1998 is unbeatable as overal gaming years go, but we got the N64 in 1997 in Europe, so we had that list's 1996 N64 games all in 1997 as well. As far as N64 goes, maybe 1997 was the best year. But, 1998 also had Link's Awakening DX. I'd say that, plus Ocarina, plus the other stuff of 1998 still make that year win. It's safe to say though that the Golden Age of gaming was surely 1997-2000.
After that it goes downhill for all of the 6th Gen, but to me Nintendo in particular. After the first couple years into the 6th Gen I basically abandoned Nintendo and console gaming, until the DS got good titles in 2006 and the Wii was released. I'd say 2005 was the low point though, right at the end of a fall that took several long years, and maybe even the worst year ever in gaming in general. Whatever good games the GameCube had were spent by this time and I still had to wait a year before Nintendo found themselves again, and I found new things on the horizon to be exited for.
Best: 1998
Worst: 2005
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