Nintendo has one of the most dedicated fan followings out there.
While that often means there's a whole community of gamers singing its praises, it also often results in crowds of those same gamers angrily rallying together to decry some of its more questionable business decisions.
As an iconic handheld device, the Game Boy Color was packed with fantastic platformer games that covered numerous sub-genres while providing a genuine experience.
From the Supervision to the Steam Deck, the vast history of handheld console gaming is always worth celebrating.
A modded PSP is awesome, I used to play games like the original Marvel vs Capcom and even the original Doom on it.
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.
Still waiting to see whether Nintendo wises up on the whole smart phone chat thing.
I mean, they haven't shown any indication of making it the go-to for all of their online efforts quite yet, so there's hope they'll adjust their course on that and avoid ever doing so, because smart phone chat is not what gamers want.
As a developer it is important to listen to users, but you have to take it with a grain of salt. What a user wants is not always the right decision.
Nintendo, like the other big players in the industry, gets some things right, and some things wrong. By purely listening to its fans, the Wii would have never happened and Nintendo would have missed a hugely profitable console. The DS would also have never happened, therefor costing Nintendo most successful platform. Let's never forget that the reaction to these two devices when they were revealed were lukewarm at best, fans were asking for a more traditional follow-up to the Gamecube and the GBA as opposed to some gimmick-ridden devices.
On the other hand, the Wii-U was a costly decision made by Nintendo and one could argue that that 3D in the 3DS harmed the platform more than it helped it grow. Another thing to keep in mind is that while there's always a very vocal minority asking for games like Metroid or Mother 3, these don't sell nearly as well as other Nintendo titles, explaining why Nintendo isn't too fired up about these games.