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There's been a lot of discussion lately about Breath of the Wild being the best launch game of all time and it got me wondering what other great games arrived at system launches. I went through Wikipedia's list of launch titles and culled a list of games that were all well received critically and were important to gaming at the time or have continued to be important over time. It seems to me that the prevailing notion nowadays is that launch games are usually terrible garbage rushed out to take advantage of early adopters. I was actually really surprised by the shear number of launch titles that were legitimately great, important games.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:42
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It's Super Mario World, OP.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:49
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Yeah, it's Super Mario World. I got that cartridge the day I got my SNES and I still play it frequently, and have for the last 25 years.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:51
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Hard to argue with Super Mario World, but on the portable front, Wipeout Pure was kind of awesome as a PSP launch game.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:42
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Mario World was great but it was just basically Mario 3 with new mechanics and better graphics. The N64 needed something to really showcase how appreciably different 3d games were and Mario 64 did a fantastic job.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:47
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Hard decision between Mario World and Super Mario 64. But Super Mario 64 captivated my young mind to the point where I watched that Nintendo64 vhs over and over out of excitement. It was the reason that I wanted a Nintendo 64 even though there wasn't poo poo else on the Nintendo 64 at launch here in the US other than Pilotwings.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:52
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Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 both solid choices. In the end I give to Super Mario 64 because of the innovation factor. It successfully transitioned the series to 3D environments at a time when 3D was new and there were many, many bad 3D games coming out. In that turbulent era of gaming many franchises were lost or never recovered from botched 3D transition experiments. Super Mario 64 succeeded brilliantly where many failed and is STILL a fun game to play in tyool 2017, which is an amazing statement for a 3D platformer from the time period.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:00
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I wasn't alive when the SNES came out! 
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Apr 10, 2017 17:00
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Whole lotta votes not for Tetris. Whole lotta votes for the wrong game/s.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:34
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I do have to give a special shout out to Soul Calibur. Very solid game that actually looked better than the arcade version, with quite a bit of features for a fighting game. I would spend hours in the training mode just fighting against the CPU.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:40
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Objectively it's probably SM64, SMW or Wii Sports, but I had to vote for Rogue Leader anyway because that game loving ruled.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:40
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Tossup between S. Mario World and Mario 64, those are the titles I immediately thought of after reading the title before seeing the choices though. I think Mario 64 gets it though because it was more of a bold step from what came before.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:42
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blackguy32 posted:I do have to give a special shout out to Soul Calibur. Very solid game that actually looked better than the arcade version, with quite a bit of features for a fighting game. This but for Sophitia's throws.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:45
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C. Everett Koop posted:Whole lotta votes not for Tetris. This is surprising as is the zero votes for Super Mario Bros. on NES and Halo on Xbox
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Apr 10, 2017 17:53
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probably kerbal space program, OP
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Apr 10, 2017 18:02
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I got A Link to the Past with my SNES, which I preferred to Super Mario World (which is fantastic)... I think I'd say Mario 64 though; I still remember it blowing my mind when I first saw it in Toys R Us.
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Apr 10, 2017 18:49
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It is definitely one of those games!! 
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Apr 10, 2017 18:59
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what, no luigi's mansion op? smdh
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Apr 10, 2017 19:06
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Themage posted:what, no luigi's mansion op? smdh I'd actually considered including it until I took a look at its critical reception. Not stellar.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:16
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mods plz release the names of those who vote for SM64DS.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:42
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Voted Saikyou Habu Shogi
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Apr 10, 2017 19:45
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Chomp8645 posted:In the end I give to Super Mario 64 because of the innovation factor. It successfully transitioned the series to 3D environments at a time when 3D was new and there were many, many bad 3D games coming out. In that turbulent era of gaming many franchises were lost or never recovered from botched 3D transition experiments. Super Mario 64 succeeded brilliantly where many failed and is STILL a fun game to play in tyool 2017, which is an amazing statement for a 3D platformer from the time period. You took the words right out of my mouth with this post, thank you. And you're so right about other 3D games getting it so wrong, some of them are so awful so that Nintendo put out SM64 on a brand new console and it play so well is just an incredible achievement.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:49
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C. Everett Koop posted:Whole lotta votes not for Tetris. Though this is the game I still crack out the original Gameboy to play relatively often.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:49
