It had the best wrestling games & some excellent action/platform/exclusives. PS1 had the cool teen demographic though. Image was everything in the 90s and PS1 was like the cool new kid on the block. Saturn had the best 2D fighters, but kept lagging behind the competition from a cool factot
>threw in the towel
Some of the most influential and revolutionary video games of all time are on the N64. Everyone owned a PS1 but hardly anybody even bothers talking about most of those games because that console was quantity over quality
The original Stadium was more of a tool for tournaments that got a retail release because "frick it, we made it let's sell it."
The limited roster was selected based on competitive player teams, since there was no reason to include monsters that wouldn't be used.
It’s an inferiority complex thing mixed with brand loyalty. People tend to talk about the N64 more than other 5th Gen consoles because that’s where the most important games that Gen were. This doesn’t bother rational people.
The problem with the Stadium games is they don't really give you very good rewards for beating them. Stadium 1 almost does this right, it gives you one of the three starters, or an Eevee, or Omanyte, or Kabuto. But it's random, so you can end up getting one you already had. You can then beat the game over and over again to get them all but it's still asinine.
Stadium 2 is even worse, it gives you the privilege to use Move Reminder. It also gives you a Baton Pass Farfetch and Earthquake Gligar. You know, exciting prizes.
Still, the Stadium games are the ones that make you most feel like you're a real Pokemon league trainer so you gotta give them credit for that.
Doesn't have to be the end of the game to be an end-game reward. That's what the legendaries are
Sorry then, let me rephrase that then. "the problem with Stadium games is they don't really give you very good rewards"
Spending a whole generation with nothing but a Nintendo 64 is one of the saddest, most miserable experiences that loads of kids must have experienced.
Nothing to play in countless genres, constantly being forced to buy games that don't particularly appeal to you because the library is so small and repetitive, all the cool games from third parties that you used to love on your NES and SNES are now gone...
Aside from the fact that none of my favorite games appeared on this console (and I bought both Mario 64 and Zelda OOT at launch, games with very serious flaws that magazines refused to talk about), my main problem with the console was the extreme blandness and lack of soul of its library. Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks. If you were interested in anything that weren't Hollywood action heroes and jumping plushies, you had almost nothing to choose from.
>Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks
Ugh where are the hidden gem menu simulator walking sim art pieces? These N64 games have too much gameplay.
>Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks.
Anon, normies at the time all flocked to the PS1 because they were dazzled by FMVs and Sony's marketing about how cinematic everything was. The N64 was for people who appreciated gameplay and were willing to overlook the lack of cutting-edge pre-rendered cutscenes.
>Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks.
Anon, normies at the time all flocked to the PS1 because they were dazzled by FMVs and Sony's marketing about how cinematic everything was. The N64 was for people who appreciated gameplay and were willing to overlook the lack of cutting-edge pre-rendered cutscenes.
I like the n64bbut trying to find a fun 1 player game that isn't the usual like 5 feels like wandering a desert
I wish OoT let you skip text and had less talking in general
The memory expansion capabilities are a total waste of time and money for them. I mean so was 64dd development and having an expansion slot at all.
They definitely could have made the 64 cheaper to make and focus more on games without much impact on performance and quality.
I'm dealing with a broken expansion pak right now it sucks ass. I just want the damn console to boot I wish I could just bridge it myself since that's all the jumper does
I agree.
There's still a bunch I need to try. Enjoyed pic related a lot though
It had the best wrestling games & some excellent action/platform/exclusives. PS1 had the cool teen demographic though. Image was everything in the 90s and PS1 was like the cool new kid on the block. Saturn had the best 2D fighters, but kept lagging behind the competition from a cool factot
Eh not really
I like that I can have N64 collection that has a low file size easy. PSX balloons so much. Fricking cd audio
It’s funny how Sony hyped up CD capacity and all it was used for was shitty FMVs and audio.
