Former Nintendo of America VP of Marketing, Perrin Kaplan, talks about Nintendo’s decision to make the GameCube purple.

Plenty of anniversaries have rolled around this November, including Xbox’s 20th on the 15th. The Nintendo GameCube also reached its two-decade mark, celebrating its twentieth anniversary for its US release on November 18th.

A former Nintendo executive spoke about the conception of the Cube behind scenes. She revealed that GameCube’s iconic color was quite controversial within Nintendo, with many employees expressing concern about the purple colour.

Several former Nintendo employees recently spoke to Video Games Chronicle about the company’s last two decades. Among them was Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of America’s former Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs.

She revealed that the American branch was not a fan of the GameCube’s purple plastic, pressing for a black or silver console instead. However, Nintendo’s then-President Hiroshi Yamauchi overruled the objection. While Nintendo would eventually roll out white, black, silver, and orange versions of the console, but purple remains the most iconic GameCube colour.

According to Kaplan, the American branch worried that purple would be too ‘feminine’ for a console marketed primarily to boys. Kaplan also worried that the console would be mocked for its appearance when it was revealed at E3 2001.

The GameCube did well enough though, selling 22 million units. It wasn’t as successful as the Nintendo 64, however. Nintendo lacked big exclusives at the time and also was burdened with the reputation of being a console just for kids. The console has gained a better reputation by virtue of nostalgia.

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Microsoft is hosting a special Xbox anniversary event today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Xbox, which debuted alongside Halo: Combat Evolved. “While no new games will be announced, this broadcast will be a special look back at all the memories we’ve shared with the Xbox community over the last two decades,” Microsoft said.

While the event is intended to be a celebration rather than a news event, there could potentially be  some worthwhile news. It has been speculated that an early beta of Halo Infinite multiplayer will be released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Halo, but this is yet to go live if it is the case. Many Xbox enthusiasts have noticed odd patches to older original Xbox and Xbox 360 games.

When Is the Xbox 20th Anniversary Event?

The livestream will begin at 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT on Monday, November 15th. If you miss the broadcast, there will be a replay available after the event. Microsoft is hosting the stream on Xbox’s official YouTube and Twitch channels and its Facebook page. There is a link to the YouTube stream above.

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