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AxemRedRanger posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8249-which-nintendo-console-is-your-all-time-favorite

Gamecube has been neck-and-neck with N64 all three times that poll has run and beaten it twice. I figure N64 most likely wins 1-on-1 just due to it being closer chronologically to the very dominant SNES but it probably wouldnt be by a whole lot, what with SNES and N64 games not looking or playing remotely similarly.

Shouldnt that cement Gamecube as the probable #5 or do people think it loses to the Switch or PS3 or something? If the latter, do they beat N64 too?

Switch would crush Gamecube, and I say this as a guy who loves Gamecube more than any other system.

Gamecube > N64 is possible because N64 has the shallowest library of any Nintendo console. It would need OoT/MM/SM64 nostalgia to carry it anywhere. Is that enough to beat Gamecube's Melee/Prime/WW/ToS nostalgia? Probably.

The issue with Gamecube is that its games were low-key for the most part. People have to stop and think, "Hmm, what was on Gamecube again?" It also doesn't help that the Cube's flagship game (Melee) is basically obsolete at this point.

The only consoles with a shot at beating SNES are PS1/2 and PC. Switch could be a potential darkhorse due to its current popularity, the handheld factor, and the fact that it plays a ton of older games, but I think it would get SFF'd into the ground by SNES in a 1v1.