Nintendo never actually had a golden age in my opinion. They just put out some really memorable and innovative games from time to time. Most memorable games on a Nintendo console weren't even "Nintendo games", example; Banjo-Kazooie and Golden Eye.
Second you can't base "timeless" on childhood nostalgia. Games like Golden eye do have their place in my childhood but are still played by myself personally due to the actual game play. If I only played games I loved as a child I would still be playing garbage like the Fisher Price NES game. There is nothing there to draw me back at 19 years old other than to laugh at what entertained me when I was 3 at my grandfather's house.
Games that are timeless based on quality not the "warm and fuzzy" memories they give you, Dark Souls is a game that I find timeless, it doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling it fills me with frustration and satisfaction, it's something of quality. Where something along the lines of the "Modern Warfare" series isn't classic in the slightest.
Saying games are classic based off of nostalgia is like saying the "Biscuit the Dog" books are classic while something by Shakespeare isn't. Shakespeare is quality, "Biscuit" is just a warm and fuzzy childhood experience.
(I realize this may not be the most convincing argument, but I assume you'll get the general idea of where I'm going with this)
Second you can't base "timeless" on childhood nostalgia. Games like Golden eye do have their place in my childhood but are still played by myself personally due to the actual game play. If I only played games I loved as a child I would still be playing garbage like the Fisher Price NES game. There is nothing there to draw me back at 19 years old other than to laugh at what entertained me when I was 3 at my grandfather's house.
Games that are timeless based on quality not the "warm and fuzzy" memories they give you, Dark Souls is a game that I find timeless, it doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling it fills me with frustration and satisfaction, it's something of quality. Where something along the lines of the "Modern Warfare" series isn't classic in the slightest.
Saying games are classic based off of nostalgia is like saying the "Biscuit the Dog" books are classic while something by Shakespeare isn't. Shakespeare is quality, "Biscuit" is just a warm and fuzzy childhood experience.
(I realize this may not be the most convincing argument, but I assume you'll get the general idea of where I'm going with this)