halls of a castle...

Men in Black 2: Alien Escape

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: GameCube → 30 January 2003

Metacritic: 50/100

This futuristic first-person shooter follows Agents Jay and Kay as they defend Earth from alien criminals. The player battles enemies including Shark Guy and Jarra...

Spirits & Spells

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube → 24 September 2003

Shrek Super Party

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: GameCube → 30 May 2003

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 33/100

A party board game based on the Shrek animated film, where its characters compete in a collection of minigames. Players choose Shrek, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad...

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: GameCube → 12 March 2004

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

An action RPG set in a fantasy world shrouded in poisonous miasma, where people rely on crystals to survive. In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, up to four players...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 7 November 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person action-adventure based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series follows Buffy and her friends as they confront an ancient enemy known as the First...

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 21 November 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-adventure platformer with puzzles follows Wallace and Gromit as they attempt to free a zoo from Feathers McGraw. The penguin has imprisoned the baby...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric

Game released: GameCube → 30 January 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 51/100

This adventure platformer follows Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck on a globetrotting hunt for the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond. The pair run, jump, slide and bounce...

Dr. Muto

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: GameCube → 10 April 2003

Metacritic: 70/100

This 3D action-adventure platformer follows Dr. Muto, a mad scientist whose experiment has destroyed his home planet, leaving only his laboratory intact. To rebuild...

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: GameCube → 14 March 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is a third-person action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Blitz Games Limited. The game is published by Infogrames...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2003 for GameCube