{"id":132629,"date":"2023-03-22T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146875"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:00:00","slug":"talking-point-whats-the-best-year-in-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/22\/talking-point-whats-the-best-year-in-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What&#8217;s The Best Year In Gaming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52cc65539335e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52cc65539335e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"What's the best year in gaming?\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52cc65539335e\/whats-the-best-year-in-gaming.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA0Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"504\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52cc65539335e\/whats-the-best-year-in-gaming.900x.jpg\" alt=\"What's the best year in gaming?\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Games are <em>so<\/em> good, right?<\/p>\n<p>Looking back over the years and decades, it&#8217;s difficult to actually think of a year that&#8217;s been objectively bad in terms of gaming output; generally speaking, with the wealth of consoles and developers out there, there&#8217;s always been at least a handful of games every year that spoke to us in a meaningful way and made a positive impact.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, we looked back at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/feature-50-years-of-landmark-video-games-one-per-year-all-playable-on-nintendo-switch\">50 years&#8217; worth of games<\/a>, all playable on Switch, and it got us thinking: Which year is the very <em>best<\/em> in gaming? If you&#8217;re like us and have been gaming for the majority of your life, then this is likely quite a tricky question to answer. We here on Team NL tend to gravitate to a select few vintages, and we&#8217;d wager they are probably not far off from your opinions, but we&#8217;re keen to put that to the test.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/retro\/related-articles:145781 @ 2023-03-23T01:02:07+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>A few of our writers have shared what they believe to be the very best year in gaming down below, and there&#8217;s a poll at the bottom to let us know what you think, too. For this one, we&#8217;re not going to be too strict and limit it purely to Nintendo titles, so if there&#8217;s something on the PlayStation, Dreamcast, or whichever console you happened to be playing at the time that made an impact on you, definitely factor that into your pick. There are great games everywhere!<\/p>\n<p>First up is Alana, who takes us back to the 16-bit days&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>1994 &#8211; Alana Hagues, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8337f0c63af75\/super.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8337f0c63af75\/super.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Super\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So&#8230; 1994 was pretty good, wasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s not the first year anyone thinks of when they think about the best year in video games, but it&#8217;s right up there for me. The SNES was a few years old at this point, but the console was still churning out hit after hit, and Nintendo had two big ones to headline the year \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_metroid\">Super Metroid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/donkey_kong_country\">Donkey Kong Country<\/a>. No one can argue that these two titles are among the best on the Super Nintendo. Sure, the names aren&#8217;t as big as your Zeldas or your Marios, but Super Metroid arguably pioneered a whole genre, while Donkey Kong Country perfected side-scrolling platforming and beautiful visuals. Plus it put developer Rare on the map.<\/p>\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s output helped to bolster the SNES&#8217;s offerings with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_street_fighter_ii_the_new_challengers\">Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers<\/a> (PJ says it was the best Christmas present ever, so there you go, NL approved) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/mega_man_x\">Mega Man X<\/a> (which launched in North America in early 1994). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/earthworm_jim\">Earthworm Jim<\/a>&#8216;s blend of humour and fun platforming made it a hit in my household. And this might come as a surprise, but I love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/nba_jam\">NBA Jam<\/a> \u2014 it&#8217;s easily one of my favourite arcade or multiplayer experiences with friends or my partner.<\/p>\n<p>1994 was also, frankly, an incredible year for RPGs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/final_fantasy_iii\">Final Fantasy VI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/earthbound\">EarthBound<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/live_a_live\">Live A Live<\/a> (albeit Japan-only until 2022&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/live_a_live\">Switch remake<\/a>) all launched, which means you&#8217;ve got maybe the best Final Fantasy, a genre-defying game from Shigesato Itoi, and unique anthology RPG that doesn&#8217;t feel its age today. That&#8217;s pretty nuts. In non-Nintendo gaming history, this is also the year <strong>The Elder Scrolls<\/strong> made a splash with <strong>Arena<\/strong> on PC.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the charge for non-Nintendo releases are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/sonic_the_hedgehog_3\">Sonic the Hedgehog 3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/sonic_and_knuckles\">Sonic &amp; Knuckles<\/a>. Hot take \u2014 these were my favourite Sonic games until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sonic_mania\">Mania<\/a>. You&#8217;ve also got <strong>System Shock<\/strong> on PC, another huge first-person genre-defining game that influenced the likes of <strong>Deus Ex<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bioshock_the_collection\">Bioshock<\/a>. FromSoftware also released its very first game in Japan this year with the PlayStation&#8217;s <strong>King&#8217;s Field<\/strong>. And, well, we may as well say it \u2014 the PlayStation&#8217;s Japanese release in 1994 would make massive waves in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>So, on paper, it might not be the <em>biggest<\/em> year ever, but laid out in front of you, it&#8217;s really hard to argue with the quality and impact of 1994.<\/p>\n<h2>1998 &#8211; Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Ocarina\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/638037d15ca15\/ocarina.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/638037d15ca15\/ocarina.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ocarina\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;1998&#8230; I&#8217;ll never forget it&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Leon S. Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Yes, for me, nothing comes close to 1998 when it comes to exceptional games. The most obvious inclusion here is a game that needs no introduction, and that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time\">The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/a>. Without this game, the Zelda franchise would look considerably different than it does now, and that&#8217;s assuming it would even exist at all. Ocarina of Time is <em>that<\/em> important.