I've fallen out of love with the Gamecube over time despite it being my first console as a kid, mostly because I've come to see how Nintendo rushed so many of its biggest games to market when they needed more time in development, and because I'd rather play many of its best games in their Wii rereleases like the 2 Primes and RE4. But Rogue Leader and Melee remain my favorite games of that generation by far, and the Gamecube controller is by far my favorite traditional controller, while the OG XBox controller is the worst controller I've ever used. The 360 controller was such a huge improvement. I've beaten Halo 1 and 2 on PC and didn't think they were all that special even with mouse controls. Halo 3 is the only game in the series that was truly great in my opinion. So there isn't much in the XBox lineup that's for me outside of KOTR and the racing franchises like PGR and Forza.
On the graphics side, while the XBox is technically superior, I feel that Gamecube's best graphics have aged a lot better in 2026. Not just Wind Waker, but all 3 RE games, the Prime games, the Rogue Squadron games, the Star Fox games. There are far, far fewer Xbox games that hold up in the same way today compared to Gamecube.
The one thing XBox absolutely destroys Gamecube in is online play, and that is so huge that it actually makes me hesitant to call the Gamecube the better console despite my finding the Gamecube to be superior in every other category.
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