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Gametrailers: Top 10 Nintendo Systems
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In my opinion DS and 3DS should be higher than Gameboy.
From a First-Party perspective 3DS would definitely be the top handheld, but DS had way better 3rd-Party-support and more experimental games, so between these two it's a draw for me.
And N64 is really overrated in this list.
From a First-Party perspective 3DS would definitely be the top handheld, but DS had way better 3rd-Party-support and more experimental games, so between these two it's a draw for me.
And N64 is really overrated in this list.
Solid Samus
Banned
always love it when N64 is super high up on these lists
and by love it I mean "don't fucking understand it at all not even a little bit"
it's like when people are listing off the best consoles ever made and dreamcast is #2 or some shit
i mean hey i like my consoles to have games idk
exactly
if it weren't for N64's genre progenitors the thing's library wouldn't even hold a candle against the GBA's lineup of original titles. And that's saying something
and by love it I mean "don't fucking understand it at all not even a little bit"
it's like when people are listing off the best consoles ever made and dreamcast is #2 or some shit
i mean hey i like my consoles to have games idk
exactly
if it weren't for N64's genre progenitors the thing's library wouldn't even hold a candle against the GBA's lineup of original titles. And that's saying something
LegendofLex
Member
I'd rank it pretty differently:
1) NES
2) Wii
3) SNES
4) N64
5) 3DS
6) GB
7) DS
8) Wii U
9) GCN
10) GBA
NES frankly had the best 1st+3rd party lineup overall.
Wii had a ton of games overall, including real gems like Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Xenoblade, and others.
SNES upped the production values but the output wasn't as steady as NES or Wii.
N64 has Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and the last great Rare games.
3DS has some really standout games, but nothing outside of the Zelda remakes that's truly god tier.
GB had great Zelda games and lots of excellent original handheld titles like Pokemon.
DS had a ton of games (like Wii), but they were pretty hit and miss. Great value overall.
Wii U has a really polished lineup, but not enough games.
GCN probably had the most disappointing 1st party lineup (bar Metroid Prime).
GBA had Golden Sun, but otherwise carried too many remakes.
1) NES
2) Wii
3) SNES
4) N64
5) 3DS
6) GB
7) DS
8) Wii U
9) GCN
10) GBA
NES frankly had the best 1st+3rd party lineup overall.
Wii had a ton of games overall, including real gems like Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Xenoblade, and others.
SNES upped the production values but the output wasn't as steady as NES or Wii.
N64 has Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and the last great Rare games.
3DS has some really standout games, but nothing outside of the Zelda remakes that's truly god tier.
GB had great Zelda games and lots of excellent original handheld titles like Pokemon.
DS had a ton of games (like Wii), but they were pretty hit and miss. Great value overall.
Wii U has a really polished lineup, but not enough games.
GCN probably had the most disappointing 1st party lineup (bar Metroid Prime).
GBA had Golden Sun, but otherwise carried too many remakes.
The Castlevania games were cool. Sonic games were nice. I have a pretty sizable GBA collection, so I'd like to know what games you're thinking of.
The GBA had no main Mario game of its own. Instead, it had 4 Super Mario Advance games. All ports. 3 Donkey Kong Country games. A Link to the Past. Kirby's Adventure got a remake. Metroid too. It even had a dedicated line of NES classics. I feel like the GBA lacks an identity of its own. It was a port machine, and I don't see how anyone can deny that.
nephilimdj
Member
1. SNES (100s of quality games)
2.. DS (100s of quality games)
3. NES (100s of quality games)
4. Wii (Homerun with 1st party games, a few quality 3rd exclusives)
5. N64 (Holds its position alone with 1st party, a few quality 3rd exclusives)
6. Gameboy (quality for time, but large amount was shovelware)
7. GBA (even most 1st party games were not that flash, transition from Gameboy to modern handhelds wasnt that kind, makes up in mass amount of games)
8. Gamecube (quality first party and exclusives, limited support after first 3 years from 3rd parties)
9. 3DS (current state of handhelds)
10. Wii U (Nintendo...)
2.. DS (100s of quality games)
3. NES (100s of quality games)
4. Wii (Homerun with 1st party games, a few quality 3rd exclusives)
5. N64 (Holds its position alone with 1st party, a few quality 3rd exclusives)
6. Gameboy (quality for time, but large amount was shovelware)
7. GBA (even most 1st party games were not that flash, transition from Gameboy to modern handhelds wasnt that kind, makes up in mass amount of games)
8. Gamecube (quality first party and exclusives, limited support after first 3 years from 3rd parties)
9. 3DS (current state of handhelds)
10. Wii U (Nintendo...)
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Nintendo showed how 3D games were done on that system.
N64 is actually the best I have but I'm willing to give #1 to snes since I didn't have this one.
