Choosing the Best Nintendo Game of Every Year from 1985-2020

Nintendo has created a ton of video games over the past couple decades, but what is the best Nintendo game of each year? I'll be attempting to answer that question by going over all the biggest games Nintendo has released and choosing which ones I think are the best of their respective years. Remember that all of this is just my opinion, so feel free to disagree! Thanks for Watching!

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[NintendoHero]

Okay a lot of people seem to be upset over my picks, so I'm sorry that my personal opinions don't seem to line up with most others. I know I accidentally left out a few games here and there, and didn't end up picking any Pokemon or Fire Emblem games. But this video is just supposed to be for fun, and I'm well aware of how strange some of my decisions were. Just try not to take this too seriously. Thanks!

And just for the record: current me would change 1995 to DKC 2, 2001 to Smash Melee, 2006 to Twilight Princess, and 2012 to Xenoblade. Opinions change :) Plus 2021 would be Metroid Dread, and 2022 would be Kirby and the Forgotten Land

[Wazediou]

Starting with a Galaxy song is an instant like

[qhzggch]

2003-2007 is such an interesting period with how many niche and interesting great titles Nintendo was pumping out, the transitions from GBA to DS and GC to Wii. The graphics and artstyles were so charming. Many of those series would become either dormant or have sequels that just couldn’t match up. The games are like something you’d see some kids playing in a basement after watching Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. Such an interesting era in Nintendo.

[doomse]

One of the overall best things about all the videos on this channel is that they finally make me feel like I'm not the only person who actually enjoys using motion controls, since it seems like everyone universally agreed to hate on them for no real reason

[marcrics]

Found this interesting to watch especially as your choices differ to mine drastically. Was surprised Pokémon didn't get as much acclaim.

[daniellerichards]

Highly recommend playing Earthbound! I loved Yoshi’s Island as well, but the humor/cultural reference/wholesomeness of Earthbound makes it one of my top 5 of all time. Play it, for your own sake, sometime!

[dionisiopilumeli]

I could’ve sworn DKC2 was gonna be the pick for 95’ :( Yoshis Island I would consider a “charming” game but DKC2 is just pure bliss and gives you crazy goosebumps the first play through

[YellowpowR]

In this video there were:
- 7 The Legend of Zelda games
- 6 Super Mario games
- 3 Mario Kart games
- 2 Luigi's Mansion games
- 2 Metroid games
- 2 Kirby games
- 2 Animal Crossing games
- 2 Wii Sports games
- 2 Super Smash Bros. games

as well as 1 game of each for Paper Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi's Island, Star Fox, Splatoon, Nintendo Land, and Tetris, and also Balloon Fight, given his personal best of the year!

[harikohli]

Awesome video. I agreed w most of the pics, especially 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The only two major ones I disagreed w were both 2006 and 2012. Being my favorite zelda game, as well as my second favorite game general, Twilight Princess personally blew all this games out of the water. And for 2012, being my favorite video game of all time, xejoblade chronicles would have easily been my pick. Great video tho

[oliverswitch]

Besides your choices it is nostalgic and fun to go through our own memories of these games with you :) : Great job 👍

[PK_Starfire]

This is such an amazing video! I can't imagine how long it would've taken to write, record and edit

[shaq]

I didn’t see Kirby Super Star (or Kirby super star ultra) which was a bit surprising as I absolutely loved those games

[kimwasalreadytaken]

This was such a cozy (and at the same time informational) video. Thank you!

[tarkhan]

I love watching these sorts of videos. The choices themselves aren't as important as seeing what resonated with people over the years. Also interesting to see these lists when people younger (or older) than myself make them, because I think your age really changes how you approach Nintendo's library.

Their decisions frustrate us at times, but I don't think any publisher has matched Nintendo's consistency when it comes to quality, particularly considering how many games they put out in a year.

[dimitri]

For me for 2005 is Mario Superstar Baseball, and it's criminal that you didn't even put it in 2005's list.

[Goatman_Gamer]

1985 - Super Mario Bros.
1986 - Balloon Fight
1987 - The Legend Of Zelda
1988 - Super Mario Bros. 2
1989 - Tetris
1990 - Super Mario Bros. 3
1991 - Super Mario World
1992 - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
1993 - Kirby's Adventure
1994 - Super Metroid
1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
1996 - Super Mario 64
1997 - Star Fox 64
1998 - The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
1999 - Super Smash Bros.
2000 - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2001 - Luigi's Mansion
2002 - Metroid Prime
2003 - The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2004 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
2005 - Mario Kart DS
2006 - Wii Sports
2007 - Super Mario Galaxy
2008 - Mario Kart Wii
2009 - Wii Sports Resort
2010 - Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011 - The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2012 - Nintendo Land
2013 - Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2014 - Mario Kart 8
2015 - Splatoon
2016 - Kirby: Planet Robobot
2017 - The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
2018 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2019 - Luigi's Mansion 3
2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

[muhamed]

Die beste Zusammenstellung die ich je für eine Plattform gesehen habe und ich habe wirklich viel gesehen 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

Danke für die großartige Arbeit, man erkennt wie viel Liebe in das Video gesteckt wurde ❤.

😊

[Vantoxify]

2007-2012 was so nostalgic for me, that’s where my interest peaked for video games as a kid

[deafo_]

Your vids make me so happy the first one I saw was wuhu island and it almost made me cry cause my child hood 🥲 love your vids you deserve more subs

[BugTimez]

You had some hard choices to make. I think while your choices are not unquestionable since some years were just stacked with great releases, I respect every choice you made here.