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GameCube technical specifications

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This article isn't necessary at all. It's just specs about the GameCube which is already discucssed at the gamecube article. Monathephantom (talk) 19:22, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

• Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related AfD discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:36, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
• Merge to GameCube#Hardware per WP:OVERLAP, it can probably be made into a collapsible box that takes up almost no space. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:26, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

  I'm not certain this needs to be merged. The target section already has an appropriate level of detail for an encyclopedia article. The specifications on this page go into an excessive level of technical detail, e.g. a list of every functional unit in the CPU, every image processing feature of the GPU, and the exact size of every memory bank in the system - and most of those details are unsourced. An encyclopedia article about a video game console does not need to act as a full technical reference for its hardware; there are other resources for that. Omphalographer (talk) 22:25, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

• Delete (or redirect) per Omphalographer. As interesting as I think this is, it's out of scope for an encyclopedia. If there were some secondary coverage of these technical specifications that gave a degree of independent notability (e.g., if there were something novel about how it was built or its components), then maybe this article could be more than simply a list of GameCube parts. But at the moment this topic is sufficiently covered in GameCube#Hardware. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:10, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
• Redirect to GameCube#Hardware: This topic is already adequately covered at the console's article and Wikipedia is not a technical manual. MidnightMayhem (talk) 23:17, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
• Merge as above and per WP:NOTMANUAL - specifications are normal to see on a console page. Is a redirect useful here when it's such a specific article title? ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 08:04, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
• Keep This has plenty of significant independent coverage from outlets like AnandTech and EE Times, it easily passes WP:GNG. Staticspector (talk) 23:54, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

  This is because it's assoicated with the GameCube, which is notable. It just doesnt need its own article. Monathephantom (talk) 12:31, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

• Merge to GameCube as an alternative to deletion. Agnieszka653 (talk) 18:37, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

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