NES was teh first console I have ever played! And Owned! I was little and I saved for years to have it! The Legend of Zelda was magical and it changed the way I looked at the world than Super Mario Bros 3 came along and it sealed the love!

Many yeras passed and I lost contact with gaming in general... then BUM Wii and Mario Galaxy!

I have since than played all MArio/Zelda games, both every Nintendo console and swear to never let Nintendo go again!

Now you play awesome games like God of War. Because now you're cool.

@Topic (thanks for this fun topic):

I started gaming at a very young age, the first games I ever played were Nintendo games, then old PC games. I believe the first game I ever saw in my life was one of Castlevania or Super Mario Bros. At least, it's the first conscious memory of video games I have I think.

Early on I watched my brothers play video games, and on rare occasions I would be included in the party (for example, I was nominated the White Mage in Final Fantasy, we were 4 brothers). I then went on to play more PC games like King's Quest, Pacman, Prince of Persia, Where in Time is Carmen San Diego, and Warcraft II.

I then moved on to Super Nes where my highlights were Final Fantasy II and Donkey Kong Country, among others. In the N64 era, the first time I laid my eyes on Super Mario 64, my gaming world was reinvented. My whole family was intrigued at this new game even though many of them had put video games behind them. Mario was something special, you could move him in all directions, make him run and do pirouettes, slide and tripple-jump.  I will never forget those magical moments. The N64 continued to give, as one of my most beloved gaming experiences was the game OoT. A game where everything and anything felt magical, whimsical. Around that same period I had a taste of the awesome games of Diablo, Starcraft and Diablo II. Other defining moments for me in that period were the 3 playstation final fantasy games, all 3 of them, but especially VII and VIII. These were world-shattering games, and completely revolutionized the series. My next addictions came in the form of Super Smash Bros. Almost all my gamecube years were invested in Super Smash Bros. Melee, I absolutely loved that game. And of course Wind Waker, another masterpiece and precious experience. During this same period I fell in love with Warcraft III and its two intreaguing races. It was around this time that I started getting interested in the Dreamcast and was Sega did for gaming, and picked up a 2nd hand DC with a few great games. In the Wii Era, I had a lot of pleasure from Wii Sports. Once again a game that got my family and I curious in gaming again. The Wii was also a giver with games like Twilight Princess which I thoroughly enjoyed, and Skyward Sword, but the Wii didn't give me as much pleasure as Nintendo's prior systems. My latest big experience has been FFX (which I'm still currently playing), and before that Super SFIV, and I am today enjoying OoT 3D again and Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Fixed. (makes it more easier to misread it as Nintendo-second. XD)

I even had a Mega CD and 32X lol

Wii is still my primary gaming machine, and probably will be for a long time.

I group up with NES and SNES, and was a huge fan, subscribing to Nintendo Power, the works. Never owned a N64 and never touched a GameCube. I thought I would never again pick up a Nintendo product, but Wii drew me back with innovation, style, several killer games and the virtual console.

More recently 360 had taken over as my system of choice, but I picked up a Wii U at Christmas and it has pretty much taken over everything. A barely turn on my PC and my XBox hasn't seen a single power up. My smartphone surfs the net a lot more at home. I can just to 90% of my online activity on Wii U. Having both 3rd party games like COD and 1st party games on one system, being able to surf the net, check facebook or watch youtube all from a tablet-HDTV-suround sound connected setup sitting on my couch is amazing. Having the tablet interface makes going back to XBox almost seem as archaic as going back to SD Wii from HD 360. It's hard to believe, but it feels like that big of a shift in gaming convenience.

I'm a fan of Nintendo. Doesn't mean I don't buy other systems, too (in the last decade I have 2 XBoxes, 2 PS, 2 Nintendos) but I do enjoy the products Nintendo makes. I really enjoy their software. When Nintendo is at their best, few developers can compete. Despite my love of HD visuals, my two favorite games of the last gen are Super Mario Galaxy and Xenoblade. Both are works of art. I expect to enjoy many of their upcoming games.

*Points at name*

... I think thats enough. Oh, and I've had every Nintendo Console since GameBoy Color, I think. (I wasn't alive for the one's before that. If you want, you can blame that on my parents. )

Born in 84, grew up on the nes and snes. was a die hard nintendo fan when I was young. Also had the n64, gaameboy, gameboy color and gameboy advance. Was a hugh mega man fan and owned every one on all of the consoles. mega man 1-6 on the nes and all the mega man x's on snes. I haven't bought a nintendo console since n64. I don't like the direction nintendo is going, especially with the wii u. The tablet controller is a complete turn off for me. I would've prefered a regualr controller with support for all games instead and I probably would've purchased a wii u. I am a xbox supporter, have the xbox 1 and xbox 360 and only spend my gaming time on those consoles.

You do realize that it has a regular controller and that is what I use for COD, right?  I could use it also for the multiplats like Batman and Assassin's Creed, too, but I prefer the Gamepad for those, since the stereo sound and other little touches add to the experience.