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.