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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
Moren on 29 March 2013

I'm going to be hanged for this.

For home consoles, the N64.

Sorry, but The Zelda games were far too aged when I played them, Mario Kart was completely broken and Mario 64 had some pretty annoying missions that really took away from the game. Smash Bros. was nothing special since I already played Melee.

Having played the SNES, the games felt far less aged than the N64 games.

For handhelds, GBA. Nintendo had a really weak First Party on this handheld.



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Mummelmann on 29 March 2013
oniyide said:
Mummelmann said:
CDiablo said:
How could anyone vote anything over the Virtual Boy. Poll is either full of idiots, trolls or other systems fanboys.


Alternately, people who never even saw a Virtual Boy in real life. I have literally never even heard of anyone I know even knowing someone who knew someone who actually owned one. Its a really obscure item, among the most obscure in gaming history and is believed to have sold between 500k and one million worldwide. I've never come across anyone who owned a Dreamcast or Sega Saturn either, both of those moved about 10 million units.

Stop making this about fan wars, the Virtual Boy is likely utter crap but why should people vote for things they never tried or even saw just because it offends you personally? Its like me saying that "the Dacia Sandero is my least favourite car of all time, I have never driven one or seen one, but still, I hear its horrible". Should we also downvote movies we heard were shit when we never saw them or even know someone who did?

Get a grip, man.

For me, the N64 is the best console Nintendo ever made, followed by NES, SNES, Gamecube and the handhelds, never liked the handhelds. The Wii is my least favourite of all time, simply because of the direction it took, the lack of proper implementation of the Wii-mote in the vast majority if games, the really weak 3rd party library, the poor hardware, poor connectivity and UI, lack of media functionality, the extreme cost of peripherals and extra controllers, the games that never dropped in price, the lack of catching new IP's for me (Wii series is hardly my avenue). The console itself also remained quite expensive for my taste, considering what one got in the actual bundle.

As for the illusive Virtual Boy, I'm quite sure it was a disaster but I still never played one or even saw one in real life. I strongly doubt that 26 people who voted Virtual Boy has actually tried the thing, given the number of units sold, the number of responses and views on the thread, the number of voters in the poll and the amount of active users and even lurkers with users in here, statistics are very much against it. Voting for something you never tried simply because you've heard that its shit, making it your "least favourite", now that's a whole other kind of silly in my opinion.

ThIS! except for the N64 part, it was good, but SNES takes it for me.


I love Mario Kart on SNES and Super Mario World but it never came close to Super Mario Bros 2 and 3 for me. I also loved some of the RPG's on NES but never established a relation with them on the SNES since I started playing a lot on the PC in the early/mid 90's, I think that's part of the reason why I didn't enjoy the SNES as much as the NES.

The N64 had some incredible games, Mario 64 and the best Mario Kart (imo), Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Starfox, Turok (among my favourite console shooters of all time, such a unique series), Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, the two best Zelda games I ever played and Conker's Bad Fur Day. The big draw for me with the N64 was the stupidly high premium the games and controllers charged, games were about 800-850NOK here, compared to the usual 500-550NOK for a PS title, this still doesn't prevent me from naming the N64 as my favourite Nintendo console and my 3rd fav of all time behind PS2 and PS1. Amazing, amazing machine and I'm one of those fools who actually loved the N64 controller!



curl-6 on 29 March 2013
IsawYoshi said:
I guess I am the only one that loves the Wii -.-

You are not alone! I love my Wii, it's my second favourite console of all time behind the SNES. :)



oniyide on 29 March 2013
Mummelmann said:
oniyide said:
Mummelmann said:
CDiablo said:
How could anyone vote anything over the Virtual Boy. Poll is either full of idiots, trolls or other systems fanboys.


Alternately, people who never even saw a Virtual Boy in real life. I have literally never even heard of anyone I know even knowing someone who knew someone who actually owned one. Its a really obscure item, among the most obscure in gaming history and is believed to have sold between 500k and one million worldwide. I've never come across anyone who owned a Dreamcast or Sega Saturn either, both of those moved about 10 million units.

Stop making this about fan wars, the Virtual Boy is likely utter crap but why should people vote for things they never tried or even saw just because it offends you personally? Its like me saying that "the Dacia Sandero is my least favourite car of all time, I have never driven one or seen one, but still, I hear its horrible". Should we also downvote movies we heard were shit when we never saw them or even know someone who did?

