Choosing the Best Nintendo Game of Every Year from 1985-2020 

Okay a lot of people seem to be upset over my picks, so I'm sorry that my personal opinions don't seem to line up with most others. I know I accidentally left out a few games here and there, and didn't end up picking any Pokemon or Fire Emblem games. But this video is just supposed to be for fun, and I'm well aware of how strange some of my decisions were. Just try not to take this too seriously. Thanks! And just for the record: current me would change 1995 to DKC 2, 2001 to Smash Melee, 2006 to Twilight Princess, and 2012 to Xenoblade. Opinions change :) Plus 2021 would be Metroid Dread, and 2022 would be Kirby and the Forgotten Land

2003-2007 is such an interesting period with how many niche and interesting great titles Nintendo was pumping out, the transitions from GBA to DS and GC to Wii. The graphics and artstyles were so charming. Many of those series would become either dormant or have sequels that just couldn’t match up. The games are like something you’d see some kids playing in a basement after watching Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. Such an interesting era in Nintendo.

Starting with a Galaxy song is an instant like

One of the overall best things about all the videos on this channel is that they finally make me feel like I'm not the only person who actually enjoys using motion controls, since it seems like everyone universally agreed to hate on them for no real reason

Found this interesting to watch especially as your choices differ to mine drastically. Was surprised Pokémon didn't get as much acclaim.

I could’ve sworn DKC2 was gonna be the pick for 95’ :( Yoshis Island I would consider a “charming” game but DKC2 is just pure bliss and gives you crazy goosebumps the first play through

Highly recommend playing Earthbound! I loved Yoshi’s Island as well, but the humor/cultural reference/wholesomeness of Earthbound makes it one of my top 5 of all time. Play it, for your own sake, sometime!

Awesome video. I agreed w most of the pics, especially 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The only two major ones I disagreed w were both 2006 and 2012. Being my favorite zelda game, as well as my second favorite game general, Twilight Princess personally blew all this games out of the water. And for 2012, being my favorite video game of all time, xejoblade chronicles would have easily been my pick. Great video tho

Besides your choices it is nostalgic and fun to go through our own memories of these games with you :) : Great job 👍

This is such an amazing video! I can't imagine how long it would've taken to write, record and edit

In this video there were: - 7 The Legend of Zelda games - 6 Super Mario games - 3 Mario Kart games - 2 Luigi's Mansion games - 2 Metroid games - 2 Kirby games - 2 Animal Crossing games - 2 Wii Sports games - 2 Super Smash Bros. games as well as 1 game of each for Paper Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi's Island, Star Fox, Splatoon, Nintendo Land, and Tetris, and also Balloon Fight, given his personal best of the year!

I love watching these sorts of videos. The choices themselves aren't as important as seeing what resonated with people over the years. Also interesting to see these lists when people younger (or older) than myself make them, because I think your age really changes how you approach Nintendo's library. Their decisions frustrate us at times, but I don't think any publisher has matched Nintendo's consistency when it comes to quality, particularly considering how many games they put out in a year.

You had some hard choices to make. I think while your choices are not unquestionable since some years were just stacked with great releases, I respect every choice you made here.

What a fun idea for a video! Calling it just, “the best” stacks up your favorite experiences, with what was most influential, what sold the most, etc. You clearly put in the work… the amount of different footage you had to collect before even getting to the editing…hoo boy. And this video taught me a few things… I didn’t know there was a Wave Race game on the Game Boy. I followed a long, and made my own list. It is so hard because so many years have awesome games that came out, some with multiple of my favorites haha. By the time you hit the early 2000’s I was ready to give up. Hardest years to pick from were 1997, 2001 - 2004, 2017. Some years were a little different though, where I didn’t care for many, and it was process of elimination. 1985 - Super Mario Bros. 1986 - Balloon Fight 1987 - Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! 1988 - Super Mario Bros. 2 1989 - Tetris 1990 - Super Mario Bros. 3 1991 - Super Mario World 1992 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1993 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 1994 - Super Metroid 1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island 1996 - Super Mario 64 1997 - Star Fox 64 1998 - Pokémon Red & Blue 1999 - Super Smash Bros. 2000 - Mario Party 2 2001 - Luigi’s Mansion 2002 - Super Mario Sunshine 2003 - Kirby Air Ride 2004 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 2005 - Animal Crossing: Wild World 2006 - Wii Sports 2007 - Super Mario Galaxy 2008 - Wii Fit 2009 - Punch-Out!! 2010 - Kirby’s Epic Yarn 2011 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2012 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2013 - Pikmin 3 2014 - Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze 2015 - Super Mario Maker 2016 - Paper Mario: Color Splash 2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2018 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2019 - Luigi’s Mansion 3 2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2021 - Mario Party Superstars (hopefully… but probably Metroid Dread)

