My best memories of the Gen were always when I felt like I was playing something that was new. If I had another Gamecube-like System I would have never felt that gaming was new.
Best memories = Many Wii games.
Wii Sports_Using the Motion controls for the 1st time felt amazing and made me think "This is really cool"
Super Paper Mario_Using Motion controls to use Tippi was hard for me at 1st. I didn't understand it. The odd part was instead of making me mad I was interested.
Super Mario Galaxy_ I used to think the whole upside down gravity thing was ausome and somehow made me happy.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl_The Multi-Player in that game is one of the best ever made IMO...playing with Olimar for the 1st time was great.
Mario Kart Wii_After playing with Motion controls for nearly a year, I thought Motion controls would never surprise me again. I was wrong, driving with the Wii Wheel made me feel like I was in an arcade...felt great.
Wii Fit_I remember playing Wii Fit with my family. I thought it was so cool that a game could know if your actually doing the workout or just pretending to.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii_Playing with family was endless fun.
Too bad that NSMBW is my last great memory of this Gen. There are some other good ones but not great.
I think I will always remember this Gen as the Gen that showed game developers that taking risks and being unique can benefit you. I am happy that with each new Gen we will no longer see just a visual upgrade but new ways to play too. It opened up new possibilities for the future that got kick-started by the DS and Wii. I don't think gaming will ever be the same which IMO is a good thing. This Gen was kind of the start of a new era in gaming. The bad thing though is that it had to start somewhere and since it started with this Gen it had loads of potential that was wasted and kind of just showed us a sneak peak into the future.
