I played Bionic Commando a thousand times when I was a kid. I beat it over and over. Loved it, loved the music, everything about it. It is by no means the perfect game, but it was one of my favorites.
Good list!
My Top 5 NES Games
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 On 12/12/2013 at 03:46 PM by Casey Curran See More From This User » |
So with the Retron 5 coming....eventually, I thought I'd do a few blogs on my favorite games for each system it supports. For the others I'm going to be doing top 10 lists, but I'll be honest, there's not much I like a whole lot on the NES. I get its place in history, my problem was I started with SNES, which I think is better in every way. There's a few games I haven't played and I'd probably enjoy, but as is, I'm just doing a top 5 for the system or else I'll have to be reaching.
Honorable Mention: Bionic Commando
I'm sure if I played the original version it would be on this list, but as I only played Rearmed I'm just going to mention it here. It was a blast to play and I'm sure the original is a great amount of fun as well. Wish they included the original in the remake unless I missed something when playing.
5. Castlevania 3
Castlevania has that NES clunkiness which is the reason I cannot get into so many NES games. It feels just a little too stiff and limited, especially compared to its SNES counterpart (which in every case for an NES game, I played before). Yet I still had a blast with the game between the great level design, branching paths, and ability to swtich between characters. One of my favorite Castlevania games.
4. Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Punch Out is one of the best games of memorizing patterns and reacting absurdly quickly to them. Usually this turns me off to a game because it feels like the game is cheap more than challenging too often, but Punch Out pulls it off well. Play conservatively early on until you can find the weak spot and you can pull it off with a bit of practice. Then when you finally knock the other guy out it is so damn satisfying.
3. Super Mario Bros 2
While it's the odd ball of the original Mario trilogy, there's no denying the amount of polish and quality level design that went into this game. Having 4 different characters gives it a great amount of replay value. 2 also has a goofier quality I love to it, some of the random crap you pull instead of a plant is always good fun and the enemies have a more offbeat design than the other NES Mario games which I really enjoy.
2. Kirby's Adventure
Kirby may not be the best of Nintendo's franchises, but he is definitely the most consistently good of them. There's not a single bad entry in the series and the NES classic remains one of his top installments. Like other Kirby games, it is light on challenge, but is so much fun I can't complain about it.
1. Super Mario Bros 3
Really, what else could it be? Even though I prefer World, there's no denying that 3 was one hell of a game, especially for the NES. It feels like a huge leap above every other NES game, in terms of controls, graphics, and content. Then there's all the power ups and secret paths, there's so much to this game that makes it incredible.
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