What I have learned from this thread is that a lot of the games considered shovelware on the Wii would have been considered classics on the GameCube by certain people.
Fact is:
• Windwaker and Twilight Princess were the worst Zelda Games in 4 generations of Nintendo home consoles
• Mario Sunshine was the worst main series Mario game
• Double Dash was the worst Mario Kart game overall
• Kirby: air ride was the worst Kirby game
• Donkey Kong Bogo Blast was the worst DK game (I never played it, but it is very obvious)
• And GameCube didn't get any top third party franchises outside of Resident Evil: No final fantasy (Crystal Chronicles doesn't count, that game was abysmal), no Metal Gear Solid, no Dragon Quest, no Monster Hunter, and most importantly - no Grand Theft Auto.
When the GameCube did get a half decent third party title (usually sports titles), it was a feature slashed version. Even the best third party games on the system (RE4) is the worst version of the game - and you were forced to use the terrible Gamecube controller).
All in all, Gamecube was more or less Playstation 2 junior - because Nintendo games obviously weren't pulling the console this gen - it was shaped like a big purple lunchbox - and the fanbase got rabidly excited when a game with blood or explosions came out for it just based on the fact that it had blood and explosions, even when it was a bad game like Eternal Darkness (reminded me of being 9 or 10 and playing Mortal Kombat).
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
