Favorite game series

only problem with zelda, N64 games are really hard to play on a keyboard with all the C's and the Z and trying to do joystick movements with arrowkeys

Lol, that's true! Castlevania 64 - The Legacy of Darkness was also quite hard to play on the keyboard. Not to talk about Forsaken 64! I wasn't able to beat it on keyboard without cheats.

I managed to beat megaman 64 on my keyboard during the summer

I find it ridiculous that no one has mentioned Kirby yet.

Yeah. The Kirby series wasn't actually awesome, but always fun to play and quite addictive. If I'm not wrong I have played every Kirby game before the N64 including Kirby 64.

Kirby games weren't awesome when they came out but they are still really fun when you go back and play them again

The fact that every Kirby game ever made retains the same quality and addiction makes it awesome to me.

was a little annoying at some parts where you had to have a certain form of kirby to get past and the only spot to get that form was 20 minutes back

Especially if you didn't EXACTLY know which form you need. I found myself in a level where the crystal was at the very end. I played it like 5 times through until I've had THE right form, lol!

Lol, that's true! Castlevania 64 - The Legacy of Darkness was also quite hard to play on the keyboard. Not to talk about Forsaken 64! I wasn't able to beat it on keyboard without cheats.

Dude, C:LoD was one of the sole reasons we downloaded an N64 emulator!  Some of the platforming using a keyboard was IMPOSSIBLE.  All I can say is that without save states, I would have, like, thrown my keyboard across the room in frustration.



Kirby is awesome.  I've used the cute graphics in art projects and stuff. 

Are you kidding me?? Final Fantasy!

Ohh..I forgot about Kirby.  Kirby is a cool pink ball...he also has nice games.  MegaMan as well- we can't forget him.

Other fav series: armored core

Are you kidding me?? Final Fantasy!

Lol, a few good games in the series don't make the entire series kick ass. xD

Tell that to the other 6 people who voted for it.

I just found this on Wikipedia.  Looks like the best-selling video game series of all time looks something like this:

Mario (285 million)
Pokémon (143 million)
Final Fantasy (68 million)
The Sims (58 million)
Madden NFL (51 million)
The Legend of Zelda (47 million)
Tetris (45.2 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog (44 million)
Donkey Kong (43 million)
Dragon Quest (40 million)
Grand Theft Auto (40 million)
Gran Turismo (38 million) 
Crash Bandicoot (39.2 million)
James Bond (30 million)
Tomb Raider (30 million)
Resident Evil (30 million)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (27.9 million)
Mega Man (26 million)
Street Fighter (25 million)
Age of Empires (25+ million)
Tekken (22.7 million)
Command & Conquer (21 million)
Mortal Kombat (20 million)
Kirby (20.9 million)
FIFA (20 million)
Metal Gear (19.4 million)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (17.5 million)
Diablo (17 Million)
WWE SmackDown! (17 million)
Half-Life (16 million)
Halo (15.59 million)
Warcraft (14 million)
Harry Potter (13.2 million)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (12.5)
Driver (12 million)
Super Smash Bros. (11.65 million)
Metroid (11.3 million)
Battlefield (11 million)

I'm surprised to see Halo so low down that list.  Look at it... it's below Mega Man, but above Super Smash Bros!  Wow!
Looks like nintendo retains the lead, though.


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Why are The Sims and Madden above Zelda?

I just found this on Wikipedia.  Looks like the best-selling video game series of all time looks something like this:

Mario (285 million)
Pokémon (143 million)
Final Fantasy (68 million)
The Sims (58 million)
Madden NFL (51 million)
The Legend of Zelda (47 million)
Tetris (45.2 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog (44 million)
Donkey Kong (43 million)
Dragon Quest (40 million)
Grand Theft Auto (40 million)
Gran Turismo (38 million) 
Crash Bandicoot (39.2 million)
James Bond (30 million)
Tomb Raider (30 million)
Resident Evil (30 million)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (27.9 million)
Mega Man (26 million)
Street Fighter (25 million)
Age of Empires (25+ million)
Tekken (22.7 million)
Command & Conquer (21 million)
Mortal Kombat (20 million)
Kirby (20.9 million)
FIFA (20 million)
Metal Gear (19.4 million)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (17.5 million)
Diablo (17 Million)
WWE SmackDown! (17 million)
Half-Life (16 million)
Halo (15.59 million)
Warcraft (14 million)
Harry Potter (13.2 million)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (12.5)
Driver (12 million)
Super Smash Bros. (11.65 million)
Metroid (11.3 million)
Battlefield (11 million)

I'm surprised to see Halo so low down that list.  Look at it... it's below Mega Man, but above Super Smash Bros!  Wow!
Looks like nintendo retains the lead, though.


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Why are The Sims and Madden above Zelda?

No Tales of... on that list T_T

probably cause they're popular games avialable on alot of systems while zelda is avialable only on nintendo.

Well, Tales isn't as popular as it would seem, apparently...

Those are worldwide sales, remember, and almost none of the Tales games were released outside of Japan until the last few years.

Also remember that these are sales.  Bootlegs don't count, which is how most people have played Tales games in the past.  XD

Mario was the first of the game series, no wonder it was sold at most. But you have to admit, it was a good series. I am surprised, there is no Diablo there, lol!

Yes there is.

Oops. >.<

I find it interesting that the highest ranking franchise, Mario, has sold nearly twice as many millions as the second highest.  That's pretty... significant.

Final Fantasy Rocks  :kefka:

I find it interesting that the highest ranking franchise, Mario, has sold nearly twice as many millions as the second highest. That's pretty... significant.

Well, they made the perfect game. Simple, inviting, and happy, anyone can play it. AND YET...Some of the levels become diabolically difficult, the enemies invincible, and the levels become an endless maze of torture! (referring to a CERTAIN CASTLE in Mario Brothers 3, world 8.)

In short, it's what everyone never knew they wanted.

not only that, but the mario fanchise is so all emcompassing, besides just super mario brothers and mario 64 and all those other mario platform games, u have mario kart, mario party, mario tennis, dr. mario, mario basketball (whatever it was called), mario golf, and all the luigi, wario, and yoshi spin-off games...

as long as each game was at least somwhat successful, the sheer amount of games in this series makes it...well, alot of money