November 21st is an important date for Nintendo Anniversaries; what was your favorite game?

[asmith906]

Apparently all of these games were released on November 21st. The only one I haven't played is Donkey Kong Country 2.
With that said, my favorite game from the list still has to be Pokemon Silver, closely followed by OOT.

Till this day some of my favorite pokemon came from that Gen like Tyranitar, Typhlosion & Espeon.

What was your favorite game from this list and what are some of your memories of these games.

 

[Exist 2 Inspire]

Super Mario World by a mile. It was my first video game ever and to this day it is my favorite platformer of all time.

 

[panama chief]

Top 3 in order of importance:

SMW
LttP
Melee

 

[NioA]

Super Mario 3D World and Smash 4 Wii U were absolutely a blast during my adolescence, so that. The same goes for Pokèmon Sapphire and my childhood, so that

 

[Leo]

Ruby and Sapphire was 18 years ago?? Goddammit.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Pkmn Gold and Silver, my favorite in the series as the pokémon game I played the most in my life.

Link to the past is a close second though

 

[asmith906]

I remember my first time coming across Red in the cave and getting obliterated by his team

 

[Run Goku]

Helluva lineup. I'd probably give the nod to DKC2. While I do love SMW, I think it's been edged out by the Galaxy games as far as Mario goes. But DKC2 remains the pinnacle of its series.

 

[Deleted member 17207]

I just made an OoT RTTP because it's that one :)

 

[Christo750]

Got confused because I thought Melee came out in December but it was only in NA.
Of all of those games, Melee is probably the most significant to me.

 

[BasilZero]

Super Mario World by a mile. It was my first video game ever and to this day it is more favorite platformer of all times.

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Are you...me?

Cause it's the same for me ;)

 

[Many]

A lot or Nintendo games are released on my birthday, even my favorite one, Ocarina; and another if my favoritas, A link to the past, was released the same day I was born. Whats the deal with this day, why so many important releases?

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

Damn I found my Pokémon Silver cart a couple days ago

 

[EggmaniMN]

Kind of a weird mix of JP and US release dates in there but they're almost all cornerstones of gaming (maybe DKCR and Smash 4 not so much but they're still great). And hey, I'd include F-Zero in that since that was JP launch. LTTP, DKC2, OoT and 3D World are all basically incredible games I could replay forever.

And don't forget the DS launch. That thing's just a wee bit important to Nintendo.

 

[NotLiquid]

I never got any of these games for their original launch except Smash 4 and 3D World - Smash 4 with the caveat that it was the European date.

That being said, Donkey Kong Country 2 the GOAT.

 

[Feign]

Ruby and Sapphire was 18 years ago?? Goddammit.

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Mmmm, yep. I'm feeling this right now.

 

[TheWildCard]

Hard to beat Nintendo at it's peak that is Ocarina.

 

[Why would you do that?]

I mean, it's gotta be Ocarina for me. In many ways, it's basically the game that shaped me.

The only one I haven't played is Donkey Kong Country 2

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Oh, pretty much the same here. Each time I played it I didn't get very far. DKC2 was always on my list to beat, but I just never got around to it.

I'm thinking that maybe because I grew up with the first DKC, I just always had that feeling like DDKC2 just isn't as good to me? But either way I want to compete it someday.

 

[Exist 2 Inspire]

Are you...me?

Cause it's the same for me ;)

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Good taste. :)

 

[MisterSpo]

Difficult choice between Ocarina and Pokemon Gold. Formative experiences for me.

 

[Anth0ny]

Melee :)

19 years old and still going strong

 

[Sir Sonic]

OoT is my GOAT
That aside, AlttP and Melee was my other favorites from this day

 

[Mekanos]

DKC2 is in my top ten, but after that I'm still spoiled. Probably 3D World, Melee, and Gold/Silver in that order. All of these are great games though.

 

[Deleted member 59109]

DKCR for sure, that's my third favorite game ever.

 

[DaleCooper]

I'm a shameless proponent of Super Mario 3D World. So I will go with Super Mario 3D World!

As an side, I played through A Link to the Past recently on Wii U VC, and it's amazing how that game holds up.

 

[Jencks]

Remember when 3D World and A Link Between Worlds launched on the same day? That was magical.

 

[asmith906]

Remember when 3D World and A Link Between Worlds launched on the same day? That was magical.

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I gotta give 3D World a second chance. Didn't really play much of it since it was on the wii u.

It had some groovy tunes\

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

Pokemon omega Ruby too, released on the same day as smash wii U.

 

[rustymonk]

It's amazing there is only 7 years between LttP and Ocarina of Time.

8 years between CoDBlops 2 and CodBlops Cold War...

 

[Secretofmateria]

Good fucking god the one two punch of 3d world and link between worlds was fucking amazing.

I had purchased a ps4 already and went to the gamestop midnight launch of the xbox one with my pals, they were getting one, i wouldnt get one unti september 2014, once Kinect was taken out.

but i did grab 3d world and a link between worlds that night. I put a ton of time into those games. Ironically enough my friends were more into 3d world coop with me than they were their new xbox ones

 

[Tochtli79]

OoT and Gold/Silver are such amazing games and both are so important to me. I'll probably continue replaying them for years to come.

 

[Dolce]

I've been playing Super Mario World annually since I was 2 or 3 years old, so probably that.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Ruby & Sapphire tbh

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Okay. I swear I'm from a different timeline. SMW came out in 1990?! I thought it was 91

 

[Pyro]

Pokémon Gold, still one of my favorite games that's always just outside my top ten

 

[Thrill_house]

A link to the past or super mario world. OOT is definitely io there. Hard to choose between the 3

 

[City 17]

OoT, SMW, aLttP, DKC2, DKCR

In that order.

 

[Deleted member 5621]

Those are some very good Mario and Pokemon games.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Shockingly out of all of those...3D world, loved it and playing as Rosalie was perfect.

 

[Lukar]

Gold and Silver.

 

[cHinzo]

Pokemon Silver for me. Spend way too much time in that game.

 

[Pascal]

Still a masterpiece all these years later.

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3D World is pretty great too

 

[FinalArcadia]

Pokemon Gold and Silver! The only gen I loved enough to get all three games (tossing Crystal in here) in and actually play all of them to completion. Just magical, even replaying them or their remakes gives me more joy than any other Pokemon game has or likely ever will.

On a side note, Smash Wii U is the, uh... obvious weak link on the list. Sometimes I forget it exists and I even have a copy and think "huh, what a gap between Brawl and Ultimate" lmao

 

[Kenai]

Ah, Pokemon Silver. So many good memories. It was when I knew for sure that Pokemon was no fad and here to stay.

 

[Sargerus]

Gold/Silver still peak Pokemon

 

[RecRoulette]

Pokemon Silver, easy

 

[TimeFire]

Melee, now and forever.

20 more years! Even if Nintendo hates us

 

[Mekanos]

I'm a shameless proponent of Super Mario 3D World. So I will go with Super Mario 3D World!

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Nothing shameless about it, it's a fantastic title and my favorite 3D Mario game.

 

[Phabh]

Hard to beat Nintendo at it's peak that is Ocarina.

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1996, 1998, 2007. Same level.

 

[Phil32]

A day off with Super Mario 3D World. It launched on November 22nd along with The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but that's just splitting hairs. Regardless, that was a fun day for sure! An excellent 3D Mario and one of my favorite 2D Zelda games!