Topic: Best Forgotten Game on NES?

It's sad. Popular games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Contra, and Final Fantasy are constantly pushed into gamers' lists of Top Ten NES games. But what about the other games left behind in the dust? What about Super C, the sequel to the original Contra, with the same engine as the latter, but with harder gameplay? How about StarTropics? While I haven't played the game personally, I heard that it was a great game hindered by a late release date when the SNES came out and impressed gamers with Super Mario World and F-Zero. And finally, my personal second-favorite NES game of all time, Mother 1? Mother 1, while difficult and sometimes cryptic, was actually a fun game, and although the characters in the game suffered from poor translation, the dialogue still gives me a chuckle every time.

Super C, StarTropics, and Mother 1 are only a mere fraction of forgotten classics of the NES. I didn't go into Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II. Super Mario Bros. 2 (the fake one) and Zelda II are also overlooked by fans (heh...) of their respective franchises despite being good games themselves. But the point is, which game on the NES did you feel was overlooked by the general public?

You're naming so many popular titles to back up your point. Which isn't helping it. The least you could list is Blaster Master but even that's popular.

Try Ikari Warriors, Cobra Triangle, 1943, R.C. Pro Am 1 & 2, Gunsmoke, Jackal and Marbel Madness to name a few.

Action/Platformers - Power Blade, Shatterhand, Kickmaster, Kabuki: Quantum Fighter, Vice: Project Doom, and Monster in my Pocket.
Action/RPG - Battle of Olympus, Magic of Scheherazade, Startropics 1&2, Willow, and Faxanadu.
Puzzle - Mendel Palace, Kickle Cubicle, Snow Brothers, and Fire N' Ice.

Just looking at my collection (will look at WII VC NES games later)...
Ikari Warriors, The Goonies II, Double Dragon, Bubble Bobble, Life Force, Strider, Code Name: Viper, Gyruss, Wizards & Warriors II: IronSword, Willow, The Battle of Olympus, Solstice, and Street Fighter 2010.

TMNT3 - Lots of people like to mention TMNT2 since it's an excellent arcade game that was ported well to the NES, but the NES exclusive sequel is even better. For one thing, it includes movie and TV exclusive villians like Tokka, Rahzar, and Slash.

Right on point with the platformers. Shatterhand is great and I only have one friend who even knows about it because I made him play it with me growing up. Metal Storm was on a Nintendo Power cover and is relatively forgotten.

With the internet, nothing is truly forgotten anymore, but to the topic's point, games like Metal Storm are left out. Come to think of it, Irem published a few of the games being discussed, but didn't put out many titles. Maybe that hampers them a bit? Poor marketing? When I see Jaleco, Bases Loaded seems to be their flagship franchise, which is a shame when games like Shatterhand and Astyanax are so good.

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Baseball Stars
Wizards & Warriors
RC Pro-Am
The Adventures of Bayou Billy

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Think Kickle Cubicle's too easy?
Try getting the Famicom version. It throws harder levels at you sooner. I beat the normal mode but not the special, but I hear some of those levels were too difficult to even be seen in the NES version.

All the "2s" to the games that are fondly remembered today: Zelda II, SMB2, Castlevania II. All three of those games were unique, interesting, and deserved a better response than they got. Because they dared to be different, they are either excluded now by most fans and critics when talking about their respective series or are ridiculed and picked apart for being "too different."

yep i was going to mention Power Blade, Shatterhand, Kickmaster, and Kabuki: Quantum Fighter myself.
ill add Power Blade 2, Little Samson, Cocoron, Trolls In Crazyland, Monster Party, Clash At Demonhead, Mr. Gimmick, and Panic Restaurant. i know ive left off some but these were some of the first to come to mind and part of my cart collection.

Probably Solstice great game but never came close to beating it.

Castlevania 2 was the granddaddy of all of the Advance and DS Casltevania games which allow you to wander to different directions.

Ikari Warriors was an awesome game!!!!!!! Th e2nd arcade game was really awesome, but the NES versions were awesome also.

Gun.Smoke- an actually rather nice scrolling shooter that supposedly was the inspiration for the Red Dead series.

Hmmm... Looks like Gargoyle's Quest II has been forgotten once again.

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Gargoyle's Quest II
Clash at the Demon Head

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The Guardian Legend.

For me it would have to be Snake Rattle and Roll and Jackal. Jackal to me always seems to me has been overshadowed by Contra and the Gradius series. I would love to see a sequel to Jackal some day.

Another great one that not too many people know of was a game called Rockin Kats.

The Guardian Legend
Shatterhand
Power Blade
Mr. Gimmick
Felix the Cat
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Little Samson (even though it has become somewhat popular now due to it being exceedingly rare and expensive)
Nightshade
Crystalis
Willow
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Heavy Barrel

I would have to say one game I for sure never hear mentioned and I love is Clash at Demonhead.