Board 8 > Best Nintendo Console Day 3

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Eliminated Day 1: N64
Eliminated Day 2: NES
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eww, the nes is top 3 easy
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NES is bottom 2 easy
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The NES is the "Charizard" of Nintendo systems. Nintendo has spent countless years pimping it out to the extreme, way more than their other legacy systems, akin to Game Freak's Charizard favouritism. Inevitably, this kind of overexposure is going to lead to "overrated" claims and disillusionment.

But just like "It's freakin' CHARIZARD"... it's the freakin' NES! While the key games have been re-released ad infinitum (which explains why they're such a weak selling point for Switch Online), many of them are still incredible. They have a lean, distilled type of magic that I don't think gets enough credit these days.

It's my second-favorite Nintendo console library, behind the SNES.
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How is Wii U still alive?
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Anything with a cult following will thrive in this format

as well as a stuffer who enjoys funny results
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LeonhartFour posted...

as well as a stuffer who enjoys trash results

Fixed
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I didn't say they were actually funny

just that the stuffer gets some amusement out of it
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N64 already out, nani tf
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SockoressKnight posted...

How is Wii U still alive?

Going purely off console-specific libraries, I would easily take the Wii U over the OG Wii, and I'd give it a slight edge over the GameCube. Also the Switch, but that one's so young that it isn't really a fair comparison.

The Wii is definitely my least favorite. Casual-fixated Nintendo is the worst Nintendo. So many of their Wii titles have aged like milk.
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The two highest-selling are knocked out in the first three days, huh.

The SNES is a lock for #1, but Melee Machine has an amazing chance for the final poll!
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Ohhh I get it - we're going in reverse order.

Actually I would say:

N64 > GameCube > NES > Switch > SNES > Wii U > Wii

I do like my Melee Machine
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SNES > GameCube > Switch > Wii > U >= N64 > NES

I could see myself bumping Switch to #1 by the end of its lie span, especially with the Trials of Mana announcement
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Y'all are dopes for not liking Wii. You gotta go to the deep cuts to find the best stuff but there's A LOT of em.

What I like about Wii and NES over the others is how much depth there is to the libraries. Like yeah SNES has some seriously amazing all-time classics but most of the rest are just awful. But NES and Wii, I've been collecting for both for years and I can still find great games I've never heard of.
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SNES > NES > N64 > Wii U > GameCube > Wii

Leaving Switch out for now since it's so young.

I would also take the DS and OG Game Boy over all but the SNES. The 3DS, GBA, Virtual Boy and GBC would be below the Wii, in that order.
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loved being in Japan and finding walls good Wii games for cheap at game or electronics stores

and obviously picking up Fatal Frame 4 and Zangeki no Reginleiv

.. meanwhile back home Wii selection shelves were so small even just a few years in
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MrGreenonion posted...

Y'all are dopes for not liking Wii. You gotta go to the deep cuts to find the best stuff but there's A LOT of em.

What I like about Wii and NES over the others is how much depth there is to the libraries. Like yeah SNES has some seriously amazing all-time classics but most of the rest are just awful. But NES and Wii, I've been collecting for both for years and I can still find great games I've never heard of.

The Wii is definitely a system where fortune favors the bold. There's some wild shit beneath the surface; Deadly Creatures, Opoona and The Munchables immediately come to mind.

I tend to prefer crate-digging with the Game Boy and DS, though. Those systems have so many memorable titles that rarely pop up in recommendation threads - especially the Game Boy. It's far deeper than Pokemon, Tetris and Link's Awakening, contrary to what the Internet would have you believe.
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Oh absolutely. I was just talking about home consoles but everything I said about NES and Wii goes double for Game Boy and DS.
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MrGreenonion posted...

Y'all are dopes for not liking Wii

I like the Wii - all Nintendo consoles are great, it's just perhaps the least great.
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jcgamer107 posted...

MrGreenonion posted...

Y'all are dopes for not liking Wii

I like the Wii - all Nintendo consoles are great, it's just perhaps the least great.

Do you put the Wii U above the Wii?

Yes - I was a fan of the gamepad and thought the top-end games were better
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Wii U had amazing controllers and top end games.
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