What's your favorite unique Nintendo game hardware?

[Chevywolf30]

Other than the Wii and Wii U, Nintendo has always made their physical games in some sort of unique way other than a DVD. Which one do you like, for style or practicality or anything else you may find appealing?

(Also, should I add the handhelds onto the poll?)

 

[twilitfalchion]

I'm biased towards the GC, so I'll go with the mini discs for my favorite. It wasn't the best decision to make the GC commercially successful, but I still like it.

Behind that would be the Switch cartridge format. Despite the limitations of cartridges, I prefer how they aren't nearly as likely to get scratched and load much more quickly than discs tend to do for modern consoles.

 

[GZ Zelda]

The fact that Switch cartridges can store that much data on such a tiny piece of hardware consistently amazes me.

 

[thePlinko]

I have no reason to love the N64 cartridges as much as I do, but I spent my entire high school playing one so that feels the most classic to me.

The Switch cartridges are also really tasty.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

not sure if NES & SNES should count since every system was cartridged based back then, besides CD add ons (though turbo grafx used cards, and that was pretty hecking unique)

I'll go for switch for having games as massive as the witcher 3 be the size of your thumb, course I have a giant soft spot for gamecube discs

 

[VikzeLink]

Gamecube is too cute not to love, they'll always be very special to me

 

[Mikey the Moblin]

I like the Wii U the best, even though it's not an option
bluray discs have a nice rounded edge to them that make them feel really nice and less "frisbee of death"

 

[Princess Niki]

The Switch cart is superior cuz of how small it is and how much data it can contain.

 

[Jimmu]

N64 cartridges for nostalgia primarily. For functionality though, can't go past the Switch ones.

If you wanna have a real battle, it's gotta be between PAL and NTSC SNES cartridges.

 

[A Link In Time]

Pretty sure the Wii and Wii U use proprietary technology as well, although they are very similar to DVDs and Blu-rays, respectively. Anyhow, I'll go with the Gamecube discs. I love those small little discs. I don't think we'll ever see something like them again in gaming.

 

[MapelSerup]

Switch cartridges are awesome technology-wise. They also taste good, you should give one a lick sometime.

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

Probably my Virtual Boy and its wonky pseudo-Game Boy cartridge. It's a baffling piece of hardware to use. It's hard to imagine any company looking at the Virtual Boy and imagining that it could serve as a successor to the Game Boy (which was apparently its purpose).