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Blaster Master: Blasting Again Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure Sackboy: A Big Adventure (this one is even worse because how the hell is it not called Little Big Adventure?) I also nominate "Garfield Kart: Furious Racing" because I'm sure they wanted to give it the glorious title of "2 Fat 2 Furious" but then changed it because some fatties complained, I guarantee you that is what happened. what a waste

I need to play DT2 again. Like most, I preferred the first but from what I recall the only reason for that was the DT2 soundtrack not being as good and it was at least on par with the original in every other way. RR2 otoh is easily in the top-10 NES soundtracks for me and possibly top-10 NES games overall. Excellent sequel to the very first game I ever owned

The popularity of Genesis Aladdin is probably why we were denied a masterful Capcom Lion King game. I vote for SNES because of that.

The Super Putty cat sticks out the most I think. Not only because he is far more obnoxious than the Duck Hunt dog but because he pops up to berate you whenever you fail to devour human babies.

N64 = GOAT. Also, PS1 = #2 GOAT so no fanboy loyalty here other than being a generational fanboy perhaps. 5th gen was the sweet spot, immersive 3D gameplay AND retro charm. Has aged better than any other gen for that reason (all the graphical glitches on PS1 do suck though lol). current progress towards the N64 fullset: ---CIB: 149/296 ---box: 177/296 ---manual: 216/296 ---cart: 248/296 Couple more boxes and a Mario Golf cart on the way (which will complete all the 1st party carts)

Everything else from 1996 feels like Battlezone compared to SM64.

FWIW I grew up with NES and SM64 to me was the most significant event in gaming history by a mile. It was like game design evolved 10 years into the future with a single game. There will never be anything like that again. It deserves top spot on the pedestal. Not that I condone paying over $1mil for a piece of plastic wrap. I still think the 9.0 Zelda was sillier. At least this was a legitimate mint game.

About $600 for a nice copy of Zelda with a few dings and $869,400 for a generic thin layer of cellophane. I don't doubt that this has been brought up before, but couldn't someone just buy the factory that produced these seals for about that price? Do I sound bitter?

I would absolutely say that though. To an extreme extent. From an artistic standpoint, the PS1 FFs are among the most beautiful games ever made and blow the rest of the series out of the water imo. Count that as my contribution to the topic.

I doubt PC gaming would have ever become mainstream back then. The prices and setup were even more of a barrier than they are now. Considering Atari, 3D0 and NEC all rushed out their half-baked barely-better-than-SNES hardware to the market right before 1995 I'm not sure they would have been able to get away with launching any more capable hardware soon enough. Maybe NEC could, since PCFX only released in Japan. Presumably the core of the N64 hardware designed by Silicon Graphics would still have existed so whoever would have picked up that tech in Nintendo's absence may have won I'd imagine.

I bought a Panzer Dragoon Saga at launch and for the next 10 years or so I thought it was mindblowing to own a game that actually doubled in value. There have been other things that have gone up more but that one is the most interesting to me since it's the only one to actually go up pre-2008. I didn't keep tabs on prices back then but I don't recall any other game going above the initial retail price, I mean, I'm sure Stadium Events did, but what else?

I think you're in the minority with these two hot takes. The 3DS and Wii U had a good libraries but the fact remains that there was shit for 3rd party support. Nothing like the Switch is seeing. That was in the context of 1st party support. But even then, the 3rd party support is not relevant to me for as long as I can get a better version of every game on Steam or PS4. Something I can't say of 3DS.

I pretty much would echo this take. Switch has been like the console equivalent of a greatest hits album. It appears we've reached a point where there are so many great games, and where the evolution of games has stagnated so much, that a system can go through it's lifespan with almost nothing new on it and still be beloved. Granted, Super Mario Odyssey is my favorite modern-era game and the best thing Nintendo put out since GC, but if not for that one game (which had no reason not to be on Wii U as well other than to force me to buy a Switch) I don't really have much of any reason to own a Switch. I also don't think it sends a good message that Nintendo was punished for the relatively high effort they put into Wii U and rewarded so greatly for their lack of effort here, particularly considering that they don't even have multiple systems to support anymore. Think about that. They had to support both the Wii U and 3DS at the same time and both of them had a more substantial original library than Switch does or probably ever will.

Would be surprised if the Switch port is still worth more than the original a couple years from now. Especially when they are planning another physical port for PS5.

Evil Twin Dreamcast. The price hasn't really gone up much. Typically sells for a little over $100 new yet every time I look it's always $200+ for a used one. For years and years. wtf?