Get a grip, man.

For me, the N64 is the best console Nintendo ever made, followed by NES, SNES, Gamecube and the handhelds, never liked the handhelds. The Wii is my least favourite of all time, simply because of the direction it took, the lack of proper implementation of the Wii-mote in the vast majority if games, the really weak 3rd party library, the poor hardware, poor connectivity and UI, lack of media functionality, the extreme cost of peripherals and extra controllers, the games that never dropped in price, the lack of catching new IP's for me (Wii series is hardly my avenue). The console itself also remained quite expensive for my taste, considering what one got in the actual bundle.

As for the illusive Virtual Boy, I'm quite sure it was a disaster but I still never played one or even saw one in real life. I strongly doubt that 26 people who voted Virtual Boy has actually tried the thing, given the number of units sold, the number of responses and views on the thread, the number of voters in the poll and the amount of active users and even lurkers with users in here, statistics are very much against it. Voting for something you never tried simply because you've heard that its shit, making it your "least favourite", now that's a whole other kind of silly in my opinion.

ThIS! except for the N64 part, it was good, but SNES takes it for me.


I love Mario Kart on SNES and Super Mario World but it never came close to Super Mario Bros 2 and 3 for me. I also loved some of the RPG's on NES but never established a relation with them on the SNES since I started playing a lot on the PC in the early/mid 90's, I think that's part of the reason why I didn't enjoy the SNES as much as the NES.

The N64 had some incredible games, Mario 64 and the best Mario Kart (imo), Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Starfox, Turok (among my favourite console shooters of all time, such a unique series), Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, the two best Zelda games I ever played and Conker's Bad Fur Day. The big draw for me with the N64 was the stupidly high premium the games and controllers charged, games were about 800-850NOK here, compared to the usual 500-550NOK for a PS title, this still doesn't prevent me from naming the N64 as my favourite Nintendo console and my 3rd fav of all time behind PS2 and PS1. Amazing, amazing machine and I'm one of those fools who actually loved the N64 controller!

you wont get any argument from me, N64 kicked all kinds of ass. and nothing touches Mario 3, its kinda pitiful how the recent games arent even close. Never had an issue with the controller myself.



curl-6 on 29 March 2013
morenoingrato said:
 Mario Kart was completely broken 

Thank you!

Honestly, I reckon its a lousy game, the rubber banding is broken beyond forgiveness. Any other game so hideously unfair would get blasted for it.



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bananaking21 on 29 March 2013

i only had 3 nintendo console's, two if you dont count handhelds. while outside of handhelds my least favorite or the one that appeals to me less is the Wii (not counting WiiU) it really doenst appeal to me that much, just barely



Maris on 29 March 2013

Virtual Boy doesn't count, even Nintendo wants people to forget it.

Easily the GameCube for home consoles though. There was an overall drop in quality for their 1st party games, and I couldn't stand what they turned Star Fox into.



cannonballZ on 29 March 2013

For me it was the wii. I'm not a fan of the motion controls. I couldn't see those motion controls being the future of gaming at all. I enjoyed some sport games on wii, and Mario kart was a lot of fun. But when it came to games like call of duty or Zelda, I just didn't like the motion controls. I wasn't too fond of the controls in Super Mario Galaxy either. The only two Zelda games I have never beaten are Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. I stopped playing Twilight Princess half way through. I couldn't take it anymore. And I never even bothered with Skyward Sword because of motion controls. I wish they would have also gave us the option to use a GameCube remote, that would have made a world of difference to me.



BloodyRain on 29 March 2013

I would have to definitely say the wii. Nintendo pretty much lost me with the wii. It's primary function a couple months after I got it, was collecting dust. I've never even seen or used a virtual boy so I can't comment on that one.



oniyide on 29 March 2013
cannonballZ said:
For me it was the wii. I'm not a fan of the motion controls. I couldn't see those motion controls being the future of gaming at all. I enjoyed some sport games on wii, and Mario kart was a lot of fun. But when it came to games like call of duty or Zelda, I just didn't like the motion controls. I wasn't too fond of the controls in Super Mario Galaxy either. The only two Zelda games I have never beaten are Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. I stopped playing Twilight Princess half way through. I couldn't take it anymore. And I never even bothered with Skyward Sword because of motion controls. I wish they would have also gave us the option to use a GameCube remote, that would have made a world of difference to me.

you could have bought the GC version