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The Decade of the N64
1up is running a piece looking back at the ten years since the N64's launch. The start of Nintendo's slump, the N64 still managed to come out of the console wars with some great and lasting memories, like GoldenEye, Smash Bros., and Ocarina of Time. From the article: "Nintendo certainly gave players plenty of time to get all 120 stars. By the end of 1996, the N64 still had fewer than a dozen games, and even that anemic library was glutted with mediocrity like Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Cruis'n USA. Sure, there were gems like Mario Kart 64 and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, and there was the stubborn optimism of Nintendo of America President Howard Lincoln (who insisted N64 games sold more than 250,000 per title), but industry commentators were starting to see through the emperor's clothes. Meanwhile, Sony was turning up the heat with massive blockbusters like Final Fantasy VII." The Press the Buttons blog has some additional commentary on Nintendo's first 'meh' console.
It is shocking to think how far Nintendo has fallen since the N64 days. Zelda OOT, Mario 64, GoldenEye were games that even if just one of the existed for the N64 I would have still bought the console and had no regrets.
GameCube was decent.
And now I really don't care at all about the Wii. Just think of how insane a new Mario or Zelda would be on a 25gig disc and hardware as powerful as the PS3. Instead we are supposed to want the stupid pointing thing instead. No thanks.
SNES, N64, GameCube all were consoles that could stand toe to toe with other consoles technologically even though Nintendo never really bragged about the fact.
Fair enough SONY fanboy, you mis your first nintendo,
I'll buy my first. (non potable that is)
Enjoy SONY control over your brain!
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Yaaaaawn. You're all idiots for even considering the article isn't worthless