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[Acerac]

1: Smash Brothers Melee
2: Super Metroid
3: Super Mario RPG
4: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
5: Metroid Prime
6: Pokemon Black
7: Super Mario World
8: Advance Wars 2
9: New Super Mario Brothers Wii
10: Elite Beat Agents

 

[elektrixx]

I made my list then read other lists. I'm so glad so many of you liked SMG 2 as much as I did.

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 ; Super Mario Galaxy perfected. So many great, original and varying ideas for a platformer. This is actually my favourite game of all time.
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ; Just like Super Mario 64 this was such a good transition to 3D for the series. So vast and immersive.
3. GoldenEye 007 ; Among the most innovative shooters of all time and essentially an inspiration to the console shooter genre.
4. Super Mario 64
5. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
6. Super Smash Bros. Melee
7. Tetris
8. Pokémon Red/Blue
9. Super Mario World
10. Mario Kart 64

 

[Laguna]

1. Super Mario 64
2. Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
3. Yoshi´s Island
4. Super Mario World
5. Donkey Kong Country 2
6. Wave Race 64
7. Mario Kart 64
8. Zelda : A Link to the Past
9. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10. Pokemon Blue/Red

 

[Randomizer]

I will attempt to do this but as of right now I consider this pretty much an impossible task. I have two definites so I guess I'll start there.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario 64
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
5. Super Metroid
6. Metroid Prime
7. Super Mario Galaxy 2
8. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
9. Mother 3
10. Star Fox 64


Edit: So hard not even sure I'm even happy with this finalised list.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. Donkey Kong Country 2
3. Metroid Prime
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. F-Zero GX
6. Super Mario 3D Land
7. Super Mario Galaxy 2
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
9. Super Metroid
10. Xenoblade Chronicles

 

[Peru]

1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Super Mario 3D Land
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2
6. Super Mario Bros
7. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
8. Super Metroid
9. Wave Race
10. F-Zero GX

 

[ZealousD]

1. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
3. Metroid Prime
4. Super Metroid
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
6. F-Zero GX
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns
8. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
9. Sin and Punishment 2: Star Successor
10. Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)

 

[chazmonkey]

Doing a top ten of Nintendo games is hard.

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Earthbound
3. Super Metroid
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Mother 3
6. Super Mario Bros. 3
7. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
8. Metroid Prime
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10. Pokemon Red/Blue

 

[olimpia84]

1. Wii Sports
2. Wii Sports Resort
3. Tetris
4. Wii Fit
5. Nintendogs
6. Metroid Prime Pinball
7. Tennis
8. Soccer
9. Sim City
10. Volleyball

Interesting list. No Mario games..

 

[backflip10019]

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario World
3. Goldeneye 007
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee
5. Super Mario Galaxy
6. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
7. Starfox 64
8. Pokemon Red/Blue
9. Super Mario 64
10. Super Mario Bros. 3

 

[Sadist]

The following is a shameless display of tactical voting (that likely won't work or will backfire anyway) on my part to give maximum boost to Yoshi's Island whilst not giving any points to its potential rivals in the list, namely SMB 3 and SMW. You can delete my 2-10 choices if you deem this too shady, Sadist!

Haha, not a problem man. Like the diversity! And you're right, SMB 3 is getting a ton of votes. It might come out on top.

The thing what surprises me the most is that the Mario Kart games aren't receiving a lot of votes.

Hmm, love for the Zeldas and Marios is so divided among the individual games that Metroid Prime might take the lead here. Interesting.

Little nugget: both Super and Prime are extremely popular.

 

[DCKing]

Hmm, love for the Zeldas and Marios is so divided among the individual games that Metroid Prime might take the lead here. Interesting.

 

[RPGamer92]

1. Majora's Mask
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. Super Smash Brothers Melee
4. Yoshi's Island
5. F-Zero GX
6. Ocarina of Time
7. Pokemon Red/Blue
8. Link to the Past
9. Super Metroid
10. Super Mario 64

 

[ecierif]

The thing what surprises me the most is that the Mario Kart games aren't receiving a lot of votes.

I'm sure a lot of people enjoy the Mario Kart games, but it's hard to compete with the numerous games of series like Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid, or mainline Mario, in addition to several great second-party games. Some lists contain four or more entries from a single series. I think it would appear a lot more if people were posting their top 20 games.

