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S.Peelman said:
curl-6 said:

Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. Coming after the N64, GCN was a real letdown for me; several of their flagship first party franchises nosedived in quality, while the decline and subsequent absence of Rare left a gaping hole. To go from Starfox 64 to Adventures, Mario 64 to Sunshine, and Ocarina of Time to Wind Waker was a bitter experience.

Yep, exactly that. I experienced similar disappointment and thoughts. I doubt we're alone. Personally I'd even include Mario Kart in that list, but that's probably an unpopular opinion, and I admit there was a different family-situation surrounding Mario Kart 64, which gives me a bias towards the 64 game.

GCN had much more worth while third party support than N64 though (Symphonia, RE4, Baten Kaitos, Timesplitters, REmake, RE0 etc...) and the are superior additions in other games like Paper Mario:TTYD, Animal Crossing, Melee, F-Zero, Metroid Prime etc... as well as additions like Pikmin

Imo if you look at both N64 and GCN overall the latter was better the former just has the luxury of having a ground breaking position which helps elevate its status.