1985 - Super Mario Bros. 1986 - Balloon Fight 1987 - The Legend Of Zelda 1988 - Super Mario Bros. 2 1989 - Tetris 1990 - Super Mario Bros. 3 1991 - Super Mario World 1992 - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past 1993 - Kirby's Adventure 1994 - Super Metroid 1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1996 - Super Mario 64 1997 - Star Fox 64 1998 - The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 1999 - Super Smash Bros. 2000 - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2001 - Luigi's Mansion 2002 - Metroid Prime 2003 - The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2004 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door 2005 - Mario Kart DS 2006 - Wii Sports 2007 - Super Mario Galaxy 2008 - Mario Kart Wii 2009 - Wii Sports Resort 2010 - Donkey Kong Country Returns 2011 - The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2012 - Nintendo Land 2013 - Animal Crossing: New Leaf 2014 - Mario Kart 8 2015 - Splatoon 2016 - Kirby: Planet Robobot 2017 - The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2018 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2019 - Luigi's Mansion 3 2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Your vids make me so happy the first one I saw was wuhu island and it almost made me cry cause my child hood 🥲 love your vids you deserve more subs

I would’ve put Galaxy 2 as my 2010 game. However, I’m glad to see Nintendo Land, New Leaf, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 acknowledged on their respective years. My 2021 game will probably be Mario Party Superstars.

Overall, your picks were understandable, and I appreciate the music choices for each year! As a huge Fire Emblem fan, I certainly hoped at least one person in your audience stood up for the underdogs like Path of Radiance and Three Houses, but I can also understand that RPGs are hit-or-miss, as you also didn't include any games from that genre. Still, kudos for picking Breath of the Wild, as that's my favorite video game at present! Hope the sequel impresses further!

Watching this gives me a lot of context for the subtle references shown in some games! Keep up that amazing work!

For me for 2005 is Mario Superstar Baseball, and it's criminal that you didn't even put it in 2005's list.

Really liking you’re content. So many you tubers and commentators are too afraid to state their real opinion on games even if it’s not the popular opinion.

I'm a Nintendo Fan since i was a little kid and your video brought me back so much memories. I like how you presented the years and i love your choice of music. I got chills by almost every track. Awesome video bro!

I have a soft spot for the mid-'90s releases, and I think it's well-documented how many strong titles were coming out in the mid-'00s, but I never really thought about just how strong the turn of the century was for quality Nintendo releases that have held up.

I was with you pretty much all the way, then you take a massive poop on SSBM. Melee is one of THE MOST ICONIC titles to exist and remains that way to this day.

We need wii sports resort nostalgia rewind

Holy crap you picked like a god! I think my favourite game for 2013 would be super Mario 3D world but that’s kinda unfair since it’s my favourite wii u game period. Origami king was fantastic too

I admire all the work you put into this and I really enjoy the editing/format, but god damn, 90% of these were misses omg ☠️

1985: Super Mario 1986: Balloon Fight 1987: Punch Out 1988: Mario 2 1989: Mario Land 1990: Dr. Mario 1991: Super Mario World 1992: Super Mario Land 2 1993: Kirby's Adventure 1994: Donkey Kong Country 1995: Earthbound 1996: Super Mario 64 1997: Goldeneye 1998: Pokemon Red and Blue 1999: Smash Bros 2000: Majora's Mask 2001: Pikmin 2002: Animal Crossing 2003: WarioWare Inc. 2004: Pikmin 2 2005: Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones 2006: Wii Sports 2007: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn 2008: Super Smash Bros Brawl 2009: Wii Sports Resort (would have been Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon if remakes were counted tbh) 2010: Kirby's Epic Yarn 2011: Pokemon: Black and White 2012: Kid Icarus: Uprising 2013: This one is the hardest year, because Pikmin 3, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon XY, and New Leaf are all some of my favorite games ever made. Tbh tho, I think I gotta choose Animal Crossing New Leaf. This is absolutely Nintendo's best year ever imo. 2014: Mario Kart 8, but it would have been ORAS if remakes were allowed. 2015: Splatoon 1 for sure. I absolutely GRINDED this game. 2016: Fire Emblem: Fates. It is the absolute lowest point in the series in story, but GOOD GOD the gameplay was literally strategy RPGs perfected. One of my favorite games ever. 2017: Breath of the Wild 2018: Smash Ultimate 2019: Fire Emblem: Three Houses 2020: Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2021: so far...WarioWare I guess? There was barely anything this year so far. as for why Zelda and Metroid barely appeared, they just are not my thing. The Fire Emblem bias is real tho.

