What do you think are the worst games for each Smash character?

[Kevandre]

Super Mario: Mario is Missing
Zelda: I guess the CD-I games. I don't really love the Zelda series aside from Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask.
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong Jr
Metroid: I guess the original, though I love Zero Mission. I haven't played the Gameboy one though
StarFox: Stairfax Temperatures
Yoshi: Yoshi's Island DS
Wario: Wario Ware Snapped!
Pokémon: I was going to say B&W because I hate those games, but Pokemon channel is worse
Kirby: I don't recall enjoying Squeak Squad that much. At least not as much as Amazing Mirror. AM and Air Ride are my favorites
Kid Icarus: I didn't play the second game, and I've only dabbled in Uprising. But I didn't enjoy the first game at all
Pikmin: Pikmin 1
Sonic: Sonic 06
Pac-Man: Pac Land
Fire Emblem: I've only really played Awakening, but I later tried "Fire Emblem" aka FE8 and Shadow Dragon, I didn't like Shadow Dragon at all
Animal Crossing: Wild World. Tbh WW and CF feel like the same game to me, it's like they wanted to be the original but just had less stuff to do. New Leaf is better but I still can't abide them taking out both the NES games and the fact that you can no longer ask to do favors like the previous two. The GCN AC is easily my favorite because it actually keeps you coming back.

 

[D-idara]

Looking at people on this thread hating on Super Mario Sunshine, DKC3, the precious 4th Gen, Super Paper Mario, Pokemon Ranger, KIU, Sonic Unleashed and Mystery Dungeon and even SM3DW makes me say one thing:

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? You're dissing some of history's best games.

I hate threads like this, so inflammatory, almost as bad as the Unpopular Opinions thread.

 

[YoshiandToad]

Mario: New Super Mario Bros. 2 looked so bad I didn't even bother with it...the worst of the ones I have played is a toss up between Mario Sunshine(wasn't a fan of FLUDD...or Bowser Jr. for that matter) and Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time(which failed to keep my interest unlike Superstar Saga).

Donkey Kong: DK Jet Race. Haven't played a lot of DK, but this was by far the biggest stinker of the ones I did try.

Zelda: Twilight Princess. Worst 3D Zelda I've played anyway. Midna and Zelda's redesign are the two redeeming features for me.

Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl were so bad they ruined my love of the series. Lame region was lame. A grand total of two fire type options Pre-E4, and one of them is the goddamn starter. Pitiful. I hear Platinum fixed some of these issues, but I was too burned to try it.

Kirby: Canvas Curse. Not really bad as such, but I've only played two Kirby games and Return to Dreamland was superior fun.

Yoshi: Yoshi Topsy Turvy. Yoshi's Story was no where near bad enough to warrant the amount of dislike it's had here honestly. There's far worse Yoshi games such as New Yoshi's Island, Touch and Go, Cookie, Safari, etc. I'm assuming it's just because people here have only played Yoshi's Island and Story.

Wario: WarioLand 4...I think. I honestly enjoy Warioware as a whole(albeit the last one was bland); it's a fantastic drinking game(drink responsibly kids).

Kid Icarus: The middle one. Myths and Monsters. The first for the record is one of my favourite retro games.

Sonic: Sonic 06. I've played a lot of Sonic games...probably more than anything else on this list bar Mario, Yoshi and Pokemon, and this is the only game I couldn't even be bothered to get past the first boss on. Blurgh.
This was during my Sonic fanboy days too so you know how bad this was.

Pac-Man: Nearly any 3D Pac-Man this side of the Pac-Man World games.

Everyone else I've either only played one game in the series(Metroid, Starfox, Fire Emblem), the games are so similar it's hard to call it(Animal Crossing), they have only one game in the series(Duck Hunt, Ice Climbers) or they're things I haven't tried(Wii Fit).

 

[ChikoLad]

Looking at people on this thread hating on Super Mario Sunshine.

I'm not hating on it and don't think it's a terrible game, just that it's a very flawed one.

This basically sums up my opinion on it (strong language warning for some points, but it is a legit review):

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Looking at people on this thread hating on Super Mario Sunshine, DKC3, the precious 4th Gen, Super Paper Mario, Pokemon Ranger, KIU, Sonic Unleashed and Mystery Dungeon and even SM3DW makes me say one thing:

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? You're dissing some of history's best games.

I hate threads like this, so inflammatory, almost as bad as the Unpopular Opinions thread.

Threads like these are fine for people that like to vent, the only problem with them is when people derail the thread because they can't respect others' opinions and begin ranting at them. *cough cough*

 

[Kevandre]

Looking at people on this thread hating on Super Mario Sunshine, DKC3, the precious 4th Gen, Super Paper Mario, Pokemon Ranger, KIU, Sonic Unleashed and Mystery Dungeon and even SM3DW makes me say one thing:

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? You're dissing some of history's best games.

I hate threads like this, so inflammatory, almost as bad as the Unpopular Opinions thread.

I don't love DKC3 at all. It's not a bad game but I find it to not be nearly as good as the first two, and I'm not even a big fan of DKC2... The other ones you listed aside from Unleashed I do dig, myself

 

[the8thark]

Pikachu is probably Pokemon Dash or Hey you pikachu.

I didn't think about Hey You PIkachu. I totally agree with that choice.

Super Mario: The original Super Mario Bros.
Zelda: Zelda II
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong Country 3
StarFox: Star Fox Command
Yoshi: Yoshi's Island (no, really. I really just don't like that game at all.)
Mega Man: Megaman 2 (as far as classic Megaman goes, I've only played MM2 and MM9 and I consider MM9 to be better. I'm weird I know.)

I can see where you are coming with those choices. They make sense, even though I really like some of the games on your list.
Zelda 2 is universally loathed, but I like it. More mis understood I think.
And you are not really a Megaman fan. That's cool, not every game franchise is for everyone.

I'm interested that you said that since Wario Land 4 was my favorite Wario appearance. I always liked Wario Land more than Wario Ware.

I really liked Wario Land 2 and 3. I just never really could get into 4. I still like 2-3 better than the Wario Ware games though. But maybe I have to try Wario Land 4 again.

I am not saying my lists are perfect. They are not. And eventually we'll narrow it down to the worst games for each franchise. I'm glad the discussion has come up. I can learn from everyone here and see which games are better or worse than I ever remember them.

It's kind of hard to say for some because some might have no bad games as you showed with Star Fox for example

Yoshi: Yoshi's Cookie is what I would say, I really loved Yoshi's Story and this is what I would substitute that with.

