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J_Allard on 06 December 2012
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Veknoid_Outcast said:
J_Allard said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
J_Allard said:
If you don't care for Nintendo titles then the N64 lineup was pretty "pitiful".

I don't mean to be annoying, but here goes:

[long list of first, second, and third party titles]

There are more, but I only listed games I've played.

That's not a pitiful line-up.


Maybe you missed the part where I said if you don't enjoy Nintendo franchises?

Rareware was more than enough for me to love my N64 but the 3rd party lineup on the console was pretty terrible.

I suppose we are at an impasse, since you do not recognize any of the third party gems I listed as good games.

I will say this: the N64 library would be lackluster indeed if the contributions from Nintendo and Rare did not exist. But they DO exist, and it is they that push N64 over the top. If someone doesn't enjoy Nintendo franchises, then maybe video games aren't the right medium for that person.

Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda are two of the founding fathers of modern video gaming; almost all modern games owe something to them. Games like Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Mario 64, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time are consistently named to top 10 lists, by fans and by critics. If you do not care for platform and action-adventure games (which includes Kirby, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong), you have RPGs (Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Pokemon), sports (Wii Sports, Punch-Out!!), life simulation (Animal Crossing), real-time strategy (Pikmin), racing (Mario Kart), fighting (Super Smash Bros.), shooter (Star Fox, Kid Icarus), puzzle (Brain Age, Dr. Mario), party game (Mario Party, Nintendo Land, WarioWare).


Never said none of those 3rd party games are good. Just seems weird to quote a post where I say someone who isn't a fan of Nintendo franchises might not have liked the N64... with a long list of games that include tons of Nintendo franchises.

LOL @ the idea that someone needs to stop playing games if they don't enjoy Nintendo franchises. Nintendo lost me at the transition to 3D. Doesn't make me any less of a gamer. And now it's been almost 2 decades since and they're yet to bring me back. The closest has been NSMB, which is basically old school Mario goodness in multiplayer form.  Don't care for most of those franchises you listed either.