| Leynos said: Final Fantasy & Dragon Quest. It made Famicom the number one system in Japan and FF esp helped popularize RPGs in the west. (not to the extent of FF7 that came years later tho). I do want to give a shoutout to Capcom tho with Mega Man. Konami with Castlevania. Tecmo with Ninja Gaiden. Series that defined third party hits like no other before it. Franchises that are still around. Even if some began in arcades like Ninja Gaiden or Haunted Castle. They were defined on NES. Final Fantasy tho is one of the earlier examples of other companies chasing that success. SEGA created Phantasy Star. Master System also got Miracle Warriors. Square helped define SNES as a RPG powerhouse. They don't get there without Final Fantasy and DQ. Now DQ wasn't popular in the west. Nintendo Power gave away the game for free. In Japan it became the most popular series there. |
Can't argue with this. Final Fantasy in especial, it gave a Crown of RPG king for SNES!
Looking all these games, you can't help but notice how the N64 let its partners down...
Final Fantasy VII–IX, Castlevania: SotN, Mega Man X4–X6, and many others...
The very partners that had cemented Nintendo's success also helped PlayStation to crush the N64 and become the first +100M console. Sticking with cartridges and passing production costs on to partners was one of the biggest mistakes ever made in the industry...
