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Yeah, 98 was epic. 2008 is a little bleh for the Wii so far. Brawl and Kart are awesome, but I'm left wanting more. Let's see was Ninty has for E3. I know 09 will be a sick year for the Wii.



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MANUELF said:
Onyxmeth said:
Here's important releases from 1998-Bolded have become legendary in their respective areas
N64
1080 Snowboarding
Banjo-Kazooie
F-Zero X
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Party
NFL Blitz

Space Station Silicon Valley
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
WCW/NWO: Revenge
Sega Saturn
Burning Rangers
Magic Knight Rayearth
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Radiant Silvergun

Shining Force III
PSOne
Brave Fencer Musashi
Bust-A-Groove
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Einhander
Hot Shots Golf
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gran Turismo

Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Parasite Eve
Resident Evil 2
Spyro the Dragon
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Tales of Destiny
Tekken 3
Tenchu
Xenogears
PC (I'm not the most familiar person with PC gaming so someone can add to this if I missed anything)
Half-Life
StarCraft
Grim Fandango
Rainbow Six

Thief: The Deadly Project
Baldur's Gate
Fallout 2
Raiload Tycoon II
Unreal
Might and Magic VI
Game Boy/Game Boy Color (I can't find a list of GBC/GB games from 1998, so anyone else please add on)
Pokemon Red/Blue
Arcade (Yup arcades were still pumping out awesomeness back then)
The House of the Dead 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Dance Dance Revolution
I don't see how this year could be better than 1998. Most of the best from this year are just sequels of the games from 1998. Look at how many oiginal titles there wee back then and now look at how many are simply evolutionary sequels. 1998 wins!

1998 Win, the original Pokemon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything else

 

wow I forgott about that,  yeah, I guess 98 was a great year, but this year could stand as one of the best then



Personally, I'm going to say no. Every year sees some great games released, and there will always be those that claim each new year to be the best year in gaming. I don't think 2008 will live upto expectations. GTA4 was great, MGS4 is awesome and while Brawl and Kart Wii hold their own for the wii, and we have Starcraft 2 and Spore for the PC, there is not much else. 07 Bombarded us with hit after hit after hit, it doesn't look like 2008 will be able to reproduce that (particularly with FF13, GT5, Alan Wake and other titles being pushed to 09).

1998 is still the best though, with 2007 a close second.



Seems like 2008 is almost all sequels, many from that 1998 year. This year has and will be a great year, but nothing can really compare to how gaming evolved that year.



http://kotaku.com/5020519/youre-not-getting-starcraft-for-christmas

Looks like Starcraft 2 won't come out this year :( And with Guild Wars 2 and Dragon Age probably joining SC2, then it's unlikely 2008 will be the greatest year of gaming... oh well, there's always 2009.



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1998 wins, 2008 will be a close second.



 

it definetly has a great chance of taking the #1 spot.



                                     

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Well so far this year I've enjoyed

Lost Odyssey
Ninja Gaiden 2
GTA4
MGS4


And yet to be released I'll be buying

Soul Calibur 4
Gears 2
Fable 2
Infinite Undiscovery
Too Human
Little Big Planet
Tales Of Vesperia
The Last Remnant
Resi 5
Dead Space
Banjo Kazooie 3

So yeah I'd probably say yes best year ever!



Sluta tjata om Dragon Age. Vi vet inte ett skit om det och det är 0 chans att det kommer i år.



Onyxmeth said:

Here's important releases from 1998-Bolded have become legendary in their respective areas

N64

1080 Snowboarding
Banjo-Kazooie
F-Zero X
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Party
NFL Blitz

Space Station Silicon Valley
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
WCW/NWO: Revenge

Sega Saturn

Burning Rangers
Magic Knight Rayearth
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Radiant Silvergun

Shining Force III

PSOne

Brave Fencer Musashi
Bust-A-Groove
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Einhander
Hot Shots Golf
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gran Turismo

Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Parasite Eve
Resident Evil 2
Spyro the Dragon
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Tales of Destiny
Tekken 3
Tenchu
Xenogears

PC (I'm not the most familiar person with PC gaming so someone can add to this if I missed anything)

Half-Life
StarCraft
Grim Fandango
Rainbow Six

Thief: The Deadly Project
Baldur's Gate
Fallout 2
Raiload Tycoon II
Unreal
Might and Magic VI

Game Boy/Game Boy Color (I can't find a list of GBC/GB games from 1998, so anyone else please add on)

Pokemon Red/Blue

Arcade (Yup arcades were still pumping out awesomeness back then)

The House of the Dead 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Dance Dance Revolution

I don't see how this year could be better than 1998. Most of the best from this year are just sequels of the games from 1998. Look at how many oiginal titles there wee back then and now look at how many are simply evolutionary sequels. 1998 wins!

 

After looking at 1998 list i wonder how the hell some people think 2007 was best year for gaming? Grand Theft Auto, Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life sequals are still the best games in their genere.