Rank all the Nintendo home consoles from favorite to least favorite - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

TecmoZack · 03-29-2025, 05:25 AM

This is a fun one.

1.Super Nintendo - this console changed my life. Such a joyous Christmas with Pilot Wings and Super Mario Word All the greats are here and sports games like Madden and NHL were incredible. NBA Jam also. My only knock is the definitive versions of Robocop vs Terminator and Mortal Kombat were on Sega.

2. Nintendo 64 - My teenage years. So much Goldeneye and Wrestling games with friends. Ocarina was so incredible.

3. Nintendo Switch - Might actually be the best but Nostalgia runs supreme.

4. NES - was gifted this with Mario/Duck Hunt and Zelda. The rest is history

5. Wii U - I was a rare one in loving this console. I only owned a Wii for a short period so this served as both.

6. Game Boy - Tetris addiction started here for me.

7. GameCube - I was more of an Xbox guy at this time but loved Metroid and Sunshine

8. 3Ds - played Ocarina and Majors mask remake. Was not much into handhelds at the time.

9. Wii - Owened this with an Ex. - we had Mario Kart. She took it when we split. All my good Wii experiences are on the Wii U.

Never owned the DS, Advance, Color, or Virtua boy

Bradsdadg · 04-01-2025, 12:49 PM

Switch
NES
Gamecube
Wii
SNES
Wii U
N64

ChadFL · 04-11-2025, 03:21 AM

1. Switch - Up until the Switch, I never would have guessed I'd put a Nintendo console ahead of the SNES. But now, I find it impossible to justify putting even the legendary SNES in the same category. The SNES had around 700 total games released for it in North America. By comparison, the Switch has had around 3,500 unique games released physically for it, with over 2,000 in North America alone. And unlike virtually all prior generations of consoles, the console both not region locked and most games released outside North America have at least English translations. By my last count, Nintendo has released around 90 (blowing away the number they released on all other home consoles) first party titles alone for the Switch, with many of them being the best games ever made for their respective franchises. This console has both the best first party and third party support of any Nintendo home console ever made in terms of both quality and quantity, and it's not even close. In every genre games, the Switch has a pile of amazing games.
Especially (for me) when it comes to RPG's. This is the only Nintendo console I own that I can say with certainty that I'll never even come close to getting through my massive backlog of games. The console isn't perfect by any means, but anything negative I can say about it is negligible at best when looking at the mountain of things is did incredibly well.

2. SNES - This is the early Nintendo console I have the fondest memories of. Outstanding support, both first and third party. Great games across every genre. Tons of my favorite games of all-time - Super Mario World, Final Fantasy VI (III in North America), Chrono Trigger, F-Zero, Mario Kart, Star Fox, EarthBound, the Donkey Kong trilogy, Super Mario RPG. I feel like 16 bit games were vastly deeper and more complex than most 8 bit games. Still amazes me that games like Donkey Kong Country were even possible on this 16 bit machine.

3. GameCube - This one is weird for me. The GameCube is the only Nintendo console I have never owned and didn't play during it's lifecycle. The GameCube came along during my college years when I was largely out of gaming and the only gaming I did at the time was a little MMO's on the PC. I only started playing GameCube games on the Wii after that console launched. This console was actually one of Nintendo's best in some respects. It had excellent third party support and a very large library of great games. Nintendo also did more experimentation with their first party games on this console than any other. This resulted in a LOT of very interesting first party games (quite a few being new franchises), like Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, Wind Waker (radically different style from other Zelda games), Mario sports games, and the console's 3D Mario game being a huge departure from any other Super Mario game (a tropical island and environmentalism?!), etc. Not all their games panned out, but a lot of them did. Unfortunately, the weird lunchbox look of the console and choosing a weird mini disc proprietary format over DVD kept the GameCube miles behind the PS2 in the console race.

4. Nintendo 64 - Always had a love/hate relationship with the N64. Some of my favorite games of all-time were released on it - Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Conker, Banjo Kazooie, even DK64. That being said, I have never considered Nintendo's choice of cartridge over CD a smart choice. The price we paid for getting those games I mentioned (most or all of which would have run fine on a CD) was nowhere close to making up for what Nintendo lost. The console's cartridge format severely limited 3rd party support, resulted in next to no RPG's the the N64, resulted in a game library of only ~300 games in North America (compared to thousands on the PS1), and literally handed the home console market to Sony and the PS1.