 

[turnbuckle]

1. Super Mario World
2. Super Metroid
3. Zelda Link to the Past
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Metroid Prime
6. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
7. Super Smash Bros Melee
8. Earthbound
9. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
10. Advance Wars DS

 

[DCKing]

I'm sure a lot of people enjoy the Mario Kart games, but it's hard to compete with the numerous games of series like Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid, or mainline Mario, in addition to several great second-party games. Some lists contain four or more entries from a single series. I think it would appear a lot more if people were posting their top 20 games.

I agree. Mario Kart can be great, but none of the are really classical games and the multiplayer crown still goes to Super Smash Bros. for me and a lot of other people.

 

[cooljeanius]

All right, here we go:
1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Super Smash Bros Brawl
3. Metroid Prime Trilogy
4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. Picross 3D
9. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA)

 

[Starphoenix]

1: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2: Earthbound
3: Super Smash Bros. Melee
4: Super Mario Bros. 3
5: Metroid Prime
6: Kirby's Super Star
7: Donkey Kong Country 2
8: Pokémon Gold/Silver
9: Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
10: Super Mario Galaxy

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Interesting list. No Mario games..

Snes sim city is a mario game

You fight desperately to stop the evil bowser from destroying your city

 

[randomkid]

the top ten is going to be spectacularly boring. i wonder if tetris attack and warioware will even make top 50.

 

[ecierif]

All right, here we go:
1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Super Smash Bros Brawl
3. Metroid Prime Trilogy
4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. Picross 3D
9. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA)

I don't think Oracle of Ages and Seasons can be counted as one. You may have to remove ALttP. And compilations are not allowed (Metroid Prime Trilogy).

 

[izakq]

1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. Super Metroid
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
4. Metroid Prime
5. Wario Land 3
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2
7. Super Mario World
8. Donkey Kong 94
9. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
3. F-Zero GX
4. Wave Race: Blue Storm
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Super Metroid
7. Yoshi's Island
8. Super Smash Bros. Melee
9. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
0. Star Fox 64

This was impossible.

 

[Azuran]

1. F-Zero GX
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
3. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5. Metroid Prime
6. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
7. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
8. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
9. Animal Crossing
10. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

 

[manueldelalas]

1. The Legend of Zelda OOT
2. Super Metroid
3. Metroid Prime
4. Xenoblade Chronicles
5. New Super Mario Bros Wii
6. Super Mario 64
7. Advance Wars Dual Strike
8. Fire Emblem (GBA one)
9. Mario Kart 64
10. Super Smash Bros Melee

Holy fuck!, this was hard, leaving stuff like SMB1 and 3, Zelda 2, OOS and OOA, Wario Land 2, Punchout! NES, Pokemon Yellow, Advance Wars 1, Earthbound, Mario & Luigi, Earthbound, etc, was horrible...

Also, to anyone with a list featuring EarthBound and not Mother 3: You owe it to yourself to play Mother 3. Just drop whatever you're playing and do it.

Mother 3 is one of the most overrated RPGs of all time, and is very inferior to Earthbound, and no, I didn't cry, and I never knew the part were I was supposed to... (was it the flower chapter?)

Don't get me wrong, the game is good, but don't go expecting the greatness of Earthbound, you have been warned (also, the fanbase for this game is completely insane; a great gang, but absolutely crazy).

 

[+Aliken+]

1. Skyward Sword
2. Super Mario 3D Land
3. Ocarina of Time
4. Majora's Mask
5. Metroid Prime
6. Metroid Fusion
7. Goldeneye
8. New Super Mario Bros Wii
9. Mario Kart DS
10. 1080 Snowboarding


God that was hard.
It is difficult leaving out so many good franchises.

 

[Yawnier]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
3. Yoshi's Island
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee
5. F-Zero GX
6. GoldenEye 007
7. Super Metroid
8. Super Mario World
9. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
10. Super Mario Sunshine

 

[D-Pad]

1. Pokemon Red ; This is a game (Along with Pokemon Blue) that started the whole pokemon pokemon craze. The whole collect-em-all catchphrase tells why this game is so addicting for me. If it weren't for this game (again, along with Pokemon Blue) we wouldn't have the other amazing follow-ups, which it why I chose it as number 1.

2. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening ; The best Zelda game ever released. It's charming, challenging, and has the best overworld and dungeons, music, and characters of any Zelda game. The only thing it was missing was Princess Zelda herself (who I think shines brightest in both Spirit Tracks and Skyward Sword).