You're right about Starfox. And I think the Yoshi's Story vs Yoshi's Cookie is a personal preference thing. Cookie is pretty bad, but Story has a really niche core of fans, really niche indeed. When I played Story I was coming from the SNES Island which I really liked a lot. So that's why I said Story. But in the answer here ends up being Cookie is the worst I'll accept that too.

Leave.

I have little experience with the Metal Gear franchise. SO that was from what I remember of playing the games. The only one I've played lots of is Snakes Revenge (ironically the only Metal Gear game without Metal Gear in the title). So don't take my answer there as correct. Feel free to share what you think the worst Metal Gear game is.

Metroid Prime Pinball was way better than Hunters, Mom, corruption and 2...

It definitely exceeded expectations. whereas those above were terrible let downs.

I have to say in my opinion it was close between pinball and hunters. If hunters became the correct answer I'd accept that. MOM on the other hand was not great but for me not as bad as some people make it out. Well till the part I got up to where I got stuck in two rooms with seemingly no way out, and have not yet looked up Gamefaqs to see if there is some trick to get out and progress with the game.
I'm not disagreeing with your opinion. But I can see where you came from with hunters, when I played it on DS, I owned the demo cart only and that was not something I liked at all. So maybe you are right there.

Haha, people picking Yoshi's Story over Yoshi Touch & Go. Then again, I'm probably the only person who knows that even exists. For those of you who don't know, it was pretty much a mini-game.

Nothing to say on the rest, I just wanted to say my choice for Yoshi.

Thanks for your input. Never heard of Touch and Go. So you're probably right there. A mini-game is still a game and it counts.

I'm sorry, I just can't agree with this. Not even Pac-Land? Really? The original is a classic.

You don't have to agree with it. And it seems the majority rules. PacLand it is. *Reminds me to play PacLand again to see if it's as bad as I remember it or even worse*.

It's funny how the same game is often listed in both the best and worst categories.

That is funny. Different tastes for different games I suppose.

Pac-Man: Atari version. Rivaled ET for killing the industry.

Actually there is an Atari game worse than both. Much worse. "Tax Avoiders". But it was not over hyped and over sold in the millions like PacMan and ET was. Youtube up Tax Avoiders if you want to see something horrific. The ironic thing is the game is actually about paying your tax and not avoiding it as in the game title. One of the worse games ever it is.

For those who don't know, ET was over produced, in so large a quantity they had millions of carts and nothing to do with them. The game itself was pretty bad too. With it's such a small dev time. It (with other factors) caused the early 80's video game crash. The millions of unwanted carts were dumped in a New Mexico garbage dump. Kids though were looting the carts from the garbage site so they poured concrete over the carts and that was that. Was it just a rumour or urban legend? Well recently, last year I think they dug up the landfill to see if the rumour was true and it was. They found all the old buried ET carts.

Mario - The Lost Levels. Really punishing to the point of unfun

That is exactly why we got the Mario clone of another game for Super Mario 2 in the west. Nintendo realised Lost Levels (the SMB2 in Japan) was way too hard for Western Audiences. And the difficulty/fun balance was all wrong. And I actually agree. I have finished Lost Levels, as in beat 8-4 and D-4 but way to hard to be fun. More an exercise if frustration while playing it and relief when it's finished.

 

[TJ-Works]

Keeping in mind, these are only games I've played myself. Don't hate me, I have my reasons.

Pokemon Battle Revolution (Very lackluster. Only cool thing was watching your competitive teams fight in 3D.)
Twilight Princess (I've tried playing this many times, but I come to a point where I can't play much longer. It's a combination of both muddy aesthetics and linear gameplay that stop me from enjoying this. (Yet ironically, I enjoy Skyward Sword alot more.)
Pikmin (I don't hate this game, the sequels just add a lot more to make a more complete and memorable experience.)
Pac-Man World 2 (I barely remember playing this, but I didn't enjoy much. Pac-Man World on PSX is more memorable to me.)
Mario Kart 64 (Keep in mind, I didn't grow up with N64. So when I tried this on VC, I couldn't handle the slippery controls for the life of me. The title screen and OST are nostalgic, though.)

 

[Senario]

Looking at people on this thread hating on Super Mario Sunshine, DKC3, the precious 4th Gen, Super Paper Mario, Pokemon Ranger, KIU, Sonic Unleashed and Mystery Dungeon and even SM3DW makes me say one thing:

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? You're dissing some of history's best games.

I hate threads like this, so inflammatory, almost as bad as the Unpopular Opinions thread.

You clearly havent experienced the awesomeness that is paper mario the thousand year door and possibly the original paper mario. Super paper mario was a mediocre game. Sticker star however was on a whole new level of bad.

 

[Networker1]

Mega Man: Battle Network. Love it in theory, but it'd be like putting Link in a highspeed sidescrolling platformer and calling it a good Zelda game.

Could you elaborate on this part? I'm playing Battle Network now an I love it. Is the complaint that it is too different? If so, I recommend the last 5 CoD games to you

 

[D-idara]

You clearly havent experienced the awesomeness that is paper mario the thousand year door and possibly the original paper mario. Super paper mario was a mediocre game. Sticker star however was on a whole new level of bad.

Oh, I did experience Thousand-Year Door, and I still think Super Paper Mario's an absolutely amazing Paper Mario game, it was a platforming/RPG mix with charming aesthetics, great dialogue, a beautiful story, lovable characters, catchy music, a varied battle system that again mixes RPG and Platforming mechanics...the only reason I think someone could hate it it's because "It's not Thousand-Year Door 2.0" and although these people have some right to be angry the same way Banjo & Kazooie fans have the right to be angry about Nuts N' Bolts, they always make it out to be like there's something wrong with the game itself...well spoiler alert, THERE ISN'T. Yes, it's not the game you were expecting! Is that bad? Of course not!

Super Paper Mario IS AN AMAZING GAME, the game seems to get a lot of flak for stupid reasons...but looking at this community's track record, I'm not surprised by most people here on these boards hating a game because they're too obsessed with the previous iteration on the series.

STOP HATING ON SUPER PAPER MARIO, IT WAS NOT A MEDIOCRE GAME, IT WAS ****ING AWESOME.

Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl were so bad they ruined my love of the series. Lame region was lame. A grand total of two fire type options Pre-E4, and one of them is the goddamn starter. Pitiful. I hear Platinum fixed some of these issues, but I was too burned to try it.

Diamond and Pearl were some of the greatest Pokemon games to ever exist, special-physical attack split, much-needed evolutions for a lot of underrated Pokemon, some of the best and most awesome Legendary designs the series has ever seen, ****-tons of post-game content with tons of legendaries and special Pokemon to catch, Online Mystery Gift, one of the toughest and most memorable Pokemon Leagues of the series...

