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LightningStrikes posted...

Absolutely, and even then you could say the NES, PS1, and PS2 were also breaking into the mainstream before the Wii.

Sure the Wii was a huge moment but so was the Switch. There are lots of people who have only ever owned a Switch as well, especially those who got one in the pandemic.

The things you can say for the Wii are that it codified Nintendos plans to not go all in power, it normalised releasing old games on modern consoles, and motion controls are here to stay, albeit as a minor feature. None of that quite adds up to Rushmore worthy. It was also amusingly I think the first home console with wifi capabilities out of the box as the OG Xbox 360 didnt have it, but nobody is touting the Wii as the most important online console.

Lets be real though: the SNES is an absolute pretender to the throne here. No reason to vote for it at all other than nostalgia, sure it had a great library but so do all of these except the NES. Honestly even the N64 has a place above the SNES due to its importance in the shift to 3D.

Anyway, the 360 is a system I never even owned but should absolutely be on here because of how important it was to modern gaming, especially with its use of online features. Its the base of all current consoles, were all basically playing Xbox 360s now.

Wii was a cultural moment. Don't you remember hearing about nursing homes with Wiis because they could play Wii Sports? Do you remember how much of a flop Wii U was?

Switch is obviously "better" than Wii but it does not have the impact that Wii did. It should be on the Rushmore for the same reason it's NES over SNES and PS1 over PS2 (though that one is much more debatable).

Atari 2600 is also an easy choice because, prior to the NES, it defined home console gaming at the dawn of home console gaming.