5. NES - This was my first console as a kid and it still has a special place for me. That being said, few of the games hold up very well over time for me. Aside from the Super Mario Bros. games and RPG's like Dragon Warrior and Dragon Quest, I rarely if ever find myself caring to play the games from the NES, which were generally very repetitive and basic. Even those NES era RPG's, I prefer to play improved Switch versions over the NES.

6. Wii U - Despite putting this one near the bottom, I truly do love this console and it really does have a special place for me. I still regularly play my Wii U, including a lot of games later released on the Switch and love it. Sadly, it did have an extremely small library of games. So small I literally own around 130 of the 160'ish games ever released in North America.

7. Wii - This is literally the ONLY Nintendo console I own but never have even the slightest one to play. I absolutely loathes the forced Wiimote gimmick during the console's lifespan, and my opinion of the console has only gotten worse over time. Nowadays, I could barely play it if I wanted due to motion controls aggravating wrist problems now that I'm well into my 40's.

bnmdjm · 04-11-2025, 03:29 AM

1) N64 - Mario 64 followed by Ocarina of Time. I will never, ever forget the first time experiencing Mario 64 - no gaming moment will ever top that (even VR didn't). If you lived through this era, I just don't understand how N64 and these experiences along with so many others (Smash Bros., Majora's Mask, Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, DK 64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, F1 World Grand Prix, WCW/NWO Revenge, Star Fox and more) don't push this system to the top of the list. As a kid, I could never imagine N64 not being the greatest console ever and still feel this way as a 39 year old. Anyone who says this system was a failure I just don't believe actually grew up in this era and owned the system.
2) SNES
3) Switch
4) Gamecube
5) NES
6) Wii U
7) Wii
8) Virtual Boy

Grethiwha · 04-12-2025, 06:52 PM

1. Wii - While the competitors were focusing on HD graphics that made the barrier to entry to game development that much more restrictive, essentially dividing the industry into soulless, design-by-committee "AAA" games, and ultra-regressive pixel-art indie games, the Wii was an unsung haven for a lot of risk-taking, creative mid-tier games, mostly from Japan, for those few who could look past the shovelware. Also, through the backwards-compatibility and introduction of the Virtual Console, I was able to discover an incredible library of games I never had access to before. This was definitely the heyday of my gaming life. My favourite original Wii game: Little King's Story!

After that I'm not sure how to rank them... The N64 was my first console and definitely the most nostalgic for me (in particular the Zelda games). The Gamecube I never owned but I played a lot of its games in the Wii days and it has perhaps my favourite original library (and controller) of all. The Wii U was almost a perfect console, with an incredible amount of control options, it was just tragically unsupported. Nintendo definitely lost some of its soul with the transition to the Switch, that's immediately obvious from the utilitarian menus – and the never-fixed joycon drift still bugs me (and also I hate the new direction of the Zelda games). But the bridging of the console and handheld worlds was genius and welcome and the Switch's massive library is undeniable.

I'm gonna go...

2. Gamecube - Killer7 and The Wind Waker, two of my top 3 favourite games of all time!

3. Switch - Pikmin 4 would have to be my favourite Switch exclusive

4. N64 - Majora's Mask!

5. Wii U - The Wonderful 101!

6. SNES - I did buy a SNES in a garage sale, but only had a couple physical games for it... I like Earthbound (on the Wii U virtual console that is, with restore points). And Harvest Moon I was really into on Wii VC.

7. NES - NES I never owned (or had too much interest in)... Kirby's Adventure on Wii VC is probably the only NES game I ever had much fondness for. Oh yeah, and Mother 1/Earthbound Beginnings which had it's first official release in English on Wii U.