And Platinum IS the best Pokemon game yet, I don't think anything will ever surpass Platinum, of course it was built on top of some of the best games with HUGE INNOVATIONS to the series' main formula.

I better get out of this thread before I continue exploding with rage at 90% of the users on these boards.

 

[Saito]

Oh, I did experience Thousand-Year Door, and I still think Super Paper Mario's an absolutely amazing Paper Mario game, it was a platforming/RPG mix with charming aesthetics, great dialogue, a beautiful story, lovable characters, catchy music, a varied battle system that again mixes RPG and Platforming mechanics...the only reason I think someone could hate it it's because "It's not Thousand-Year Door 2.0" and although these people have some right to be angry the same way Banjo & Kazooie fans have the right to be angry about Nuts N' Bolts, they always make it out to be like there's something wrong with the game itself...well spoiler alert, THERE ISN'T. Yes, it's not the game you were expecting! Is that bad? Of course not!

Super Paper Mario IS AN AMAZING GAME, the game seems to get a lot of flak for stupid reasons...but looking at this community's track record, I'm not surprised by most people here on these boards hating a game because they're too obsessed with the previous iteration on the series.

STOP HATING ON SUPER PAPER MARIO, IT WAS NOT A MEDIOCRE GAME, IT WAS ****ING AWESOME.

Diamond and Pearl were some of the greatest Pokemon games to ever exist, special-physical attack split, much-needed evolutions for a lot of underrated Pokemon, some of the best and most awesome Legendary designs the series has ever seen, ****-tons of post-game content with tons of legendaries and special Pokemon to catch, Online Mystery Gift, one of the toughest and most memorable Pokemon Leagues of the series...

And Platinum IS the best Pokemon game yet, I don't think anything will ever surpass Platinum, of course it was built on top of some of the best games with HUGE INNOVATIONS to the series' main formula.

I better get out of this thread before I continue exploding with rage at 90% of the users on these boards.

Delete the stuff in bolded underlines and reword the stuff in just underlines and I would of agreed 100%.

 

[Raijinken]

Could you elaborate on this part? I'm playing Battle Network now an I love it. Is the complaint that it is too different? If so, I recommend the last 5 CoD games to you

It's not that it's bad, in fact I reasonably enjoyed 2 and 3. But it's that I play Megaman for platforming and shooting. Similarly, if I enjoyed CoD-style shooters, I'm sure I'd absolutely love all five of the recent clones, but I don't.

It's a lot like how people viewed The Adventure of Link. It was a fine game, but it wasn't a Zelda game proper. Other M is in the same boat, fine in theory and execution, but so far from what people want from a Metroid game, that an identical game with other characters would probably have been much better received. That is how I feel about Battle Network.

 

[Kevandre]

Oh, I did experience Thousand-Year Door, and I still think Super Paper Mario's an absolutely amazing Paper Mario game, it was a platforming/RPG mix with charming aesthetics, great dialogue, a beautiful story, lovable characters, catchy music, a varied battle system that again mixes RPG and Platforming mechanics...the only reason I think someone could hate it it's because "It's not Thousand-Year Door 2.0" and although these people have some right to be angry the same way Banjo & Kazooie fans have the right to be angry about Nuts N' Bolts, they always make it out to be like there's something wrong with the game itself...well spoiler alert, THERE ISN'T. Yes, it's not the game you were expecting! Is that bad? Of course not!

Super Paper Mario IS AN AMAZING GAME, the game seems to get a lot of flak for stupid reasons...but looking at this community's track record, I'm not surprised by most people here on these boards hating a game because they're too obsessed with the previous iteration on the series.

STOP HATING ON SUPER PAPER MARIO, IT WAS NOT A MEDIOCRE GAME, IT WAS ****ING AWESOME.

Diamond and Pearl were some of the greatest Pokemon games to ever exist, special-physical attack split, much-needed evolutions for a lot of underrated Pokemon, some of the best and most awesome Legendary designs the series has ever seen, ****-tons of post-game content with tons of legendaries and special Pokemon to catch, Online Mystery Gift, one of the toughest and most memorable Pokemon Leagues of the series...

And Platinum IS the best Pokemon game yet, I don't think anything will ever surpass Platinum, of course it was built on top of some of the best games with HUGE INNOVATIONS to the series' main formula.

I better get out of this thread before I continue exploding with rage at 90% of the users on these boards.

Super Paper Mario is definitely not a bad game. But comparative to the first two games in the series it was not targeted to the same audience. So when you go into a new Paper Mario game hoping for a glorious RPG it's a little disappointing. The fact that they replaced humorous and memorable partners from the Mario series with random generic "Pixls" made it even worse. Everything about SPM is better than Sticker Star, though. SS did the trying-to-RPG-again very poorly.

I am totally with you about Pokemon though. Pearl was the game that I easily put the most time into. I still prefer HGSS as games but Pearl was glorious.

 

[RascalTheCharizard]

I can see where you are coming with those choices. They make sense, even though I really like some of the games on your list.
Zelda 2 is universally loathed, but I like it. More mis understood I think.
And you are not really a Megaman fan. That's cool, not every game franchise is for everyone.

Yeah I think Zelda 2's issue for me is just the radical departure from the gameplay I came to expect from Zelda. I like the way Zelda 2's combat felt, everything was smooth in that regard and way more satisfying than just swinging a sword a la Zelda 1/LttP/mosthandheldZeldas. But I didn't really like the way the game was structured overall, especially the random encounters. I've always hated those, which is why I prefer SRPGs to RPGs.

Haha, for Megaman I was born in the wrong time period tbh. I never owned an NES or a SNES so I'm pretty much limited to playing the games via Virtual Console or another form of re-release, which is why I've only played MM2 and 9. If I had more money I'd probably download some of the others but for now as a guy who didn't grow up on Megaman, I got my fix and need my funds for other things. *coughSmashcough*

 

[CoryCory]

Mario: Mario's Time Machine (I also was gonna say Mario is Missing but that game didn't bother me nearly as much as this one gameplay wise even if both games aren't great.)
Zelda: Adventure of Link (Though it's not terrible it's my least favorite)
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong Jr or Donkey Kong III
Metroid: Other M
StarFox: Star Fox Adventures
Punch-Out!: Super Punch Out (Not a terrible game but the whole "beat him in three minutes or automatically lose by decision" gimmick sucked.)
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story N64 (Probably just too easy a game. I remember renting it and finishing it in a couple hours.)
Pokémon: Snap (Let's build a game around a throw-away character in the anime! And while we're at it try to get kids to print stickers from machines at Blockbuster Video that'll be gone in 3 months!)
Kirby: 64 (Though not terrible, just my least favorite.)
Sonic: Sonic 06
Mega Man: Mega Man 8 (The game just isn't fun and dear god the voice acting...)
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (Not terrible but my least favorite.)
Earthbound: Mother 3 (Not really a bad game but doesn't have the same charm as Earthbound did. Maybe that's just the nostalgia goggles slipping on.)
R.O.B.: Stack-Up
MGS: Snake's Revenge
G&W: Manhole (The Game&Watch Gallery version is so much easier)

As for Wario, KI, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Xenoblade, Wii Fit, Ice Climbers and Duck Hunt it's either I've played th one game, only one game in the series or none at all.

