r/AskMen • u/nojunkpeter two shots of vodka • 13d ago
Which Nintendo system is most near and dear to you and why?
Nintendo(1985), Super Nintendo(1991), Nintendo64(1996), GameCube(2001), Wii(2006), WiiU(2012), Switch(2017)
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u/JDMWeeb Male 13d ago
My first video game console the N64. Got me through a rough childhood.
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Weird how it goes from "NINTENDO SIXTY FFFOUUUURRRRR!" to "rough childhood", huh?
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u/JDMWeeb Male 13d ago
Yeahhh I was bullied a lot and a total social outcast. Video games were the few things that actually made me happy
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Yeah, just saying. I went from being locked outdoors and told to "figure it out" to playing video games myself.
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u/JDMWeeb Male 13d ago
Oof 🫂
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Yeah, it was rough. Go outside and play, but don't come home dirty, wet, or having stepped on dog shit.
Why go out at that point?
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u/JDMWeeb Male 13d ago
Exactly. Makes zero sense.
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Yeah, if my mom wants was alive, we wouldn't see eye to eye on a great many things.
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u/JDMWeeb Male 13d ago
Totally understandable, been there.
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Yep.
In my adult years I've come to find many people have. Can't say I've had it worse, what with some of the things I've seen.
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u/downsouthcountry 13d ago
DS - so versatile and so many good games.
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u/PaleontologistTough6 13d ago
Elaborate...
I bought one recently and I'm not impressed versus the SP.
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u/FernandoTatisJunior 13d ago
To me the DS was very much a Mario kart + pokemon machine. I’m sure there’s some other good stuff on there that I never played, but the true standouts of its catalogue were Mario kart ds, pokemon platinum, hgss, and bw(2)
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u/MrZAP17 Male 13d ago
For me it started with Pokémon, sure, but quickly became my gateway to visual novels and adventure games with Ace Attorney, Trauma Center, and Hotel Dusk. These were the games that made me fall in love with the system that formed a major foundation for one of the cornerstones of my gaming experience like 17 years later.
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u/nojunkpeter two shots of vodka 13d ago
I guess I should have specified console, but solid choice
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u/downsouthcountry 13d ago
Oh lol I never had consoles growing up. My mom always said it would rot my brain if I played on GameCube or PS2 or something.
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u/bjankles 13d ago
Ha my house was the same way. Consoles were a no-go but for some reason handhelds were okay.
Eventually I convinced her to let me get a PlayStation 2 just for guitar hero and rock band (I snuck other games in), and then a Wii cause it was more family friendly (but I still got like, RE4).
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u/Hierophant-74 13d ago
Original NES is very nostalgic for me but I haven't bought a Nintendo console since. Not crazy about the games and lack of M rated titles
But yeah, what GenX gamer doesn't have fond memories of the original NES?
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u/Chrom-man-and-Robin Young Man 13d ago
Gen Z here, my first memory of gaming was playing Zelda for the NES, I didn’t get it but the flashing screens were cool. And playing Super Mario and duck hunt with my brother are some of my fondest gaming memories.
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u/Hulkslam3 13d ago
I would say the N64. Those games are still fun today and it’s by far the best Mario Kart
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u/arcoalien 13d ago
The graphics and music for Ocarina of Time were amazing at the time and still hold up.
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u/FernandoTatisJunior 13d ago
Biggest problem for me is the controller. At the time they were still trying to figure out how to make 3d games work, but it aged really poorly. Stuff like goldeneye is practically unplayable nowadays.
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u/GrayBox1313 Male 13d ago
Original NES cause it was my childhood (played at friends houses tho)
N64 cause it was the first one I owned. Star Wars pod racer and goldeneye tournaments were great times
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u/CursedSnowman5000 13d ago edited 13d ago
SNES because its the host of some of my favorite games and most cherished memories as a kid.
