Just realized that I went with your choices in the exact same spots also....  I swear I didn't copy!  Although I was going to put SNES at number 5 but decided N64 deserves it more due making analog and 4 player gaming popular.

I do like the list, but something doesn't sit well with me with the SNES being on the list. Especially above Gameboy and DS. As a console it didn't touch the industry in the same way the other 4 did.

Although, when thinking of what the SNES did with software, it introduced 24-bit pre-rendered sprites, high quality audioto the gaming world. Of course, it can be said that the N64 was technically a larger jump since it was using a 64-bit cpu (which is absolutely insane, it was likely never even used close to its potential due to various bottlenecks; PCs nowadays still use 64-bit CPUs). What was done on the N64 in terms of software revolutionized 3D gaming and genres such as FPS; the legacy and impact of the N64 is much stronger today than that of the SNES. While the SNES did have a considerably better overall software library, it did not have the same number of huge groundbreaking achievements that the N64 had.

This list is one I agree with 100%, although for different reasons.

agree with you 100% and for the same reason. Don't forget that the list is about the "most important" console... In my top 5 Snes should be there.

lol

As many others said: quote for the truth!

Oh, please.

1. Those were around during the Arcade days as well.

2. PCs had 3D games far before than that. And by going on the 3D craze, developers forgot that some gamers (read: a lot of gamers) abandoned the N64 because there were only 3D games.

3. There was already 2 players split screen, much earlier, so how is it so different to add 2 players more?

4. ZOMG, gaming will change forever because the control shakes!

5. Still to this day, I haven't seen any big impact because a handheld connects to a console.

The Wii isn't inportant because it introduced something new. In fact, it is important because it shows that there is:

1. much more for gaming to expand.

2. That developers were very stupid to abandon old schools games and just go to  Holywood 3D movie crazy games.

So either Nintendo are the least innovative console manufacturers because they use pre-existing ideas as their main selling points or they are the most innovative for setting the trend, you gotta choose one man, because you can't say that the N64 was this and that and then tell me the Wii is innovative even though it took it's main ideas directly from the Dreamcast, the arcade and the PS2.

I also think you might not be serious, if so, then just ignore my post.

No, Im pretty serious. It is because Nintendo thinks they have to always do something new in order to impress us is why they come with thinks like the 3DS's 3D, which actually changes nothing. It is because of inovative and creative ideas we get games like Zelda Spirit tracks (which was a poor Zelda) and Metroid OM. Nintendo should stick with the fundamentals of the series and add more content instead of adding new gimicks.

This thread is arguing what the most important Nintendo consoles are, not what you personally like the most. I think the Gamecube is one of the greatest consoles ever, but it definently doesn't deserve to be on a list of importance. 

I also agree with the whole gimmick thing, Nintendo should just stick to making a good product, instead of a wonky product with a cool gimmick, but that isn't necessarily related to the thread.