Yes, for 8 years old and below
Go back to your FMVs, PS1 gay!!!
shit bait, have a pity (You)
Pokémon Stadium wasn't really that good of a game
The sad thing is it's an improvement over the first one, nintendo threw in the towel early that generation
>threw in the towel
Some of the most influential and revolutionary video games of all time are on the N64. Everyone owned a PS1 but hardly anybody even bothers talking about most of those games because that console was quantity over quality
The original Stadium was more of a tool for tournaments that got a retail release because "frick it, we made it let's sell it."
The limited roster was selected based on competitive player teams, since there was no reason to include monsters that wouldn't be used.
The N64 library may have been relatively small but its highs were so much higher than the competition’s
>daily "I don't like the N64" thread
Why are you like this?
I don't do this to the shit consoles you like...
It’s an inferiority complex thing mixed with brand loyalty. People tend to talk about the N64 more than other 5th Gen consoles because that’s where the most important games that Gen were. This doesn’t bother rational people.
Lets be real here brother,
>People tend to talk about the N64
It's forced discussion.
Nobody's forcing anyone to make anonymous posts on Ganker.
Nah I played Soul Reaver 1 and 2, choice is an illusion. You were always going to do the things you were going to do
You don't even like video games.
You like the nintendo brand.
wait why are you assuming OP is being sarcastic?
Pokemon Stadium is a good game
The problem with the Stadium games is they don't really give you very good rewards for beating them. Stadium 1 almost does this right, it gives you one of the three starters, or an Eevee, or Omanyte, or Kabuto. But it's random, so you can end up getting one you already had. You can then beat the game over and over again to get them all but it's still asinine.
Stadium 2 is even worse, it gives you the privilege to use Move Reminder. It also gives you a Baton Pass Farfetch and Earthquake Gligar. You know, exciting prizes.
Still, the Stadium games are the ones that make you most feel like you're a real Pokemon league trainer so you gotta give them credit for that.
What rewards do you get from beating the main games, a credits scene? Why not play games for the satisfaction of beating them?
Because you can have both?
The main games give you multiple rewards, namely the legendary Pokemon
I'll grant you Mewtwo, but I don't recall that being the case in Gen 2, Red is the final boss of the game and you get no trinkets for beating him.
Doesn't have to be the end of the game to be an end-game reward. That's what the legendaries are
Sorry then, let me rephrase that then. "the problem with Stadium games is they don't really give you very good rewards"
Spending a whole generation with nothing but a Nintendo 64 is one of the saddest, most miserable experiences that loads of kids must have experienced.
Nothing to play in countless genres, constantly being forced to buy games that don't particularly appeal to you because the library is so small and repetitive, all the cool games from third parties that you used to love on your NES and SNES are now gone...
Aside from the fact that none of my favorite games appeared on this console (and I bought both Mario 64 and Zelda OOT at launch, games with very serious flaws that magazines refused to talk about), my main problem with the console was the extreme blandness and lack of soul of its library. Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks. If you were interested in anything that weren't Hollywood action heroes and jumping plushies, you had almost nothing to choose from.
>Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks
Ugh where are the hidden gem menu simulator walking sim art pieces? These N64 games have too much gameplay.
are you guys 12 or something? Grow the frick up
Oooh you're so mature and above it all. Piss off, you little moron.
What was in those two posts that offended you enough to make this comment, but not in the post that they replied to?
>Almost all games were aimed at normies and took zero risks.
Anon, normies at the time all flocked to the PS1 because they were dazzled by FMVs and Sony's marketing about how cinematic everything was. The N64 was for people who appreciated gameplay and were willing to overlook the lack of cutting-edge pre-rendered cutscenes.
As a pokemon channel lover, I need the mic and its electronic box attachment thing to play hey you pikachu
I like the n64bbut trying to find a fun 1 player game that isn't the usual like 5 feels like wandering a desert
I wish OoT let you skip text and had less talking in general
The memory expansion capabilities are a total waste of time and money for them. I mean so was 64dd development and having an expansion slot at all.
They definitely could have made the 64 cheaper to make and focus more on games without much impact on performance and quality.
I'm dealing with a broken expansion pak right now it sucks ass. I just want the damn console to boot I wish I could just bridge it myself since that's all the jumper does