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derpysquirtle64 on 30 August 2020

PAOerfulone said:

Every video game system, whether it be console ot handheld, has its library of games that everyone remembers fondly enjoying on that system. But I believe there is always that ONE game in particular that serves as THE game on the system. For a multitude of reasons: Quality, sales (software AND hardware), franchise or genre defining, pushing the system to its absolute graphical and technical limits, taking full advantage of the system’s unique hardware or gimmicks (Motion Controls, Touch Screen), etc. Basically, if you think of that system, you think of that game.

For me, personally:

NES - Super Mario Bros.

SNES - Super Mario World

Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog

N64 - Super Mario 64

PS1 - Final Fantasy VII

GB/GBC - Pokémon Red/Blue

PS2 - GTA: San Andreas

GBA - Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

OG Xbox - Halo 2

GameCube - Super Smash Bros. Melee

Wii - Wii Sports

DS - New Super Mario Bros.

360 - Halo 3

PS3 - Last of Us

3DS - Pokémon X/Y

Wii U - Smash 4

XOne - Halo 5

PS4 - Last of Us 2

NSW - Breath of the Wild

I think I'll mostly agree with this list except for WiiU - I would put either Mario Kart 8 or Splatoon here. And Xbox One, which in my opinion doesn't really have "that one" game.

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PAOerfulone on 30 August 2020

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Even though I didn't grow up with all Nintendo hardware before the Super NES, I've been lucky to play what I've come to feel are the defining games for every Nintendo system thus far.

NES:

-Super Mario Bros.

-Super Mario Bros. 3

-The Legend of Zelda

-Metroid

-Duck Hunt

GameBoy:

-Tetris

-Pokemon Red & Blue

-Super Mario Land

-The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

-Wario Land (AKA Super Mario Land 3)

-Kirby's Dreamland 2

Super NES:

-Super Mario World

-Donkey Kong Country 2

-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past

-Star Fox

-Super Metroid

-F-Zero

-EarthBound

Virtual Boy:

-Virtual Boy Wario Land

Nintendo 64:

-Super Mario 64

-Mario Kart 64

-Diddy Kong Racing

-Star Fox 64

-GoldenEye

-F-Zero X

-Banjo-Tooie

-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

-Super Smash Bros.

GameBoy Color:

-Pokemon Gold & Silver

-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

-Wario Land 3

GameBoy Advance:

-Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire

-Super Mario Advance series

-Wario Land 4

-Metroid Fusion

-Golden Sun

-The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

-WarioWare Inc. Mega Microgames

-Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

GameCube:

-Super Smash Bros. Melee

-Metroid Prime 2

-The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

-Pikmin

-F-Zero GX

-The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Nintendo DS:

-Pokemon Diamond & Pearl

-Pokemon Black & White

-The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

-Nintendogs

-Metroid Prime: Hunters

-New Super Mario Bros.

-WarioWare Touched

-Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

-Mario Kart DS

Wii:

-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

-Wii Sports

-Super Mario Galaxy (both of them)

-WarioWare Smooth Moves

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl

-Metroid Prime 3

-Donkey Kong Country Returns

-Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo 3DS:

-Animal Crossing New Leaf

-Pokemon X & Y

-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

-Super Mario 3D Land

-Mario Kart 7

-Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

-The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

-Metroid: Samus Returns

Wii U:

-Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

-Mario Kart 8

-Pikmin 3

-The Wonderful 101

-Super Mario 3D World

-Mario Party 10

-Splatoon

-Xenoblade Chronicles X

Switch:

-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

-Splatoon 2

-Mario Kart 8 DX

-Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

-Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

-Animal Crossing New Horizons

-Pokemon Sword & Shield

-Ring Fit Adventure

-Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

-The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake

-Xenoblade Chronicles 2

-Super Mario Odyssey

That's a whole lot of defining games.

Mario and Rabbids isn't exactly what comes to mind when I think of the Switch, but that's cool.