 

[Kevandre]

Mario: Mario's Time Machine (I also was gonna say Mario is Missing but that game didn't bother me nearly as much as this one gameplay wise even if both games aren't great.)
Zelda: Adventure of Link (Though it's not terrible it's my least favorite)
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong Jr or Donkey Kong III
Metroid: Other M
StarFox: Star Fox Adventures
Punch-Out!: Super Punch Out (Not a terrible game but the whole "beat him in three minutes or automatically lose by decision" gimmick sucked.)
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story N64 (Probably just too easy a game. I remember renting it and finishing it in a couple hours.)
Pokémon: Snap (Let's build a game around a throw-away character in the anime! And while we're at it try to get kids to print stickers from machines at Blockbuster Video that'll be gone in 3 months!)
Kirby: 64 (Though not terrible, just my least favorite.)
Sonic: Sonic 06
Mega Man: Mega Man 8 (The game just isn't fun and dear god the voice acting...)
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (Not terrible but my least favorite.)
Earthbound: Mother 3 (Not really a bad game but doesn't have the same charm as Earthbound did. Maybe that's just the nostalgia goggles slipping on.)
R.O.B.: Stack-Up
MGS: Snake's Revenge
G&W: Manhole (The Game&Watch Gallery version is so much easier)

As for Wario, KI, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Xenoblade, Wii Fit, Ice Climbers and Duck Hunt it's either I've played th one game, only one game in the series or none at all.

I'm surprised you don't like Pokemon Snap. I think the game still holds up really well today, actually and would love to see a sequel.

 

[the8thark]

Super Paper Mario IS AN AMAZING GAME, the game seems to get a lot of flak for stupid reasons...but looking at this community's track record, I'm not surprised by most people here on these boards hating a game because they're too obsessed with the previous iteration on the series.

STOP HATING ON SUPER PAPER MARIO, IT WAS NOT A MEDIOCRE GAME, IT WAS ****ING AWESOME.

This is your opinion only. And that's cool, you're allowed to like SPM. But lots of others here do not like like it. I played it and finished it and it was alright. probably my least favourite of the 4. Here is in what order I liked the 4 games. 1 being my fav.

1. Paper Mario N64
2. Super Mario RPG
3. Paper Mario TYD
4. Super Paper Mario

That is just my opinion though. SPM was good for what it was. I am glad I bought it. It's not a bad game. Just many of us here feel it's not the best in the quadrilogy of games.

Yeah I think Zelda 2's issue for me is just the radical departure from the gameplay I came to expect from Zelda. I like the way Zelda 2's combat felt, everything was smooth in that regard and way more satisfying than just swinging a sword a la Zelda 1/LttP/mosthandheldZeldas. But I didn't really like the way the game was structured overall, especially the random encounters. I've always hated those, which is why I prefer SRPGs to RPGs.

Haha, for Megaman I was born in the wrong time period tbh. I never owned an NES or a SNES so I'm pretty much limited to playing the games via Virtual Console or another form of re-release, which is why I've only played MM2 and 9. If I had more money I'd probably download some of the others but for now as I guy who didn't grow up on Megaman, I got my fix and need my funds for other things. *coughSmashcough*

I can understand your points on Zelda 2. And the random blobs don't really bother you all that much if you mostly stick to the roads. It I will say it is an acquired taste.

And for Mega Man, I think you really have to be a NES/SNES child to really be a fan. Ie grow up with them as I did. The first MegaMan I played was 3 when it came out, followed shortly by 2. And I agree I'd play as Mega in Smash lots and see if you like him there first. Also not every MM game is good. Some are amazing, others are really garbage. The quality difference between different games in the series os really large.

MGS: Snake's Revenge

I really liked Snakes Revenge, but I guess different games appeal to different people.

 

[Twewy]

Some games on this list are great

Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Metroid- Metroid Prime
Kirby- Nightmare on Dreamland
Mother- Mother 3
Sonic: Sonic Heroes
Yoshi: Yoshi Story
F-Zero- F-Zero
Metal Gear: Metal Gear Solid 3
Pac Man- Ms Pac Man: Maze Madness

I will fight you, right here, right now.

 

[Wasoodle]

Mario: NSMB2. The levels were pretty boring. Way too similar to the DS one except for more coinzzzz omgee
Zelda: Never played a zelda game.
Pokemon: Pokemon Dash. I was stupid enough to buy this as a kid and I actually enjoyed it. Looking back at it now.... oh my.
Kirby: As big of a Kirby fan as I am, the first game Kirby's Dreamland was incredibly boring, short, and not enjoyable at all.
Metroid: Only one I played was Prime Pinball lol
Sonic: Only have sonic lost world and I don't think it's that bad.
Animal Crossing: None of them were particularly bad, but Wild World didn't have much to do and I got bored of it very quickly.
Yoshi: Touch and Go.
Pikmin: 2
Megaman: Only one I played was Starforce something and I loved it.
Wii Fit: Wii Fit. I did not get fit!
Haven't played any of the other series.

 

[Saikyoshi]

: 3D World, a.k.a. More of the same YET AGAIN
: DK Jr. Math. Then again, I wasn't exactly the target audience here...
: New Island, a.k.a. One of Nintendo's only genuinely bad and not just mediocre games in a long time.
: Four Swords Adventures. I could never really get into it... But hey, it was free. (By the way, have most of you even PLAYED the CD-I games? They actually got good reviews in '94.)
: Dream Land 1. It just hasn't aged well, especially after Super Star Ultra completely remade it.
: Command. Boring gameplay, boring plot. Blah. Blah blah. I liked Marcus, but that's just personal preference.
: Dash. Repeatedly and rapidly sliding the stylus just to MOVE? In a RACING game?! It made my hand hurt and I have never picked it back up.
: Do you even have to ask?
: Maximum Velocity, which was frankly a big step backwards for the series in my eyes. I can hardly tell it apart from the SNES game.
: Earthbound itself. I mean, it's a good game, but I prefer 3.
: Gallery 1, only because the original Game Boy couldn't quite recreate the experience yet. But that's only an aesthetic gripe and I still recommend it.
: I'm so tempted to say Uprising here because of the toxic fanbase, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't somewhat enjoy the game itself. So... NES.
: Master of Disguise. Seriously, leave the storytelling to Mario...
: Pikmin 1 and its damn time limit. So glad they removed that.
: Again, do you really have to ask?
: Super. Three words: Beach. Blonde. Mac.
: AC GCN. It hasn't aged well. It's one of those series that just doesn't work if it's not portable.
: 2600, a.k.a. the port that played a major part in very nearly destroying the entire damn video game industry.
: Pilotwings Resort. Yeah, yeah, I get it, pretty island, blah, blah, YAWN.

