| Dannythegamer said: Edge Magazine Goty, okay! |
EDGE is one, many, many other sources gave Nintendo multiple GOTYs during this period too ... DKC, Yoshi's Island, Mario 64, GoldenEye, Zelda: OoT is a five year span of games that virtually no publisher can match, oh and on top of that they also created a social phenomenon in Pokemon during that time.
The only reason the N64 did not outsell the SNES and perhaps even the NES was because of the very poor decision to use cartridges only. But Nintendo/Rare themselves were absolutely brilliaint during the era. During this stretch I count no less than 7 games that are pretty much universally regarded as masterpieces today -- Super Metroid, Earthbound, Yoshi's Island, DKC2, Super Mario 64, GoldenEye, Zelda: OoT.
The NES era was a fun time too, but the SNES and N64 is where I think you really see Nintendo's youthful creative 'oomphf' really showcase itself in the most dazzling ways. It's like seeing a tremendous athlete at their absolute peak physically and mentally, still in their 20s.
