Which was the best generation

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IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

1. Fifth - Nintendo and Rare goodness
2. Sixth - More Nintendo goodness, the birth of Halo: CE, 3D GTA offering revolutionary open world gameplay
3. Seventh - Vastly expanded online experiences, motion- and touch controls, third party goodness
4. Third - Birth of gaming as we know it
5. Fourth - Greatly expanding on every field where the third generation left off, simulating 3D experiences such as Mario Kart and F-Zero

Though it should be noted that I have far less experience with the fourth generation compared to the others listed.

That's why you don't appreciate the 4th generation. SNES/Genesis were awesome, they perfected and expanded upon so many NES IP's. Zelda on NES was ok, but ALttP and LA were simply amazing. Plus remember, Pokemon is technically a 4th generation game, since it released on the Gameboy, and not the Gameboy Colour.

If I had to order them, I would say

5th - Best Multiplayer (N64), Amazing Single Player (PS1)
4th - Best Single Player (SNES).......spawn of Mario Kart
6th/7th gen - tie (same reasons as you). I like 7th better, but the 6th was more revolutionary (Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, and GBA is probably the best handheld ever)
3rd - Borth of gaming, but most games don't have saves!