I haven't included the following because they've either only had one game or I haven't played enough to make a judgement. (With the sole exception of ROB, though, I actually have played at least one from each.)

 

[DairunCates]

Wow. I feel old. No one here has played Donkey Kong Jr. MATH?

Edit: Heh. Ninja'd, apparently.

 

[alex6309]

Mario: The first Mario & Sonic on the DS is just bleh. M&S At the Olympic Winter Games on DS is so much better.
Sonic: Sonic Labyrinth, it isn't even a legitimate sonic game compared to all the other ones out at the time
Metal Gear: MGS2, it ain't bad but I didn't like the main game, I only enjoyed playing the VR missions. I did enjoy MGS1, 3, PW, and PO+
Star Fox: Star Fox Adventures is just a Zelda game disguised as a Star Fox game, also, ew Krystal.
Pikmin: Pikmin 1, worst out of all 3 just because it's the first one. Still great though.
AC: City Folk

Most other series don't have a least favorite or most hated from me, or I just have bad memory.

 

[25%Cotton]

zelda: phantom hourglass. does very little new. just kinda minifies windwaker, gives tiny unchallenging dungeons, and let's you draw on the maps. i guess it introduces the reindeer penguin people who i like. this game was completely outclassed by spirit tracks in every way. i am a huge zelda fan and have played every game in this series.

kirby: epic yarn... maybe it's because i couldn't bring myself to play it that long. i haven't played too much kirby outside of the GBA titles, the wii one, and dreamland GBC.

pokemon: diamond/pearl for sure. while i was REALLY disappointed with the gold/silver remakes for making me see my nostalgia for what it was, diamond and pearl were barely that exciting the first time through. not having anything to let you easily pass through the mountains in any direction was a huge mistake. i have played through every pokemon generation.

mother: uh... earthbound? i have only played 2 and 3 and i love both but 2 has some pacing issues after fourside where mother 3 was kind of epic all around and the cast of characters felt more alive and real.

pikmin: maybe 2. after a week and had all the pikmin i didn't really get why i was even playing. 1 and 3 felt more goal-oriented for me and 3 was just so gorgeous i keep going back. played all in the series.

animal crossing: city folk. solid game, best animal crossing at its release... but it just barely brought anything new to the table. played all in the series.

metroid: other M? i enjoyed the gameplay, but backtracking was a huge hassle in this game. the camera was annoying running through halls backwards and it felt like there was sooooo much dead space. i'm a big fan and have played every metroid game.

sonic: of the ones i played, definitely the seven rings in hand or whatever it was called. played through some of the story and then we decided to play multiplayer... except the multiplayer is basically unplayable.

 

[Kevandre]

: AC GCN. It hasn't aged well. It's one of those series that just doesn't work if it's not portable.

That's interesting. The GCN is literally the only one I think still works and feels better on the console.

I see a lot of people who prefer the handheld ones and I don't really get it. New Leaf is cool because it's added some new mechanics but WW and CF I find to be basically the same game with less playability than the first one. Huh.

 

[Master Jelly]

Oh, I did experience Thousand-Year Door, and I still think Super Paper Mario's an absolutely amazing Paper Mario game, it was a platforming/RPG mix with charming aesthetics, great dialogue, a beautiful story, lovable characters, catchy music, a varied battle system that again mixes RPG and Platforming mechanics...the only reason I think someone could hate it it's because "It's not Thousand-Year Door 2.0" and although these people have some right to be angry the same way Banjo & Kazooie fans have the right to be angry about Nuts N' Bolts, they always make it out to be like there's something wrong with the game itself...well spoiler alert, THERE ISN'T. Yes, it's not the game you were expecting! Is that bad? Of course not!

Super Paper Mario IS AN AMAZING GAME, the game seems to get a lot of flak for stupid reasons...but looking at this community's track record, I'm not surprised by most people here on these boards hating a game because they're too obsessed with the previous iteration on the series.

STOP HATING ON SUPER PAPER MARIO, IT WAS NOT A MEDIOCRE GAME, IT WAS ****ING AWESOME.

Diamond and Pearl were some of the greatest Pokemon games to ever exist, special-physical attack split, much-needed evolutions for a lot of underrated Pokemon, some of the best and most awesome Legendary designs the series has ever seen, ****-tons of post-game content with tons of legendaries and special Pokemon to catch, Online Mystery Gift, one of the toughest and most memorable Pokemon Leagues of the series...

And Platinum IS the best Pokemon game yet, I don't think anything will ever surpass Platinum, of course it was built on top of some of the best games with HUGE INNOVATIONS to the series' main formula.

I better get out of this thread before I continue exploding with rage at 90% of the users on these boards.

First you bash others for having unpopular opinions then you make your own? Smh. Plus I myself wasn't mad that SPM wasn't like the previous two, but the Thousand Year Door is accepted as the superior game thus it would have been better if they just stuck with the formula. But SPM wasn't the worst, that award would go to Sricker Star without a doubt.

 

[Aunt Jemima]

the Kirby games listed as the worst game by you guys hurts me

but that's cause every Kirby game is the best for me

/nobias

 

[General-Guy]

