Most loved and most hated consoles?

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1. Gamecube.  Small enough to be easily portable, four player built in which is supported by many games, fast load times, some of the best in genre games for that generation were Nintendo exclusives, brilliant controller.  Recently I got a component cable, and am playing it on an LCD in 16x9 progressive scan.  Huge improvement in graphics.  F-Zero looks next-gen.  If you have a Wii ( I don't) then get the component cables and build a collection of NGC games, you won't regret it.

2. N64

3.  PS2.  For PES only.

BTW lots of posts for DC.  Strange considering it failed badly.

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Nintendo is the last great gaming company left. No offence intended to Sony or MS but they can put huge amounts of money into development etc. from other company sales, not on their own merit.  Where would the xbox be right now without millions from os and office sales. where would the ps3 be without millions from other electronics sales.
Nintendo imo deserves respect for competing in this market, on their own merrit, and not only that but succeeding. They have always taken flack for strong kids titles and hopefully always will. I'm a mario, zelda, and metroid fan and my kids love pokemon.

I think "hardcore" games suck and are no fun. running around like a maniac shooting anything that moves and dying hundreds of times? no thanks.

For his tenth birthday I bought my son a Gamecube.  All his mates had PS2's and Xboxes.  They'd come over just to play Mario Kart 4 player, Super Smash Brothers, Fifa, Warioware, Mario Party, F-Zero GX, Mario tennis..  And then they'd take turns in Resident Evil 4,.  But it wasn't "cool" to have a Gamecube.

IMO games ARE about fun, and competing with REAL friends.  How many FPS's do you need to play in your lifetime?

People say not many third party titles that are any good on Nintendo consoles. Even IF that was true, a Wii or Gamecube has enough AAA Nintendo titles to justify the price of the console.