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Soundwave on 07 May 2016
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Ganoncrotch said:
NightDragon83 said:
LOL @ '95 being a terrible year for the SNES. Aside from the obvious (Yoshi's Island and DKC2, some of the greatest games not only on the SNES but of all time), the SNES had a TON of big releases that year, many of which were *gasp* THIRD PARTY TITLES!!! I know, shocking to think that at one time nearly all the big third party titles out there were on the SNES.

The SNES started to wane a bit in '96 due to the Saturn and PS1 already out and the N64 on the horizon, but '96 was still a banner year for Nintendo with the likes of Super Mario RPG and DKC3 on the SNES, along with the release of the N64 and games like Mario 64, Wave Race and Pilotwings.

1995 also had the release of Secret of Evermore, just one of the finest games I've played to date, not just.... for the SNES, but RPGs in general, it even went so far to have 4 different currencies in the gaming worlds... I mean sure it's handy for you as a gamer traveling around your game worlds that Gil is accepted around the globe, but really if I drive 100 miles from here I need to convert my Euros to Pounds to be able to spend them.... and that is in a EuroZone country lol.

Evermore also had one of the best magic resource systems I've encountered, not just a simple refillable MP bar but a full list of alchemy ingredients used in different spells, often overlapping in their use so you had to pick if you wanted to use the defence lowering Acid rain or keep onto that water for a vital Healing spell during the fight, Can't recommend playing through Evermore enough, also... the music... wtf so atmospheric, shining gem in the SNES library.

Honestly the 90s were the greatest for Nintendo, none of the years were really that bad. I'd say maybe 1999 was the weakest.

Most of their classic games are born from the 90s. It was also when NOA was miles better than they are today.

All the 90s should be exempt, the 90s was a glorious time to be a Nintendo fan, aside from the N64's droughts because of the stupid cartridge format.

Hate to say it, but the Iwata era (everything 2003 onwards) has been worse, aside from being able to brag about Wii/DS sales for a few years, but that really wasn't worth bragging about because none of those gamers stuck around and were largely interested in turds like Carnival Games or Just Dance or Zumba Fitness.