Stu's Nintendo Appreciation Thread

[Perfect Stu]

I believe my aunt gave my father and I an NES back in 87 or 88. The first games I remember playing were 'Super Mario Bros.' (naturally) and 'Baseball Stars' (my favourite baseball game ever to this day). I also remember games like 'Burger Time', 'Donkey Kong Jr.' and one of my all time favourites 'Super Mario Bros. 3'. Oh, and 'Excitebike!' Another classic. Nintendo soon became the only name in videogames for me. A year after SNES was released, I was asking my parents for one. Some of my favourites were Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country (and 2), NHL 94 and Super Mario Kart. Nintendo was still the ONLY name in videogames in my mind. When the N64 was released, I naturally stuck with Nintendo. My friend had a Playstation, and at first I shunned away from liking it because it simply wasn't 'Nintendo' (fanboy? :eek: ). N64 was home to a number of great titles like Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Starfox 64, and Mario Kart 64. Playstation stunned me in the late 90's with games like Metal Gear Solid and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (although N64 did receive ports later). When the PS2 was given to me as a gift at its launch, I still considered myself a mostly-Nintendo guy. I was still planning on buying Nintendo's 'Gamecube', and would perceive that to be my primary console. PS2 simply won me over by the time GC was released, and I didn't see any reason to buy one (and I still don't to this day. part of the reason for that is me buying an XBox instead).

Simply put, I respect Nintendo a LOT. They are the team behind a lot of the best games I've ever played, and they turned me into a gamer. I do believe they've either lost strides in recent years, or haven't stepped up to the level of competition, but I still keep an open mind for the future.

[Jonbo298]

With the "stingy bastard" already gone, Nintendo will now at least compete with other companies. Last gen. and most of this gen. (at least the first year or so) has been Nintendo just laying back and not doing much. Now at least they've said they will take a more aggressive stance next gen. which hopefully turns into more of listening to the consumer/gamer and not some stingy bastard (former president of Nintendo (I think) if you don't know who I mean already). But meh, I'm not giving up hope on Nintendo until they leave altogether, which ain't happening anytime soon.

[Joeiss]

Holy shyte, Stu. That sounds identicle to me. I was a big Nintendo fanboy up until July of 2001. On June 30, 2001, I won a PS2 at a golf tournament (it was a random drawing, not a reflection on my golf game ). I rented NBA Street, and received GT3 for my birthday. Since then, I was hooked on PS2.

I also had it in my mind that I would buy a GCN at launch. But when the time came around, and there was no Mario for GCN, I declined to buy it.

It is funny though. I wonder if I didn't win the PS2, I would probably have a GCN, and think that it is the best system in the world! LOL.

[Bond]

This seems a lot like crossover stories... sniffle... sniffle...

Anyway.

I also used to be a Nintendo fanboy. I owned both a NES and SNES and loved them to death. They have so many great games and were truly great consoles. But instead of buying a Nintendo64, I opted for a Playstation. To this day I think that was the better choice. My friend had a Nintendo64, which I could always play Goldeneye on, while I had my Playstation with all of the great RPGs of the time. After I had so much fun with the Playstation, I thought I was bound to get a Playstation 2. But after several bad decisions by Sony (It's a long story), I decided to hold off for a GameCube or Xbox. I eventually decided on an Xbox and was very happy with my choice. I have also owned a GameCube for about a year now.

It's always interesting to see how people first got involved with gaming, and what system they support then, and what system they support now. Maybe we're not so different afterall.

[DarkMaster]

back in the day, I was a Sega man. Genesis was king in my mind, so many memories. I'd always want to play some of the games on SNES though, like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and other awesomeness. But Sonic's hold was just too strong, and I held on to genesis, until PSX came out. I believe at this time PSX was 1 or 2 years old, and the N64 had just came out a few months ago. I was strongly considering getting a N64 (it was near christmas, and I was comtemplating on which new system to get). My friend already had one and I remember being amazed with Mario 64 and Starfox 64. At this time, I really didn't know anything about the Playstation, so I never really paid much attention to it. But then, one day, on a boring November afternoon, I was watching TV and suddenly I saw something I'll never forget.

It was the commercial for Final Fantasy VII. I swear, I almost pissed my pants. I was absolutely astounded. At this time I didn't even know the Final Fantasy series existed, nor did I care for RPGs, but there was something about that commercial that just made me go insane. I had to have it, and seeing that Playstation logo come on at the end of the commercial was the buying point for my PSX.