3. Super Smash Bros. Melee ; It was very hard to choose between this and Brawl, but Melee has provided me with years of joy. It's also more lighthearted than Brawl (aside from Brawl's tripping which I always laugh at) and not as "dark". Though I prefer playing Brawl today because of the "weight". Melee took everything I loved about Smash Bros. 64 and tripled the fun.

4. Animal Crossing Wild World ; Some may argue that the Gamecube version is superior, but the portable aspect is enough for me to choose Wild World over all others. It also sports slightly improved graphics and amazing music. When I just want to chill I whip this game out and take a stroll around town (and pull weeds).

5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ; The second greatest Zelda game ever created. The atmosphere of impending doom, the challenging dungeons, the power-packed-ness of the whole world... Not to mention one of the best villains ever to be written ever! The game is a great example of a non-traditional Zelda game.

6. Metroid Prime ; While I prefer talking Samus, there's no denying the epicness of her first 3D adventure. The mood, music, and difficulty were perfect, and the boss fights were amazing! Not to mention the world was pretty to look at.

7. Donkey Kong Country Returns ; Impressive graphically and has a good "rhythm" to it. Those whining about it being about luck just sucked at it ( ).

8. Kirby's Super Star ; Yes, the DS version added and improved a lot thing about the SNES version. But it was the multiplayer element that made me love the game from the get go, and it's harder to link up when each player needs his/her own copy of the game on top of a seperate DS system. So that never happened for me. Anyway, Kirby's Super Star is like eight Kirby games in one, each with their own unique quirk. Love it!

9. Kirby Canvas Curse ; This game was my first DS game, and boy I'm glad it was because it made that $200 something purchase completely worth it!

10. Rhythm Heaven ; There's no rhythm game better than rhythm heaven. None!

 

[leroidys]

So since we can only list our top 10, the top, I dunno, 30 or 40 games are all going to be the undisputed greats, and then there will be a bunch of random shit one guy voted for for the rest of the list. Right?

 

[Sadist]

So since we can only list our top 10, the top, I dunno, 30 or 40 games are all going to be the undisputed greats, and then there will be a bunch of random shit one guy voted for for the rest of the list. Right?

The popular titles (Mario platformers, console Zelda's) are definitely there, but next to those several other titles received a good number of votes. I can assure you, no random stuff in this list.

 

[Eggplant Wizard]

Trying to avoid too many games from the same series...

1 Super Mario Galaxy 2
2 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3 Super Mario Bros. 3
4 Metroid Prime
5 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6 Super Metroid
7 Mother 3
8 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
9 Pokémon Gold & Silver
10 Super Smash Bros. Melee

 

[digita1alchemy]

Don't have time to post my thoughts each game, but:

1. SMW2: Yoshi's Island
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2
3. F-Zero GX
4. Super Mario World
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
6. Super Metroid
7. Super Mario 64
8. Star Fox 64
9. Rhythm Tengoku
10. Advance Wars: Dual Strike

 

[MiamiWesker]

1. Zelda Majora's Mask
2. Zelda Ocarina of Time
3. Zelda Twilight Princess
4. Metroid Prime
5. Legend of Zelda
6. Super Mario Bros. 3
7. Super Mario Galaxy
8. Super Mario Galaxy 2
9. Zelda A Link to the Past
10. Super Mario World

 

[Paulokj]

1- Xenoblade
2- Zelda Ocarina of Time
3- Metroid Prime
4- Zelda Wind Waker
5- Super Mario Galaxy
6- Super Smash Brothers Melee
7- FZero GX
8- Mario Kart 3DS
9- Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
10- Zelda Twilight Princess

 

[disco]

1. Metroid Prime
2. Mario Galaxy 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
4. Super Smash Bros Melee
5. Paper Mario
6. Super Metroid
7. Super Mario 64
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
9. Super Mario 3D Land
10. F-Zero GX

No Ocarina of Time for me. Wind Waker was far more beautiful, charming and timeless imho. Ohhh Pokemon Snap, you were so good but argh, no space!

 

[Ros8105]

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2. Donkey Kong Country 2
3. Super Mario 64
4. Pokémon Gold/Silver
5. Metroid Prime

 

[Franchuzas87]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2
4. Metroid Prime
5. Perfect Dark
6. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Super Metroid
8. Super Mario 64
9. Yoshi's Island
10. Pokémon Gold/Silver

That was a hard one.