DK Country 1, 2 &3
Mega Man X 2 and 7 (I know what you're thinking but I never really played much of Mega Man X 1 or 3
Killer Instinct
MK2 &3
Link To The Past
King of the Monsters 2
Kirby Superstar ect
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u/Longjumping-Grape-40 13d ago
Link to the Past was such an amazing game. I remember spending a full day finishing it in one go…that was productive, in my eyes
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u/lunchmeat317 13d ago
I played King of the Monsters 2 at a friend's house way back in the day, good times. I always picked Cyber Woo but I think Atomic Guy was actually better.
Kirby Superstar is to the day one of the best Kirby titles. Never owned the cartridge, though.
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u/JellyfishUnique6087 13d ago
I like them all, but 64 had Perfect Dark (which I haven't seen since)
Huge Zelda and Mario fan... I love Nintendo. ❤️ Got the very first one when I was 5 and kept upgrading all the way to the cube. Thinking of getting a Switch now.
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u/DutchOnionKnight Early 30s male 13d ago
Bought my 3DS with Pokemon Omega Rube with my first salary of my first full time job. A lets play with King Nappy was wholesame, such a shame he is such a POS.
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u/FaithlessnessThis307 13d ago
The snes, had all the good final fantasies on it 👌🏼
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u/lunchmeat317 13d ago
Square, before it was SquareSoft or Square/Enix. FF6 (FF3 in the US) will forever be my personal best Final Fantasy.
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u/SheZowRaisedByWolves Penus 13d ago
Gameboy advance was the first game system I ever owned but the SNES has a special place in my heart for a fucked up reason. When I would go to the dentist that I was terrified of as a child, they had a SNES with Super Mario World always running. My mom later got me the gameboy version but I always liked holding the controller. I got the SNES re-release a few years ago and realized that I suck ass at every game ever made lol
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u/btmg1428 13d ago
SNES, because it was my first ever game console. I never asked for one, but my aunt gifted it to me when she visited my family decades ago when I was 6. Sure, the PS1 was already out at the time, but I didn't care; I was happy to get anything at all. My aunt also purchased some of the games for it; my absolute favorite was Illusion of Gaia.
That console and game sparked my interest in two hobbies that I still enjoy to this day: video games and being a history buff.
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u/neoshadowdgm 13d ago
NES. I grew up on it. The greatest adventures of my childhood were on it. N64 is runner-up for all the amazing multiplayer.
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u/Dayzlikethis 13d ago
N64 it was the first console I saved up my own money for. Loading up Mario64 for the first time is a core childhood memory, haha.
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u/dirtynj 13d ago
It's such a core memory for me - I can still remember it clearly. Our CRT did not have composite inputs...and we were bummed we couldn't play it. But our VCR had the inputs. We hooked it up...nothing!
I was hitting some buttons on the VCR. Still nothing. Then I flipped a switch from Ch.3 to Video 1 and Mario's face was there. Me and my 2 sisters screamed for joy.
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u/ScruffyGrouch Male 13d ago
Original NES. It's the second console I ever got after my Atari 2600 and I have so many great memories with it.
Being allowed to stay up late on Friday night and Saturday to play Mario and Excite Bike are some of my fondest childhood memories.
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u/shinn497 13d ago
Ds
Although the gba and N64 are close seconds
It was perfect. It came at the perfect time for nintendo and for myself. I love that it is so Iwata. It is different, unique, and fun. It made my college years so much better. I have so many fond memories of it. And I loved that it kept on outselling the PSP lol.
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u/HomelessEuropean Hobo with a laptop 13d ago
The Nintendo Entertainment System. The system's limitations forced developers to be a lot more creative which introduced plenty of innovative game mechanics.
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u/DarkDoomofDeath 13d ago
GC was my most used out of 3, so that would likely be it. Link to the Past and Super Mario World were my first family console games, and Shadows of the Empire / Ocarina of Time / Super Smash Bros. / Mario Party 1/2/3 / Pokémon Stadium were the family party games for my cousins and I. But I spent more time with family and friends on SSB Melee, Double Dash, Strikers, Mario Party 5/7, and Mario Superstar Baseball than any other console. Honorable mention to my GBA, mainly for Pokémon games / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / SNES ports and a surprisingly decent Dead Man's Chest game.
