Lexi and Ben talk about all the Nintendo home gaming consoles and their top games for eachu system. We get into some heartwarming anecdotes about the games and moments that made us and talk a bit about the difficulties of being an adult female who games. This one is a nostalgia-fest (in a good way!)
Here’s a list of the games we discussed, as well as a couple movie and comics we mentioned!
NES
Lexi
Ben
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy 6
- Super Mario Bros. 3
Movie reference: The Wizard (1989)
SNES
Lexi
- Super Mario World
- Donkey Kong Country
- Super Mario Kart
Ben
- Super Mario World
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Secret of Mana
SNES Honourable Mentions
N64
Lexi
- Super Mario 64
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- GoldenEye 007
Ben
- GoldenEye 007
- Mario Party (64)
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer
N64 Honourable Mentions
- Shadows of the Empire
- WCW vs. nWo: World Tour
- Wave Race 64
- Pokémon Snap
- Super Smash Bros. (64)
- Yoshi’s Story
- Diddy Kong Racing
GameCube
Lexi
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Ben
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
BONUS!
Our producer/editor Jess Schmidt’s Top 3 GameCube games!
- Chibi Robo!
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (this was one of the last great games before the series shit the bed imo and was a great build out on the Gameboy version)
- Crash Nitro Kart (my sisters and I played this since we didn't have Mario Kart; definitely inferior, retrospectively, but you play what you've got and you can't fake nostalgia)
Wii
Lexi
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
Ben
- Super Mario Galaxy
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Animal Crossing: City Folk
Wii U
Lexi
- Pikmin 3
- Yoshi’s Wooly World
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Ben
- Mario Kart 8
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Splatoon
Switch
Lexi
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- New Pokémon Snap
Ben
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Fortnite
Special mention: Ben’s original graphic novel: FRANK, a historical murder mystery, is in bookstores now!
Switch honourable mentions:
- Stardew Valley (Switch port)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Snipperclips
Hope you enjoyed these show notes!
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