[Xantar]

In my opinion, anybody who says the N64 was better (or even close) to the GameCube has seriously lost perspective.

The GameCube has many times over the amount of third party support that the N64 had. And we're still not through with this generation.

And you might say that you liked Mario 64 better than Mario Sunshine, Ocarina of Time better than Wind Waker etc. Fine, that's your judgment. But have all of you managed to forget the long waits in between those games? Really now, as great as Ocarina of Time was, it couldn't possibly have lasted you an entire year. Once you were done with it, what did you have to play? At least the GameCube has had a worthwhile game or two being released for it every month.

Ok, so maybe you like the PS2 or Xbox better than the GameCube and think they stack up much better than the PSOne did to the N64. But we're not comparing the GameCube to the Xbox or PS2 here. If you think the GameCube is facing stiffer competition this go round than the N64 did, that still doesn't make the GameCube worse than the N64. It might mean that Nintendo hasn't met the challenge as well as they did last generation (which is a stretch in my opinion, but never mind that for now). It might mean that the Xbox or PS2 are better than the PSOne. But if I had to choose between the GameCube and the N64, I would pick the GameCube hands down. At least I'd get Capcom, Namco, EA and and Ubi Soft games (among many others) if I wasn't satisfied with Nintendo's stuff. If you didn't like Nintendo games on the N64, what did you have left?