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jayseven Newbie

jayseven

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I'm sure some of you will remember this archiving N-E thread from nearly a year ago. With the hard work and unasked efforts of @Shorty and @Ashley, having to 'downsize' the forum has ceased to be an issue.

 

However, the idea of having a read-only board of great moments of N-E's past is still something that's going ahead.

 

Much like last year's thread, the idea is for you to ensure we do not overlook any great threads. The threads suggested in the previous thread will be considered nominated automatically.

 

Here are some guidelines;

  • The HoF will be read-only, so nominating ongoing threads will not be a sensible suggestion
  • Think of anything epic, monumental, pivotal, memorable or indeed strongly significant in N-E's timeline, both as a site and as a community
  • Great moments reflecting Nintendo's history over this time will be great to hear, as well
  • Feel free to link to individual posts, however it is the thread as a whole that will be considered, not just the merits of one sole post
  • These are still nominations, and a thread is not guarenteed HoF just because it appears in this thread
  • Your reasons for nominating will help some borderline cases

 

Once the HoF has been initiated, there will exist ongoing Nomination threads, stickied, so that further additions may be made.

 

I would advise that people use the forum search, or go via your own user profile page's find all threads started by this user.

 

Any questions or comments are welcome! You will find a thread similar to this in various boards, but you don't have to repeat yourself as they will all be checked.

 

Cheers!

Retro_Link Newbie

Retro_Link

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Personally I'd like the very recent VOTE: N-Europe's Top 25 Wii Games! to have a place in the HoF Board. Seeing as it will be unstickied soon.

 

http://n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35685

 

It was a real coming together of this forum, with people putting a lot of thought/effort into their nominations, and it's a great celebration of the Wii to be able to look at, at any point in time. And may also make people think of games they'd still like to buy and try in the future either on Wii or through the Wii U.

Jonnas Collaborator

Jonnas

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markderoos this is the sort of thread that needs both contextualisation and nomination.

 

i.e. I have no frickin' clue wtf this thread is about' date=' nor why it should be a 'classic' - please tell me more :)[/quote']

 

Basically, the game was promised as being a great horror game, but turns out, all the work that was done on it was just conceptual art and a minecart model.

 

The thread would get revived time and time again with hopes that "now they'll release proper info" or "now they'll confirm its cancellation". The time it took for that piece of vaporware to finally be officially cancelled became a running gag. There's even a post mentioning that the thread should annually bumped.

markderoos Newbie

markderoos

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Basically, the game was promised as being a great horror game, but turns out, all the work that was done on it was just conceptual art and a minecart model.

 

The thread would get revived time and time again with hopes that "now they'll release proper info" or "now they'll confirm its cancellation". The time it took for that piece of vaporware to finally be officially cancelled became a running gag. There's even a post mentioning that the thread should annually bumped.

 

Still makes me smile everytime I think about it :)

Sorry for the lack of contextualisation jayseven, in my short time here I hadn't noticed any members not being aware of the amount of epicness this thread earned :)

Zechs Merquise Newbie

Zechs Merquise

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I would like to nominate THIS for obvious reasons :)

 

That is the best nomination anyone could have made. I laughed reading back over those posts.

 

If you look over them I called bullshit on that game quite early. It's funny seeing people defending it and actually believing it was real! What a classic thread.

  • 2 months later...
Fused King Newbie

Fused King

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I don't mean to put myself 'out there', but I think this post, along with others from the same thread (What kind of gamer are you?) are worthy of this idea.

 

As I am 19 years of age, it is impossible for me to have experienced the NINTENDO/SEGA wars, or even the launch of the NES/SNES.

 

So my gaming tale began with PC gaming.

I do not remember all the titles I played in the DOS-era, but one of my favourite titles from those times is Maniac Mansion: The Day of The Tentacle

A great point-and-click game with witty dialogue and time travel mechanics. This particular game also taught me a lot about the English langauge. Ah, I still remember me asking my parents what words such as 'push', 'pull', or 'cooperation' meant.