04-11-2025, 03:29 AM	#24
bnmdjm Member Member since:Jan 2013	1) N64 - Mario 64 followed by Ocarina of Time. I will never, ever forget the first time experiencing Mario 64 - no gaming moment will ever top that (even VR didn't). If you lived through this era, I just don't understand how N64 and these experiences along with so many others (Smash Bros., Majora's Mask, Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, DK 64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, F1 World Grand Prix, WCW/NWO Revenge, Star Fox and more) don't push this system to the top of the list. As a kid, I could never imagine N64 not being the greatest console ever and still feel this way as a 39 year old. Anyone who says this system was a failure I just don't believe actually grew up in this era and owned the system. 2) SNES 3) Switch 4) Gamecube 5) NES 6) Wii U 7) Wii 8) Virtual Boy Last edited by bnmdjm; 04-11-2025 at 03:35 AM.

03-29-2025, 05:25 AM	#21
TecmoZack Senior Member Member since:Apr 2019 Location:Texas 4K collection:69 Blu-ray collection:215 DVD collection:12 Digital collection:14	This is a fun one. 1.Super Nintendo - this console changed my life. Such a joyous Christmas with Pilot Wings and Super Mario Word All the greats are here and sports games like Madden and NHL were incredible. NBA Jam also. My only knock is the definitive versions of Robocop vs Terminator and Mortal Kombat were on Sega. 2. Nintendo 64 - My teenage years. So much Goldeneye and Wrestling games with friends. Ocarina was so incredible. 3. Nintendo Switch - Might actually be the best but Nostalgia runs supreme. 4. NES - was gifted this with Mario/Duck Hunt and Zelda. The rest is history 5. Wii U - I was a rare one in loving this console. I only owned a Wii for a short period so this served as both. 6. Game Boy - Tetris addiction started here for me. 7. GameCube - I was more of an Xbox guy at this time but loved Metroid and Sunshine 8. 3Ds - played Ocarina and Majors mask remake. Was not much into handhelds at the time. 9. Wii - Owened this with an Ex. - we had Mario Kart. She took it when we split. All my good Wii experiences are on the Wii U. Never owned the DS, Advance, Color, or Virtua boy

04-01-2025, 12:49 PM	#22
Bradsdadg Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jul 2017 4K collection:361 Blu-ray collection:1835 DVD collection:216 Trading Score:15	Switch NES Gamecube Wii SNES Wii U N64

