Favorite Games Ever (Besides Ninja Gaiden, Obviously)

[Spark Of Spirit]

Favorite video game characters. Okay.

1. Kirby (Kirby series) - His cute, he's tough, and he faces nightmare creatures from beyond the pale.
2. Luigi (Mario series) - He's cowardly and clumsy, but better than Mario when he applies himself. See: his jump, poltergust, and Smash Bros. moveset.
3. Zero (Mega Man Zero) - He's fun in the X games, but he makes the Zero series. He doesn't whine or mope-- he takes action even when massively outnumbered and the world is falling apart. When you play as him, you actually feel like you're playing as a legendary warrior. Which is perfect.
4. Musashi - (Brave Fencer Musashi) - A rude kid who wields two legendary swords, is underestimated by everybody, and throws giant mechs through walls. Musashi is a pleasure to play as.
5. Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) - Calm, cool, and collected. He appears to be an oddball, until you get to know him.
6. Classic Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog series) - I like modern Sonic, too. But the old school Sonic who always has a face for everything instead of a long speech is slightly preferred to me. He's cool, he's cute, and he can mess you up.
7. Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series) - Best point and click protagonist. Has something clever to say about everything.
8. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank series) - I didn't care for his first appearance, but now I can't imagine playing as anyone else in these games.
9. Link (Wind Waker) - My favorite silent protagonist in any adventure game. His expressions are everything.
10. Sabin (Final Fantasy VI) - Best Final Fantasy character.

[talonmalon333]

Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island Series)
James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
Big Boss & The Boss (Metal Gear Series)
Ganon (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) - by far the best rendition of the character
Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 2 and 4) - both for different reasons

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Top 3 Games For Each Console That I've Played:

NES:
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
3. Contra

SNES:
1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest
3. Mega Man X

Sega Genesis:
1. Rocket Knight Adventures
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
3. Streets of Rage 2

Nintendo 64:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Star Fox 64
3. Banjo-Kazooie

Play Station:
1. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
2. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
3. The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Sega Dreamcast:
1. Power Stone 2
2. Soul Calibur
3. Sonic Adventure

Nintendo Gamecube:
1. Resident Evil 4
2. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3. Soul Calibur II

Play Station 2:
1. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
2. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
3. Shinobi

XBOX:
1. Ninja Gaiden Black
2. Halo: Combat Evolved
3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

XBOX 360:
1. Bayonetta
2. Halo: Reach
3. Alan Wake

PC:
1. F.E.A.R.
2. Max Payne
3. Half-Life 2

*I actually haven't played any of those games on the PC, but since they all originated there, I figured that I should probably mention them.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Ho boy.

NES:
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Contra
3. Mega Man 3

Game Boy:
1. Donkey Kong '94
2. Mega Man V
3. Mega Man IV

Game Boy Color:
1. Wario Land II
2. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Sega Master System:
1. Sonic The Hedgehog
2. Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
3. Fantasy Zone

Sega Game Gear:
1. GG Shinobi
2. Land of Illusion
3. Sonic The Hedgehog: Triple Trouble

Turbografx-16:
1. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
2. Ys Book I & II
3. Blazing Lazers

SNES:
1. Yoshi's Island
2. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest
3. Mega Man X

Sega Genesis:
1. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
2. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
3. Streets of Rage 2

Neo Geo:
1. Metal Slug 3
2. Metal Slug X
3. Sengoku 3

Sega CD
1. Sonic The Hedgehog CD
2. Popful Mail
3. Final Fight CD

Nintendo 64:
1. Super Smash Bros.
2. Star Fox 64
3. Goemon's Great Adventure

PlayStation:
1. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
2. Brave Fencer Musashi
3. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Sega Saturn:
1. NiGHTS Into Dreams
2. Radiant Silvergun
3. Shinobi Legions

Game Boy Advance:
1. Mega Man Zero 3
2. Ninja Five-O
3. Metroid Fusion

Sega Dreamcast:
1. Jet Grind Radio
2. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
3. Power Stone 2

Nintendo Gamecube:
1. Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
2. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3. Viewtiful Joe

PlayStation 2:
1. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
2. Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
3. God Hand

XBOX:
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. OutRun 2
3. Jet Set Radio Future

Nintendo DS:
1. Contra 4
2. Henry Hatsworth In The Puzzling Adventure
3. Hotel Dusk

PlayStation Portable:
1. Ys: Oath in Felghana
2. Valkyria Chronicles 2
3. Ys VII

Nintendo Wii:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
3. Kirby's Return to Dreamland

XBOX 360:
1. Halo: Reach
2. Deadly Premonition
3. Alan Wake

PlayStation 3:
1. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
2. Valkyria Chronicles
3. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

PC:
1. DOOM II
2. Duke Nukem 3D
3. The Secret of Monkey Island

Nintendo 3DS:
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
2. Kirby: Triple Deluxe
3. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Wii U:
1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
2. The Wonderful 101
3. Super Smash Bros. For Wii U

[talonmalon333]

I challenge anyone to not pick SMB3 as their favorite NES game.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I challenge anyone to not pick SMB3 as their favorite NES game.

It's hard because it's so good, but I could see someone put something like Mega Man 2 or River City Ransom above it if they prefer more action based and less traditional platformers.

But it's sort of like not picking Pitfall for best Atari 2600 game. You can't really ignore it as one of the best for the system.

