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NES: I witnessed the power of Nintendo's 8-bit system when I was 4 or 5 years old. My mother and a former boyfriend bought the console at a pawn shop in my hometown. After setting the machine up, they played a game that would definately get me hooked into gaming: Super Mario Bros. Even though this wasn't the very first videogame I actually played, it was the first game I watched as my mom was playing this classic platformer. It wasn't until a few years later that I got an NES on Christmas (my mom got rid of the NES she bought before then) from my my uncle Joe. Even though he passed away years ago, his son, my cousin (known on Gamespot as UsurperZant804, no longer active on the site anymore) must've gotten into videogames from his dad. And since then, I've enjoyed playing games to this very day. Thank you uncle Joe, I'll still remember ya :)
SNES: After getting Nintendo's successor to their ageing 8-bit console, I gave away my NES to my other cousin, Adam and his siblings. The games I got for the SNES as I was unwrapping it one Christmas morning were Mario All-Stars, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario World. Had a few problems with the system for one year, returned it back to the store, and bought another one. I also had problems with that SNES too and was thinking of buying a Genesis instead. I later found out I was hooking the wrong cables on my TV and solved the problem. Before I moved on to Nintendo's next console, I've played games such as the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Yoshi's Island, and Star Fox. I later gave my system away to yet another family member, namely my uncle Don's family.
NINTENDO 64: By far my all-time favorite console from Nintendo, perhaps the best console I have ever owned. Super Mario 64 was just a brilliant game, very innovative and revolutionary. And it was the console that got me into the Zelda series with the classic Ocarina of Time. Star Fox 64 was amazing and still the best in the series. This was also an era where we saw Rare Ltd at their very best with games like Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini, and the game that proved to everyone that you'll still have a good time playing First-Person Shooters on a home console: yep, Goldeneye 007. Even though I gave away my systems to my family, the Nintendo 64 was the console that broke that cycle. To this day I have played over 50 games on this impressive console, more than any other system I played or owned.
GAMECUBE: I got this console a few months late. The first Gamecube game I've played was Super Smash Bros. Melee, which would become the most-played game I have ever played. This was also the console that got me into the Metroid series with the GBA game Fusion and Samus's big comeback in Metroid Prime. Zelda: The Wind Waker was just a good-looking game (the cel-shaded graphics aren't that controversial!!) along with Twilight Princess which took me 50+ hours to complete. Even though it wasn't one of Nintendo's best consoles in my opinion, it was a system that continued the tradition of great gameplay and innovation on the games for the system. I still continue to buy new games to play on the Gamecube-compatible Wii console.
WII: Finally, a game console that brings the fun of gaming. After having second thoughts on the new controller Satoru Iwata presented at the Tokyo Game Show back in 2005, I later got interested in the Wii-remote at E3 2006. After buying the system on April 1st, 2007 (yeah, took a very long time to find the game) and waiting for Wal-Mart for a few hours bright and early (yep, got up at 5am, was first in line at 6am, and after an hour....), the Wii is hands down one of Nintendo's finest consoles all due to the ingenious idea of playing games in a new and interesting way. The Wii console is a success story to Nintendo as it is still the leading console in sales, even though the Xbox 360 launched a year before the Wii's debut back in 2005. Games such as Okami and No More Heroes truly make the Wii shine above all the others. Of course their online service is still a pain compared to the superb online of Microsoft and Sony's systems.
Well... I guess that's all I have to say on my ventures of Nintendo's home console market. I'll work on a blog about my thoughts on Nintendo's handhelds in the near future, so stay tuned :P
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