 

As time went by, I got into the whole GameBoy/Pokémon craze. I became one with all the secrets of Pokémon Blue, and with other games for my GameBoy (ported Donkey Kong Country 3, Tetris) but I still had little to no affinity with the NINTENDO brand.

 

I believe that at my primary school a SNES was stationed, and before hours started, kids could have a go at Super Mario World and the like. Never really had a thorough go at that though; 't was always too crowded. This was, however, the first time I properly got to see a sidescrolling Mario game.

 

Further along my timeline I see my older nephew showcasing his Playstation with Crash Bandicoot at my grandma's. This probably influenced my purchase of my very first home console, you guessed it, a Playstation. Boy did that thing grand me some great times with games like Crash Bandicoot, MicroManiacs(one of my all time favourites!), Tekken 3, and some cheap/crappy games if I look at them now, but then they were alright:blush: HEY LISTEN! I didn't have a lot of money those days:laughing:

I sure am glad to have been able to play MicroManiacs though. I think that no game to date has ever touched the concept that game boasted. (You should google it)

 

Now I did get a bit of NINTENDO puddin' during those days, for a friend of mine who lived next door had a N64 on which we played the likes of Pokémon Stadium, and ........probably Mario 64. I don't remember a whole lot of playing with that thing, because this friend preferred to play outside ....:nono:

 

Now let's see, where was I, oh yeah: Playstation. After a few years with that thing, naturally, I upgraded to a Playstation 2, and that thing brought me joy after joy after joy.

I discovered the Ratchet&Clanck series (still have a spot reserved for them in my heart), the GTA series, Gran Turismo (which helped me discover that I am not a fan of serious racing games), Tekken 4, and probably more which I can't remember.

 

Mind you, the Playstation 2 wasn't my only source of gaming pleasure. I did managed to upgrade to a GameboyColour (with Pokémon Gold, I thank you, and a cartridge with 11 smaller games on it, though it did also hold Pokémon Pinball) and I still hadn't let go of PC gaming, which held my interest with Battlefield: Vietnam(a game that had to fill the void that was left after the best days of my online FPS life I once had with the Medal of Honour series), and a little gem Ubisoft liked to call Rayman: Hoodlum Havoc. Another game which is up there in my top 10.

 

Now I know what your thinking: When, OH WHEN!, did ol' Fusedy jump on board the S.S. NINTENDO ?

 

: peace:I'll tell you all about it right now!: peace:

 

The S.S. NINTENDO was eagerly awaiting my arrival, but had to wait a little while longer just yet.

 

As I had dropped out of football I was looking for a new sport to take part in, which eventually became badminton. (bear with me)

Now it just so happened that an old friend living near my house was a member of a local badminton club, which was a reason for me to approach him and tell him that we could head to upcoming training sessions together.

We sort of became friends again ('sort of', in the sense that he was quite the annoying character) and eventually I ended up in his household where a Gamecube was stationed.

 

And there it was.

 

The first ever NINTENDO Home Console that I would soon grace with my attention from time to time, for it wasn't mine of course...

 

Now, this 'friend' wasn't really all that passionate about Gamecube gaming, he preferred to collect figurines for his Warhammer hobby. That's why I only got to play/see Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart: Double Dash, and Mario Tennis as representatives of NINTENDO's new console. Now keep in mind that most of the other franchises probably already had an outing on the Gamecube, but this 'friend' wasn't really that up-to-date when it came to that.

 

Now, what I am about to tell you might just induce a slight giggle, or even an outburst of laughter within you.

 

The Gamecube games I experienced had that which I later learned to be called 'NINTENDO charm'. It was this particular charm that made me think that I would be better off if I just sold my Playstation 2 along with its games and buy myself a shiny purple Gamecube.

Nothing funny about that, I know, but here's the punchline: The game that I remember to be responsable for me choosing the path of NINTENDO

was, ....

in fact, .......