: Paper Mario Sticker Star- This game already gets enough hate as it is, but as a huge paper mario fan (just look at my name) I was dissapointed by it. I even tried to enjoy it, but I just couldn't. Lackluster gameplay, TERRIBLE story, and completely bland characters (seriously, the characters part is the worst. No cool partners, Bowser had no lines, Luigi wasn't even in the game, and all of the interesting species were replaced with toads. Ugh.) At least the music was good I guess.
: Mario vs. Donkey Kong- I love all main series DK games, so this is the only one that I can hate on. But this one is interesting because I was actually a huge fan of its sequel, March of the Minis. March of the Minis is actually one of my favorite DS games, I just love it. But the GBA one really just couldn't hold my attention, it was just so boring compared to its sequel.
: LoZ: Twilight Princess- I know a lot of people loved this game, but I just couldn't enjoy it. I'm not at all saying its a bad game, but out of the Zelda games I've played this was the worst. Just too dark for me.
: None- Honestly, out of the games I've played, I've loved all of them. Really. I can't complain about a single game in the Kirby series.
: Pokemon Battle Revolution- Actually, changed my mind, even Pokemon Channel was better than this. EVEN POKEMON CHANNEL. There was absolutely nothing to do, you didn't even get to choose your own pokemon in the game, and the only purpose to it is to see your pokemon from in 3D. THATS IT. Its just complete ****, especially since I got it before I got any of the handheld games. I never even wanna play it again.
: Metroid- Easily the worst in the series, but partly because it has been improved on so much, but also the backtracking and random bomb placing were just plain awful. Haven't played Other M just so you know.
: Kid Icarus- Havent played Myths and Monsters, so Im going with the original. Still a good game, just not nearly as good as Uprising was.
: Pikmin- The sequels were just better. A lot of the games I'm listing aren't bad, they're just the worst in the series.
/: Mother- Also not a bad game, just not NEARLY as good as its sequels. Although the random accounter ammounts were god awful. Also everytime someone puts Mother 3 as the worst I die a little inside
: Super Punch-Out- If I had to pick one it would be this one, but all of the games are really good.
: Ice Climbers- I know these guys only have one game, but it was still bad. The gamplay just isn't good and it feels really outdated.
: Animal Crossing Town and City- I can't really explain it, but this one really just didn't feel as good as the others.
: Mega Man 4- I loved the first three, but the fourth one started to feel repetitive. Didn't bother with 5 and 6.

I can't speak for cause I've only played one game of any of their series, I haven't played any of their games (although I want to play star fox 64 someday) and only has one game but its amazing so I don't want to list it.

 

[SubparSmashBrother]

Just going to limit this to games I've played that I thought were weak points in the series.

Super Mario: Mario Sunshine
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Donkey Kong: Donkey Konga
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story
Pokémon: Diamond
Kirby: Epic Yarn
Sonic: Sonic and The Secret Rings
Ice Climbers: Ice Climbers

 

[GunGunW]

Mario/Luigi- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Captain Falcon- F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Cap wasn't actually in it, though. It's the only F-Zero game that's meh to me.)
Link- Adventure of Link
Pikachu- Pokemon: Black/White
Villager- Animal Crossing: City Folk (Great, just not as great as the other three)
Fox- I can't say it.

 

[Igneous42]

I'm gonna try to avoid the weird games like Mario is Missing and stuff but there are still gonna be a few spin-off titles for some of these. Many of these are also more my least favorites than games I actually think are bad. Though some of them I do think are bad....

Mario: Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels, avoiding all the various spinoff party games the lost levels has to be my choice. As many here probably know this was originally Super Mario Bros 2. but was not originally released as so in the states (or outside of Japan at all?). It's not necessarily bad, I've just never been able to get into it. Doesn't feel unique enough compared to the original but just more frustrating. I wasn't a die hard fan of the original in the first place.

Yoshi: Yoshi's Story, actually didn't mind this game but I haven't played much Yoshi specific stuff. So it's either Yoshi's Story or Yoshi's Island and I gotta pick Island for the one I like better. Had I played many of his other games I'm sure one of those would probably win.

Wario: Wario World, a little unfair because it's the only Wario plat-former I've played to any significant extent, but even so to my middle school eyes it still seemed pretty meh when I played it. For Wario Ware I'd have to go with Smooth Moves, despite the fact that I've actually had quite a bit of fun with it when friends have been over and such. Just not enough content and the fact that they designed the entirety of the multi-player to only use one wiimote was lame. Would have been a good option for a couple game types, but having game types where everyone could play at the same time would have made it much more welcomed. I don't remember or care about the single player enough to comment on how it compared to the others.

Donkey Kong: Donkey Konga, again not one I actually hated but of the Donkey Kong games I've played I prefer the traditional plat-formers and even Donkey Kong 64 to Konga. Haven't played jungle beats for what it is worth.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, I've played most of the Zelda games and Phantom Hourglass is the only one I made a serious effort to beat that I just couldn't stick with. I hated the touch screen only controls and the temple of the ocean king wasn't even that cool the first time much less having to revisit it over and over.

Metroid: Other M, this is the main reason I even wanted to reply to this thread. Any chance I have to say how much I hate this game is a chance I'll gladly take. Awful story AND gameplay. I don't get how people can act like it was just the crap story that made this game terrible. The game-play is boring, uninspired, repetitive and way too easy. Just awful.

Fire Emblem: I have a fairly limited exposure to the series as a whole, I loved Awakening and the Tellius games though. Fire Emblem on the GBA (which is FE 7 to my knowldge?) was the first one I played, but I remember liking it pretty well, even though I didn't beat it. So I'm gonna go with Shadow Dragon, because I actually spent money on it but it didn't capture my interest right off the bat like all the other games did. Which led to me setting it aside pretty quick. I still might/want to get around to playing it sometime but I've heard it's not amazing anyways.
Star Fox: Adventures, haven't played it in a long time but I actually liked it for what it was. Just didn't feel like a Star Fox game, the end boss while not terrible also felt forced in there just to feel more like a true star fox end boss, which gave General Scales the shaft even though the game had built him up the entire time.

Pokemon: Pearl, I've only beat the original (Blue/Yellow) and the newest (Y) to the end so I can't say I've had great luck with Pokemon. Despite that I've actually bought and put decent time into every generation except Black/White and their sequels. I choose Pearl just because it's the one I got the least far in before putting it aside.

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, felt like the SNES without any of the nostalgia attached. Plus it didn't even have Captain Falcon in it. I know Captain Falcon is probably more well known because of Smash than his own series, but still an F-Zero without him is silly.

Animal Crossing: I've only played the original, and never got intrested in the series again. So it's kind a weird situation. I liked the GCN one when I played it and put quite a bit of time into it, but it never captured my interest enough to want to buy it's various sequels despite the fact that I like to play most of Nintendo's other big (and sometimes even smaller) offerings.

Pikmin: Pikmin 3, which I actually very much enjoyed. It just didn't have the same feelings of uniqueness the other 2 had. Pikmin 1 was just such a new idea, at the time I hadn't even played many game remotely similiar. Pikmin 2 is my favorite, it had a lot of content and I actually liked the caves even though I did miss bigger outdoor areas at times.

Pac-Man: Pac-Man Adventure 2 is the only Pac-Man game I've played other than the original and Ms. Pacman so I choose that because it was a mediocre adventure game.

