NES and SNES

This post may show my true nerdy side, but I'm not worried about keeping it hidden anymore.

I have an Xbox that I personally modified to maintain all my favorite games. I loaded it with about 50 NES games and probably a dozen SNES games. It can hold way more, but I didn't want a lot of clutter ones that I barely play to mess up my home menu. It's nice to have all my favorite games on one console, but I don't like the Xbox controller, especially for NES games. It's hard to achieve certain tricks without having the regular controller.

Now, the point of this post is...how much do NES and SNES games kick ass? I mean, really? Now that the Nintendo 3DS is about to be unveiled, it made me realize how much games/gaming systems have really evolved. Though, some evolutions have been for the worst (not naming names on that one).

Will there ever, in the rest of humanity's time, be a game to top the greatness of Super Mario Bros 3? Say what you will, that game has a place in every 80s/90s kid's heart. Remember how accomplished you felt when you finally made it to world 9? Remember how using the Warp Whistle felt like cheating? The Super Leaf was probably the most badass thing Mario could have with him (except for his faithful dinosaur pal).

As for recent Nintendo games, I recently purchased Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii. Can't say I'm all that thrilled with it, though it's nice to add to the collection.

As a last note, it must suck to be Luigi. No matter what, he'll never be hailed as the hero. If you've ever played The New Super Mario Bros on Wii, you notice that no matter who defeats Bowser in the end (I was playing  Blue Toad my first time and I was last man standing to beat him), Mario will still be the one in the animation that carries Peach off. Man, it must be hard coming second fiddle no matter what.