Weird question. Mario 64 and it’s not even close. Most game devs agree that Mario 64 is a masterpiece. Bonus points for not being on a platform that had just launched in a completely new paradigm.
Which was better in 1996: Nights into Dreams or Super Mario 64?
Submitted 2 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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demesisx@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 months ago
Super Mario 64.
Less experimental, solid controls, and on a system most people actually knew about. There’s a reason why the Saturn failed hard.
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Less experimental? The N64 controller has 3 prongs (for our 2 hands) because they wanted a backup plan if the whole 3D gimmick never took off! Lol
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
“solid controls” - shakes fist at camera angles
aniki@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Do people really think Nights is on the same caliber as Mario?
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
People have different tastes so to some people Nights is a better game.
I don’t want Mario and I don’t want 3D platformers. I don’t think Nights is a great game but I’ll give it 5 minutes at least.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m going to say Mario 64 just because it was a really good game that I enjoyed back in 96 and I’ve never heard of Nights Into Dreams until this post right now lol
Jayb151@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same here, therefore Mario is by default a better game
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re going to have a hard time making the case that ANY other game that released in 1996 was better than Mario 64.
ngwoo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pokemon red/blue are contenders if you count the JP release.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I own Nights into Dreams and Christmas Nights and, frankly, I never understood the point of either of them.
psivchaz@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I was a Sega kid in the Genesis generation. A friend of mine got a Saturn and I so desperately wanted to like Nights because it was the thing for Saturn. I didn’t like it at all. It felt hard to control, hard to understand, and was just not pleasant for me.
Meanwhile, a different friend and I had a blast trading off playing Mario 64. Hands down, way better for a 9 year old me.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At the time I was like “Sooo… you fly around in circles so you can fly around in circles and then fly around in circles? Not much of a ‘game’ there.”
So when Balan Wonderworld came out a few years ago “from the maker of Nights!” I was like “Yeah, hard pass.”
moon@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Mario 64 not even close lol. What made you think Nights was nearly as popular?
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The question wasn’t about popularity
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Super Mario 64 was more important to the gaming industry as a whole.
ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Seeing as this is the first time I’m hearing about Nights into Dreams, Mario is obviously better.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What the fuck is Nights into Dreams?
Grangle1@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sonic Team’s follow-up to the Sonic franchise. Released on the Sega Saturn, so despite it being one of the Saturn’s better-selling games, few people played it back when it was new. It has a decent cult following of fans and seems to be generally regarded as a good-but-not-spectacular game (like a solid 7-8 out of 10), it’s nowhere near Mario 64’s caliber.
smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 months ago
For real rho
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Having been alive when both games were released I can say without any uncertainty Nights into Dreams had more hype around it but Mario 64 definitely was the one that has the legacy.
directive0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wow. What a question. Its hard for me not to be dismissive.
I’m going to have to go with Mario 64 by a country mile.
Appreciate the thought experiment though.
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
SM64 was definitely more influential in the gaming industry. I haven’t actually played Nights into Dreams, so I can’t speak to its quality, but SM64 sets a high bar. I played it again recently, and still had a ton of fun (despite some frustrations)
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’d have to say its the one that I’ve heard about and played
GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 months ago
celticwolf@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Crash Bandicoot.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQnClqCSIfk
vintage bit
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Super Mario 64, and it’s not even close. It’s like asking “Would you rather have some really good mashed potatoes, or a million dollars?”
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
How good are the potatoes?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Found the mark for my next scam!