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PAOerfulone on 30 August 2020

derpysquirtle64 said:

PAOerfulone said:

Every video game system, whether it be console ot handheld, has its library of games that everyone remembers fondly enjoying on that system. But I believe there is always that ONE game in particular that serves as THE game on the system. For a multitude of reasons: Quality, sales (software AND hardware), franchise or genre defining, pushing the system to its absolute graphical and technical limits, taking full advantage of the system’s unique hardware or gimmicks (Motion Controls, Touch Screen), etc. Basically, if you think of that system, you think of that game.

For me, personally:

NES - Super Mario Bros.

SNES - Super Mario World

Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog

N64 - Super Mario 64

PS1 - Final Fantasy VII

GB/GBC - Pokémon Red/Blue

PS2 - GTA: San Andreas

GBA - Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

OG Xbox - Halo 2

GameCube - Super Smash Bros. Melee

Wii - Wii Sports

DS - New Super Mario Bros.

360 - Halo 3

PS3 - Last of Us

3DS - Pokémon X/Y

Wii U - Smash 4

XOne - Halo 5

PS4 - Last of Us 2

NSW - Breath of the Wild

I think I'll mostly agree with this list except for WiiU - I would put either Mario Kart 8 or Splatoon here. And Xbox One, which in my opinion doesn't really have "that one" game.

Can't believe I forgot about Splatoon. That's the ONE saving grace of the Wii U. Maybe I should change my answer.

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SanAndreasX on 30 August 2020

NES: Super Mario Bros 3
SNES: A Link to the Past
Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog
N64: Super Mario 64
PS1: Final Fantasy VII
Saturn: Virtua Fighter 2
PS2: GTA 3
GameCube: Wind Waker
Xbox: Halo
Wii: Wii Sports
PS3: Valkyria Chronicles
360: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Wii U: Super Mario Maker
PS4: God of War
Xbox One: ???
Switch: Breath of the Wild
Game Boy: Pokémon Red/Blue
Game Boy Color: the Oracle games
Game Boy Advance: Metroid: Zero Mission
DS: Pokémon D/S
3DS: A Link Between Worlds

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Pemalite on 30 August 2020

I am only going to list consoles I have actually owned... As these were the games that drew my interest to those platforms and defined the platform for me personally.

Atari 2600. - Space Invaders.
NES. - Super Mario Bros.
Sega Master System. - Sonic the hedgehog.
Super Nintendo. - Donkey Kong Country.
Sega Mega Drive. - Sonic the hedgehog.
Playstation 1. - Final Fantasy 8.
Nintendo 64. - Perfect Dark.
Gameboy/Gameboy Colour. - Pokemon Red/Blue.
Playstation 2. - Grand Theft Auto.
Xbox. - Halo 2.
Nintendo DS. - New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo 3DS. - Mario Kart 7.
Xbox 360. - Halo 3.
Playstation 3. - Uncharted.
Wii. - Super Mario Galaxy.
WiiU. - Breath of the Wild.
Xbox One. - Ori and the will of the wisps.
Nintendo Switch. - Breath of the Wild.
Playstation 4. - The Last of Us Part 2.
PC. - StarCraft.

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PAOerfulone 8 hours ago

Every video game system, whether it be console ot handheld, has its library of games that everyone remembers fondly enjoying on that system. But I believe there is always that ONE game in particular that serves as THE game on the system. For a multitude of reasons: Quality, sales (software AND hardware), franchise or genre defining, pushing the system to its absolute graphical and technical limits, taking full advantage of the system’s unique hardware or gimmicks (Motion Controls, Touch Screen), etc. Basically, if you think of that system, you think of that game.

For me, personally:

NES - The Legend of Zelda

SNES - Zelda: A Link to the Past

Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog

N64 - Paper Mario

PS1 - GTA

GB - Pokemon Red/Blue

GBC - Pokemon Yellow

PS2 - GTA

GBA - Advanced Wars

OG Xbox - Halo

GameCube - Paper Mario TTYD

Wii - Wii Sports

DS - Bowsers Inside Story

360 - Halo Reach

PS3 - god of War 3

3DS - Animal Crossing New Leaf

Wii U - Miiverse

XOne - Gamepass

PS4 - Spiderman

NSW - Metroid Prime 4

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It is hard for me to wrap my head around someone putting Halo 2 ahead of Halo: CE as the defining game of the XB. Halo: CE is a legendary title.
It launched a series that has been huge for nearly 20 years since.

