Nintendo's least successful era

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Salnax said:

curl-6 said:

I'd disagree with 1993-1995 being a weak time; these years saw the release of some of the SNES's biggest hits like Donkey Kong Country 1-2, Yoshi's Island, Killer Instinct, etc. DKC1 in particular was one of the biggest games of the 4th generation.

It's hard for me to give Nintendo too much credit for the games developed by a largely autonomous company that they owned only a minority of. Which is why I only briefly mentioned Rare in the 98/99 period. Otherwise, I'd have given more specific shoutouts to Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64.

This is not meant to belittle Rare. They basically bailed out Nintendo for a few years.

I mean Yoshi's Island came out in 1995 from EAD and was the 8th best selling SNES game ever. And regardless of whether Nintendo themselves developed the games in question, they were still major hits on the SNES during this period that kept the console healthy and relevant.

I just don't think it's accurate to call this period their least successful when they were much better off than during the Gamecube or Wii U.