I think SNES, Wii, and NES all have good arguments. I liked them all for different reasons.
I see the N64 and GameCube eras as the dark ages of Nintendo.
Gamecube just had nothing exciting for it, and it is arguably the worst major home console ever released; it was more or less just PS2 junior, there were no classics on it. N64 had several classics, but there were so few games released on the system (around 100 total) - the release schedule was so sparse that sometimes entire seasons would pass with no releases at all. Some genres were almost non-existent; for example, can you think of a single real RPG? There was a small handful of games that were part RPG, but no real RPGs (like Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Suikoden, Wild Arms, Final Fantasy) were ever released on the system.
Although, as far as the N64 goes, had Nintendo used a CD format, it would have been their best generation. Can you imagine being on the same role from the 94-96 period on the SNES, and then have Rare, Square, Konami, and Capcom all on one platform? Resident Evil 2, FF7, GE007, Suikoden, Mario Kart 64, Castlevania Symphony of the night, Banko Kazooie, Xenogears, Ocarina of Time, all on the same platform and all in the first 2 years. Not to mention with CD prices, N64 games cost as much as entire DS systems do now (sometimes even before factoring inflation).
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
