LogFAQs > #889172315

I'm not entirely sure. I don't think it's all nostalgia (though that's a big element of it), particularly where Sunshine should be nearly as nostalgic (15 years is old enough to warrant nostalgia). I do know that I replayed it and Banjo Kazooie fairly close together a few years ago, and I found that, while BK was objectively the better example of the genre, I walked away from SM64 feeling better about the game than I did with BK. Something about it is just plain fun, in a very subtle, charming way.

Granted, I think part of that is just that SM64 has better credits music than BK, and I often find that has a major impact on my lasting impression of the game (particularly if I don't play much past the credits, since it ends up being one of my last experiences with the game before walking away from it).
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