Best year for a Nintendo system?

[kenjab]

I'll go old school and say 1987 on the NES (in North America), which claims a number of great games and the debuts of many video game franchises:

Castlevania
Kid Icarus
Metroid
Legend of Zelda
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Mega Man
Double Dribble
Rad Racer
Goonies II
Rygar
Rush'n Attack
Ikari Warriors