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Least favorite?

NES 16 2.50%
 
SNES 45 7.03%
 
N64 39 6.09%
 
GCN 66 10.31%
 
Wii 196 30.63%
 
Gameboy 17 2.66%
 
Gameboy Color 15 2.34%
 
Gameboy Advance 16 2.50%
 
DS 11 1.72%
 
Virtual Boy 219 34.22%
 
Total:640
snyps on 31 March 2013
Michael-5 said:
snyps said:
Michael-5 said:

Really Wii is wining?

I voted NES because Virtual Boy would have been too easy of an answer. Gamecube was my second choice.

NES was before my time, and looking at it, I think most of the games sucked on it. I'm not a fan of 2D Mario's, Metroid 1 can be completed in less then an hour no problem, and nothing really felt like a game as we see it now, but more as a distraction. Plus most NES games had no save function, and while other franchises like Final Fantasy and Zelda were good on the NES (Which had save functions), they got A LOT better with time.

Everything else I loved, especially the GBA/SNES/N64

IMO Wii is winning because it is the object of focus for anti Nintendo folks.  How could an underpowered cheap gimmicky casual device take victory of the 7th gen.  As to metroid 1, if you where an 8 yr with out a strategy guide it would take you weeks.  But hey you had o be there I guess :)

Maybe, but I beat Metroid 1 without a strategy guide in I believe 20-30 minutes when I was 13 and Metroid Prime released (had the GBA-GCN cable, which unlocked Metroid 1 when you own Prime and Fusion). I just don't think Metroid 1 was as good of a game for the time as something like Metroid Prime/Super/Fusion were. Plus the GBA/GCN/Wii saw two Metroid games, not just one.

Also I love Zelda's for NES, especially Zelda 2. I think they are highlights for the system. This I agree with, I had to be there for because I really love the GB/GBC Zelda's and if I were to play them now, I wouldn't show the same affection.

The biggest problem with the NES for me was the no save options. Since I came to the NES after the fact, that standard in gaming also became my standard and it's hard to live without.

Also compared to other systems, I don't think NES games aged well (specifically because of the lack of a good story and memory). RPG's primed on the SNES and PS1, and N64 has a lot of great party games. I mean I beat Chrono Trigger in 2003, and it's one of my favorite games ever. 2 generations later and nearly a decade and it's my favorite RPG ever. I just can't picture a NES game ever doing that to me, I can't see anything pre 1990 hooking me like a good SNES/PS1 RPG. Heck I'm pretty hooked on Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and that's originally a 1994 Sega CD game right?


I don't like story in my games.  Unless its abstract like metroid 1 where everything you do tells the story.  My mind creates it's own.



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S.Peelman on 31 March 2013
oniyide said:
S.Peelman said:
Otakumegane said:
GB Color. It was my 1st Nintendo handheld but is was basically just a Gameboy redesign.

I only had Pokemon Silver for it anyways.

That is because it's literally a GameBoy redesign .

I'd argue that GBC is to GB as DSi is to DS.

and you would be wrong as the GBC had games made specifically for it that could not be played on a regular gameboy. DS and DSi had no such issues. 

Yes, they did. Less, but they still had games not compatible with one another. Not even counting DSi-ware.



Jumpin on 31 March 2013
Mummelmann said:
Jumpin said:
Mummelmann said:
Jumpin said:
Gamecube was factually the worst Nintendo home console.

The only reason SNES and Wii are ahead are because they're answering this as a "Which console kicked your favourite console's ass the worst" poll.

Not sure if you can count virtual boy any more than Nintendo Game and Watch. First of all, Virtual Boy was only ever launched in 2 or 3 countries, so it is more along the lines of the N64 DD.


I love that people are disarming everyone who voted for the Wii as "immature" or "people angry that it was market leader". There are people who have legitimate aguments for why its their least favourite, its an edgy thing for better and for worse and it tried to take and even took gaming in a new direction. Radical products will gain followers who love them to bits and they will be shunned by people who aren't particular that the radical direction it takes.

Please stop labelling everyone who doesn't share your opinion as morons or childish, it is by far the most childish thing going on in this thread.

Either you are responding to the wrong post, or you REALLY need to lay off the crank.


Ehrm, no? Try again. You just said so yourself in the post I quoted that the reason why the Wii was ahead was that people were somehow only voting for it because it kicked other consoles asses and others have stated that people voting Wii are immature. How is that so hard to comprehend?

"Comprehend?" That word:

It's clear that anyone with basic language skills, and an IQ above 70, can logically deduce that "The only reason SNES and Wii are ahead are because they're answering this as a "Which console kicked your favourite console's ass the worst" poll." is not the eqyuivalent of "labelling everyone who doesn't share your opinion as morons or childish,"



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Mummelmann on 31 March 2013

You're implying that anyone voting for SNES or Wii are doing out of some sort of spite as opposed to legitimate reasons that are properly argued, yet you fail to adress the fact that a lot of people are seemingly voting Virtual Boy despite never even having seen one in their entire lives. You are saying that all the Wii and SNES votes are to be disregarded because they are made by fanboys who don't like that they beat Sega and Sony. Or what they hell else would one take from that sentence?

By the way, your argumentation skills won't appear very impressive if you resort to insults, internet memes and branding. You did at least call me a moron right now. Why don't you get your act together and start behaving like one of those reasonable and intelligent beings you purport to be? I'm pretty sure a lot of people would have reported you for that post.



