Underrated Nintendo Games
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Captain Crazy Chicken
The bad guys are pirates?
MOST DEFINITELY The Legendary Starfy, because ONE: The characters are wonderful, TWO: The story is nice, THREE: It's the only game of its series to be released ANYWHERE outside of Japan.
ehhhhhh idk, TLS is alright, i just found it way too easy and repetitive.
pokedude729
Cat King
Spirit Tracks
I feel that people just write it off as 'Phantom Hourglass 2.0' when in reality, it is its own game
It took the problems in PH and improved them (not needing to revisit floors in Tower of Spirits unless you want extra treasure, double tapping to roll, etc.) as well as adding new feature (more sidequests, especially the Lost at Sea Station) and having one of my favorite incarnations of Zelda in the series.
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I feel that people just write it off as 'Phantom Hourglass 2.0' when in reality, it is its own game
It took the problems in PH and improved them (not needing to revisit floors in Tower of Spirits unless you want extra treasure, double tapping to roll, etc.) as well as adding new feature (more sidequests, especially the Lost at Sea Station) and having one of my favorite incarnations of Zelda in the series.
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The Etrian Odyssey series comes to mind. Most of the reviews I see of the games go along the lines of "good but only for hardcore RPGers" which I think scares people away from an otherwise really fun bunch of games. Granted I haven't played all of them but I really enjoyed IV and Untold II, yet I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore RPGer. It's really satisfying to fill out a map that you make yourself, and the battling mechanics are deep but not convoluted. Normally your guild doesn't have a story and you kind of make up your own but they tried something different with Untold II where they gave the option of including a story and pre-existing characters and I thought they did a really good job, the characters were all endearing and the story was interesting. Not to mention the theme song is amazing.
Super Mario Sunshine because it's my favourite mario 3d platformer and possibly my favourite 3d platformer period, and I've only met like one person who agrees with me. But oh man those controls.
Super Mario Sunshine because it's my favourite mario 3d platformer and possibly my favourite 3d platformer period, and I've only met like one person who agrees with me. But oh man those controls.
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HopeForHyrule
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Right now? I'm going with the Pok?mon Mystery Dungeon series. They get such a bad rap and lackluster ratings and I think they're amazing.
I know the plots to each one is the same basic formula, but why break what works?
I love playing AS a pok?mon and seeing the inner workings of their world. Plus the music is fantastic and that's always a big selling point for me
I know the plots to each one is the same basic formula, but why break what works?
I love playing AS a pok?mon and seeing the inner workings of their world. Plus the music is fantastic and that's always a big selling point for me
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AnimalCrossingPerson
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Harmoknight and Metroid Prime Pinball, perhaps.
Do you mean first-party Nintendo games or just ones licensed for the systems?
Do you mean first-party Nintendo games or just ones licensed for the systems?
PoizonMushro0m
Nintendo GameCube fan
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
- Chibi-Robo
- Nintendo Land
- Balloon Fight
- Pok?mon Pinball for Game Boy Color
- Donkey Konga
- Luigi's Mansion for GCN
- Metroid: Other M
- Wii Party
- Pilotwings Resort
pokedude729
Cat King
Another one for me is Super Paper Mario
Yes, it doesn't have turn based battles, but it has the best story in the tetralogy (4 games)
Yes, it doesn't have turn based battles, but it has the best story in the tetralogy (4 games)
pokedude729
Cat King
The Pokemon Ranger games
AnimalCrossingPerson
Please respect GDPR
Been playing the Gameboy version recently. Gave me a headache but it's fun, lol.
One of the games that I believe are criminally underrated is Drill Dozer (also known as Screw Breaker in Japan).
Only released in Japan and North America, this solid action platforming game is made by the same team that created the Pok?mon franchise, which had me even more surprised it didn't get enough spotlight. It has you extensively use the shoulder buttons in order to drill forward or backward. This particular mechanic is used for solving a number of puzzles, overcoming obstacles and defeating foes. There's 17 levels in this game and they are pretty long, but the level design is so clever it showcases the game's unique mechanic quite efficiently. The game does offer a good amount of replayability for the completionists.
Gameplay video
Only released in Japan and North America, this solid action platforming game is made by the same team that created the Pok?mon franchise, which had me even more surprised it didn't get enough spotlight. It has you extensively use the shoulder buttons in order to drill forward or backward. This particular mechanic is used for solving a number of puzzles, overcoming obstacles and defeating foes. There's 17 levels in this game and they are pretty long, but the level design is so clever it showcases the game's unique mechanic quite efficiently. The game does offer a good amount of replayability for the completionists.
Gameplay video
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pokedude729
Cat King
Which do you consider the 'real paper marios'
