30th April 2004, 6:27 PM
Yes, when you compare them with Nintendo's usual high standards. Instead of a new Mario game at system launch we got Luigi's Mansion which is arguably their worst launch title ever, and 1080 Avalanche was surpassed by snowboarding games from other studios. Now I love Mario Sunshine and actually prefer it over Mario 64 because of it's higher difficulty, tighter controls, and superior level design (though apparently I'm in the minority in liking Sunshine more than M64), and I also think that Wind Waker is an incredible game (though I agree it's too easy), so you can't call me a GC-hater. I think that Nintendo as a whole has made more AAA titles in the past three years than they did in the N64's first three years, it's just that some of their titles having been especially lacking. I suppose with so much good there's bound to be some subpar bad ones, but still.