Sonic: Sonic 3D Blast, probably good for what it was and it's time, but I played it enough that it makes the list but not enough that I have any fond memories of it. Even SA2B and Heroes I played enough to beat and liked when I first played them, even if I might not care for them much now.

Franchises I didn't include I left out because I haven't played them enough to make a accurate judgement, or have only played one game so it's irrelevant.

 

[Super Writer]

Excluding spin off titles...

Mario: Super Mario Bros. - mostly by default of being the precursor to better games. It's good, just the rest are better.
Zelda: Four Swords - mostly because the only kid I could play it with was a complete pain in the neck.
Kirby: Kirby 64 - there's a good game in there, it's just so slow.
Metroid: Metroid 2 - the screen was two small and felt impossible to navigate comfortably.
Star Fox: Star Fox Adventures - slow, boring, repetative and the fear trial, oh god the fear trial!
Pokemon: Red/Blue - by default of being the original, it just hasn't aged well. Note I would say this about the remakes.
Megaman: Megaman X6 - Talk about a stinker, this game isn't fun, 90% of it is navigating through spikes, and the bosses are lame. Mageman X was good up to X4, so go beyond it for your own sake!
Ice Climber: Ice Climber - the only game in the franchise and it's just... bad. Not Urban Champion bad, but close.

 

[Vann Accessible]

Of the ones I've played?

Super Mario: Mario's Time Machine - Lame edutanment! Boo!
Zelda: Skyward Sword - Blandy mcbland bland and the biglips brigade
Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong 3 - Meh spray some bugs, not as good as the first two, never played Math
Metroid: Metroid Other M -Not a true Metroid, ruined Samus, Ridley's design sucks
F-Zero: F-Zero Maximum Velocity - Not a bad game at all, just my least favorite one
StarFox: Star Fox Adventures- This one makes even Skyward Sword seem interesting :/
Punch-Out!: Super Punch Out - The lesser of the three, I like the mechanics of the NES/Wii games better
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story - TOO EASY!
Wario: Wario Land - The series got more refined as time went on
Pokémon: Pokemon Snap - I didn't care for Snap
Kirby: Kirby's Avalanche - Just Mean Bean Machine, while not a bad game, doesn't compare to the platformers
Kid Icarus: Kid Icarus Uprising - I can only compare it to the NES original, which I love dearly. Nostalgia wins over overabundance of talking over my goddamn gameplay
Pikmin: Pikmin - I prefer 2 and 3
Sonic: Sonic Spinball - Sloppy controls, never played any of the newer ones
Pac-Man: Pac Man - Got nothing to compare it to. I love this game though.
Mega Man: Mega Man 1 - Friggin overly difficult compared to 2-6 and the X series is just generally more refined. Not bad by any means.
Fire Emblem: Fire Emblem GBA 2: I can't remember the subtitle. Not the one with Lyn, Hector and Roy Eliwood. The other one. It just awasn't as good.
Animal Crossing: AC GCN.Only one I've played.
Xenoblade: Chronicles. Only existing game in the series.
Wii Fit: Haven't played Wii Fit
Earthbound: Earthbbound. Haven't played Mother or Mother 3.
Ice Climbers: NES version obviously whatelse
Duck Hunt: Ditto.
R.O.B.: I haven't played Gyromite or Stack Up. I guess he was in F-Zero GX :D
Metal Gear: Metal Gear on NES. The Solid games are obviously better.
G&W: Never played any

 

[the8thark]

R.O.B.: I haven't played Gyromite or Stack Up. I guess he was in Mario Kart anf F-Zero GX?

It was also in StarFox 64/Lylat Wars.

 

[Halfhead]

Forthe sake of poiniancy, I'm not going to be counting Non-Nintendo console games for first-parties. That means the Zelda CD-i games and Mario Teaches Typing are out.

Super Mario: Mario Clash. This game is one thing. Not breaks, no escalating excitment, no constantly evolving challenges. It's like Nintendo found the dumbest thing to do a franchise that had previously been good at EVERYTHING IT TRIED and went ahead and did it.

Donkey Kong: King of Swing. The the first decade of the millennium, Nintendo knew not what to do with Donkey Kong. They had not yet gifted Retro Studios with making the Country series, Rareware had been sold to Microsoft, and it's not lile you could make arcade cabinets anymore. In this interim, they tried A LOT of easy fixes. This decade saw Donkey Konga (1, 2, 3, and 4), Barrel Blast, and Jungle Beat (I actually love this game) and people generally weren't that interested. The worst of these interim games was most likely DK: King of Swing. If you haven't played this game, I recommend you check it out. It's a trip to look at and wonder how it got past the proposal stage of game developement.

Yoshi: Yoshi (NES). Just eh. You can tell it was a cash-in on the instanly popular Super Mario World craze. It's basically Yoshi's Cookie but more expensive and on a last-gen console that should have been ecclipsed by the SNES at this point.

Wario: Wario Ware: Snapped. This was an iPhone game at best. Nintendo was looking for launch ideas for the DSiWare shop and I guess they didn't have time to develop it into a full WarioWare game. WarioWare was one of my favorite series at the time too, so this one came in kind of rough. The camera gameplay barely worked and all of the already-established, great characters from the series were completely absent. This combination worked to create a completely soulless husk of a game.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. A lot of you (at least the ones who didn't say the CD-i games), are saying Zelda 2. I can't get behind hating Zelda 2 that much. Zelda 1&2 were hardcore, man. Zelda was a series for people who found other games too easy. With this in mind, Zelda 2 is an almost-great game. Sure, the life-system needs work, and the difficulty curve itself were inconsistant, but these are hardly the biggest issues a game can have. Phantom Hourglass was hand-holdy, realied on a propensity for backtracking that the player may just not have, and felt largely unimportant as a story even while I was playing it. Still, not a terrible game; the Zelda series is so solid that even the worst game is pretty good for some people.

Metroid: Other M. I'll admit that I've only played Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and Other M, but I can tell pretty well that Other M is the worst of the series by researching the other games a bit. I was SO excited for Other M when I saw the E3 trailer about 4 years ago. It was exactly what I wanted from the series to marry the sidescrolling action of the earlier titles and Prime's shooting. It was a huge letdown. In like... Everyway.

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity. Worse than the others, that is all.

Star Fox: Star Fox (SNES). BUT HALFHEAD! STAIRFAXTEMPURATES!! Yeah, I know, but have you played the original Star Fox in a while? It has NOT stood the test of time. The graphics are actually kind of offensive and the controls are whack.

Pokémon: Battle Revolution. We were all expecting the next main-series console Pokémon game to be one of two things. It was either going to be a send up of the Stadium series and focus on battles while including side mini-games and stuff OR Colluseum 3 and have its own storyline. Guess what? It was neither and just did battles and was super boring.

