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GBA 43 35.83%
 
Gamecube 77 64.17%
 
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sethnintendo on 15 February 2015

Why do you have to pick between them? I have the GBA player for my GC.



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OfficerRaichu15 on 15 February 2015

gcn due to metroid prime alone sealed it for me



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zippy on 15 February 2015

Gamecube, it was the place to go for survival horror, with top class Resident Evil games and the quite sublime Eternal Darkness. Wind Waker, Sunshine, Wave Race and Paper Mario TYD weren't too shabby either. It also had the brilliant Donkey Konga, god i loved that game at family get togethers.



curl-6 on 15 February 2015

I have to vote Gamecube by default, as I never owned a GBA. Until a few weeks ago, I'd never owned a portable, ever.



Metallox on 15 February 2015

GameCube has many of my favorite video games, as I never owned a Game Boy Advanced, so...

Until some days ago, the only games I had play for the GBA were Metroid Fusion and Dragon Ball GT. Fusion is pretty cool, although nothing mind blowing for me, GT... meh. I started recently with Fire Emblem though (not Sacred Stones) and it's really good, I'm starting to understand those ones that don't like Awakening, it's very inferior to this title.



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Uabit on 15 February 2015

Gamecube for sure my favorite console of all time. it was powerful, it had the best controller back then (wich inspired after X360's controller, and XOne's controller that are the best ones right now), and it had games i loved like Resident evil 4 (much better version than the one for the ps2), smash bros melee, zelda twilight princess and so.



~Zero on 15 February 2015

I'll go with GameCube. While GBA had a wider library of games, the GC is the home of many masterpieces, such as Metroid Prime and Wind Waker.

Honestly, there wasn't any game I've played on my GBA that made me say "Wow". There were some really good games there, but nothing that stood out.



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Maraccuda on 16 February 2015

Really tough choice for me.
I loved them both but had fewer games on my GBA, plus I had more multiplayer fun on GC.

So I choose Gamecube.



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I3LuEI3omI3eR on 19 February 2015

Hmm REALLY Tough. I have to break it down towards my Favorite games for each console:

Game Boy Advance

  • 1. Fire Emblem
  • 2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords
  • 3. Metroid Fushion
  • 4. Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
  • 5. Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
  • 6. Pokémon Leafgreen
  • 7. Metroid Zero Mission
  • 8. Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2
  • 9. Mega Man and Bass
  • 10. Fire Emblem: The Scared Stones
  • 11. Mario Kart: Super Curcuit

VS.

Nintendo Gamecube

  • 1. Resident Evil 4
  • 2. Resident Evil Remake
  • 3. Metroid Prime
  • 4. Phantasy Star Online Episodes I&II
  • 5. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  • 6. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
  • 7. James Bond 007: Nightfire (a blast with friends)
  • 8. MVP Baseball 2005
  • 9. Megaman Anniversity Collection
  • 10. James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
  • 11. Mario Party 7
  1.  DRAW betweeb Fire Emblem and Resident Evil 4 (really having a hard time deciding which one I enjoyed more)
  2.  ALTTP WINS against the RE remake
  3.  Metroid Fushion LOSES to Metroid Prime
  4.  DRAW between SMA2:SMW and PSO I&II
  5.  Minish Cap WINS against Windwaker for me (hit me anywhere but in the face guys )
  6.  Pokémon Leafgreen WINS against Fire Emblem:POR (Nostalgia rules all)
  7.  Zero Mission LOSES to 007:Nightfire
  8.  SMA:SMB2 LOSES against MVP Baseball 2005 (best baseball game of all time IMHO).
  9.  Megaman and Bass LOSES against Megaman Anniversity Collection
  10.  Fire Emblem:SS WINS against 007:EoN
  11.  MK:SC LOSES against MP7

GBA:4 NGC:5 DRAWS:2

Gamecube wins!



S.Peelman on 19 February 2015

Tough choice, both were low points for me.

I'll say GameCube is better though, because even though Nintendo blew it with all these, Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine and Double Dash still easily beat Minish Cap and Super Circuit on top of the Lack of a new Mario game. GBA had Yoshi's Island though, which is better than all aforementioned games combined, along with an excellent A Link to the Past, but I can't really justify prefering a system of ports over one that actually had enjoyable newcomers like Luigi's Mansion.

Granted, the GBA has gotten a little more credit in my book because back when it was relevant, I missed Metroid Fusion and Fire Emblem. After having played them on 3DS I realize they are amazing games and I missed out on a lot. Maybe it wasn't all bad, and I just didn't want to see it.

As it stands though, GameCube over these two.