Great list! All though I would pick games like Mario Maker, Galaxy 2, and Odyssey, I thoroughly enjoyed your rankings!

The fact that Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver didn't even get a mention where they clearly should have won 2009 is the biggest outlier. And before you say it's a remake, he gave the title to f***ing Wii Sport Resort. Not to say resort isn't an amazing game but between it and the most universally acclaimed Pokémon game ...

My picks for 2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 are the mario & luigi games of these years

I know im late, but theres one particular game missing and its called Eternal Darkness Sanities Reqium. It released during the gamecube in 2004 I think. Its psychological horror game created by silicon knights and was published by Nintendo.

I would've prefer Galaxy 2 as my 2010 Game of the Year. No offense to Donkey Kong Country Returns. But the game does get pretty tedious and repetitive at the later halve due to annoying level design choices. Also how is Pokemin Black 2 & White 2 not part of 2012 Game of the Year. Even if it isn't the best, the game was an great sequel and an fantastic Pokemon game in general.

Over-the-internet fist bump for Super Mario Galaxy being your favorite 3D Mario!

My guy, you can’t just throw Stickerbrush Symphony at me out of nowhere. I made an audible noise when it started, I’m in public.

NH is a legend. Change my mind

All very valid and understandable picks - I agree on most years but notably, I’d have Pokémon Black and White 2 (2012, you didn’t mention it presumably for the same reason you didn’t mention Emerald or Platinum - but that’s a misconception), Pokémon Sun and Moon and Fire Emblems Three Houses. It may have been my instinct to go with Twilight Princess in 2006 but Wii Sports really does have that iconic presents

This video is a great summary of how Nintendo games have changed in the past years. I really enjoyed some of the choices; except in 2017 when you chose the Legend of Zelda breath of the wild. I would have chosen Super Mario odyssey instead! But great video!

An ambitious video and you nailed it 😎 !

Thanks for the upload. Your videos are always of top quality

The most contentious thing you put in this video wasn't a 'game of the year' that I disagree with or great game that you didn't put as 'game of the year'. It was putting Metroid: Other M as a possible contender alongside DKCR, Mario Galaxy 2, and Kirby's Epic Yarn. Imagine a chess tournament with Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Steven Seagal. Thats equivalent to putting Other M alongside Nintendo Gold.

No way you actually picked Nintendo Land over Xenoblade...

A big Zelda fan for sure. Great list tho. You have opened up the door for lots of future Nintendo fans with this

Why the hell does the most popular media franchise in the world have 0 picks on the list!

Mario kart 8 came out in 2014, let that sink in. Also you can be put on a watch list for not putting smash ultimate for 2018 and especially BOTW for 2017.

You know what I miss about GameCube era Nintendo? That they were more experimental with their IPs, and gave smaller titles like Star Fox, F-Zero, and Metroid a ton of love and attention. Unfortunately that didn’t translate into sales so it makes sense why they steered away from that but it just feels like 90% of what Nintendo releases nowadays is Mario or Pokémon

Loved the video. Great choices. Can'tbelieve Chronotrigger didnt get a mention.

metroid dread has been out for only a few days and it's already my pick for 2021

I love the idea that this video is going to be here on RU-vid, like, forever and stuff

No wonder Kirby didn't get enough love over the years. Always late to the console lifecycle. I read it just made sense at the time, porting a game, starting late, being more familiar with the hardware, but surely you wanna sell your new console and the game could be EVEN better on new hardware. Give it an extra year or two and surely till be worth it. Still early in the newer generation cycle so why not invest time in that instead. I get that by that point the previous hardware has sold a lot and so there's a bigger install base. But I still would work towards new hardware. You eventually gotta make the switch anyway.