 

[olimpia84]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario World
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Super Metroid
6. Donkey Kong Country
7. Goldeneye 007
8. Pokemon Blue/Red
9. Super Mario 64
10. F-Zero X

Damn, that was hard

 

[BorkBork]

1. Earthbound
2. Mother 3
3. Super Metroid
4. Metroid Prime
5. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
6. Super Mario World
7. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
8. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
9. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!
10. Advance Wars: Dual Strike

 

[Doctor_20]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Banjo-Kazooie
3. Super Mario 64
4. Pokémon Red
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
6. Super Smash Bros. Melee
7. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
8. Metroid Prime
9. Donkey Kong 64
10. Super Mario World

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

1. Super Metroid
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Super Mario World
5. Super Mario 64
6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7. Yoshi's Island
8. Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
9. Metroid Prime
10. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

1. Mother 3
2. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
3. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
4. Super Metroid
5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
6. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
7. Earthbound
8. F-Zero GX
9. Mother
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl

 

[junkwaffle]

...
7. Mario Kart Super Circuit
This is a very special game for me. In my neighborhood most of the kids were a lot younger than me. My next door neighbor was around 9 and I was 13 or 14, but we would play this game a lot together. My favorite thing to do though was ghost trading for certain tracks with him. He loved to play Donkey Kong, which I thought was really cool, because I could never play heavy guys. Well, of course, I was a lot better at it than him so his ghosts provided little challenge, but he felt so motivated by my ghosts to improve. Over the weeks we played together he got better and better until he could hold his own in terms of lap times. A lot of my fond memories of this game stem from that. But most importantly, it was when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. He had surgery to remove whatever cancer was there and there a was a long period that I never saw him. I later learned that after the surgery a lot of his memory had been lost. When I finally DID see him again, he didn't recognize me or remember my name. He didn't remember playing Mario Kart with me. Now, whenever I load up my GBA cart, I'm met by the ghosts of my former friend. His family has long moved, but his ghosts still linger, both in my game and in my heart.
...

Wow. That carried with it an unexpected wallop.

 

[MrSerrels]

1. Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Yoshi's Island
3. Metroid Prime
4. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario 64
7. Zelda: Link's Awakening
8. Pikmin
9. Mario Galaxy 2
10. Metroid Fusion

Hard, and I agree -- the top 20 will just be Mario, Zelda and Metroid titles. Hope the first Pikmin gets enough love.

 

[kittens]

1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. Zelda: Link's Awakening
3. Zelda: Link to the Past
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2
5. Super Metroid
6. Super Mario Bros. 3
7. The Legend of Zelda
8. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
9. Mario Kart 3DS
10. Pokemon Gold

 

[Bgamer90]

1. Super Mario World
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2
4. Super Mario Bros.
5. Super Mario 64
6. Donkey Kong Country 2
7. Zelda: A Link To The Past
8. Super Metroid
9. Donkey Kong Country
10. Super Mario Kart

So hard.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee
4. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!
5. Paper Mario
6. Pokemon Red/Blue
7. Metroid Prime
8. Super Mario 64
9. Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword
10. StarFox 64

Sin and Punishment is somewhat tactical since I preferred the original, but the sequel probably stands a better chance at not ending up last.

 

[Def Jukie]

1. The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. Super Metroid
4. Yoshi's Island
5. The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
6. Metroid Prime
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Goldeneye 007
9. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
10. Wave Race 64

I just made a list of 10 Nintendo games that I love trying to limit them to 1 or 2 per series. Going through this thread just makes me realize that I could easily just take 30 or 40 random Nintendo games and make a top 10 list and be happy with it. As far as I'm concerned, no other company's catalog even comes close to Nintendo's. So many amazing games over the years.

 

[hitmon]

1. Fire Emblem GBA (Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken in Japan) - The game that started my love for the Fire Emblem series and still my favorite of the released ones in NA.
2. Wii Sports
3. Nintendogs (DS) even though 3DS is the better version
4. Duck Hunt
5. Tetris
6. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
7. Metroid Fusion
8. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
9. Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
10. Perfect Dark (N64)


Too bad Popeye (Panorama Screen) handheld game doesn't count? I think that would be in my top 2-3. Oh well, too bad about Swapnote.

 

[wondermega]

Wow. That carried with it an unexpected wallop.

seconded. Crazy story