Nintendo: Hit or Miss

While Nintendo is unequivocally responsible for some of the best-loved pieces of gaming hardware ever created, they've also had some spectacular misfires.

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SNES (1991) -- HIT! How do you top what many at the time considered the most amazing home console ever conceived? Make it super! The Super NES, however, was more than just an NES with an adjective – the 16-bit machine featured significantly more power and outsold Sega’s upstart Genesis system despite coming out a full 2 years later. How? By introducing incredible games like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and Super Mario Kart. Super ... more
SNES (1991) -- HIT! How do you top what many at the time considered the most amazing home console ever conceived? Make it super! The Super NES, however, was more than just an NES with an adjective – the 16-bit machine featured significantly more power and outsold Sega’s upstart Genesis system despite coming out a full 2 years later. How? By introducing incredible games like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and Super Mario Kart. Super indeed. less