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but 1998 introduced western audiences to a little franchise called <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\">Red and Blue<\/a>, and boy, we all know how that all turned out. I still remember unwrapping my Game Boy on Christmas Day with a copy of Pok\u00e9mon Blue, and it remains one of the happiest gaming moments of my life. We also got one of the very best survival horror games of all time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/resident_evil_2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a> (although admittedly, Nintendo gamers wouldn&#8217;t receive this until at least the following year), and although I was personally introduced to the franchise with the very first entry, it was RE2 that got me completely hooked.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of non-Nintendo platforms, 1998 brought back Solid Snake in what many argue to be his greatest mission of all time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/metal_gear_solid\" class=\"external\">Metal Gear Solid<\/a>. That Psycho Mantis fight was something else, right? Valve also made significant waves with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/orange_box\" class=\"external\">Half-Life<\/a>, a game that many still consider being one of the very best first-person shooters.<\/p>\n<p>And now let&#8217;s do a quick-fire round. 1998 also saw classics like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/banjo-kazooie\">Banjo-Kazooie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/spyro_the_dragon\" class=\"external\">Spyro the Dragon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/crash_bandicoot_3_warped\" class=\"external\">Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/turok_2_seeds_of_evil\">Turok 2: Seeds of Evil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/f-zero_x\">F-Zero X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/tekken_3\" class=\"external\">Tekken 3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/star_wars_rogue_squadron\">Star Wars: Rogue Squadron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/grim_fandango_remastered\">Grim Fandango<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/mario_party\">Mario Party<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/sonic_adventure_dx_directors_cut\">Sonic Adventure<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/oddworld_abes_exoddus\" class=\"external\">Oddworld: Abe&#8217;s Exoddus<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/1080d_snowboarding\">1080\u00b0 Snowboarding<\/a>. Go on, see if you can beat that.<\/p>\n<h2>2002 &#8211; Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Prime\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9bd4e3ec367f1\/prime.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9bd4e3ec367f1\/prime.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Prime\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/f_zero_gx\">F-Zero GX<\/a> upon PAL release day (late October 2003), I hit a little snag: I had no GameCube of my own to play it on, having invested in a PlayStation 2 instead back in 2002. So I left the game at my best friend&#8217;s house who was a bit more multi-platform and owned both Xbox and GameCube <em>and<\/em> PS2. The New Year came and went.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a bad case of young love gone wrong on January 2, 2004, I went straight to local retail and picked up an onyx GameCube with a GBA Player combo pack. I had some cash left so I picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/super_monkey_ball\">Super Monkey Ball<\/a> as well, (years before realizing both F-Zero and Monkey Ball titles shared the same game engine).<\/p>\n<p>Soon it was time to expand my collection and pick up all the essential stuff I had been missing out on: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/pikmin\">Pikmin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/metroid_prime\">Metroid Prime<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/resident_evil\">Resident Evil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/star_wars_rogue_squadron_ii_rogue_leader\">Rogue Leader<\/a>\u2026 the list goes on and on. Despite the incredible single-player content, it wasn\u2019t long before GameCube became the de facto console for getting together with my friends. Insane marathons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/super_smash_bros_melee\">Super Smash Bros. Melee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/nhl_hitz_20-03\">NHL Hitz<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/wwe_day_of_reckoning\">WWE Day of Reckoning<\/a> were soon the norm of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Going back over two decades, it&#8217;s tricky when so many games had released dates staggered across two different years, but all of those games above minus Prime and F-Zero launched in 2002 in Europe (we had to wait until the following year for Samus).<\/p>\n<p>The GameCube provided me with amazing years, all the way to its final masterpiece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/resident_evil_4\">Resident Evil 4<\/a>. While I knew I had stumbled into something special, it didn\u2019t take me long to realize that 2004 was it: \u201cTHE\u201d year. Best time of my life&#8230; but most of the games I was playing were from 2002. What a line-up, right?<\/p>\n<p>I wish I had appreciated it all even more at the time, both games and friends.<\/p>\n<h2>2007 &#8211; Gavin Lane, Editor<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Galaxy\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a922050315968\/galaxy.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a922050315968\/galaxy.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Galaxy\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Look, &#8217;94 and &#8217;98 and &#8217;02 are all fine vintages, no arguments there. But, for me, 2007 was a video gaming nexus from which the modern era spawned.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with Nintendo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/super_mario_galaxy\">Super Mario Galaxy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I could probably leave it there. Galaxy is god-tier Nintendo gaming in my book. Following the statement of intent it made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/wii_sports\">Wii Sports<\/a> and the Wii the previous year, extricating itself from the hardware specs race of its competitors, Galaxy confirmed that Nintendo could craft deep, incredible game experiences on this very modest yet imaginative home console. Galaxy made it clear that there was no need to worry. Nintendo wasn&#8217;t doomed; things would be just <em>fine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/pokemon_diamond_and_pearl\">Pok\u00e9mon Diamond &amp; Pearl<\/a> aside, the rest of the year was relatively quiet on the Nintendo front \u2014 not to disparage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/fire_emblem_radiant_dawn\">Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn<\/a> or, er, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/links_crossbow_training\">Link&#8217;s Crossbow Training<\/a> \u2014 but when you&#8217;ve got an absolute all-timer on your docket, you don&#8217;t need anything else. Plus, this year gave us the best available edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/resident_evil_4_wii_edition\">Resident Evil 4<\/a>, which is still a true statement at the time of publication (just).