[Commode]

SMB3 isn't even my favorite of the NES Mario games...

[Spark Of Spirit]

I just realized my list is basically a top 78 games list. 

[Foggle]

Holy cow. Uh.

NES:
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Mega Man 2
3. Castlevania 3

Game Boy:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
2. Donkey Kong '94
3. Pokemon Blue (this is nostalgia, really; haven't played too many original Game Boy games)

Game Boy Color:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
2. Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

SNES:
1. Super Metroid
2. Donkey Kong Country 2
3. Yoshi's Island

Sega Genesis:
1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Comix Zone

Nintendo 64:
1. Banjo-Tooie
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
3. Paper Mario

PlayStation:
1. Resident Evil 2
2. Persona 2: Innocent Sin
3. Fear Effect 2

Game Boy Advance:
1. Metroid: Zero Mission
2. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
3. Advance Wars

Sega Dreamcast:
1. D2
2. Maken X
3. Jet Set Radio

Nintendo GameCube:
1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Resident Evil (remake)

PlayStation 2:
1. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
2. God Hand
3. Jak 2

Xbox:
1. Ninja Gaiden Black
2. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
3. Halo

Nintendo DS:
1. Contra 4
2. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
3. Infinite Space

PlayStation Portable:
1. Valkyria Chronicles 3
2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7
3. Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (Yakuza: Black Panther)

Nintendo Wii:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen (Fatal Frame 4)
3. No More Heroes

Xbox 360:
1. Ninja Gaiden 2
2. Deadly Premonition
3. Lost Odyssey

PlayStation 3:
1. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
2. Yakuza 4
3. Demon's Souls

PC:
1. Deus Ex
2. F.E.A.R.
3. Half-Life (potentially surpassed by Black Mesa)

Nintendo 3DS:
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
2. Shin Megami Tensei 4
3. Persona Q (I really need to play more 3DS games)

Wii U:
1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
2. Bayonetta 2
3. The Wonderful 101

Multi-platform (i.e. not eventual ports or remasters):
1. Nier
2. Saints Row 4
3. Mass Effect 2

Whew.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Great choices! Valkyria Chronicles 3 looked so good that I was annoyed they never released it over here, and now it looks like the series is done.

Oh well, hopefully Code Name STEAM will pick up the slack on it.

Game Boy:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
2. Donkey Kong '94
3. Pokemon Blue (this is nostalgia, really; haven't played too many original Game Boy games)

I highly recommend Mega Man IV and V for the Game Boy. They're top notch platformers. (Also on the eshop!)

Nintendo 3DS:
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
2. Shin Megami Tensei 4
3. Persona Q (I really need to play more 3DS games)

There's a lot of good stuff out there. Judging by your tastes, you'd really like Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Shinobi 3DS, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Rhythm Thief.

Also, there are some really good DS games you could play on it like Radiant Historia (Best Atlus game), Solatorobo, Aliens Infestation, and Henry Hatsworth. In addition, Space Invader Extreme 2 (thank you for the rec, RSW!) might be the best version of Space Invaders ever. The DS had a great library.

[Foggle]

Great choices! Valkyria Chronicles 3 looked so good that I was annoyed they never released it over here, and now it looks like the series is done.

Oh well, hopefully Code Name STEAM will pick up the slack on it.

Thanks! I noticed that our lists have a lot of overlap at times.

Fortunately, there's an English patch for VC3 now (and if you're like me and don't want to hack your PSP to install it, you can watch the story on YouTube), so it's easily playable as an import these days.

Eagerly awaiting Code Name STEAM as well.

I highly recommend Mega Man IV and V for the Game Boy. they're top notch platformers.

Both are on my infinitely lengthy wishlist. Hopefully I will play them someday soon!

There's a lot of good stuff out there. Judging by your tastes, you'd really like Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Shinobi 3DS, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Rhythm Thief.

Also, there are some really good DS games you could play on it like Radiant Historia (Best Atlus game), Solatorobo, Aliens Infestation, and Henry Hatsworth. In addition, Space Invader Extreme 2 (thank you for the rec, RSW!) might be the best version of Space Invaders ever. The DS had a great library.

Yeah, for sure! Both DSes have awesome libraries, it's just that I get too sidetracked with all the great home console and PC games out there.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Great list!

Also, I forgot about handhelds:

Game Boy/Color:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages
2. Pokemon Gold/Silver
3. Super Mario Land

Game Boy Advance:
1. Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green
2. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
3. Sonic Advance

Nintendo DS:
1. Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

And....yeah, I haven't really played much of the modern handheld systems, unfortunately.

[Spark Of Spirit]

If you get a Wii U, you can download GBA games. I'm sure you'll enjoy the MMZ, Castlevania, and Metroid games a great deal. DS is also apparently coming to the VC there, too.

On another topic I just noticed IGN gave both God Hand and Double Dragon Neon the same score. Do they really have no one there that knows anything about beat em ups? Like, at all? This is about as annoying as journalists that have never played a Genesis game or know what Yoshi's Island is reviewing retro games.

[talonmalon333]

How will DS games be played on the Wii U?

[gunswordfist]

challenge accepted:
1. mega man 2
2. mega man 3
3. mega man 5

i've been wanting to play goemon's great adventure and how is final fight cd?