My first experience with Nintendo came as child when I first played Donkey Kong in the arcade. This was when arcades were filled with several amazing games but to me, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Donkey Kong were the ones that truely stood out. It was because of the way that it was easy to understand them and you could see the goal, even though it was extremely hard to reach at times. Despite the difficulty, all of them had a great core gameplay mechanic and made you want to put in another quarter after the Game Over screen read. This type of gameplay is still evident in several Nintendo games today and has never stopped. Example: World 9-7 in New Super Mario Bros. Wii might have been a real pain to beat, but it was extremely fun trying to figure out how to pass it. It's about having fun, instead of being just frustrated and not having fun which is the status quo for several games these days.
Since the early days I have owned all of the Nintendo home consoles, bought any game with Mario on it, and defended them through their highs and lows. I have gotten into several arguments with Sega and Sony fans over the years and still sometimes do with Sony fans. :p I have jumped on many Koopas heads, blasted several Metroids with a beam cannon, saved Hyrule numerous times, and have gotten perfect scores in Pilotwings, but the most important thing is the fact that I have always enjoyed myself in Nintendo's worlds and will always come back.
I'm not the type of guy that wears Mario underoos or that collects plushies of Yoshi, but I like to visit their world daily, if only for a brief moment.
Also, GoldenEye is the greatest FPS of all time and was exclusively on a Nintendo system.
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