Those two consoles were indeed the dark ages of Nintendo.
The N64 didn't have nearly enough games. The few games it did have were usually double to triple the price of PSX games, and often half the quality (aside from the few gems, N64 games were often really low quality).
Just because the cause of the N64's problems is explainable (cartridges), does not mean the problem didn't exist. It did exist, when the PSX hit 200 games, the N64 had 3 (Mario 64, Starwars, and Pilotwings 64). Most months of the N64's existence, no games were released at all; and, aside from Novembers and Decembers, there were no more than 3 games released in a month. The N64 was a really bleak time period for Nintendo.
I think the GameCube was worse, simply because it was the only Nintendo system that really had nothing special going for it. It was PS2 Junior.
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