# Console tierlist

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## A few words of explanation

In the future, I plan to write a post about my favorite retro games,
because list that is at bottom of this post mainly concerns games that are relatively new
(released in the 6th generation of consoles and/or later), and these are
generations of games in which diamonds (such as FEZ or The Witcher 3)
are rather exceptions to the rule, and games that, at least for me, are
interesting and give me a good dose of fun are a rarity in the new
generations of consoles and PC games. Therefore, these ratings are about
the games that I considered worth mentioning, but for contrast, I also
mentioned a few games that I thought would be good (because, for
example, I played previous iterations of a given brand) and turned out
to be a total failure. The table format also forces me to write a
maximum of 2-3 sentences per game. Perhaps I will write a more extensive
review of my favorite platforms when it comes to retro games.

I also omitted competitive games such as LoL, TF2, CS:GO, Fortnite, etc.
from this list. Why? Mainly because these games are not closed
compositions, and if I wanted to evaluate them, I would have to evaluate
a specific season in a given game, for example. Secondly, because I am
not a fan of such games (I had a moment in my life when I tried to play
TF2), I don\'t like them. Thirdly, from an ethical point of view, I
disagree with what these games represent or have in their content: microtransactions,
buying and trading skins, many anti-cheat systems do not work on Linux 
and not because it is technically impossible, but because many of the
companies responsible for these games have decided to exclude the entire
Linux system because it is by definition incompatible with anti-cheat
systems. Most games of this type fall under
at least these two accusations.

| Games      | 1: Seasons | 2: Skins | 3: Anticheat on Linux |
|------------|------------|----------|------------------------|
| LoL        | ✔️         | ✔️       | ❌                     |
| TF2        | ❌         | ✔️       | ✔️ (VAC)               |
| CS:GO      | ✔️         | ✔️       | ✔️ (VAC)               |
| Fortnite   | ✔️         | ✔️       | ❌                     |


This post would be far too long if I wanted to explain and describe in
detail why I think these three points work against players. However, to
sum up, if a game meets at least two of these points, I don't think it
makes sense for me to spend the time needed to write a blog post about
it or rate it on my list.

## Console Generation Tierlist

### S Tier

GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS

In my opinion, these are the two best consoles ever released. I could
also add the 3DS here, but I don\'t think it has as diverse a game
library as the GBA and NDS.

Why this choice?

Some of my favorite game series were released on the GBA. In my opinion,
the best remake in the Pokemon series is Pokemon FireRed. There are also
very good iterations of the Zelda series, and great strategy games such
as Advance Wars and Fire Emblem. Nothing more, nothing less. Admittedly,
the display on the original GBA wasn\'t the best, but nowadays most
people play these games on emulators or Linux handheld consoles.

As for the Nintendo DS, it is one of the consoles with the most diverse
game library. Great RPGs, great puzzle games, great platformers, and
even rhythm games. When it comes to this console, in my opinion, playing
these games on an emulator is a bit pointless. The console itself
suffers from broken hinges, but that doesn\'t change the fact that some
of the best Pokémon and Mario games were released on this platform.

### A Tier

Nintendo 3DS, Classic GameBoy and Gameboy Color, PlayStation 1, Sega
Dreamcast, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2, Playstation Portable PSP.

Nintendo 3DS. The best portable console released to date, it can play
NDS games and, with emulators, games from other consoles. It does not
have as many different games as the NDS, but it is still a console worth
considering for any video game fan. In a way, it is the console that the
NDS aspired to be but failed to become. Despite this, it still sold
better than its competitors\' portable consoles.

Classic GameBoy and Gameboy Color. No backlight, poor graphics even for
its time, and yet it\'s in Tier A. This is the console that started one
of my favorite series, Pokemon, which is mainly why it\'s in this spot.
Besides, many other great games were released for this console, some of
my favorites being: Tetris, TLoZ: Links\'s Awakening, Mario Picross.
Nowadays, I recommend playing classic GB games on the Super Gameboy
emulator, which is an emulator of the SGB add-on for the SNES console.
It has additional frames and colors for games, which makes them look
less crude than on the original.

Playstation 1. I\'m not a big Sony gamer, but the PS1 had such a diverse
game library that I also found something for myself: Crash Bandicoot,
Final Fantasy.

