What was Nintendo's golden decade?

[Kriven]

You can be linear and still be fun. Y'know, like SMB-SMB3.

So it isn't the linearity that's making the shit so boring. I honestly prefer a more enclosed gamespace over these massive, confusing worlds to run around in, and I'm still having trouble with a lot of recent games keeping my attention or being very fun.

Although Return to Dreamland looks pretty gooooooddddd~