They were outstanding and revolutionary games for their time.
Who knows how they were able to so spectacularly ruin it on 360.
Everything from character, storyline, mechanics, lighting issues, the list goes on.
If they could recapture the essence of the n64 games and bring them to the new generation, we'd have something.
Yeah I remember the exact moment I knew it would suck. I was watching an interview with the developers and they were answering fan submitted questions; you could tell right away that they were screwed.
Fan question:
"Will the game have the Cerebral Bore?"
Dev:
"uh..no"
Fan question:
"Will the game have the Razor Wind?"
Dev:
"uh..no"
On and on like that for the whole Q/A. Everything the fans wanted wasn't in the game. They took a comic book based game and turned it into a bland shooter. I hate to say "realistic shooter" because it really wasn't but it lacked all the tech/enemies that were so awesome from the previous games/comics.