Would rank them like this (only console I own included):
8. GameBoy Color
7. GameCube
6. 3DS
5. Wii
4. Wii U
3. DS
2. NES
1. N64
Gtagentleman
Member
Emulators
The Cowboy
Member
I will always put the NES as the number 1 system, be in in a Nintendo only list or any console list - it pretty much saved gaming (plus it had Mario Bros 3 
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Stilton Disco
Member
Putting personal nostalgia to one side, and just considering the number of quality titles from all publishers available, as well as importance to the games industry as a whole, it seems like a pretty accurate list to me.
NotoriousPUG
Member
Wow, othan than maybe the 3DS and Wii U, they got that list absolutely perfect.
WrenchNinja
Member
I'm thinking of Mega Man Zero, Mega Man Battle Network, Astro Boy Omega Factor, Dragon Ball Advance Adventure, etc. There are so many great third party games on the GBA, boiling down the library to "lol NES / SNES ports" is bananas.
It did have a Mario, it was pretty great and a lot better than its sequels, it was called Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror was out for it as well. The Minish Cap was out there too. If you only look at ports, that's all you're going to see.
Solid Samus
Banned
god only knows...
it only has dozens of excellent games which isn't quite enough to equal out to N64's brilliant and incredibly expansive library of warm fuzzy childhood memories
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Listen to Max. He speaks the truth.
Wii U has some of the best first-party software ever released. GB suffers from the same issues as the original NES -- that being, some of its games have not aged very well at all.
Probably the only thing I agree with in this list is SNES being the top system. The amount of first and third party quality games on the system is overwhelming.
Zombie James
Banned
The GBA had three good Metroidvanias (the only Castlevanias's worth playing back then, imho), introduced Advance Wars and WarioWare, it brought Fire Emblem to North America, gave us a new Final Fantasy Tactics, and had that great Astro Boy game. It definitely did have a lot of SNES ports, but I wouldn't call playing some of the best games of all time like FFVI and A Link to the Past on the go as a negative; it was a strength.
The GBA gets no respect.
Shuggananas
Banned
SNES is the best system ever anyway, if you don't count PC
evilromero
Member
I'm actually surprised to see the N64 so high on the list.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Its library is quantity >quality
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Watched the video, they put up a good argument for every console. Although they left out Metroid prime on GameCube lol
I think which console you like the best shows your age. Whatever console you played in middle school is your favorite... SNES here.
I think which console you like the best shows your age. Whatever console you played in middle school is your favorite... SNES here.
Nappuccino
Member
I guess they aren't counting backwards compatibility? I would have thought the WiiU would be higher than that since it's a pretty solid console on it's own and it can play Wii games. (wait, it can, can't it?)
chronic_archaic
Member
Wii was way too low, as was the DS. Both had incredibly diverse libraries and easily bested the GameCube, original Game Boy, and N64. The video seems to acknowledge the innovations of the hardware too, however, in which case, the N64 and Game Boy certainly do have there place. But I really think the GC should be quite low on the list. No major innovations and a software library easily worse than the Wii or DS, both that are incredibly unique hardware wise.
Solid Samus
Banned
I mean, no doubt you don't want to turn this into a list war, because it'd be the most concise way to show how off-base you are here. The GBA had way more quality original titles than you think. Enough to put it over the Wii? Arguably. (not to me personally though)
N64 enjoys a very interesting contrast. It's Nintendo's console that held up the least well and with arguably the poorest library, but many of the games that are often honoured as "Best Game of All Time" happen to be N64 titles. Pretty weird.
These days it's seen under a more critical light, and I think that has a lot to do with the Rare titles simply not being seen as Nintendo games anymore by most. When you take these out, almost everything else has been remade / rebuilt / remastered. Some of the Pokémon games still (and probably always will) remain N64-exclusive, though, and there are a few other (mostly licensed) titles that are very much worth-playing. I remember enjoying a couple Star Wars games.
I prefer the Cube over it though, personally. It's also a case of a platform with a disproportionally big amount of masterpieces among its (relatively) few titles, but in a milder version and with more variety.
These days it's seen under a more critical light, and I think that has a lot to do with the Rare titles simply not being seen as Nintendo games anymore by most. When you take these out, almost everything else has been remade / rebuilt / remastered. Some of the Pokémon games still (and probably always will) remain N64-exclusive, though, and there are a few other (mostly licensed) titles that are very much worth-playing. I remember enjoying a couple Star Wars games.
I prefer the Cube over it though, personally. It's also a case of a platform with a disproportionally big amount of masterpieces among its (relatively) few titles, but in a milder version and with more variety.
WrenchNinja
Member
Seriously. I didn't even own a single port for my GBA. The port criticism is so stupid.
It's a toss up between PS1 and SNES, I won't even argue.
I don't see why they'd rank the N64 so high while the Wii U is last place.
They're in literally the exact same situation. The only good titles are published by Nintendo, and there's not many of them.