I got my PSX for Christmas, along with FF7, I played for hours on end and I was amazed all the way through. My first FF game, my first RPG, it was like a revolution in my gaming life. Over the years after that, I paid less and less attention to the N64. Zelda: OoT came out and I was astonished once again. I ended up buying an N64 just for that game. A few years later, I sold the N64 and grew more fond of my PSX goodness.

I had some good times with my PSX, and the announcement of the PS2 made me go crazy. Before PS2, there was Dreamcast, and playing the Japanese Sonic Adventures at my local EB made me fall in love with Sega once again. The time came for DC release, and I had no money. Everytime I got money, I ended up spending it, and eventually the DC passed out of my mind. It came the time for PS2's release, and my parents offered to help me pay for it. I purchased it the first day it came out, I was actually the first person in the city to have bought a PS2 (there were others who illegally bought it earlier, but they can rot in hell). I bought The Summoner along with it, and needless to say, it was crap on a disc.

The years went by, so many great games came out for PS2, I loved it. Then Gamecube came out, and at first I didn't plan on purchasing it, nor did I want the Xbox. By the time it was my birthday, I had decided to get a GCN (dont ask me why, I just did) and I was moderately happy with my Super Smash Bros.: Melee.

To this day, I've had amazing experiences with some of the games on PS2, while on GCN I've had some truly good times.

[Crash]

i'm still a huge nintendo fan, i have 2 gamecube's, and my playstation only acts as a dvd player, not gameplayer.... the strange thing is, the xbox seems to be my multiplayer choice... how weird, i always though nintendo would be.

i was dying in love with the 64. mario 64 was a gift from god, then mario kart... WOW.... eventually, i later bought a PS1, and got FF7..... i thought the game sucked, but continued to play it... it has become my all time fav game.... wierd!!!!

[Jason1]

I started at a very young age, as a nintendo man, as did most everybody back then. I played a lot on the NES, my first memory of it being Super Mario Bros of course, but some others including Zelda(even though I had no Idea how to play it at the time, I remember liking the opening music), and Super Mario Bros 3, my favorite game for the system. Later on, my cousin had a Genesis, and I had a helluva time playing that at his house. A little later on, He got that fancy Sega Channel, and thats when I knew I had to get me one of these suckers. I had sega channel for probably well over a year, then the N64 came out, and after playing it at a local store, I knew I had to get one, even if it meant ditching the Sega Channel(which I loved dearly). I did finally get one in 1997. (thats right, I have never owned a Super NES) Super Mario Kart and Super Mario 64(my first 2 games for the system) seemed so amazing at the time, they put Nintendo at my No. 1 spot, for good. And that position was later on stuck with super glue, after playing the greatest game ever, OOT. I never forgot how much fun I had on the Genesis, and thats what made me pick up a Dreamcast far after its prime in early 2001. I loved it while it lasted. Crazy taxi, Sonic Adventure, Jet Grind Radio...Sega still knows what they are doing, and I still loved them. Dont get me wrong, I played some PSX in my day, and I liked certain things(MGS, Silent Hill), but It never had the charm or pure fun of either Sega's or Nintendo's games. Thats why Ive remained loyal to nintendo, and in a slightly lesser stance, Sega.

[GameKinG]

Well, if you got anything out of them, its your liking of games (initially).

[Stonecutter]

I was a HUGE nintendo fan in the NES/SNES days. I got the n64 because of pilotwings and mario 64 and I still have it. As much as I enjoyed n64 I got so tired of the delays I began to start thinking about getting a playstation.

then....

Originally posted by DarkMaster

It was the commercial for Final Fantasy VII. I swear, I almost pissed my pants. I was absolutely astounded. At this time I didn't even know the Final Fantasy series existed, nor did I care for RPGs, but there was something about that commercial that just made me go insane. I had to have it, and seeing that Playstation logo come on at the end of the commercial was the buying point for my PSX.

Unlike DM, I LOVED FFVI on snes. I bought a psx because of that commerical. I wasn't let down by FFVII. I really wanted a ps2 around launch (madden) but when I didn't get one the first few months after launch I started looking at the cube/box.

I didn't like xbox, so I went back to cube/ps2 and I started thinking to myself that I'm really going to want to play the new mario and zelda games that are going to come soon enough. After seeing the SWRS2 videos I knew I had to have a cube. I got mine on lauch day.

I knew I still wanted to pick up another system and for a long time I thought that would be a ps2 but when my friend got xbox and I started playing halo and prg I began to waver.

Then I saw panzer dragoon orta. Way way back before I even had a psx I used to go to toys r us for the sole purpose of playing the panzer dragoon zwei demo. I fell in love with that game but I never got a saturn (thank god.) The fact that I could get a chance to play a PD game again on a system that I already hdd some interest in made me switch from ps2 to xbox as my second system and I picked up my box last august.

