Austin Evans is WRONG about Nintendo

these guys clearly have no idea what they’re talking about

They really did the 3DS dirty here. I can see their stance on everything but that. The 3DS had a rough start but it developed one of the best game libraries for a Nintendo console. It dominated the market from 2011 until 2017 and is the fourth highest selling handheld console of all time. It also bailed out Nintendo financially when the Wii U was failing miserably.

*Rates WiiU worse than virtual boy*. Me: So its treason then.

I have to correct matt, breath of the wild wasn't a wii u port , it was released at the same time for both consoles.

Very hardcore focused tier list, understandable when one of the guys barely played Nintendo consoles. The Wii and 3DS are not C and D tier consoles. Yes, the Wii got so much shovelware, but also an amazing list of AAA games, it just the community doesn't want to forgive that is a "casual" console, not marketed for the traditional gamer. The Wii is a A tier console. 3DS? Well, it's not a revolutionary or groundbreaking handheld, hardware-wise, but the library... Oh my god!, So many amazing games. Definitively, not a C console. At least is a B+

I'D put the 3ds at B tier for that it saved nintendo because their main console, wii U is failing horribly and that while it had a rocky start it crushed the competition in handheld category (rip vita) The DS should be an A or even the S tier because it was innovative of its time and it spun great versions (ds lite battery was really great, dsi were really cool)

I would put Gameboy Advance SP top due to being able to play Gameboy and Gameboy Colour cartridges and due to having a decent screen

This list definitely seems to be operating under a "how did these consoles sell and influence culture, and what historical significance do they have?" moreso than a list of placing which systems are better in terms of enjoyability, features, hardware, library, etc. The Wii U's ability to play most of Nintendo's backlog (even without modding) alone makes it a way better investment and fun to use experience over a lot of these, but it was a flop in sales. And while a few of the Wii U's biggest titles had ports or sequels, it's still the only native way to play Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, which are arguably definitive ways to play those titles outside of PC emulation. I feel like seeing the 3DS and VB next to each other is cursed though, cmon that handheld was rad and is still the only viable 3D gaming experience ever made and the technology still wows today arguably.

The one point you didn't cover for the DS and it almost felt like you would was that the DS's success with the casual crowd is what gave Nintendo the final positive reinforcement to go for that same crowd with their next console.

The Wii deserves a S Tier. It revolutionized motion control and brought in so many casual gamers in all age groups.

My only gripe with this list is that you put the Virtual Boy Over the Wii U... absolutely heretical!

The Wii U should be higher up, due to the fact that it can play literally every Nintendo console before it via VC and modding.

Nintendo switch would be perfect if the online wasn't literally 18 years behind

Are you kidding me?? The Wii was a complete game changer 🤦‍♂️ Literally everyone had it or wanted it and it was constantly sold out everywhere. It was the first major game system to ever use motion controls. I even remember people getting a Wii that never had a game system before. I agree that it didn't have the best games, but even the basic bowling, tennis, archery, etc. games were a ton of fun and everyone wanted to play it.

Honesty I think this is a ok tier list Edit: thanks for the likes!

they put the switch in A tier. it deserves an S tier. And the 3DS is a great device, about a C or B tier.

I really gotta disagree with putting the virtual boy higher than the Wii U. Im not saying the Wii U is A tier or anything but the virtual boy was basically single color and black, very expensive, had no way of sharing the experience with others due to no video out, the controller was poor and IT MADE USERS SICK and often did it in less than 20 minutes. And on top of that the catalog was limited and poor. Just because they tried VR first doesn't mean they should get credit when they did it so badly. If anything deserved F tier this.

Ocarina of time was hugely important game for N64

Is this an out of season April Fool's joke?

What? Wii u in f tier? I disagree, I'd put it in b tier or c tier