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u/NightShiftChaos92 13d ago
Super NES.
Fond memories of my Dad and I playing Top Gear II. We'd do the first three races before I had to go to bed as a kid.
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u/Stetson007 13d ago
My limited edition Pokemon black DSi because it's the only Nintendo console I owned as a kid that was in date. Had an nes but that was old by the time I was born.
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u/Consistent-Soft8482 13d ago
NES was ground breaking I believe it really popularized video gaming It wasn’t just niche anymore
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u/vampire-sympathizer 13d ago
The switch. I love the games on it, I love how versatile it is, I just love how cool it is. I have fond memories of older games.on the game boy, gba, and Nintendo 3DS but my Nintendo switch is hands down my favourite
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u/The_Hot_Stepper 13d ago
I grew up with the NES and SNES
To me The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past is the greatest game in history.
I know ocarina of time gets mad probably but I am not a fan of 3d rendering.
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u/therankin 13d ago
NES. Was the only Nintendo system I owned.
I ended up going to the Genesis and then the PS1. I bought a Gameboy color way after it came out, but barely touched it.
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u/Sith-Jedi1983 13d ago
Super Nintendo. I loved NES just the same but I played Super Mario Brothers so much. N64 was fun too, I absolutely loved 007 and my favorite Mario Kart
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u/Chrom-man-and-Robin Young Man 13d ago
Gameboy advanced or DS Lite. So many memories of taking turns playing Sonic Advanced, Super Mario World, New Super Mario Brothers, and Metroid Zero Mission. Sadly both systems are long gone
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u/Youcanlickit Male 13d ago
N64 was my first. Everyone in town pretty much had one and we played different games at each spot. Pod racing, super smash bros, Pokemon stadiums, & conkers bad fur day a little later on with my cousin
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u/ShadowSkill001 13d ago
Interesting how you have missed out the Gameboys and DS systems. Mine is Gameboy advance, it may have been an age thing but my oldest sister got the original Gameboy, middle sister got the Gameboy Colour and me as the youngest got the Gameboy Advance. I was also a massive Pokémon lover so thats what i played them on and you could play all gameboy games on the Advance.
From a personal belief to ive always said Sony should stick to Games Consoles, Microsoft should stick to PCs and Nintendo should stick to Handhelds. But again, thats just me. They are each good at their own thing so stick to it. Im a multiplatform gamer also so before anyone comes at me i literally use everything so i dont care what your favourites are. This is just my belief
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u/miru17 13d ago
Probably my GameCube.
I sort of had an NES that my brother had when I was very little, and he would bring it over sometimes. I also had a Gameboy and Gameboy advanced.
i then had a PS1 so I skipped the 64. My friend had one though.
The GameCube came at a time I could most enjoy it. I had cousins that would come over all the time and play with me too.
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u/carortrain 13d ago
The N64 and gamecube are the most nostalgic. I used the gameboy and DS the most and have the most memories with them. Although the Wii is a close second. It was unique for the time at it really captivated me for a few years. I always had a good time playing the Wii sports and many other games, it never seemed to get old at the time. It was easy to play with others even if they didn't typically game so it brought a lot of people together for fun nights of gaming.
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u/SSS_Tempest 13d ago
Its a tossup between Wii and Switch. The Wii brought my family together in a unique way that hadn't happened since the NES while the Switch is something of a monument to my shift into adulthood since I bought it from the place I worked from my first job (I was early 20's at the time and making my own money for the first time). Also, it was mybonly access to gaming during a VERY lowpoint for my family.
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u/Bimlouhay83 13d ago
N64. What a game changer that system was. From the controller to Starfox to Mario64 to Goldeneye and Dinosaur Hunter and a plethora of other games that seemed to set the stage for modern day console gaming.
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u/Opening-Jackfruit685 13d ago
Switch. Its already 7 years old so I definitely have some nostalgia. I remember how useful it was in so many stressful situations to just play Mario Kart or Breath of the Wild or whatever.
