Soundwave on 28 October 2014
N64 had the better Nintendo games. It just felt like every N64 effort they were going all out, whereas with the GameCube games it felt like to me like they were sick of working on Mario/Zelda/etc.
Plus GoldenEye and all the Rare stuff.
The only GCN game from Nintendo that IMO elevated itself to "god tier" like Mario 64, Zelda: OoT, and GoldenEye was Metroid Prime. Everything else was a clear notch below this top tier level.
I think a lot of GameCube games were dissapointingly rushed to market too -- Mario Sunshine was a buggy mess with camera issues and problems with its later levels, Wind Waker they admit they have to cut out dungeons to make its release date, Double Dash had the fewest Mario Kart tracks to race on, etc.
