I am pretty happy with my Cube. Thing is, though, I made three impulse buys simply cause they were cheap. These games are Rogue leader for $29, Nightfire for $60, XG3 for $60 (all prices Australian). While I loved Rogue Leader, the replay of getting gold is too hard, and I hardly play it. I finished Nightfire in 2 days, and it's the same problem with RL with all the medals. XG3, whilst a great racer, is very short. I'm on the 500G class, and I can't get past even bloody Crystalaria cause the AI is even worse than Mario Kart 64. So while these games are good in their respective genres, they were a bit to quick.
The two other games I have are Etrenal Darkness and Harry Potter. These games have been infinitely more enjoyable than the above three, simply cause they are adventure games. And I love adventure games more than arcade space shooters, future racers (looking forward to F-Zero), 1st person shooters, even platformers. Which is why I want Zelda more that Metroid. Because not only will it bring me that epic feel back (Potter was tooooooo short, ED is not epic enough cause all the environments are indoors). Right now, I'm depending on Zelda to fulfil my needs until the next Zelda, or even Gamecube 2.
That said, I know now that I love Zelda games more than any other exploration/adventure game. Zelda is all I need.
I remember when I had my N64, I was only allowed a game on my birthday and for christmas. And because of this, I had to choose my games wisely, or else I had to wait another 6 months until another choice could be made. And I did choose wisely. Mario 64, Ocarina, Majora, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and Diddy Kong Racing. PD wasn't that good, and Goldeneye went by pretty quick, but I was very suprised at how much I loved DKR. The characters were charming, the tracks were fun, and the music was soooooooooooooooooooooooo catchy, I had put in the cheat so I could listen to the music over and over again.
Sorry to be a bit off topic, but out happiness with our Gamecube (and N64) depends on the games we have after all. And if Nintendo can make another platformer/kart racer with music as catchy as Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and Diddy Kong Racing, only then can I truly say good riddance Rareware.
EDIT: Which reminds me. Does anybody know if there's a site where you can download music rips from Diddy Kong Racing? Just mentioning it above made me think back to the tune to Walrus Cove. Ohhhhh, sooo catchy.