Generation with the most unique/bravest first party Nintendo titles

[Spirit]

Ever hear anyone say "they won't do that again" or "they don't make them like that anymore"?

Well i'm gonna apply this to Nintendo and ask which; console generation had the bravest/most surprising games on it in terms of first party?

I'd say the Gamecube may take it for me just because of Eternal Darkness, an IP Nintendo haven't touched since its release despite how different it was for them to do. Luigi's Mansion was also something we never saw coming, nor did we expect StarFox to rip off Zelda...

But which Nintendo generation strikes you as the bravest and most unique titles to appear on the same console?

 

[DekuNut]

I'll agree with Gamecube. I'll offer in 3D metroid and the very existence of Pikmin - an idea that really shouldn't work but somehow does - as further examples.

 

[the8thark]

Nintendo Switch.
It has Breath of the Wild, ARMS, Mario Odyssey Overcooked, Pokemon Lets Go etc etc. All gutsy efforts that are nothing like the previous games in ths series. Very brave to make all of these games.

Nintendo Entertainment System
Lets see here

• Fat Italian plumber who is addicted to magic mushrooms
• Pink fluffy amobea who eats anything that moves
• Space ship pilot who like to hide her gender from the world
• Child explioted by fate to wear a green tunic and murder in the name of the Triforce
• Boy cupid why collects hearts, without mending them.
• Illegal boxing torurnament. Rule broken - both boxers not in the same weight class.
• Portraying the sport of hunting to children much to young to own to use a gun. Hunting wild ducks

So yeah I think the NES has the most unique titles.

nor did we expect StarFox to rip off Zelda...

Zelda also ripped off Star Fox on the Gamecube too. Remember the boss Gohdan in the Wind Waker. That's a total Andross clone.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

• Pink fluffy amobea who eats anything that moves

series originated on gameboy first actually, unless you wanna factor in the copy ability

 

[the8thark]

series originated on gameboy first actually, unless you wanna factor in the copy ability

That's correct, but that's not why I shared all of that. I'm just saying all those games exist on the NES too. Actually Kirby being pink first happened on the NES so that's somethinf I guess.

 

[Castle]

I was going to suggest N64 for its sheer pioneering spirit, but @the8thark makes an irrefutable point. Ninty was really rolling out the "eclectic" IPs back in the NES days.

Zelda also ripped off Star Fox on the Gamecube too. Remember the boss Gohdan in the Wind Waker. That's a total Andross clone.

But then there was that one time Starfox literally turned into a Zelda game

The Gamecube brought some new IPs into nintendo's lineup. First console for Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing outside of Japan. Mario Sunshine was a refreshing break from Mario 64. While I don't appreciate it, Wind Waker was a notable departure from the Zelda series and Twilight Princess carried on with the edgy tone set by Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask which ninty refuses to acknowledge anymore. The aforementioned Eternal Darkness which ninty refuses to admit exists. And the new Pikmen IP. And the return of Metroid since the SNES days. We also got a ballsy Smash and the only Smash that matters, IMO.

 

[the8thark]

But then there was that one time Starfox literally turned into a Zelda game

Yeah I guess Link flies around in space ships all of the time. Such a cloned idea. Shame on you RARE.

 

[Castle]

Yeah I guess Link flies around in space ships all of the time. Such a cloned idea. Shame on you RARE.

Nintendo was months away from giving Link a boat

 

[Zonda]

Retrospectively it's as standard as buttered bread, but in its time, the N64 was a pretty trailblazing console. The introduction to 3D platforming was a bit of a shot in the dark and could just as easily have gone the way of the 3DO if circumstances were different.