DarkestLink
Darkest of all Dark Links
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2012
In your opinion, what was the golden age of gaming?
For me, it's the N64 era. 3D had just been introduced. M$ wasn't in the gaming market. We had no real disappointing games either. SM64 is the best Mario Game to exist. Paper Mario is 2nd best of its kind next to TTYD. Mario Kart was the 2nd best of ITS kind next to DD. We got TWO good Zelda games on the same console. Mario Party was still good back then and its best game (MP 2) was released at this time. Pokemon was still in its golden era at the Kanto/Johto areas. Kirby put out a 3D title for this system and Rare was at its peak.
The GC was nice, but one of the Zelda titles was a major disappointment, Rare went downhill and was lost to M$, Pokemon started to go downhill, SMS was a disappointment to many of us, and MP was starting to go downhill too.
The Wii failed us with Mario Kart Wii and didn't give us the Paper Mario experience we were after with SPM, Pokemon was still downhill, Rare's gone, MP has gotten even worse, and we only got one Zelda title. A good Zelda title, yes, but still only one title. And, to me, SMG was the 2nd biggest disappointment in Mario after Sticker Star. It took away all the exploration and freedom that the 3D Mario series excelled at.
As for the rest, I was just not a fan of 2D gaming and I'll leave it at that.
For me, it's the N64 era. 3D had just been introduced. M$ wasn't in the gaming market. We had no real disappointing games either. SM64 is the best Mario Game to exist. Paper Mario is 2nd best of its kind next to TTYD. Mario Kart was the 2nd best of ITS kind next to DD. We got TWO good Zelda games on the same console. Mario Party was still good back then and its best game (MP 2) was released at this time. Pokemon was still in its golden era at the Kanto/Johto areas. Kirby put out a 3D title for this system and Rare was at its peak.
The GC was nice, but one of the Zelda titles was a major disappointment, Rare went downhill and was lost to M$, Pokemon started to go downhill, SMS was a disappointment to many of us, and MP was starting to go downhill too.
The Wii failed us with Mario Kart Wii and didn't give us the Paper Mario experience we were after with SPM, Pokemon was still downhill, Rare's gone, MP has gotten even worse, and we only got one Zelda title. A good Zelda title, yes, but still only one title. And, to me, SMG was the 2nd biggest disappointment in Mario after Sticker Star. It took away all the exploration and freedom that the 3D Mario series excelled at.
As for the rest, I was just not a fan of 2D gaming and I'll leave it at that.