The gamecube was in second place not third

[Graves]

Final-Fan said:
Never played KI Gold, though I've heard of it, of course, which is probably why I forgot it. If you like fighter games I can see why you'd prefer the GC; I don't recall too many for the N64 while the GC gets Soul Calibur II!

For your latter comment, are you now saying the GC wins simply by being less outdated?
(To respond directly, they may have aged but many are still "great" regardless of "for their time" considerations or nostalgia goggles. If we're talking about just your opinion, on the other hand, debate is obviously pointless.)

Well many of these games you consider "great" don't hold up very well.

Personally I think the adventure games and shooters were better on the Gamecube. And just about every other genre was stronger on the Gamecube. Its not just graphics a issue, its a different gen, the benchmark was raised, and it had much more 3rd party support.