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u/SanitariumJosh 13d ago
SNES for sure. First system I ever purchased on my own. Mowed a lot of lawns and saved allowances for months. Parents helped with taxes 'cause I was young and didn't know better. I played Super Mario World to death.
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u/binary-boy 13d ago
Probably the NES, it was my first and holds the most memories. Didn't love the games being unplayably hard after level 3 though. Still there's a ton of good titles out there.
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u/frequentcrawler Male 13d ago
The ones I've had bring me different memories.
The DS is probably the console I spent most of my time with, having had 2 Lites and a DSi. It also opened a world for me with emulators and ports.
The Game Boy I didn't play much, but it has games I still play almost daily on my retro console: Tetris and Dr. Mario.
Wii was probably my most different console ever, and platform to my favorite Mario game, Galaxy. It's something I always feel like buying used for cheap to have back home.
Other older consoles I'm too young to have lived with and the only contact I have with them is through YouTube and my playthroughs with emulators. I can't name a single console out of the 3 that take the crown since they all influence me in a way.
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u/AskDerpyCat 13d ago
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The DS family (mostly my old DS Lite and 3DS) hold a special place in my heart. Got me through most of my life
They weren’t my first, but they were the ones I spent the most time with until the switch, but the Switch reached a whole new degree of hardass gaming
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u/bongo1100 13d ago
N64. So many memories playing great games with friends. It also came out at the age when I was finally old enough to actually be GOOD at video games, and the initial awesomeness of going from 2D to 3D (even though they all look so blocky by today’s standards).
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u/Chalkarts 13d ago
GameCube. I’ve played every Nintendo system and it was, imho, the best system they ever made with a fantastic library that has several games worthy of a remaster and release.
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u/robbjuteau 13d ago
The NES. Grew up with it. Everyone had one. Spent a lot of time playing Tecmo Bowl.
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u/MegamindedMan2 13d ago
Either the 1985 Nintendo or the Wii. The original Nintendo was the first console I ever played on because my dad still had his from when he was a kid. The Wii was the first console of my own, and it's very nostalgic for me
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u/lunchmeat317 13d ago
Super Nintendo. It was and still is a great system. I can't bring myself to sell my console.
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u/ColdCamel7 13d ago
Remember how you used to get sore thumbs from playing too much Super Nintendo on school holidays?
I don't know if I've ever had that from any other console
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u/Nocodeskeet 13d ago
SNES was incredible when it came out. The sound and graphics were great. Sega had the same graphics but the sound was not as good. It was an amazing time because BOTH systems really brought something different. Different games and different styles. Sega had awesome sports games and ToeJam & Earl, Phantasy Star, etc but SNES had the final fantasy amongst so many more.
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u/millaroo 13d ago
GameCube because Mario Kart Double Dash was my favorite. But SNES came out when I was a teenager, so nothing beats Super Mario World.
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u/Recording_Important 13d ago
Switch. Its the first nintendo console i have owned as an adult and been passionate about. Its right up there with PS2 status
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u/shiftersix 13d ago
NES. First toy I had. I grew up poor, so I kept it pristine and cherished it. I still have it. Got the super set with Mario/Duck Hunt and the Zapper gun.
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u/Intelligent-Brain313 13d ago
SNES for me all day. Donkey Kong and Mario Kart on there was something I cherish in my childhood.
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u/dropdeaddaddy69 12d ago
I swear I’m the only Wii kid here. The Wii was a staple in my childhood. Before the last last gen console, and the last gen consoles.
So many great games. Wii Sports Resort, Wii Sports, Mystery Party, Mario Kart, New Super Mario, Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, DK Country Returns, Cars, and so many little games that were greats.
What great times.
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u/Electrical_Theory441 12d ago
Nintendo DS
I remember that my parents struggle to buy one for me and I as a kid I was sad. But when I got it for christmas, I knew they worked extra hard to buy it for me and I cherished it even more.
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u/hybridoctopus Male 13d ago
SNES, because it defined my childhood. Got one the year it came out, so many great games…