Was 2017 Nintendo's Best Year Ever?

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SegataSanshiro said:
Not if you been alive long enough to see Nintendo in the 80s and early 90s. We remember when we got new IP's of Metroid and Zelda in the same year! 1994 and 1995 were insanely great for SNES.

THIS!

AlfredoTurkey said:
In the 80's, Nintendo's marketshare was over 90% and they were so creative that they were actually INVENTING Mario, Metroid and many of the franchises which we all still play today. So no, 2017 is not their best year. Not by a country mile.

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Shadow1980 said:
Good year? Yes. Best year? Personally, I don't think so. The late 80s & early 90s were consistently strong years for Nintendo. First we saw the NES revitalize the console market and get strong first-party offerings and third-party support, and we saw the Game Boy introduced in 1989 and the SNES in 1991 both with amazing lineups. That was to me Nintendo's golden age. The Switch may very well be their renaissance, though.

YES, YES THIS!!

If you have seen Thor: Ragnarok, then think of that scene where Hela says, "You don't know what the old Odin was like".  If you really think 2017 is their best year ever, then you don't know what old Nintendo was like.  They used to bury their enemies and take no prisoners.  That is because their games were so much better than everyone else's.  On top of that, many people often say, "Do I want a console with Nintendo's 1st party games or another console with with all the great 3rd party games."  The NES was both.  All of the best games were on one console.

People discount how successful the NES was, because they haven't looked at the data carefully.  In the US and Japan, the NES total sales were between PS1 and PS2 once you adjust for population growth.  Only the PS1 and PS2 were selling to people who were already enthusiastic about console gaming.  The NES started with a market that was actively hostile to console gaming and converted the people into enthusiasts.  Take the enthusiasm of the Wii + the staying power of the PS2 and you get the NES.

(And don't get me started on the Gameboy and SNES....)