My nintendo discontent began long ago but now that I have an xbox and have seen how much ms has done and how they've actually made an effort i've become very, very bitter towards nintendo.

[Yoda9864]

Yeah, I have an NES and SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA. I have always been a bit biased toward Nintendo just because I like their games better. I'm not a big fanboy, I just love Nintendo's games.
I was seriously considering getting a PS1, I loved a lot of games on it. But in the end, I just loved more games on the N64.
This generation, I decided not to get a new console. I weighed my options, GC, PS2, Xbox, and Pc. I opted for a PC because I like the multiplayer options better, I like the games and because it would be more useful to me in the future. I'll tell you what though, I will miss my Samus, Link, and Mario.

[Dyne]

Funny most of us started the same, but look where we've all ended up.

Alright, let me be honest, since you guys have. I never liked Sony that much from the beginning. They sounded like the antagonist of the gaming world, and they had nintendo's balls with the game rights AND the SNES sound chip production. I only read bad stuff about them. It wasn't propaganda, it was the truth. Nintendo had to struggle with them the whole generation. When I learned they finally took the last chance to show the SNES CD rom at E3 one year, and brought the Super FX chip instead, and Sony announced that new platform, I backed off. I didn't want any part of it. I can say N64 wasn't the console it shouldn't have been, but it was great by my standards. God, so many goldeneye memories. I started to resent sony. Since square had created different games on it, I finally concluded to check it out. I played FFs on my friend's playstation. Not too long ago I bought the PSone, and Chrono Cross, and the two Final Fantasies. (and Suikoden), and I have to admit they made a good console. So I proceeded to the PS2, but unfortunately, I had nothing but bad experiences. It was first gen, FFX/MGS2/GTA3 weren't out yet, the games were alright, the system acted up horribly, and when I talked to the Sony reps, of course they treated me like ****. That was it for me. I swore it off, got Gamecube the next christmas, and here I am. Bought XBox. I'm close to buying another PS2... the price is reasonable again. Hopefully this time it will be better.

You know, you can't escape being biased. Everyone's biased.. I'm multiplatform and I still have favourites and hates.

[bobcat]

To put a long story short.......

Was a Sega fan (and still am to some extent). I loved Sonic until they got ridiculous with the sequels.

Then picked up a NES, loved it. Still owned all the consoles back then though.

Bought a N64 for $400 (I think) then PSX for $800 argh and a Saturn for $850 (all prices r AUD).

Loved FFVII and Toshinden . Now when I play Toshinden, i realise how much it sucked haha.

Mario 64 was the highlight of that generation IMO.

Now I am a Nintendo fan, simply because I prefer Nintendo's games over the competition. BUT I do love my Ps2 and Xbox (well let's say "like" my XBox). I don't really play it much.

[bobcat]

Originally posted by Dyne

You know, you can't escape being biased. Everyone's biased.. I'm multiplatform and I still have favourites and hates.

That's right. As much as everybody hates to be called a fanboy, we all have preferences.

[The Duggler]

Good to know Stu!

I keep hope that Nintendo will get you back!

As for me, I'll never, ever let Nintendo down, always #1 for me. Just look at that Crystal Chronical movie! :eek:

[DeathsHand]

Ehh my parents bought my brother an NES back when I was a wee baby... But y'know eventually I started playing it and it was jolly and such and we had quite a few games (compared to how many games I had for N64, PSX, PS2, or NGC)... yep... Fun times... It's still one of my fav. systems of all time...
Then I was trying to decide on Genesis or SNES and I got SNES... mazing... LttP = Best Zelda game ever...

But before N64 was released I played RE and Twisted Metal on PSX and I had to have one of my own... My friends told me nooo wait for Nintendo Ultra 64 (which was a highly anticipated thang for me at the time) it will rox ur sox! And I was like no PSX has some uber mega rockin' games... And so I got one... *nods* and eventually I got an N64 after playing Goldeneye at my friend's house... But overall PSX was better than N64 like I thought in the first place... *remembers it's a Nintendo appreciation thread*.. uhh yeah N64 was still good though...

And NGC is ok... Zelda's good, Metroid's good, the RE games are good... a couple other ok games... *ahem* but to end the evening on a high note, Sunday-Monday was my friend's birthday party, and someone brought their NES and such and we stayed up all night playing the ol' NES games... Me and Allen beat TMNT2 using only 1 continue (at the very end, because he died earlier in the game and I died at Shredder) on our very first try... It was quite fun... And tetris, you were there too! And you too Megaman! Ahh *spins around in circles until he faints from the fun and joy of things*