S.T.A.G.E. on 31 March 2013
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I am a core gamer so that makes the Wii the worst.

That doesn't necessarily follow. I'm a core gamer too, but I'll take the Wii over the Gamecube any day.


Eternal Darkness

MGS Twin Snakes

Killer 7

Star Wars Rogue Leader

Re remakes

Re Zero

Metroid Prime 

Beyond Good and Evil

Mario Party

Waverace

Fzero

...dude...I could go on and on about this.

It was the core Nintendo console. It didnt have as many hits as the N64....but in library quality it was more powerful than the Wii ever was in the quality that was there in all. The gamecube was a victim of a childish image that has always plagued Nintendo and Nintendos disc choice which carried less on it than the PS2 and Xbox warding third parties mostly away. You might have liked the Wii more, but compared to the Gamecube its library was disaster. Gamecube used no gimmicks and might  have been held back by its childish lunchbox design but it profited. Nintendos consoles are always affordable to make, but bthe Wii U was the least affordable.

Mario Galaxy 1 & 2

Xenoblade Chronicles

Metroid Prime 3

Zelda Skyward Sword

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Monster Hunter Tri

Sin & Punishment 2

Dude, I could go on and on as well. The Wii's library handily beats the GCN's. As a core gamer, I sunk easily twice as much gaming time into my Wii as my GCN, simply because there were more quality games.


Those were great games but I was talking about the library. The majority of the Wii's library was terrible and the gamecubes librarand the y like the N64 was small compared to their respective playstations but they stood proud. When I was younger the N64 was the flawless core Nintendo console and even that wasnt as successful but it sold a little bit more than the Gamecube. The biggest breath of fresh air to the Wii lineup was xenoblade chronicles but again I already played Xenosaga on the Playstation so when they were actually selling well. No doubt the Wii had a handful of good games though.

I maintain that in terms of the number of high quality games, the Wii offered more than the GCN for me. I grew up with SNES myself, which was amazing, then moved onto the N64, which was a step down, but still excellent. The GCN really rubbed me the wrong way, as Nintendo's first party efforts on it were mostly subpar, but the Wii was a return to form for me, raising Nintendo's first party offerings back to the level seen on SNES and N64.


I agree to disagree. I think the GC had a better overall library and the Wii U will have a more dominant core library as well compared to the Wii.



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oniyide on 31 March 2013
S.Peelman said:
oniyide said:
S.Peelman said:
Otakumegane said:
GB Color. It was my 1st Nintendo handheld but is was basically just a Gameboy redesign.

I only had Pokemon Silver for it anyways.

That is because it's literally a GameBoy redesign .

I'd argue that GBC is to GB as DSi is to DS.

and you would be wrong as the GBC had games made specifically for it that could not be played on a regular gameboy. DS and DSi had no such issues. 

Yes, they did. Less, but they still had games not compatible with one another. Not even counting DSi-ware.

Im not talking the DL stuff, what physical retail DS game did not work with all DS systems?



oniyide on 31 March 2013

LOL at Mike 5 and Synps for ignorance and lack of reading the actual OP.

It clearly says what system you've owned and you picked NES anyway and dare complain about people picking Wii with nothing to dispute them with. Fail

Synps how about you have an actual argument with some points instead of resorting to fanboy conspiracies. Its pathetic. People got bored, were let down or flat out didnt like the Wii, deal with it.



Aj_habfan on 31 March 2013
Jumpin said:

"Comprehend?" That word:

 

It's clear that anyone with basic language skills, and an IQ above 70, can logically deduce that "The only reason SNES and Wii are ahead are because they're answering this as a "Which console kicked your favourite console's ass the worst" poll." is not the eqyuivalent of "labelling everyone who doesn't share your opinion as morons or childish,"


You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you?



S.Peelman on 31 March 2013
oniyide said:
S.Peelman said:

Yes, they did. Less, but they still had games not compatible with one another. Not even counting DSi-ware.

Im not talking the DL stuff, what physical retail DS game did not work with all DS systems?

Every DS game that used an accessoiry through the GBA slot is not compatible with the DSi. So this rules out a bunch of Guitar Heroes and the DS MP3-Player (yes, that exists) at least. Pretty sure there's more too.

The other way around this happens too, there were games that used some of the DSi's features DS didn't have, such as the two camera's and the advanced internet features. Those games weren't compatible with the regular DS. Don't know any names.

The GameBoy Color had exclusive games that couldn't be played on GameBoy yes, but a lot (if not most) of the GameBoy Color games could be played in black-and-white on the original GameBoy. So, while it was more common to have compatibility issues between GB/GBC the same thing exists on DS/DSi too. I guess the reason a lot of people seem to think GB and GBC are different consoles is because the latter has a very obvious additional feature over the GB, the colour-screen, while the additional features of the DSi aren't so obvious to the naked eye.



Michael-5 on 31 March 2013
snyps said:

I don't like story in my games.  Unless its abstract like metroid 1 where everything you do tells the story.  My mind creates it's own.

Well then NES excells for you , but I still think a game like Metroid Prime did a much better job for the time then Metroid. If you don't read the lores, you can basically ignore the story in MP, but the atmosphere and erie music make this game phenominal. You never get that feeling of isolation in Metroid, but in Metroid Prime you do.



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