Dang, 2013 had way too many good games for just one year. My favorites were definitely New Leaf, Dark Moon, and Dream Team. Dream Team in particular is what gets me the most. I don't understand how people just seem to forget about it. I haven't played much of any other AlphaDream Mario & Luigi game, but I thought Dream Team was one of the best Mario games ever. It had a great, long story, and I enjoyed everything about it even though it's actually a pretty difficult game. Is it just that every other Mario & Luigi game is better? If that's the case, then that just blows my mind.

The music throughout this is fantastic. Great video. Loved it.

Should've included the 3rd versions of Pokemon. Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, etc all were huge too. And upgrades in many ways to the original two released prior.

love your videos! keep up the great work

2010 not being Galaxy 2 is wild 💀

Underrated channel, these videos will stand the test of time.

Endless Ocean being mentioned for 2008, but no Endless Ocean 2 for 2010, just makes me realize how Endless Ocean 2 is so much less well-known. But it's such a better game in every way, and it's kept me playing for hundreds of hours! Easily my pick for best game of 2010

I love watching this video because it's like a journey through time, and it shows how Nintendo has evolved.

Twilight Princess getting beaten by Wii Sports is a crime 😢

Dunkey would disagree with every year except 1988

You call yourself Nintendo Hero, but still have not changed 1995 to Earthbound. I will continue to cry myself to sleep until this is changed.

1985: Super Mario Bros. 1986: Balloon Fight 1987: Punch Out 1988: Adventure of Link 1989: Tetris 1990: Super Mario Bros. 3 1991: Super Mario World 1992: A Link To the Past 1993: Starfox 1994: Donkey Kong Country 1995: Earthbound 1996: Super Mario 64 1997: Kirby’s Dream Land 3 1998: Ocarina of Time 1999: Super Smash Bros. 2000: Mario Party 2 2001: Luigi’s Mansion 2002: Sunshine (Best game ever!) 2003: Mariokart: Double Dash 2004: Kirby & the Amazing Mirror 2005: Animal Crossing: Wild World 2006: Wii Sports 2007: Metroid Prime 3: Corruptions 2008: Mariokart Wii 2009: Bowser’s Inside Story 2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2 2011: Return to Dream Land 2012: Kid Icurus Uprising 2013: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon 2014: Tropical Freeze 2015: Splatoon 2016: Pokémon Stadium 2017: Super Mario Odyssey 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2019: Yoshi’s Crafted World 2020: Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2021: WarioWare Get It Together!

Pokémon: oh so he gets 2 favorites but not me? Kirby: poyo

If you had played Earthbound, you'd really see how majestic it is. I didn't care about Earthbound at all before playing it, but when I decided to do so and beat it, I was left with a magical experience and tears on my eyes

Ur vids are awesome

I really like how your listed the other contenders for each year. It allows the viewer to go “hmmm, would I choose something else?”.

My jaw dropped when you chose Nintendo Land over Xenoblade, what on earth. Insane

Please make another video with more profaund review of all the nintendo games you played, it would be so cool

I am personally not upset by your picks but I think you should have atleast played all the games you listed. Otherwise awesome video!

While the Wii U didn’t sell very well I loved it and I think one of the best games on it was paper mario color splash

Did anybody else not know there was a 'Wave Race' on Gameboy first? Here I was thinking it was a new concept to the 64.

Memories are flowing through my mind. The Nostalgia.

2017 was a banger Breath of the Wild Miitopia Mario Oddesey Splatoon 2

Great video. I grew up playing games on the Wii, DS, and 3DS. I also enjoy playing games on the Wii U, and Switch. I don’t know if it’s just me, but the N64 games, and GameCube games give me nostalgia even though I never grew up playing those games. Even though the Xbox 360 was my first game console, I always enjoy playing games on a Nintendo console.

