What is your favourite Nintendo series?

[Prowler]

Despite there being a Nintendo thread already, it doesn't have such a poll, so I figured no harm could come out of making one.

Well, hard for me to decide. But it's either Mario or Zelda. Smash Bros. and F-Zero come close.

[Icebot]

My favorite is the Mario Bros. So many awesome games! My second favorite is Donkey Kong.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Icebot

My favorite is the Mario Bros. So many awesome games! My second favorite is Sonic The Hedgehog.

U wot m8

[shuriken]

Gotta go with Smash brothers. It takes elements from some of the best Nintendo series and puts them in death matches. Fantastic

[Icebot]

Originally Posted by Prowler

U wot m8

Sorry, I meant Donkey Kong.

[Mew]

Smash Bros. Excellent games.

[Etsyturtle2]

SMB. But only games labeled as part of the Super Mario Bros. series. The platformers, not the spinoffs.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

That's a hard choice, Zelda, Mario, Star Fox, Donkey Kong, all so great. Very hard choice...

[Cipher]

Pokemon (which I play competitively when I have time--VGC), followed by Mario and Zelda in that order.

[Wesley]

My favourite is Pokemon, though I think the series started to go downhill after gen 5. Runner up is Super Mario Bros, though I lost interest in the series years ago. I'm not a big fan of the other franchises.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Wesley

My favourite is Pokemon, though I think the series started to go downhill after gen 5. Runner up is Super Mario Bros, though I lost interest in the series years ago. I'm not a big fan of the other franchises.

Out of curiosity, when did you start losing interest in Mario? Was it any game in specific?

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Out of curiosity, when did you start losing interest in Mario? Was it any game in specific?

I started losing interest in Mario when I played Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii and New Super Mario Bros for the DS. They were boring to me. The last Mario game I played was Bowser's Inside Story.

[The Deadman]

Mario Bros, Donkey Kong Country, Mario Kart all get nods from me. I never really played Zelda or Metroid as a kid so i cant really give an opinion on those.

[Andrew NDB]

Overall? Zelda.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Overall? Zelda.

It's about the games as a whole. But feel free to tell us which series do you think have the better characters, plots, etc.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

It's about the games as a whole. But feel free to tell us which series do you think have the better characters, plots, etc.

Zelda, I'd stick with. Even if the chronology of the games is a mess and there's not much sense of "legacy" to any of it... just perennially new games where a new Link fights Ganon, over and over again but with different gimmicks (he's at sea, now he can change into a wolf, fly around, etc.). Whenever a new one comes out I know I'll be riveted for at least a few days.

Metroid has that sense of legacy, but they're just not quite my cup of tea.

The Mario games are always fun, but as kind of empty-headed material. I'm glad they're out there but I have no interest in playing any more of them.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Zelda, I'd stick with. Even if the chronology of the games is a mess and there's not much sense of "legacy" to any of it... just perennially new games where a new Link fights Ganon, over and over again but with different gimmicks (he's at sea, now he can change into a wolf, etc.).

Metroid has that sense of legacy, but they're just not quite my cup of tea.

The Mario games are always fun, but kind of empty-headed material. I'm glad they're out there but I have no interest in playing any more of them.

I don't like how Nintendo suddenly decided one day that there's a chronology in the Zelda series. I've always viewed each instalment as either an alternative universe/dimension or as a different incarnation.

You have games like Link's Awakening and Majora´s Mask if you want something different(no Zelda or Ganon) in case you don't know, btw.

I haven't played much of Metroid yet, sadly. I got Prime when I was 15-16 or so but didn't get very far in it until i found it boring. I need to give it another try.

Level designs in Mario games will never stop impressing me but I've played so much of those games that they eventually have become quite easy for me and played without thinking much.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I don't like how Nintendo suddenly decided one day that there's a chronology in the Zelda series. I've always viewed each instalment as either an alternative universe/dimension or as a different incarnation.

You have games like Link's Awakening and Majora´s Mask if you want something different(no Zelda or Ganon) in case you don't know, btw.

I've played through Link's Awakening and got stuck somewhere in Majora's Mask. Or just lost interest. Probably lost interest, that game didn't feel much like Zelda.

Yeah, it's a pretty bizarre continuity. It actually makes sense (I even ran a Zelda encyclopedia site that figured it all out long before Nintendo made their official Zelda chronology), but none of that changes the fact that whether you're playing Zelda 3 or Zelda 16, there is really no connective tissue narratively to other games. Each one is so disconnected, except for Zelda II.

I haven't played much of Metroid yet, sadly. I got Prime when I was 15-16 or so but didn't get very far in it until i found it boring. I need to give it another try.

I seem to remember definitely getting stuck in Metroid Prime and getting discouraged. Some reddish fusion room you have to run in and do... something. But I'd die every time from turrets pelting me from everywhere.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I've played through Link's Awakening and got stuck somewhere in Majora's Mask. Or just lost interest. Probably lost interest, that game didn't feel much like Zelda.

Yeah, it's a pretty bizarre continuity. It actually makes sense (I even ran a Zelda encyclopedia site that figured it all out long before Nintendo made their official Zelda chronology), but none of that changes the fact that whether you're playing Zelda 3 or Zelda 16, there is really no connective tissue narratively to other games. Each one is so disconnected, except for Zelda II.

I played some MM as a kid but never got far in it. I guess I'll have to get the 3DS remake then!

Back in the late 90s/early 2000s me and my brother would theorize about the Zelda chronology. At the time there were way less Zeldas than nowadays. Basically my brother said that Ocarina's/Majora's Link was the first one ever and then came ALtttp and then the original Zelda game. At the time none of us had played AoL or the Game Boy games, so he didn't include those.

I actually bought LA's DX version from the eShop yesterday and have cleared the first dungeon of the game a couple of hours ago or so. Let's see how much I like it.

But yeah, Zela's timeline should be nothing but fan theorizing imo. My brother tried to buy that book Nintendo released about it but never got it in the end. Maybe it's for the best.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I seem to remember definitely getting stuck in Metroid Prime and getting discouraged. Some reddish fusion room you have to run in and do... something. But I'd die every time from turrets pelting me from everywhere.

I don't remember exactly where I stopped playing it, but it was fairly early in the game. That part does ring a bell to me.

I just found it boring to scan stuff.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

The Legend of Zelda