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Discount Viscount posted:Voted Saikyou Habu Shogi 
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Apr 10, 2017 19:55
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zenintrude posted:I'd actually considered including it until I took a look at its critical reception. Not stellar. It really was fitting for them to include a button that you can press to desperately call out for Mario
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Apr 10, 2017 19:58
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When you say "best" are you talking about historical context, or whether it's still good now? Because by all accounts, Mario World plays as well today as it did at launch, and I don't know whether the same can be said of 64. OFC I've never played either of them lol.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:03
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Mordja posted:When you say "best" are you talking about historical context, or whether it's still good now? Either or both are reasonable reasons for making your personal decision. If, for example, Soulcalubur on Dreamcast blew you away in 1999 with its better than arcade-perfect visuals and gameplay and no other game has had that impact on you, then you may want to vote for it. On the other hand, if you've been playing Alien Crush since you bought it with your TG16 on launch day, August 29, 1989, and you still play it to this day... well, maybe you should vote for that. Or you could be a selfless academic and vote for Tetris or Super Mario Bros. I basically wanted to present a bunch of launch games that are also excellent games, regardless of release date, and see what goons thought about their status as best.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:10
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zenintrude posted:Either or both are reasonable reasons for making your personal decision. If, for example, Soulcalubur on Dreamcast blew you away in 1999 with its better than arcade-perfect visuals and gameplay and no other game has had that impact on you, then you may want to vote for it. On the other hand, if you've been playing Alien Crush since you bought it with your TG16 on launch day, August 29, 1989, and you still play it to this day... well, maybe you should vote for that. Or you could be a selfless academic and vote for Tetris or Super Mario Bros. Cool, got it. Well, upon scanning the list, I don't think I've played more than a few minutes of any of those games (PCgaeming4lyfe!!!) so I'll be abstaining from this vote.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:13
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Twilight princess was not a wii u launch title. Therefore this poll is broken and void.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:22
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Plebian Parasite posted:mods plz release the names of those who vote for SM64DS. Its me im the idiot who hates his hands
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Apr 10, 2017 20:32
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Ryoga posted:Twilight princess was not a wii u launch title. Therefore this poll is broken and void. I think a mod edited that... I assure you it was Wii originally 
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Apr 10, 2017 20:34
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Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild are kind of edge-case examples though, since both games were mainly developed for previous Nintendo consoles originally.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:41
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Super Mario World is the best game, so clearly it's the best launch title.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:51
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The 32X launched with Doom and The Xbox 1 launched with Tony Hawk 2 Tough choice
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Apr 10, 2017 20:55
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Harlock posted:The 32X launched with Doom and The Xbox 1 launched with Tony Hawk 2 Yeah, but the 32X Doom sounds like poo poo, so that makes the choice a bit easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oyweqZ7WM
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Apr 10, 2017 21:23
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I had a hard time between Super Mario Bros and Super Mario 64. Perhaps it's because I was old enough to realize the gravity at the time, but I had to go with Super Mario 64. It blew the doors open for 3D gaming in general. For 2 years prior the Playstation and Saturn had been slugging it out and getting things "almost-right" with regards to how to handle 3D. Then Super Mario 64 was unleashed and it hit every note correctly. It was accessible within the capabilities of gamers as a whole at the time, and its levels felt so ingeniously designed, with their multipurpose nature for each star. While everyone kinda cried foul about the step back with limited power-ups and a lack of riding Yoshi, that was made up for by the incredibly athletic moveset that Mario was given. Super Mario World was merely the apex (at the time) of 2D Mario, so that keeps it out of the very top of consideration. Super Mario 64 not only advanced the capabilities of Nintendo, and the character of Mario, but gaming as a whole. That game alone birthed our ability to have dexterity with an analogue stick.
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Apr 10, 2017 21:58
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Me and my sister had a 2600 and an NES, but getting a SNES for Christmas in 1991 with SMW and Final Fantasy is what made me a Gamer I wore both those games the gently caress out and still replay them once a year or so today
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Apr 10, 2017 22:16
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Voted Wii Sports. There are a lot better 'games' on the list and titles that I think are a lot more fun, but Nintendo wanted to "grow the market" with the Wii and Wii Sports did that in a way no other game up there did. You can make a lot of arguments about whether or not the long-term impact of the Wii on non-gamer types was successful, but Wii Sports had grandpas and aunts who never would have touched another gamepad in their life hanging out in the living room and flailing around like morons just like the rest of us.
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Apr 10, 2017 22:27
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At first I wanted to vote for Super Mario 64, but then I remembered that Super Mario World first brought us  , so...
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Apr 10, 2017 22:35
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Clearly it's Kerbal Sp...DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:probably kerbal space program, OP  Actual answer: Mario 64.
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