Dumbest/Stupidest/Shittiest/All-around worst Nintendo console

[nodtveidt]

I actually kind of liked Kasumi Ninja... it was quirky as hell and had some pretty stupid control issues, but hearing "Show No Mercy" instead of "Finish Him" was kind of nifty, and finding the *real* final boss was relatively unique in concept. There are obviously MUCH better fighters out there, but it wasn't a total loss... I actually liked it WAY better than that stupid Double Dragon fighter on the same system.

[Arkhan]

You mean Kasumi Ninja?

Yep, that's the train wreck.

trainwreck is an understatement

[DragonmasterDan]

I actually kind of liked Kasumi Ninja... it was quirky as hell and had some pretty stupid control issues, but hearing "Show No Mercy" instead of "Finish Him" was kind of nifty, and finding the *real* final boss was relatively unique in concept. There are obviously MUCH better fighters out there, but it wasn't a total loss... I actually liked it WAY better than that stupid Double Dragon fighter on the same system.

It's nowhere near as bad as "Fight for Life".

A somewhat interesting side story to all of this is a few years ago I was running a Linux User Group, and a guy who was a semi-regular to our meetings showed up with a Jaguar T-shirt, I thought that was kind of unusual and asked him about it.

He was involved in the production of a large number of games for "High Voltage" including "Fight For Life", upon learning this I showed him the Seanbaby site and he was directly involved in the production of several of the games listed as the 20 worst (see link http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/egm.htm ) .

[Opethian]

hah thats a good one DDan (seanbaby link)

[henrycsc]

I'm confused, what's a Nintendo?

[nat]

I haven't looked at this thread in forever, it's great to see the N64 so far ahead in votes than all the others.

[thrush]

I just reread this entire thread.  I really like the variety of view points on here ... I agree with at least one thing everyone has said, and disagree with at least one thing!

About the only thing I want to add to the N64 debate is that I personally have no problem with cartridges (and never have had); that's actually one of the things I liked about the system bitd.  I'll also say that LoZ:OoT was the first 3D game of any kind (including Wolfenstein & Doom) that I completely enjoyed.  Mario 64 just feels empty to me.  But, I do believe the N64 controller is the devil.  Granted, the DC controller & the Wii remote have their problems but they have their good points, too.  I guess I never played enough N64 games to be introduced to its good points.  Just looking at it, it's almost nightmare fuel, like Cthulhu incarnated as an electronic device....  But then I favour simplicity in interface.  My favourite controllers by far are the SNES & Turbo pads tied, with the PS2 in second: all three get the job done with minimum fuss and are easy on my hands & wrists.

What I would really like to know is, what were the thoughts of the people who voted NES or SNES?

I guess I've achieved enough emotional distance from the console wars of yesteryear that I can appreciate just about every older console now ... or maybe it's just a measure of my disappointment with the contemporary offerings, I don't know.  But, I am really happy to say that there is room in my den for the 2600, SMS, NES, & Turbo to sit side-by-side ... once I get together the dough to get all of them, that is.  ^_^

[Mathius]

The N64 controller is one thing I really like about the system. It controls well, and is very comfortable in my hands.

[SuperDeadite]

Honestly speaking the Wii, N64, GC, SNES are all terrible systems with shit games for the most part.
  NES and original Gameboy are the only Nintendo systems to have good quality balanced libraries. 
 Note the keyword "BALANCED."  But N64 is clearly the worst just for the terrible terrible quality video.

[nat]

I agree with this, if we're talking sheer numbers. I think the Wii is a pretty decent system, with a library that is mainly filled with shovelware. That said, it has some great games, but they are few and far between by comparison.

The GC library is even worse. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to come up with even three extraordinary GC games.

The N64 is all this, and built on poorly designed & crippled hardware to boot.

[Mathius]

I don't see how anyone can hate on the SNES. It's a console full of epicness. It even had a pretty decent launch lineup with SMW, Actraiser, Super Castlevania IV, etc.

[SignOfZeta]

I don't see how anyone can hate on the SNES. It's a console full of epicness. It even had a pretty decent launch lineup with SMW, Actraiser, Super Castlevania IV, etc.

Yeah, I don't get it either. There is a lot of that on this forum though.

More importantly, who cares if the system has a lot of shovelware? All that matters are the good games, unless you are some sort of completist nut job, in which case you've got bigger problems.

The NES is swimming in shovelware, yet is the most highly regarded Nintendo system. Why? Because when the fanboys first played it they had not yet developed the high standards they have now. Now they complain about Bratz and Army Men but they let Platoon and M.U.S.C.LE. slide because they were 11 years old at the time.

I've never played a Game Cube game as terrible as Transformers: The Mystery of Convoy. I'm sure there is one, I just haven't played it. Instead I played Killer 7, Luigi's Mansion, Wind Waker, Mystic Heroes, Pikman, Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero,R4: Racing, Gundam: The Ace Pilot, Mario Sunshine, Kinikuman, Bomberman Land 2, Godzilla, PN03, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Super Monkey Ball, Alien Hominid (GC ver. is best), Custom Robo, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Metroid Prime...jezus, even as I type that I find the lost impressive. That's a really good list of games, I left out almost all of the sports and multi-platform stuff.

Never mind the Tom Clancy shit, the EA games, the Barbie stuff, that shit doesn't matter. We'd never let Appare! Gateball or Energy define our perception of the PCE, so why do we fixate on the worst stuff when it comes to the Cube?

[nodtveidt]

We'd never let Appare! Gateball or Energy define our perception of the PCE, so why do we fixate on the worst stuff when it comes to the Cube?

This is so true.

[_joshuaTurbo]

The GC library is even worse. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to come up with even three extraordinary GC games.

I've never played a Game Cube game as terrible as Transformers: The Mystery of Convoy. I'm sure there is one, I just haven't played it. Instead I played Killer 7, Luigi's Mansion, Wind Waker, Mystic Heroes, Pikman, Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero,R4: Racing, Gundam: The Ace Pilot, Mario Sunshine, Kinikuman, Bomberman Land 2, Godzilla, PN03, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Super Monkey Ball, Alien Hominid (GC ver. is best), Custom Robo, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Metroid Prime...jezus, even as I type that I find the lost impressive. That's a really good list of games, I left out almost all of the sports and multi-platform stuff.

Never mind the Tom Clancy shit, the EA games, the Barbie stuff, that shit doesn't matter. We'd never let Appare! Gateball or Energy define our perception of the PCE, so why do we fixate on the worst stuff when it comes to the Cube?

PSO I,II, III - Crystal Chronicles, Four Swords (Link to the Past Arcade), Tales of Symphonia, Skies Legends, Baten Kaitos, Fire Emblem, the only US release of Ikaruga.....

Hell, it even had Metal Gear Solid special edition, another good game.

If I had to rank the Nintendo releases as far as quality libraries, it would look like this:
BEST-
SNES
NES
Wii
GC
N64
WORST
With the GC having a pretty good library, it really makes the N64 look like the useless piece of shit it was...

[SignOfZeta]

I forgot about Pac Man Vs. on GC. That thing is the business. One of the most fun multi-player games I've ever played, right up there with Death Tank Zwei and Saturn Bomberman.