<\/p>\n<p>And yet 2007 offered so much <em>more<\/em>, and much of it is now playable on Switch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/portal_companion_collection\">Portal<\/a> is another all-time great, but any year that sees the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/orange_box\" class=\"external\">The Orange Box<\/a> is a shoo-in, surely? Would you kindly consider BioShock? How about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/crysis_remastered\">Crysis<\/a>, the game that <em>still<\/em> causes graphics cards the world over to break out into cold sweats?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/rock_band\">Rock Band<\/a> launched in 2007, although it wouldn&#8217;t come to Wii until the following year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/call_of_duty_4_modern_warfare\" class=\"external\">Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare<\/a> would arrive on the Wii two years later, but many gamers took their first steps into an online world with Xbox Live and COD4 on a freshly-released 360 Elite back in 2007 <em>*doffs cap to Captain Price*<\/em>. Microsoft&#8217;s 360 also hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/mass_effect\" class=\"external\">Mass Effect<\/a>, <strong>Crackdown<\/strong>, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/assassins_creed\" class=\"external\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/a> (surprised Ubisoft hasn&#8217;t remade\/rebooked that one yet), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/halo_3\" class=\"external\">Halo 3<\/a>. When it wasn&#8217;t red-ringing.<\/p>\n<p>Just so much quality across the gaming spectrum, with the online gaming revolution poised to segue into the indie game era. It was an exciting time full of possibilities and new ideas. Much more than just a year of &#8216;good games&#8217;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>So there you have it, those are our picks for the best years in gaming. We reckon each has a fair shot at taking the crown, but we&#8217;ll leave it to you fine readers to cast the deciding vote. Be sure to take part in the below poll and choose which year you think is the very best, starting from 1985&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Look, there was &#8216;Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a>&#8216; and &#8216;After Super Mario Bros.&#8217;, right? We&#8217;re sticking with the latter but feel free to give any BSMB years a shoutout in the comments, and also giv<\/em><em>e context behind your vote. Let us know exactly what makes your choice the very best!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-whats-the-best-year-in-gaming\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/whats_the_best_year_in_gaming\" data-id=\"7619\" data-question=\"What's the best year in gaming?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"What's the best year in gaming?\">What&#8217;s the best year in gaming? (634 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">1985<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"10 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1986<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1987<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"10 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1988<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"3 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1989<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"4 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1990<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"2 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1991<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"6 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1992<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"4 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1993<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1994<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"48 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"8\"><span class=\"val\">8<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1995<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"12 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1996<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"14 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1997<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"17 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1998<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"127 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"20\"><span class=\"val\">20<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">1999<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2000<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2001<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"14 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2002<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"16 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2003<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2004<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"11 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2005<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"2 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2006<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2007<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"57 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"9\"><span class=\"val\">9<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2008<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2009<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"3 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2010<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2011<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"9 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2012<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"3 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2013<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2014<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2015<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"3 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2016<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2017<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"154 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"24\"><span class=\"val\">24<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2018<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2019<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2020<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"1 vote\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2021<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/span> <span title=\"1 vote\">0%<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2022<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"9 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2023 (?)<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"16 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Other (comment below)<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"4 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Games are so good, right? 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