Smh the Pokemon disrespect is so tough. B&W should've won over skyward sword at the very least

Though I didn't agree with all of them, I found all of your picks were fair except for 1995. As much as I really like Yoshi's Island (probably one of my favorite 2D platformers), Earthbound was the only right choice for how utterly unique and influential it was. I know you haven't played it yet, but you also haven't played Metroid Prime and still recognized it as the best Nintendo game of 2002 (rightfully so, although Mario Sunshine is one of my favorites of all time). I also find it kind of absurd how you mentioned 2001 GBA's F-Zero, but not Wario Land 4 - literally one of the best 2D platformers of all time (and arguably the best Wario Land). Same thing for 2009, where you mentioned DS's Zelda: Spirits tracks, but not M&L: Bowser's Inside Story (though you at least included that one in the on-screen list) - easily one of the best Mario RPGs of all time. Also no, Super Mario Galaxy does not have "amazing level design" (though it's still great and very memorable). It annoys me how much people immediately put that game on a pedestal for its spectacle (which is phenomenal, don't get me wrong) without actually analyzing it.

Such a great video hero! Ur such an underrated channel

Rip - SMB: The Lost Levels - Super Mario Allstars - Dr. Mario 64 - Super Mario 64 DS - Yoshi’s NEW Island - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe - Super Mario 3D Allstars

2001: Super Smash Bros. Melee Also, 2017 is hard. Odyssey and BoTW are both so great, but the I think Odyssey just does everything perfectly. BoTW suffers from a kind of empty world, terrible voice acting, and lackluster bosses/dungeons. BoTW still amazing though

There were some HUGE contenders vs each other in some of those year! Surprised Pokemon didn’t make the cut but if it’s a personal choice, I wouldn’t have chose them either

As a 80’s baby & to see them go from the game & watch era to the NES to the Switch has been an amazing journey. Even as a kid I knew this company was gonna be one of the best in video gaming.

Made my own list. 1985, Super Mario Bros 1986, Balloon Fight 1987, Legend of Zelda 1988, Mario Bros 2 1989, Tetris 1990, Star Tropics/Mario 3 1991, Super Mario World 1992, Link to the Past 1993, Links Awakening 1994, Super Metroid 1995, Donkey Kong Country 2 1996, Super Mario RPG/Super Mario 64 1997, Diddy Kong Racing 1998, Banjo Kazooie 1999, Mario Party 2000, Majora’s Mask 2001, Pikmin 2002, Metroid Prime 2003, Wind Waker 2004, Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door 2005, Mario and Luigi Partners in Time 2006, Twilight Princess 2007, Super Mario Galaxy 2008, Mario Kart Wii 2009, M&L Bowser’s Inside Story 2010, Mario Galaxy 2 2011, Mario Sports Mix 2012, Xenoblade Chronicles 2013, Mario 3D World/Link Between Worlds/Pikmin 3 (This year is one of Nintendo’s Best and it is sooooo hard to pick one ) 2014, Tomodachi Life 2015, Splatoon 2016, Fire Emblem Fates 2017, Super Mario Odyssey 2018, Smash Bros Ultimate 2019, Fire Emblem Three Houses 2020, Animal Crossing New Horizons? 2021, No More Heroes 3 2022, Fire Emblem Warriors 3 Hopes (Not an Enthusiastic Pick but none of the released games this year spoke to me) 2023, Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (For now, Pikmin 4 is likely to overtake it if not then Mario Wonder).

You forgot to put some games in some years 2002: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GC) It wasn't developed but it was published by Nintendo 2008: Wii Music (Wii) 2013: Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS) Published by Nintendo 2017: Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS) 2018: Luigi's Mansion Remake (3DS), Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee (Switch) 2020: Mario Kart Live Home Circuit

damn you really shafted pokemon lol. also why weren't black and white 2 mentioned? I get not mentioning crystal, emerald, or platinum because theyre really similar to the others but b2w2 is basically a direct sequel, not an updated version

Kinda mad u didn't pick Kirby's return to dream land or Pokemon black and white for 2011. I spent so much of my childhood playing those games. Other than that I think you picked fine

Earthbound is my favorite game of all time, you should play it now that it is on NSO

