For me it's the gamecube followed closely by the N64.

Now, while these two systems had some of the greatest gems for its time, they were also Nintendo's nightmare to having very few 3rd party games support from companies. This has always been N's problem from since 1995 (Yes, I know the story behind this as well too.) until the Wii put an end to this problem.

Fire away

As much as it pains me to say it, I have to agree with you. The Gamecube was their worst console in terms of appeal and unfortunately, games as well. Obviously there were some real classics (hell, it is home to my favourite game of all time) on the console but as an overall console it just had nothing when compared to the other two on the market at the time.

So when you consider that the Wii was next after the Gamecube and completely turned things around, that's one pretty damn awesome achievement.

But I guess you could also look at the Wii as a double console, obviously because it's a Gamecube as well. I don't know if it is the case or not, but I really hope that at least some of those Wii owners out there are giving some Gamecube games the playtime that they deserve.

Actually I'm going to have to say the Wii.

All I've seen on it so far are sequels that have watered down difficulty and only minor tweaks of their predecessors (Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, the only three games I've really liked on the console), Wii Sports is fun but doesn't really justify the console.....and a bunch of third party shovelware......also, FPS controls are horrible on the thing (with the exception of RE4 and MP3....mainly cuz they aren't traditional FPS fare, unlike the CoD ports and such that are lazily ported to Wii).

Agreed on the Wii software ATM.

It's a seriously poor lineup and I've been thinking I should have bought a 360 instead.

However it should redeem itself with MK Wii, SSBB and Monster HUnter Tri!

The Wii hasn't been out long enough to really make a judgment on it, so that's pretty much right out. The GC was incredibly solid, got a port or two (SOA:L comes to mind) that was simply amazing, had RE4 ('nuff said), and had a bunch of amazingly memorable games. Zelda was fairly good, the N64 Zelda discs were better, MP was quite solid, Eternal Darkness was mind-blowing, SSBM was just plain awesome, Paper Mario, ToS, and there were quite a few games that showed up on all platforms that were quite solid as well.

The N64 was more questionable in my opinion. While the controller was good (in my opinion, since there really wasn't anything like it at the time, and once you got used to it, it was up to the challenge), it obviously wasn't quite as sharp as later controllers. The games ranged from amazing to mediocre, but the amazing ones were truly a step ahead of anything else. Games like the original Paper Mario, Zelda, DK64, M64, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, etc...all were more than worth the price of the system.

Anyone who says anything other than the Virtual Boy is simply wrong. :P

I was going to say the Virtual Boy, actually but I thought it was too obvious.

So I decided to go with a fairer (or perhaps not fairer) choice and one that ultimately, more people would have ended up playing.

I reckon N64, looking back I can play any game on GameCube today and still enjoy it, not many N64 games stand the test of time anymore.

There weren't any other games other than Goldeneye on the N64 anyway, and it's just fine >:(

i'm gonna have to agree with nismo's original though and go the virtual boy, it's one of two visual entertainment items to make my feel physically ill (the other being the film 'Cloverfield')

but, if we're referring to ninty consoles that >10 people have played i'd have to say it's the 64, mainly because of nintoendo choice to use carts over an optical disc medium; the costs to produce the carts is what made alll the 3rd party developers design their games for the psx only (and possibly the dc)

I'm not sure. I loved the N64 to be honest, and I still enjoy playing many N64 games, so in my opinion it's unfair to judge the N64 because of it's technology, because it was actually quite stunning what they achieved with limited technology at the time.
I'd say the Virtual Boy is the most obvious choice, but I've never really played it.

I find it so difficult to make up my mind! >.<