6th Generation. Anything that gives me the PS2 and GCN console-wise and the GBA for a handheld is hard, if not impossible, to beat personally.
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There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
4th gen, hands down. It perfected 2D gaming with an insane amount of high quality classics.
Ash: Professor Oak, how's your Bulbasaur?
Prof. Oak: Oh, it only hurts when I sit.
...
Prof. Oak: It's only Chansey if Krabby won't let go. Bye, now.
Ash: I don't think I'm going to call him anymore.
Talking about early generations of videogames and missing the most important figures there? MSX/MSX2/CBM64/Spectrum/Atari ST/CBM Amiga, these were the real videogame industry monsters of 1983-1995 era, more than 50 video game dev companies were working for these and for every game you had for the nominal consoles you have dozens for these too, sadly the piracy finished them all.
Probably the near beginning; like, NES age. I could imagine getting all these games, the good ones, of course, and just sitting down, drawing maps, and exploring around. I love adventure, thats why in WoW instead of levelling I wasted so many hours running around and looking for stuff... unfortunately, the game doesnt reward you for doing that... kinda wasted like 12 hours of my life. But I did experience some cool glitches while trying to explore.
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For me, I'd have to give a three way tie to the 16 bit gen, the PSX/N64 Gen, and the current gen.
The 16 bit era just saw so many great games. The intense Nintendo/Sega competition meant everyone won. Everyone had to stay on top of their game (and there were plenty of games too).
I have to give the PSX/N64 era props for introducing 3D. Sure, those graphics and gameplay are horribly dated now, but just remembering what it was like to play in 3 dimensions for the first time...Mario 64, Spyro at my neighbors, and OoT just blew me away. It was truly like living in the future, and what's been happening with games since then have been improvements but not revolutions. There are no more dimensions to add (unless we figure out how to bend space-time somehow in a video game). I hope I feel that sense of wonder again, but since I'm grown up, I'm not sure if I will. I hope the young in's today get to experience a change in technology or something that's not a slow incremental one but is a big jump, because it was just awesome.
I have to give the current generation props for giving us the best of both worlds. Digital versions of retro games which will hopefully be transferrable to future systems indefinitely. An awareness and improvement on the 2-d platforming genre to show that really, there was more that could be done with it than SNES/Genesis did 20 years ago (seriously? 20 years ago? I'm so old). Plus what can be done on the HD systems is truly impressive. Online play is wonderful for people like me who play video games not as a huge event/party (like I did in high school when everyone played), but plays on the Metro or in the rare alone/downtime I have.
DC/GCN/PS2/Xbox gen MAY have gotten an honorable mention if the DC hadn't died. RIP Dreamcast. NEVER FORGET!
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I have to give the PSX/N64 era props for introducing 3D. Sure, those graphics and gameplay are horribly dated now, but just remembering what it was like to play in 3 dimensions for the first time.
This is why it's my least favorite generation. Following the 4th generation as the pinnacle of 2D gaming, developers had to go nearly all the way back to the drawing board to figure out how to make video games work in 3D, and the quality of games in this first 3D generation suffered greatly because of it. Sure, there are some all-time classics in there, but they're few and far between, and even those games have aged poorly compared to today's 3D games, while the 16 bit classics remain just about as fun today as they were back then.
Ash: Professor Oak, how's your Bulbasaur?
Prof. Oak: Oh, it only hurts when I sit.
...
Prof. Oak: It's only Chansey if Krabby won't let go. Bye, now.
Ash: I don't think I'm going to call him anymore.
Well considering I learned that the generations went totally different from what the TC is saying, if I had to choose I'd go with the GameCube's generation. Because of Animal Crossing, of course.
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He's copying me, so it's probably a bit of a joke. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you just said, that's entirely possible since my meds have warn off and now I'm suffering some side effects (headaches and drowsiness so far).
please note, though, @zezhyrule, that I was not joking when I said that to you. That joke you said brings up very painful memories for me, and I would prefer it if you all just let it die.
The seventh generation only considering the Nintendo DS. Everything on the Wii just provides extra to that. My experiences with the Nintendo DS have simply been incredible with plenty of titles being in the argument if not already positioned in my Top 10. The great thing about the DS games is that they've appealed to me across many years. Metroid Prime Hunters for instance is a game I've replayed ~100 times since July of 2009, having done 100% and low % runs in that quantity, and the game still entertains me more with each run as I continue to broaden my experience with it. Other (arguable) favorites include Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Animal Crossing Wild World, New Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Meteos, Tetris DS, Sonic Rush, Chibi-Robo Park Patrol, WarioWare Touched!, Super Scribblenauts, Pokemon Black, Kirby Mass Attack, Star Fox Command, Dementium, Moon, ATV Wild Ride, Aliens Infestation and likely more. The third party titles in particular really impressed me in how well they've been put together and I have yet to invest into the likes of Ghost Trick, Pheonix Wright, Professor Layton, Monster Tale and Castlevania on the system.
6th Generation. Nothing will ever be able to beat that generation. It was the era where Nintendo was the most creative, and where the best platformers were created on the PS2. It was the era that saw tons of great SMT games, tons of great Tales of Games, and of course some of the most reknowned FPSes in history. It was where the GBA brought the best of the 16-bit era to handhelds, as well as introduced tons of lost gems. There's no way they'll ever be able to top that gen in my eyes.
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