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curl-6 on 05 December 2024
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Jumpin said:

I’m going to go against the stream, and vote HD.

So, I’ll make it abundantly clear I’m speaking for myself because my opinion is far from what most fans think 😀

I didn’t really start to enjoy Nintendo’s 3D efforts until the Wii. Yeah, Super Mario 64 impressed me, so did Wave Race 64, but I found that wore off quickly. I found myself primarily playing SNES (as far as Nintendo games went) during the N64 era.

Rare, on the other hand: IMO they stole the show on the N64. But Nintendo lost them in the end.

I did enjoy Mario Kart 64 and Lylat Wars, more than the 2D era, but that was it. I didn’t really enjoy the Super Mario series in 3D until Galaxy, and Zelda didn’t happen until the HD era with Breath of the Wild.

On the downside of HD, Nintendo flubbed the Wii U. But not on the software side, what they needed was a great console for that software, and we got it with the Switch. During that generation they developed Xenoblade Chronicles X and Breath of the Wild, which remain two of my favourite games of all time. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe somehow became my most played Mario Kart game of all time on the Switch.

So, IMO, neither transition was perfect. But, speaking for myself, HD is a clear winner.

Interesting to hear from the HD side of the discussion, cheers.

Wii U's first party output did impress me as a whole, even if some stuff like NSMBU or Nintendoland felt a bit too conservative, relative to how ambitious their N64 output was. BOTW and Mario Kart 8 though were top notch, Tropical Freeze while not a technical showpiece was one of the best platformers ever made, Splatoon was a fresh and exciting new IP, and Xenoblade X while it had its flaws delivered one of the most striking open worlds in gaming.

On the N64 side of things, Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and Lylat Wars blew my mind back in the day, more than anything on Wii U sans BOTW and XCX. F-Zero X also deserves a mention for pushing an insanely fast racer at 60fps.