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Least favorite?

NES 16 2.50%
 
SNES 45 7.03%
 
N64 39 6.09%
 
GCN 66 10.31%
 
Wii 196 30.63%
 
Gameboy 17 2.66%
 
Gameboy Color 15 2.34%
 
Gameboy Advance 16 2.50%
 
DS 11 1.72%
 
Virtual Boy 219 34.22%
 
Total:640

Im gonna be one of the few people that says this: N64. Super Mario 64 did little to me personally, but OoT was a beast. The problem was that for me, there was barely any games that I was interested in. I loved the Playstation much more in that gen, and that was the only time that Sony won me over Nintendo.



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NightDragon83 said:
TheShape31 said:

Gameboy Micro and DS Lite are missing from the list. Both separate models from what's listed.

Virtual Boy shouldn't count since it was discontinued right away. Anyone who picked that copped out.

My choice is Gameboy. Worst screen in the history of electronics. No backlight, and it was almost necessary to use a magnifying accessory. Uncomfortable to hold, and just big and ugly all around.  And I can't remember any worthwhile games outside of Tetris. Worst Nintendo console by far.

Yeah, I can see the longest-lasting Ninty console ever also being the worst.

April fool's!

Oh wait... it's after midnight.  You were being serious, weren't you?

I actually picked that too.  It is just because I don't like handhelds very much though.

If we are really being honest, I would have to say:

1. Virtual Boy (I hardly think it even counts though)
2. Gamecube (As much as I liked it, it belongs here)



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Can't believe the Wii is winning this poll (Virtual Boy doesn't count, not a console, and even so it had a quick death). The Gamecube is by far Nintendo's worst console of all time. The Wii had Syward Sword, 2 great 3D Super Mario games, great comebacks for Donkey Kong, Punch-Out and Kirby, the best Smash Bros, some great innovative motion games like Wii Sport, Mario Party, etc, etc, etc. Not even counting third-party exclusives, the Wii beats the Gamecube handily.



Michael-5 said:
theRepublic said:
Michael-5 said:

Maybe, but I beat Metroid 1 without a strategy guide in I believe 20-30 minutes when I was 13 and Metroid Prime released (had the GBA-GCN cable, which unlocked Metroid 1 when you own Prime and Fusion).

Your first time?  Are you sure you are remembering right?  The best speed runs I could find are right in that 20 - 30 minute range (http://speeddemosarchive.com/Metroid.html).  And that is for people that know exactly what to do.  It is very easy to get lost in that game, so a first time play through would take hours and hours.

I had a map LOL, maybe it was 30-40 minutes, and I skipped a boss, but still.

I dunno, I think NES might have just been before my time. I think a lot of NES games would have made excellent hand held games, and GB ports/sequels are amazing. Link's Awakening, Metroid 2, Wario Land/Super Mario Land, etc. All great. I just need saves in my games, especially for a game as long as Super Mario Bros.

Cheater!

I tried without a map about 3 years ago.  I gave up after a couple hours.  I was so lost.



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For me, it's the DS. I absolutely loved the GBA and was waiting for a successor. But instead, Nintendo gave us the DS. They promised that Game Boy wouldn't die, that DS would be a third console and stuff. But after the success of the DS, they quickly forgot about that. They simply let me down, as I didn't like the concept of the DS at all. I don't want two screens and I don't like touch screens, especially resistent ones with a stylus. I just wanted a GBA with more power, simple as that. I found exactly that in the PSP and since then I fell in love with Sony. I still bought a Wii but barely played with it.

To me, Sony is today what Nintendo was in the 90s. Always releasing new games with fresh ideas while delivering state of the art Technology. That is just exactly what I want and in the end, I don't really care which company delivers. But for the last 8 years, Sony were the ones who gave me constant releases of unique first party titles as well as that 3rd party goodness.



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mutantclown said:

Can't believe the Wii is winning this poll (Virtual Boy doesn't count, not a console, and even so it had a quick death). The Gamecube is by far Nintendo's worst console of all time. The Wii had Syward Sword, 2 great 3D Super Mario games, great comebacks for Donkey Kong, Punch-Out and Kirby, the best Smash Bros, some great innovative motion games like Wii Sport, Mario Party, etc, etc, etc. Not even counting third-party exclusives, the Wii beats the Gamecube handily.

its winning because its most people's LEAST favorite console, that is what the OP asked anyway. Hell for all we know maybe alot of people didnt even own GC which is why they cant vote for it. Not about who beats what.



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curl-6 said:
Michael-5 said:
curl-6 said:


How did I lie?

And I enjoyed many games like structures similar to Adventures, like RARE's N64 collectathons and Zelda. I've also enjoyed many games that deviate from their predecessors, like Resident Evil 4 and Yoshi's Island. I just didn't find Adventures to be well made at all, outside of its flashy graphics.

Did you like Assault or the Original?

I hated Assault, I felt it was too dumbed down, but I liked the original. I wish Starfox 2 had released here.

Assault was really bland and lacklustre to me.

The SNES original is amazing, it's a really underrecognized game in my book. I actually prefer it to Starfox 64.

And Starfox 2 is superb, it's criminal that it was never released. You can find a beta of it ROM online that's playable start to finish, though still a tad buggy.

A lot of Star Fox 2 made it's way into Star Fox 64 I believe, but indeed too bad it was never released. If screenshots are any indication, it would've been the most impressive game graphically on the SNES by a country-mile.

The original Star Fox is terribly hard though, in all those years I haven't even beaten it once while I beat the N64 version like a thousand times ! I agree it's pretty impressive, and I like the first person sections. The game's a lot more intense than 64.

Never tried Adventures, because back when it was released I ignored it on the grounds of it being too different. My cousin got it though, and said it was decent enough. Also comparing it to Zelda usually. Found out that Assault was more traditional so I'm willing to give that game a chance if I could find it. Problem is next to no one bought that game here in Europe so it's quite uncommon now .



I think this is hours-concours for Virtual Boy. Everyone who played that abomination really disliked it.



curl-6 said:
Michael-5 said:
curl-6 said:
Michael-5 said:
curl-6 said:


How did I lie?

And I enjoyed many games like structures similar to Adventures, like RARE's N64 collectathons and Zelda. I've also enjoyed many games that deviate from their predecessors, like Resident Evil 4 and Yoshi's Island. I just didn't find Adventures to be well made at all, outside of its flashy graphics.

Did you like Assault or the Original?

I hated Assault, I felt it was too dumbed down, but I liked the original. I wish Starfox 2 had released here.

Assault was really bland and lacklustre to me.

The SNES original is amazing, it's a really underrecognized game in my book. I actually prefer it to Starfox 64.

And Starfox 2 is superb, it's criminal that it was never released. You can find a beta of it ROM online that's playable start to finish, though still a tad buggy.

I gotta give the originals more of a chance. I played them well after 64, and the simple answer is they are hard. Fun hard though.

I've played Starfox 1 and 2 for the SNES, but never completed either (mostly because 64 is a remake of 1). I should give them a try again.

BTW, I still liked Starfox Adventures. It was different, and one of Rare's last great games.

I played the original on SNES before the N64 even came out. I like its old-school hardness, and that so many little things about it were cooler than SF64; your teammates actually died instead of just dropping out for repairs, making saving them more important. Levels like Macbeth and Fortuna were a lava cave and a varied dinosaur-and-dragon-ruled landscape instead of just a factory planet and a snowball respectively. The music was more epic. Slippy didn't sound so annoying.

I personally see Adventures as the beginning of the end for RARE, but to each their own.

oooo now you want to make me play it more. Maybe I will, SF64 was one of my favorite N64 games.



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