Despite their detractors, and the mistakes they make, they do create consistently compelling and brilliant games. If you look at the highest rated games of this generation and previous generations, it goes along something like this: Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime, Ocarina of Time...
And even then, many people would argue that Mario 64 is better than Galaxy, Super Metroid is better than Prime, or LttP is better than OOT. Other people would argue the opposite, or say nothing comes close to Yoshi's Island, Super Mario World or Mario Brothers 3. Or that Majora's Mask is the best Zelda game. For that matter, what about Smash Brothers? What about Earthbound? What about Fire Emblem? What about Advance Wars?
I wouldn't say they're the "best". But when it comes to the games I've enjoyed the most, and that have had the most impact on me (despite me owning only two Nintendo home consoles), the majority of them are Nintendo titles.