My first WTF choice was DKCR over Super Mario Galaxy 2, but I'd also like to share my choices. 1985: Super Mario Bros 1986: Mach Rider 1987: Legend of Zelda 1988: Super Mario Bros 2 1989: Super Mario Land 1990: Super Mario Bros 3 1991: Super Mario World 1992: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1993: Kirby's Adventure 1994: Super Metroid 1995: Earthbound 1996: Super Mario 64 1997: Goldeneye 007 1998: Pokémon Red & Blue (my favorite is actually Yellow) 1999: Super Smash Bros 2000: Pokémon Gold & Silver 2001: Super Smash Bros Melee 2002: Super Mario Sunshine 2003: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 2004: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door 2005: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat 2006: Wii Sports 2007: Super Mario Galaxy 2008: Mario Kart Wii (Wii Fit was a very close second) 2009: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2 2011: Super Mario 3D Land 2012: New Super Mario Bros 2 2013: It's a 3-way tie between Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team & Pokémon X & Y. I can't choose 1, haha 2014: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 2015: Super Mario Maker 2016: Pokémon Sun & Moon 2017: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (with Super Mario Odyssey as a VERY close second) 2018: Super Smash Bros Ultimate 2019: Super Mario Maker 2 2020: Animal Crossing New Horizons Also, my choices for 2021: Metroid Dread 2022: Pokémon Legends: Arceus 2023 (So far): Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Xenoblade 1 lost, but it lost to Nintendo Land. So I will allow it, just this once, sidekick. 😤 (Nintendo) 64th like, btw ✌

Really enjoyed this video, great editing and I think I agreed with every single one of your picks, looking forward to seeing more videos from you!

I’m surprised the original Paper Mario (arguably the best Mario RPG to this date) wasn’t even in the honorable mentions for 2000

i definitely noticed he didnt use the ports/dlc games: Super Mario 3D All Stars, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, etc. lol

This is a really good video and possibly an impossible task! There are so many games in each year that could have easy been chosen and some I would choose differently. But the point of your video is that it is your choice of which games are best. That being said where you haven't play some games if you went back and played them and re did this video, you might choose differently in some of the years. People getting upset over this is ridiculous! Video games are subjective to the individual playing them. Yes some might have greater universal acclaim that others but if a video game doesn't appeal to you, then you're not going to appreciate and enjoy it and have that same universal opinion, that's totally okay!!! I have so many games in my collection it's near impossible to choose a favourite as each game brings something different and there are so many different factor to what makes the best game in someones opinion. Great video enjoyed watching and appreciate your efforts and choices in making it!

30:00 Immediately checks 2015 to see if my favorite game of all time is chosen It is :) *not that I would have been upset if it hadn't. Some good games that year, and it's your list after all XD

It's rare that I agree with a list like this completely. You need to play the Metroid prime remaster asap.

Agree with most of your choices. 1993 was Links awakening tho! :-) and 2013 - SM3D World

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Super Paper Mario, The Minish Cap, and then Link Between Worlds. That's my top 5 :) (Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are in 6th and 7th, respectively).

My list: 1985: Super Mario bros. 1986: Mach rider 1987: Punch out!!! 1988: Super Mario Bros. 2 1989: Tetris 1990: Super Mario Bros. 3 1991: Super Mario World 1992: Super Mario Land 2 1993: Kirby’s adventure 1994: Wario Land 1995: Yoshi’s island 1996: Super Mario RPG 1997: Star Fox 64 1998: F-Zero X 1999: Pokemon Snap 2000: LoZ: Majora’s Mask 2001: Pikmin 2002: Metroid Fusion 2003: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 2004: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 2005: LoZ: Minish Cap 2006: New Super Mario Bros. 2007: Super Paper Mario 2008: Mario Kart Wii 2009: Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s inside story 2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns 2011: Pokemon Black/White 2012: Kid Icarus: Uprising 2013: Pikmin 3 2014: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 2015: Super Mario Maker 2016: Kirby Planet Robobot 2017: Super Mario Odyssey 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2019: Super Mario Maker 2 2020: Paper Mario: The Origami King 2021: Metroid Dread 2022: Kirby and the forgotten Land

This list made me realize how often Smash and Mario Kart games released in the same year. Lol I’m more of a Smash guy than Kart man myself so Smash would get the nod for me more often than not. And although I like Wii Sports and Nintendo Land, they are more tech demo type of games to me so I would always go for the meatier experience like Twilight Princess and Xenoblade. Amazing video though, great job.

6:00: Uh, the GameBoy version of Tetris is not why Tetris is one of the best selling games of all-time. Most people who have played Tetris have never played it on a GameBoy. and MUCH better versions of it existed at the time, including a freeware MS-DOS version.

Wii sports over twilight princess is wild!