What was Nintendo's golden decade?

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Shamelessly stolen from NeoGAF.

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Super Mario Bros, the first massive home console blockbuster, came out in 1985. It started a chain of outstanding games that Nintendo continues to release to the present day.

I thought it would be interesting to look at each of the three decades (well, two and a half) that have passed since SMB1 came out, and discuss which could be truly described as Nintendo's Golden Decade.

(note: the games are grouped into the decade in which they were first released in any part of the world)











































The Question: What is Nintendo's Golden Decade since the moment Super Mario Bros came out?

Which if these three decades would you consider to have the greatest library? This is entirely your opinion, but if you can elaborate as to why then that would be appreciated. I find it a challenging question, as each decade contains games that are often described as being amongst the greatest ever.

After choosing the Golden Decade, do you have Silver and Bronze?

Do you find it an easy or challenging choice?

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this list should be a little less hypocrital and present the games that were developed exclusively by nintendo, rather than the games nintendo published.

but you cant do that because if you were to do that, you'd kill 70% of that list instantly, taking with you 1/3 of what are considered "main IPs".

Nintendo's Golden age died with the gamecube. nowdays they're just a huge pair of prehistoric nostalgia glasses, refusing to evolve with the times.

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in fact, looking at that list it kinda shows nintendo hasnt even really cared to create new IPs. and they dont even need to do so, as long as they can keep milking more mario spinoffs.