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shadowT1891d ago (Edited 1891d ago )

Missing Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5 in this list. Love this game!

Orchard1891d ago

They probably didn't include it (and a bunch of others) because of their criteria for "lasting influence on the industry".

SMMM is a good game, but it doesn't stand out enough to have THAT huge of an impact on the industry as a whole - especially when compared to games like Mario, Halo & Tetris.

Sonic-and-Crash1890d ago (Edited 1890d ago )

i would also add Sonic and Crash (pun intended lol) ...Sonic 1 on MD is a all time classic game that helped MegaDrive to separate itself and explode in sales... also Crash Bandicoot ...while not exactly a launch game..it was pretty close to launch for PS1 (in Europe was almost a launch game as PS1 released later here) and trademarked the start of PS era

Orchard1890d ago

Totally agree - those two games were huge for the industry & direction of platformers.

p.s. love the irony of your name for this post :P

jaymacx1890d ago

Sonic was not a launch game. I keep seeing people say it was, but maybe they were so young it’s when they got the console. Crash bandicoot definitely wasn’t even close to being a launch game . These games are system sellers though.

septemberindecember1890d ago

@Sonic-and-Crash

Neither Sonic nor Crash released anywhere close to the launch of their respective consoles. Crash released a full year after the western launch of the PS1 (and two full years after Japan's launch), and Sonic released two years after Genesis in US, and a year after Mega Drive in PAL regions.

CorndogBurglar1890d ago

I knoe it wasn't a massive influence on the industry, but Condemned: Criminal Origins on Xbox 360 is one of my all time favorite launch games.

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Fluttershy771890d ago

Ok you love it, and that's great but I think you are missing the point of the article... In any case to judge something like this I think you need time, currently we can see the tree but not the forest

darthv721891d ago

Soul Calibur... that game still holds up to this day. Such an excellent game.

jgilbert111891d ago

That game has aged like a fine wine. Still go back to it all the time on my Dreamcast.

Minute Man 7211890d ago

I should have never sold my Dreamcast

ZeekQuattro1890d ago

Mitsurugi was seriously wounded but the soul still burns.

Orchard1891d ago

Super Mario 64 + Halo were my favorite launch games - outstanding games.

Shuckylad1891d ago

Super Mario World SNES
Mario 64 N64
Halo Xbox
Motorstorm Ps3
Zelda BOTW switch

The Wood1890d ago

Motor storm. . . Yeah. . Underrated

Jericho13371890d ago

Not a launch title though.

Omegasyde1890d ago

In USA not a launch title but yes in EU etc.

frostypants1890d ago

Super Mario World is still my my favorite of all Mario games and in the discussion for best side scroller ever.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

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ActualWhiteMan20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg20d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree20d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai20d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary predictions

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PRIMORDUS50d ago

How about the original Legend of Zelda remade with the Echoes of Wisdom engine. Maybe throw in added dungeons, or expand the map to make the game longer than the original.

meganick50d ago

A Zelda 1 remake would be great, but not with the Echoes of Wisdom art style. I find it unappealing.

Neonridr50d ago

I'd even suggest a Link to the Past as well. Would love a more modern HD look using the Links Awakening / Echoes engine.

jreeves8250d ago

I would like Twilight Princess HD for Switch or Switch 2.

Redgrave50d ago

A movie trailer, or nothing if Mario's was anything to go by

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got_dam154d ago

Is the OoT screenshot a comp of hyrule field with the Windows Vista desktop layered over the foreground?