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VAMatt on 30 August 2020

CaptainExplosion said:

Even though I didn't grow up with all Nintendo hardware before the Super NES, I've been lucky to play what I've come to feel are the defining games for every Nintendo system thus far.

NES:

-Super Mario Bros.

-Super Mario Bros. 3

-The Legend of Zelda

-Metroid

-Duck Hunt

GameBoy:

-Tetris

-Pokemon Red & Blue

-Super Mario Land

-The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

-Wario Land (AKA Super Mario Land 3)

-Kirby's Dreamland 2

Super NES:

-Super Mario World

-Donkey Kong Country 2

-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past

-Star Fox

-Super Metroid

-F-Zero

-EarthBound

Virtual Boy:

-Virtual Boy Wario Land

Nintendo 64:

-Super Mario 64

-Mario Kart 64

-Diddy Kong Racing

-Star Fox 64

-GoldenEye

-F-Zero X

-Banjo-Tooie

-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

-Super Smash Bros.

GameBoy Color:

-Pokemon Gold & Silver

-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

-Wario Land 3

GameBoy Advance:

-Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire

-Super Mario Advance series

-Wario Land 4

-Metroid Fusion

-Golden Sun

-The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

-WarioWare Inc. Mega Microgames

-Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

GameCube:

-Super Smash Bros. Melee

-Metroid Prime 2

-The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

-Pikmin

-F-Zero GX

-The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Nintendo DS:

-Pokemon Diamond & Pearl

-Pokemon Black & White

-The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

-Nintendogs

-Metroid Prime: Hunters

-New Super Mario Bros.

-WarioWare Touched

-Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

-Mario Kart DS

Wii:

-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

-Wii Sports

-Super Mario Galaxy (both of them)

-WarioWare Smooth Moves

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl

-Metroid Prime 3

-Donkey Kong Country Returns

-Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo 3DS:

-Animal Crossing New Leaf

-Pokemon X & Y

-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

-Super Mario 3D Land

-Mario Kart 7

-Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

-The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

-Metroid: Samus Returns

Wii U:

-Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

-Mario Kart 8

-Pikmin 3

-The Wonderful 101

-Super Mario 3D World

-Mario Party 10

-Splatoon

-Xenoblade Chronicles X

Switch:

-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

-Splatoon 2

-Mario Kart 8 DX

-Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

-Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

-Animal Crossing New Horizons

-Pokemon Sword & Shield

-Ring Fit Adventure

-Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

-The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake

-Xenoblade Chronicles 2

-Super Mario Odyssey

Those are mostly great games. But, you can't really have more than one "defining" game for a system. That's just not possible with the definition of defining that we are using here. I guess I can see where you might have 2-3 way tie on a system or two. But, you've tossed out the spirit of the exercise here.

I'd like to see your list narrowed to 1 game per system.

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Jpcc86 on 30 August 2020

Going by the "If you think about that system, you think about that game" premise:

NES: Super Mario Bros (Tho SMB3 would fit too)
SNES: Chrono Trigger
N64: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
GC: Metroid Prime
Wii: SM Galaxy
WiiU: Mario Kart 8
Switch: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Gameboy: Pokemon Red/Blue
Gameboy Color: Pokemon Silver/Gold
Gameboy Advanced: Golden Sun
NDS: New Super Mario Bros
N3DS: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
PS1: Final Fantasy VII
PS2: Final Fantasy XII
PS3: Uncharted 2.
PS4: Bloodborne
PSP: FF7: Crisis Core
XBOX: Halo: Combat Evolved
XBOX360: Gears of Wars
XBOXONE: Wouldnt know. GOW4 I guess.

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