Favorite Nintendo Console?

N64 man. I have so much love for it. Not only did it have some of my favorite games, but it was also from a time when my brothers still played videogames with me. And we had so many games for it that, with my tender loving care, I didn't just organize the cartridges alphabetically, but by rating as well. And I still remember the Christmas when we all opened the presents and saw that beautiful, pristine box of printed cardboard.

The Gamecube is a VERY close second though.

SNES is third.

Wii wins it for me. It has a lot of my favourite games on it: Skyward Sword, Xenoblade Chronicles, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Metroid Prime Trilogy to name but a few.

Most of the great NES/SNES/N64 games that interest me are available through the Virtual Console, plus it's fully backwards compatible with all GameCube games, so for me it's the ultimate 5-in-1 console. It'll take a lot for Wii U to surpass Wii in my books.

Originally Posted by Sherm

I fully agree!! The NES for me on nostalgia alone!!

I was born in 1997, therefore not fortunate enough to experience its release, and I didn't get the system until last year.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one to choose 3ds. I LOVE IT! 1.Portability 2.Design(I have the black one with the hyrule crest)3.Portable miis!!buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
N64 was one of my other favorite consoles.

I say Nintendo 64. Partially because of nostalgia, partly because the analog control stick changed gaming forever, but mostly because of Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey

and goldeneye

and smash bros

and F-Zero X

and Star Wars Episode 1 Racer

and Shadows of the Empire

but mostly 3D hockey

I really like the Nintendo 64. It is just so classic, and it had so many good games...FPSs were actually good back then...ah, the memories (okay I'll stop now)...

That Super Famicom Jr. I bought has been the greatest investment I've spent on video games. N64 and NES/Famicom are pretty fun too. My Wii lives in a box in the attic.

The Virtual Boy is clearly the greatest handheld device ever made.

Wii because it has great games and VC allowing for past great games to be on it as well (with the exception of Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie, Harvest Moon 64, DK64 and Earthbound)

Wii. That's a no-brainer. It's an NES, SNES, N64, and GCN all rolled into one!

Given that it is my most extensively used console of all time, the Wii is a clear winner. The lack of some defining N64 classics in the Virtual Console library (the Banjo games, as well as Goldeneye) was a bummer, but that's just how it is. Not like there aren't plenty, plenty, plenty of other games to play.

Some of my favorite games are also Wii games, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Xenoblade Chronicles, which of course helps.

Gamecube for me, because the controller is really comfortable, and it has the largest library of games out of all of Nintendo's systems. Plus I liked that it came in a bunch of colours.

Nintendo DS. The only other system that comes even remotely close is the SNES.

In my opinion.

The snes without a doubt, the quality of games on it were just astounding to me when I first played games on it like Super Mario World and ALTTP. To me it also felt as when the developers were starting the to realize how much of a dominant force the home consoles were starting to become and just poured the efforts of some of the most talented game designers ever to concieve the best games that still impact many games to this day and have set the standard for the gaming world.

I voted GC, it has the best library of games, and probably the least annoying fanbase too.

For me, it's almost impossible to choose. But there is a bit of a difference whether or not you include backwards compatibility or just original games. In this case, Wii would win over GCN because it can play all GCN does plus more.

Only original titles, no BC:
Gamecube

Including original plus BC:
Wii

The 3DS also gets an honorable mention from me, I love the heck out of it. I already loved the DS, and 3DS is way better.

It's hard to top SNES with SMW, ALTTP, Super Metroid, DKC1/2, Yoshi's Island, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All-Stars. I'm a huge fan of 2D gaming.

N64 made up in quality what it lacked in quantity. Even though it represented the end of an era where Nintendo dominated the gaming industry, I think people remember the N64 very fondly. It had some of the very, very best games ever, including Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye, and Super Smash Brothers (not to mention the less refined but highly groundbreaking Super Mario 64).

The Gamecube era didn't produce as many "god-tier" games as N64, but there were a higher number of "great" releases. The Gamecube is often perceived as a failure, but it was not a bad system at all. Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 stood as the game's very best, followed by great games like SSBM, WW, and Pikmin. Gamecube's biggest hole was an amazing Mario game. Sunshine was okay, but underwhelming.

The Wii was a commercial success for Nintendo and has been another solid system for the Nintendo gamer. Mario returned in a big way with the Galaxy games and NSMB. Zelda saw another solid entry with Skyward Sword and Retro delivered with a fantastic Donkey Kong game. Of course, the biggest story was more on the "casual" side of things with Wii Sports, Wii Fit, NSMB etc.

I vote Gamecube because it was the Nintendo console I grew up on. We owned a Playstation in the family, not an N64, so I didn't really get to know Nintendo until Gamecube and GBA.

N64. It had two of the best Zelda games made, Smash Bros. 64, SM64, Banjo Kazooie, and tons of other stuff. It was also my first console.

Can't really say anything about the SNES or NES, since I never had either of them.

I honestly see no reason to vote for anything besides the Wii. It allows you to play pretty much every major Nintendo title that's ever been made with the VC. Sure other systems have awesome games but the Wii's the only one that can play all of them.