Of course, I make calls on it. it's a phone. I talk several times a day on it. I also watch TV on my TV.

I remember I owned a GC back when it was a current console. My family couldn't afford to get me any console so I actually won the GC on a raffle after a Melee Tournament, lol.

It had some really good games, my personal favorite is Eternal Darkness (a damn shame it isn't on any modern console to this day), one of the best horror games I've ever played along with the REmake which also ranks highly in there. But I do remember that aside from that, it seemed like the PS2 was just the place to be or the "console to have". As someone who loved MGS and the FF titles on the PS1, I dreamed of playing their sequels on the PS2 and I had a blast when I finally did.

Also, GC memory cards sucked!

There isn't a problem or anything wrong with it. But because the GameCube didn't have a DVD player, it didn't get the advantage that the PS2 (or 3) did by getting casual movie watches to buy their device just for that.

Definitely the Star Wars Rogue Squadron games, that texture work and draw distance was damn impressive.

Resident Evil 4, Twilight Princess and the Metroid Prime games had some fantastic levels of detail and texture work.
Metroid Prime definitely had very intricate levels of geometry which made the worlds feel more alive.

I hope they all get remastered/remade for the Switch at some point, I think they have aged really well for 6th generation titles.

Didn't have a thing on Factor 5 (Star Wars: Rogue Squadron)

Yeah I remember being floored by Rogue Squadron II and III back in the day with their high-poly ships, bumpmapping, self-shadowing, tons of light sources, bloom, explosions and debris, volumetric fog, etc.

Have you played/seen Starfox Adventures? It seems to share a lot in common with Conker on Xbox, being made by the same team a few years earlier. had some really great fur shaders and water effects at 60fps.

Another forum I frequent they test the PPS on 6th gen console minus Xbox. I believe Rogue II pushed Gamecube the most at 9 million PPS.

Compared to the PS2 and Xbox, it was seen as the childish, outdated platform. It was a purple lunchbox shaped console with no DVD playback, no online support, and less games than the competition. It didn't help matters that Nintendo took several of their series in unpopular directions either. Wind Waker ended up being a great game, but it was lambasted for its art style upon reveal. Mario Sunshine wasn't as polished as it should've been, F-Zero GX was too fast for some, Star Fox went off the rails, and not everyone was a fan of Pikmin. Really, if it wasn't for Melee and Double Dash, most people would've had no use for a GameCube.

I can't find a source still live today, but I remember reading back in the day that Factor said they hit 20 million polygons per second in Rogue Squadron III.

Maybe untextured and no logic or lighting and such but otherwise no.  Not in-game.