 

MARIO PARTY 5

 

To this day I still do not recall exactly why, it also might've been a cumulation of all that NINTENDO charm, but this particular game provided me with so much fun, that I knew I had to have a Gamecube and discover more of this so-called NINTENDO magic for myself.

 

Thus, I sold my Playstation 2 along with all its games, and switched to the Gamecube, which was now probably in its final year before the Wii.

 

Now you can imagine that I had quite a vast array of games to choose from, and you're absolutely right! However, I still didn't get around to buying some of the classics such as F-Zero or StarFox

Notable games that I did get were:

  • Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door (made me an enthusiast for Mario RPGs ever since)
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker
  • Mario Kart: Double Dash
  • Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (I had the time of my life with this game and friends comparable to what most people say they experienced with the original Goldeneye on the N64 with friends:laughing:)
  • Mario Party 6
  • Mario Party 7

 

Great times, great tim- oh, I just heard your thoughts again: What about the regular upgrading on the portable front? WHAT ABOUT THE GAMEBOY ADVANCE, FUSED?!?!?!

 

Well, ....

I once made the fortuitous mistake of declining an offer by my parents to buy a Gameboy Advance for me at the airport before we went on holiday. I did this, because the last thing I heard was that the GameboyColour was the next big thing, so I kind of thought I would be the odd one out if I came back with a Gameboy Advance to show to my friends:laughing:

Of course, this wasn't the case, but why this was a fortuitous mistake I shall tell you now.

 

If I didn't decline their offer, I would probably have spend a lot of money on absolutely ace Gameboy Advance games. Being stuck with the GameboyColour, this pushed me to look for alternatives to play games like Pokémon Sapphire, Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Advance Wars series, and even The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

The alternative presented itself to me in the form of an emulator on my PC.

 

So, as you can see, NINTENDO was now even infiltrating my PC.

 

Now the story is making progress.:hehe:

 

The last game I played on my PC was Company of Heroes; a WOII RTS. In fact, I played a few RTSs on my PC and have since been longing for some form of RTS from NINTENDO.

Pikmin came close, it has the NINTENDO charm, but it isn't an actual RTS as we all know.

 

Anyway, by the time the original NINTENDO DS came out, and the NINTENDO Wii a year later, I was a fully converted NINTENDO gamer; playing catch-up with all those iconic franchises NINTENDO and co. had pumped out over the years (Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Kirby, etc...) and I'm still doing so to this day.

 

Of course, I am cutting corners here and there, for I shan't commit myself to hunt down EVERY Kirby game in existence, nor would I do that for any of the other franchises. To discuss which games I have played and which games I have not is a whole other story for a different time:wink:

 

What I will show you though, are some of the games which I hold in very high esteem and also take up a warm place in my heart.:hug::heart:

Between the brackets is the system I played the game on for the first time.

In no particular order:

 

  • Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door (GC)
  • Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga (emulator)
  • Micro Maniacs (PS1)
  • Crash Bandicoot (PS1)
  • GTA: San Andreas (PS2)
  • Rayman: Hoodlum Havoc (PC)
  • Little King's Story (Wii)
  • Modern Castlevania series for the DS
  • Resident Evil 4 (GC)
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker (GC)
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (emulator)
  • Maniac Mansion: The Day of The Tentacle (DOS)
  • Advance Wars series (emulator + DS)
  • Rhythm Paradise (DS)
  • Professor Layton series (DS)
  • Ratchet&Clanck series (PS2)
  • Medal of Honour: Allied Assault (PC)

 

And that, my dear children, is Fused King's gaming tale up untill now.

 

A tale of a man switching sides, and never looking back.

 

: peace:

Ville Newbie

Ville

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By the way, I'm not into the online communities here, but surely the meet-up threads for games such as Monster Hunter Tri are noteworthy?

 

Yeah, that thing is pure awesome. All the calculations and hunting stories = total win.

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