I spent most of my gaming days playing the Gamecube and Wii, so I’d say Gamecube is probably the system I have the greatest attachment to. But N64 is definitely a close second!
Nintendo DS. I probably spent the most time on it out of all the Nintendo consoles I own. I have fond and nostalgic memories of playing Pokémon Diamond and Platinum on it.
I think Playing Pearl and Soul Silver are probably some of my fondest DS Memories, maybe even my fondest handheld memories. Those games were really good, I still go back to them sometimes.
I never owned the original, but Shining Pearl was really fun on the Switch. Got to the very last trainer without much trouble at all, and then suddenly she was insanely difficult. I managed to make it to her last Pokemon, but I was bleeding out potions and hardly making a scratch. Afterward, I realized I’d have to rebuild my entire team and level for ages to beat her and so I decided “close enough!”, haha.
I’d say pearl was my first real Pokémon game. Like, I had some Pokémon games before that, but Pearl was the first main series Pokémon game I actually finished (and then some). Back in the day, back when my online friends and I were too retarded to know of any other platform, we would use Pokémon Pearl as the go-to voice chat platform, before we found out about Skype.
**** because it was my first system and , although I’m certain I’ve put more hours into the few games I had for the NES ().
By number of games owned, the Wii/Wii U win easily, but I never really felt that sentimental about either system. I know the Wii U was widely panned, but I thought it was a nice improvement to the Wii in almost every way and had some great games that were basically copy/pasted onto the Switch. I just wish they’d done more with the asymmetric gameplay.
For modern(ish) systems, Switch is my favorite, as the PS4 just doesn’t have that many games that appeal to me.
EDIT: Remove some too-personal information.
My wife has a switch, she says it’s our switch, which might be technically true. But I just have no interest in any games for modern consoles enough to shell out the cash to buy them and then play them. I have too many games I don’t play as is. xD
i grew up with a pirated PS2, lived in a country with shit economy so i used it to dead for almost 10 years, thanks to that i played all kind of games on it, and most of my favorites are all there. no other console comes even close to it for me.
Wii u, weirdly enough. When modded, it’s an absolute beast, with basically the beast Nintendo compatibility out there. It can run games for every home console prior to it, and all the handhelds up to the ds. Plus, mods support any Bluetooth controller, so I’ve been using my dualsense for maximum comfort.
Gamecube was my childhood, Xbox360 in my early teens, PC gaming since then. The steamdeck is currently my favorite, been emulating Gamecube games on it and TOTK.
The SteamDeck is everything I wanted the PSP and Switch to be. Switch never seemed like a good deal to me, there’s only 2-3 games I’d be interested in, other than that I’d want to mod it but that risks bricking it and an account ban. Price doesn’t seem worth it for that amount of use for me.
The Steamdeck has been great, being able to hack it and do whatever I want with it has been fun. I’ve recently set it up to remote compile Source engine maps and some remote video transcoding.
@Disabled N64 because Star Fox 64 is on it, lol.
Atari 2600. Nothing comes close to the experience of going from a world without video games existing to them magically appearing in your own lounge room.
That does sound like it would a truly mind-blowing experience. Did it feel like it all happened like all at once? Or did it feel gradual?
It was all at once. Suddenly there’s a world inside your tv that you can interact with that you literally never knew could even be possible. Whereas everyone grows up nowadays understanding the concept of video games.
That’s crazy! Always wished I had experiences like that. You’re kind of lucky to have had such an experience, I don’t think people really have the same sort of experiences anymore. Even though technology is constantly advancing, the leaps all make sense now, everything is kinda like “oh, yeah, I guess you can do that.” Whereas before, I imagine it was more like “Wait, YOU CAN DO THAT?!?!??!?”
PS2, I’ve spent wayyy too many nights awake playing crash bandicoot and flatout 2
PC
Commander, are you picking us up? Command and conquer
Or playing no one lives forever. I also loved half life and all the mods.
But I guess that’s not a console. So for me that would be the OG playstation. I played countless of hours medievil, medal of honor 2 etc
if pc counts then pc but if strictly game consoles then probably wiiu love the console had so many great games donkey kong country tropical freeze super mario 3d world captain toad treasure tracker not only that but it was backwards compatible with the wii too mario galaxy 2 slapped and so did the skylander series (skylanders is the fucking goat) i absolutely adore the wiiu
I grew up as a PC gamer but my PSP will always hold a special place in my heart. Such a shame Vita never reached PSP’s level.
Shoutout to my 3DS as well though it’s more like a dedicated MonHun/Fire Emblem machine for me.
Gotta say the PSP even though I only had a Wii as a child. The hardware of the PSP and the homebrew community is just so amazing.
I have a modded vita, it’s it’s absolutely nutty what it’s capable of
