VG Republic Writes: Nintendo held their investors call today and had to come up with reasons to tell their loyalist backers as to why the company posted not only their second consecutive fiscal loss, but have not been able to grab any momentum with their Next-Generation console and why their portable market it about all that’s keeping them afloat. While speaking on that point, the more interesting quote that came out of the call was the fact that Nintendo is not intending to hold a large press conference to complete the trifecta of the usual ‘Big Three’ leaving the main stage for the companies bringing forth a new console. At first glance, many may think that the news was more to the credit, or lack their of for that matter, of revenue but the fact of the matter isn’t that at all. After all we are talking about Nintendo and the company that has been making consoles since the 80′s is composed and comfortable with their place and not only that, confident in their products and what they have to show off.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Seemed like a good article too.