04-11-2025, 03:21 AM	#23
ChadFL Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Daytona Beach, FL Blu-ray collection:556 DVD collection:5	1. Switch - Up until the Switch, I never would have guessed I'd put a Nintendo console ahead of the SNES. But now, I find it impossible to justify putting even the legendary SNES in the same category. The SNES had around 700 total games released for it in North America. By comparison, the Switch has had around 3,500 unique games released physically for it, with over 2,000 in North America alone. And unlike virtually all prior generations of consoles, the console both not region locked and most games released outside North America have at least English translations. By my last count, Nintendo has released around 90 (blowing away the number they released on all other home consoles) first party titles alone for the Switch, with many of them being the best games ever made for their respective franchises. This console has both the best first party and third party support of any Nintendo home console ever made in terms of both quality and quantity, and it's not even close. In every genre games, the Switch has a pile of amazing games. Especially (for me) when it comes to RPG's. This is the only Nintendo console I own that I can say with certainty that I'll never even come close to getting through my massive backlog of games. The console isn't perfect by any means, but anything negative I can say about it is negligible at best when looking at the mountain of things is did incredibly well. 2. SNES - This is the early Nintendo console I have the fondest memories of. Outstanding support, both first and third party. Great games across every genre. Tons of my favorite games of all-time - Super Mario World, Final Fantasy VI (III in North America), Chrono Trigger, F-Zero, Mario Kart, Star Fox, EarthBound, the Donkey Kong trilogy, Super Mario RPG. I feel like 16 bit games were vastly deeper and more complex than most 8 bit games. Still amazes me that games like Donkey Kong Country were even possible on this 16 bit machine. 3. GameCube - This one is weird for me. The GameCube is the only Nintendo console I have never owned and didn't play during it's lifecycle. The GameCube came along during my college years when I was largely out of gaming and the only gaming I did at the time was a little MMO's on the PC. I only started playing GameCube games on the Wii after that console launched. This console was actually one of Nintendo's best in some respects. It had excellent third party support and a very large library of great games. Nintendo also did more experimentation with their first party games on this console than any other. This resulted in a LOT of very interesting first party games (quite a few being new franchises), like Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, Wind Waker (radically different style from other Zelda games), Mario sports games, and the console's 3D Mario game being a huge departure from any other Super Mario game (a tropical island and environmentalism?!), etc. Not all their games panned out, but a lot of them did. Unfortunately, the weird lunchbox look of the console and choosing a weird mini disc proprietary format over DVD kept the GameCube miles behind the PS2 in the console race. 4. Nintendo 64 - Always had a love/hate relationship with the N64. Some of my favorite games of all-time were released on it - Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Conker, Banjo Kazooie, even DK64. That being said, I have never considered Nintendo's choice of cartridge over CD a smart choice. The price we paid for getting those games I mentioned (most or all of which would have run fine on a CD) was nowhere close to making up for what Nintendo lost. The console's cartridge format severely limited 3rd party support, resulted in next to no RPG's the the N64, resulted in a game library of only ~300 games in North America (compared to thousands on the PS1), and literally handed the home console market to Sony and the PS1. 5. NES - This was my first console as a kid and it still has a special place for me. That being said, few of the games hold up very well over time for me. Aside from the Super Mario Bros. games and RPG's like Dragon Warrior and Dragon Quest, I rarely if ever find myself caring to play the games from the NES, which were generally very repetitive and basic. Even those NES era RPG's, I prefer to play improved Switch versions over the NES. 6. Wii U - Despite putting this one near the bottom, I truly do love this console and it really does have a special place for me. I still regularly play my Wii U, including a lot of games later released on the Switch and love it. Sadly, it did have an extremely small library of games. So small I literally own around 130 of the 160'ish games ever released in North America. 7. Wii - This is literally the ONLY Nintendo console I own but never have even the slightest one to play. I absolutely loathes the forced Wiimote gimmick during the console's lifespan, and my opinion of the console has only gotten worse over time. Nowadays, I could barely play it if I wanted due to motion controls aggravating wrist problems now that I'm well into my 40's.

04-12-2025, 06:52 PM	#25
Grethiwha Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:3 4K collection:152 Blu-ray collection:1088 DVD collection:66 Blu-ray reviews: 11	1. Wii - While the competitors were focusing on HD graphics that made the barrier to entry to game development that much more restrictive, essentially dividing the industry into soulless, design-by-committee "AAA" games, and ultra-regressive pixel-art indie games, the Wii was an unsung haven for a lot of risk-taking, creative mid-tier games, mostly from Japan, for those few who could look past the shovelware. Also, through the backwards-compatibility and introduction of the Virtual Console, I was able to discover an incredible library of games I never had access to before. This was definitely the heyday of my gaming life. My favourite original Wii game: Little King's Story! After that I'm not sure how to rank them... The N64 was my first console and definitely the most nostalgic for me (in particular the Zelda games). The Gamecube I never owned but I played a lot of its games in the Wii days and it has perhaps my favourite original library (and controller) of all. The Wii U was almost a perfect console, with an incredible amount of control options, it was just tragically unsupported. Nintendo definitely lost some of its soul with the transition to the Switch, that's immediately obvious from the utilitarian menus – and the never-fixed joycon drift still bugs me (and also I hate the new direction of the Zelda games). But the bridging of the console and handheld worlds was genius and welcome and the Switch's massive library is undeniable. I'm gonna go... 2. Gamecube - Killer7 and The Wind Waker, two of my top 3 favourite games of all time! 3. Switch - Pikmin 4 would have to be my favourite Switch exclusive 4. N64 - Majora's Mask! 5. Wii U - The Wonderful 101! 6. SNES - I did buy a SNES in a garage sale, but only had a couple physical games for it... I like Earthbound (on the Wii U virtual console that is, with restore points). And Harvest Moon I was really into on Wii VC. 7. NES - NES I never owned (or had too much interest in)... Kirby's Adventure on Wii VC is probably the only NES game I ever had much fondness for. Oh yeah, and Mother 1/Earthbound Beginnings which had it's first official release in English on Wii U.

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