Was the SNES era the peak of Nintendo software development?

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The NES was the the peak for Nintendo home consoles. 

In terms of sales?  The most dominant console on the market.  It had even more market share than the PS2 did in it's glory days.  In terms of creativity?  Most of the big first party titles started on the NES.  Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Punch Out, Kirby, etc... all started on the NES.  Even Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem started on the Famicom, but those franchises didn't leave Japan until the GBA.  In terms of software development?  The NES games felt a lot more solid and amazing when they were first released compared to the SNES versions.  Given the SNES versions were really good too, but don't match the design quality of the NES games.

Where the SNES shines is that it's games have aged better, especially to younger people were don't remember the NES too well.  I can understand that the NES graphics seem dated and the gameplay is perhaps too challenging.  To someone like me the SNES games feel too easy, but since games as a whole have gotten easier, the SNES is more accessible to younger people than the NES is.

Although if you want to talk about Nintendo as a whole, then the DS+Wii were their peak years.  Both handheld and home console were rocking the sales charts.  It's hard to beat that in terms of raw sales.  But the games I like are more like the NES style than either the DS or Wii style.