Kirby: I don't know man. I don't really like Kirby games at all, and it's not or a lack of trying either. I guess my least favorite is Adventure, but take that with a grain of salt.

Mother: Mother. Mother was a good game. Earthbound and Mother 3 are works of art.

Pac-Man: Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. I'm a bit mad at you guys for this one. Why are so many of you saying the original or Pac-Land? There are SO MANY Pac-Man games and SO MANY bad ones. Pac Pix would have been a good choice. Pac-Man 2 would have been a good choice. Ghostly Adventures, however, is probably the most egregious. It was a cash-in on the show a year ago and I haven't really been certain the arcade hero can pull himself out of this slump since.

Animal Crossing: City Folk. The series is better on a handheld for many reasons, but even the Gamecube version had redeeming qualities in its NES games. It's seriously amazing that Nintendo did that. That's so many games.

 

[Vann Accessible]

Forthe sake of poiniancy, I'm not going to be counting Non-Nintendo console games for first-parties. That means the Zelda CD-i games and Mario Teaches Typing are out.


Star Fox: Star Fox (SNES). BUT HALFHEAD! STAIRFAXTEMPURATES!! Yeah, I know, but have you played the original Star Fox in a while? It has NOT stood the test of time. The graphics are actually kind of offensive and the controls are whack.

Really? I still rather enjoy Star Fox for it's gameplay. I don't view the graphics as bad as much as I view them as a historical artifact, the ancestor of modern 3D games.

SFA was just..... well John Tron nailed it. To each his own, I guess.

 

[Ryuutakeshi]

Oh gosh... so, I actually haven't played a lot of the games that these characters come from. I tend to stick to only a couple Nintendo franchises and then get super into them. But I'll still try my best.

Mario: Now, this one is kinda tricky because there are just soooooooo many Mario Games and I've only really played the good ones. So I don't really have a choice I can make here.

Zelda: Ugh, now this one is difficult. I kinda want to say Zelda 2 but I feel like that game gets whipped enough as it is. I had some issues with Ocarina of Time but it's by no means a bad game. So, of the ones I've played, I think I have to say Skyward Sword. So many odd design choices but an interesting story and some memorable characters. A really, really hard call.

But seriously, **** the flying controls.

Pokemon: For me, Black and White 2. I loved the originals but the sequels, save for the very beginning and the very end, felt like cheap rehashes of the their predecessors . Yeah, PWT was cool and all but these remain the only main series games I've ever not finished.

The runner up is Conquest. I love SRPG's and I think there are some very good ideas here, but the execution is flawed and a fair number of Pokemon become worse upon evolving. Also why do these games insist on making Glaceon obtainable so late in the game? WHY?!

Beyond that I would have to say that I just could not get into the original mystery dungeon games. I tried. I really did. Just couldn't do it.

Kirby: Um... are there any? Kirby's always been kinda cute and innocent for me. Then again, I haven't played all the games.

Metroid: Other M. While I may be in the minority in that I have no issue with Samus speaking, the vocal direction here is flawed, the world and plot is very linear, the characterization is insulting, the little flaws are numerous beyond belief, and while the gameplay is okay I can't say it's my cup of tea. Or really anything all that interesting.

Star Fox: Adventures. They really should have stuck with the original idea.

Donkey Kong: The original. I suck at it. Really, really badly.

Fire Emblem: Ooooooh, tough call. While I haven't yet played all of them, I think I have to say the weakest is easy Shadow Dragon, especially because getting 100% of the characters requires having other characters die. Just... why?

Sonic: I don't like sonic games. Heroes was okay I guess. *flees*

And yeah, I can't really answer any others. Some of the games I listed I never even finished anyways because I just wasn't feeling them. I love Nintendo but it wasn't until the last three years that I finally managed to get to play a lot of the classics. I was a sheltered kid. So I guess I should be happy I missed most of the crap.

Except Other M. Why did you guys decide that THIS was the Samus you wanted to tell the story of? Why?

 

[the8thark]

Star Fox: Star Fox (SNES). BUT HALFHEAD! STAIRFAXTEMPURATES!! Yeah, I know, but have you played the original Star Fox in a while? It has NOT stood the test of time. The graphics are actually kind of offensive and the controls are whack.

The SNES SF graphics are not that bad honestly. And the music there was amazing. The music in SF64 in comparison was a major let down, just so badly done. Corneria on the SNES version, that music I think is just one of the best pieces on any SF game. I also think the SNES Space Armada level had great music too. (Biased opinion I know but I just wanted to say). Also the vocal language used in the SNES version actually sounds like it could be a language. The Lylatian language option on my version of Lylat Wars was just terrible in comparison. It sounded like a mess and not at all believable.

SF SNES is only harder to control because there's no targeting reticule (Talking 2nd person here and not 1st person cockpit view) like in SF64 and no charged shot that locks and homes in.

I don't see SF SNES better or worse than SF64/Lylat Wars. I feel both games have different and very noticeable flaws. I still enjoy playing both games. But for very different reasons.

 

[Ryuutakeshi]

So, I was like seven when I last played Star Fox SNES but I never managed to beat the first boss on Corneria. Just saying.

Still enjoyed it.

 

[25%Cotton]

Excluding spin off titles...

Mario: Super Mario Bros. - mostly by default of being the precursor to better games. It's good, just the rest are better.
Zelda: Four Swords - mostly because the only kid I could play it with was a complete pain in the neck.
Kirby: Kirby 64 - there's a good game in there, it's just so slow.
Metroid: Metroid 2 - the screen was two small and felt impossible to navigate comfortably.
Star Fox: Star Fox Adventures - slow, boring, repetative and the fear trial, oh god the fear trial!
Pokemon: Red/Blue - by default of being the original, it just hasn't aged well. Note I would say this about the remakes.
Megaman: Megaman X6 - Talk about a stinker, this game isn't fun, 90% of it is navigating through spikes, and the bosses are lame. Mageman X was good up to X4, so go beyond it for your own sake!
Ice Climber: Ice Climber - the only game in the franchise and it's just... bad. Not Urban Champion bad, but close.

as for your comment on metroid, i definitely AGREE with it being a thing, but for me that's one of the reasons i find the game... charming? maybe charming is the wrong word because it's very uncomfortable XD, but for me the game is one of the best examples of metroid's isolationist atmospheres. it pushes you in these new areas that you don't know the size of or the shape or what's where, and with not only power-ups but also nearly 40 metroid to hunt down, it felt like more of a dizzy scramble than metroid 1. which is tough, but it's such a cool experience to me. (not that you have to like it, it's just you sent a small wave of nostalgia over me with your comment)