S.Peelman said:
Going by the ‘one game that is synonymous with the console’;
Atari 2600: Space Invaders
Atari Jaguar: Alien vs. Predator
SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog
SEGA Dreamcast: SoulCalibur
Nintendo NES: Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo SNES: Super Mario World
Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64
Nintendo GameCube: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Nintendo Wii: Wii Sports
Nintendo WiiU: Nintendoland
Nintendo Switch: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo GameBoy: Tetris
Nintendo Virtual Boy: Warioland
Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo 3DS: Super Mario 3D World
Sony PlayStation: Final Fantasy VII
Sony PlayStation 2: Grand Theft Auto 3
Sony PlayStation 3: Uncharted 2
Sony PlayStation 4: Grand Theft Auto 5
XBox: Halo Combat Evolved
XBox 360: Kinect Adventures
Missing, beside non big-5 systems, are the Atari 5200 and 7800 as well as Lynx, SEGA Master System, Saturn and Game Gear, Nintendo GameBoy Advance, Sony PSP and Vita and XBox One. I feel like none of these has a real ‘defining’ game, or at least I can’t think of one. Which speaks to their mediocrity of a lineup. Consequently most of those failed as big sellers. I read that Saturn has a defining game in at least Panzer Dragoon, so I guess I’ll accept that, but I don’t know. Some of the others, WiiU, PS4 and XBox360 have a defining game, though they are disappointing in this role for multiple reasons. A lot of the games are launch (-window) titles, I guess that makes sense.
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wait, PS4's defining game is GTA 5 but Xbox One has no defining game?? Not to mention it's a port from PS3/X360...
