The majority of this series's fans have probably barely touched an NES game, it couldn't have ever been as successful as it is if only 80s kids found it appealing. The only NES games I've bothered beating and playing more than once is Metroid and Kirby's Adventure, and that's purely because I'm big Metroid and Kirby fan, I couldn't give less of a damn about any other NES era classic. Yet Shovel Knight is the absolute pinnacle of quality in my eyes, easy Top 10 of all time for me.