I mean, Nintendo screwed up really really badly with the N64 by sticking with cartridges. The third party publishers fled to the Playstation, and the gamers followed them. Nintendo has not been able to recover from this. Even on the Wii very few games aside from first party titles were successful.
The only reasoning I can see for the N64 being high on someone's list is because the titles that were released for it were revolutionary. They shaped the future of gaming, sure, but many of these titles don't hold up very well today.
They're in literally the exact same situation. The only good titles are published by Nintendo, and there's not many of them.
I mean, Nintendo screwed up really really badly with the N64 by sticking with cartridges. The third party publishers fled to the Playstation, and the gamers followed them. Nintendo has not been able to recover from this. Even on the Wii very few games aside from first party titles were successful.
The only reasoning I can see for the N64 being high on someone's list is because the titles that were released for it were revolutionary. They shaped the future of gaming, sure, but many of these titles don't hold up very well today.
Spieler Eins
Member
10. Wii U
9. Game Boy
8. GBA
7. NES
6. N64
5. 3DS
4. Wii
3. Gamecube
2. DS
1. SNES
Admittedly, NES (and to an extend GB) is something I can't really judge fairly.
It's funny how good the DS was, despite Nintendo flagships being weak.
Nah, that would be N64 or GB(A) for me. Fond memories can't mask the low quantity of original quality software retrospectively. Played some SNES as a young kid, but also lots of it much later.
9. Game Boy
8. GBA
7. NES
6. N64
5. 3DS
4. Wii
3. Gamecube
2. DS
1. SNES
Admittedly, NES (and to an extend GB) is something I can't really judge fairly.
It's funny how good the DS was, despite Nintendo flagships being weak.
Nah, that would be N64 or GB(A) for me. Fond memories can't mask the low quantity of original quality software retrospectively. Played some SNES as a young kid, but also lots of it much later.
Those are some great games. Not going to deny that. That said, I don't think it holds a candle to other Nintendo systems. There simply isn't enough on the GBA.
Take the Wii, for instance, which it was being compared to before. Two original Kirby games. Two 3D Mario games. Metroid, Punch-Out, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Rhythm Heaven. All good stuff.
crimzonflame
Member
Not really. The N64 came out while I was in middle school and it was mad garbage that's why I moved onto PlayStation.
nkarafo
Member
Its not a list about which console aged better.
I get what you mean. The comparison is pretty similar to PS1 vs PS2. NES was a period of self-exploration -- its games created entire genres (not to mention franchises) that still serve as the base of many of today's games. They were incredibly risky, unique and different, and they rarely tried to fit in.
SNES is arguably the most refined console of its extended era. Games like Super Metroid or A Link to the Past are considered the pinnacle of gaming, when their NES counterparts aren't nearly as notable. But there's still a certain charm in NES's imperfectness that puts it above, or at least beside SNES.
Fredrik
Member
That list is... Well N64 should be way down on that list at least in my opinion... And 3DS and WiiU are both better than their predecessor for obvious reasons, backwards compatibility, plus Virtual Console.
1. SNES (Super Metroid, Zelda ALTTP, and Konami/Capcom golden era - It's the best 2D console ever, imo)
2. WiiU (backwards compatible with Wii's gigantic VC retro library with C64, TG16, MegaDrive classics plus some great exclusives, honestly the only thing it's really bad at is selling)
3. 3DS (DS backwards-compatibility means it's pretty awesome by default and it has been climbing with every new Pokémon release)
...
8. N64 (some hyped PAL games were almost unplayable because slower speed and low famerates, OoT was like 16fps, can't accept that, but Goldeneye was fun and SM64 defined future gen platforming genre)
1. SNES (Super Metroid, Zelda ALTTP, and Konami/Capcom golden era - It's the best 2D console ever, imo)
2. WiiU (backwards compatible with Wii's gigantic VC retro library with C64, TG16, MegaDrive classics plus some great exclusives, honestly the only thing it's really bad at is selling)
3. 3DS (DS backwards-compatibility means it's pretty awesome by default and it has been climbing with every new Pokémon release)
...
8. N64 (some hyped PAL games were almost unplayable because slower speed and low famerates, OoT was like 16fps, can't accept that, but Goldeneye was fun and SM64 defined future gen platforming genre)
MrCunningham
Member
It was the Rare/ Nintendo machine and little more.
I wouldn't put it as number 2 on my list though.
WrenchNinja
Member
The Wii had great first party support. I would argue the GBA did too with games like Metroid Fusion, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, Golden Sun 1 and 2, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, and the already mentioned games prior. Rhythm Heaven started on the GBA and the GBA had two Warioware games.
So on top of the already solid first party that isn't even including ports, it had third party games to fall back on as well.
evilromero
Member
GameCube is definitely hard to quantify. On the one hand it had plenty of quality software after all was said and done. On the other hand it had less stellar software than the N64 and arguably the Wii. I'd say Melee, Prime and RE4 would top the list for its standout titles.