Sega Dreamcast. One of the most underrated consoles of all time. The
first in its generation with such graphics. The first with online
features. With a good game library, yet remembered in history as strange
and forgotten.

Nintendo Wii. The console that started the motion gaming trend, backward
compatible with GameCube, is in fact an extension of GameCube with
several great games (e.g., Mario Galaxy) and motion features. It outsold
all other consoles of its generation.

PlayStation 2. As I mentioned earlier, I am far from being a Sony fan,
but in order for this subjective assessment not to be too subjective, I
couldn\'t give the best-selling console in history a rating lower than
tier A.

PSP. I remember this console mainly for a few cool games (Lemmings,
LocoRoco, Patapon, etc.) and for the fact that it had real 3D graphics
in games, rather than a voxel engine with overlaid textures like the
NDS.

### B Tier

Nintendo GameCube, Sega GameGear, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment
System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch. GameCube.
The first Nintendo console to compete with the PS1, it was
technologically much better than the PS1, but unfortunately, due to a
few bad decisions, it has been somewhat forgotten. Although I still
think it is much better to have a small library of games, but with only
gems in it, than to have a million games, half of which no one will play
after 20 years. GC games have proven their timelessness, as some of them
are still being released as remakes for subsequent Nintendo platforms.

GameGear. A competitor to the Gameboy, better than it in every way,
although the game library is a little more meager. But I think it
deserves a mention. Nintendo 64. In terms of its market position and
game library, this console was similar to the GC, except that in this
case the limitation was the hardware rather than management decisions.
The design was very strange to still use cartridges for gaming instead
of discs. Nevertheless, several games were released for it, thanks to
which series such as Mario and Zelda became video game legends.

NES SNES. I put them in one category because, in my opinion, they should
be evaluated in this way. These are consoles that have aged poorly, and
it is difficult to play some games from these platforms nowadays. In my
opinion, SNES performs much better in this respect, as there are several
timeless gems that are worth playing even today. Nintendo Switch. Many
people will ask why it ranks so low. My answer is this: it is a console
that started the form factor of a tablet combined with a gamepad (no,
Steam Deck wasn\'t the first), you can still see remnants of the Wii\'s
motion controller, but it\'s not the same level of innovation as in the
days of the DS and 3DS. The management\'s decisions regarding consumer
treatment also leave much to be desired, and it is one of the first
consoles to introduce a policy of remote console blocking and remote
game deletion.

### C Tier

Nintendo Wii U, Playstation Vita, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Xbox 360,
Xbox Classic, Playstation 3

Nintendo Wii U. The games for this console were great, with lots of
remakes from GC in higher resolution and with better assets, as well as
many original titles, including Zelda Breath of The Wild. However, the
console had too small a game library and was not innovative enough to
gain widespread popularity. If this assessment were even more
subjective, this console would be in tier A or at least B.

Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox Classic. Not many exclusive games for these
platforms. The devices themselves are not particularly innovative. The
first Xbox is actually the same as the latest one, the only difference
being the processing power . In its heyday, I had an X360, the Kinect
games were terrible, and I only played a few titles that I could just as
easily have played on my computer. PlayStation 3 and Vita. Two consoles
that had a very difficult start at launch, and in fact, publishers were
very reluctant to release games for them. It was only when modders got
their hands on these consoles (Vita) or at the end of their life cycle
(PS3) that they came back to life. I haven\'t played much on these
consoles; I\'ve held a PS Vita a few times in my life and played Gran
Turismo on PS3 a few times. However, this does not change the fact that
I do not have a good opinion of these consoles. PS4. A console that
fixed the problems of its older brothers, Sony withdrew from the mobile
market and introduced a real console with real network features and a
good game library. So why so low? Because it\'s not a console I\'m
familiar with, it doesn\'t have a series of games I\'d like to play,
it\'s a kind of console that has disappeared somewhere between the weak
PS3 and the new PS5 console.

### D Tier

VirtualBoy

It was a ridiculous console built on the wave of what was then very
early VR. It was no more innovative than the GameBoy, it was very
unergonomic, and as a result it is very rare and collectible nowadays,
and therefore also expensive. It was a ridiculous console built on the
wave of what was then very early VR. It was no more innovative than the
GameBoy, it was very unergonomic, and as a result it is very rare and
collectible nowadays, and therefore also expensive.

### Games Tierlist

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