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System
9 years 1 month ago
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but... Sonic was always my favourite game
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System 9 years 1 month ago Posts: 74809	Depends on your definetion of "better". Nintendo brought video gaming back into the world after the big crash and turned it into an acceptable pastime. If it wasn't for them, gaming might not be what it is today. However, Sega showed that you dont have to bow down to Nintendo's Iron grip policies on third party software or licensing. They also showed that there was a huge market for non "family safe" gaming and eventually managed to sway nintendo to release games they previously refused to. Now if we are talking software libraries, It would be difficult compare. Both companies have some great exclusive titles and franchises. However I would prolly toss my hat in with nintendo due to thier deal with Squaresoft and Enix during that time frame.

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Rami Airola 9 years 1 month ago Posts: 76	Even though I used to play with Sega MS and MD (Genesis) a lot, I liked playing NES and SNES more. It's all about better games. I think there was more soul and depth in Nintendo games.

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ataristic 9 years 1 month ago Posts: 493	the companies had very different aproaches, sega was great on technology and game design inovation but Nintendor was best with marketing and making fun games so it has to be a tie but materially speaking the winner is nintendo cause they are still making hardware, what could have been had the dreamcast had DVD player capability

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System 9 years 1 month ago Posts: 74809	Definitely, definitely, definitely Nintendo. The SNES remains my all time favorite system. I did love the Sonic games, though. I was just never that big on anything else from Sega.

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System
9 years 21 days ago
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nintendo is def better and by the way where is sega now lol
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adventure_of_link
9 years 21 days ago
Posts: 9769
Sega is now one of the many 3rd-party developers.
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TyrannoRanger
9 years 21 days ago
Posts: 34
NINTENDOU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toonhead83 9 years 21 days ago Posts: 252	I went back and forth with these systems, my cousin had every sytem. We played them all. Sega was always more advance technically but the popularity of nintendo was too much.

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Seth Koopa 9 years 19 days ago Posts: 360	I believe both have something valuable to offer. Sega have the Sonic and Virtua fighter games (the first three Virtua fighters, I mean - I don't count the awful number four), and Nintendo has Mario (where there's Bowser) and the Mega man games (with the bosses). Neither can win, but consequently both do.

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hulkamania85 9 years 17 days ago Posts: 220	Seeing as Nintendo is still in the console business, Nintendo. Sega came up with a lot of good stuff in the early 90's. The Genesis was pretty awesome, but so was the SNES and Nintendo continued to rule after that.

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Star_Wolf
9 years 13 days ago
Posts: 140
Nintendo is ALLTHEWAY best (I still love Sonic 1 and 2)
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NinjaTurtleman7005 9 years 7 days ago Posts: 273	Sega will ALWAYS be the best. Sonic destroys mario all the way.
	It's my goal to sparta kick all hipsters in the throat....
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Phantasmagoria_3D 9 years 4 days ago Posts: 600	I agree, Nintendo wins this one! While the Genesis had some good games like "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Toejam and Earl", these weren't as good as the ones for SNES like, "Super Metroid" or "Chrono Trigger"! The creators of the Genesis were real assholes too! I hated how they'd try to put down Nintendo in their commercials, despite the fact that they were probably in denial that the SNES was far better! After all, when compared to "Super Metroid", what the hell kind of game is "Altered Beast"?! That's got to be the stupidest crap EVER!!!! I still have my SNES stored away upstairs with some of my favorites like, "Super Mario RPG" and "Kirby Superstar"!

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jack skellington 9 years 3 days ago Posts: 51	I say Sega, yes I love nintendo but Sega get's my vote.The Dreamcast is my favorite console of all time. And one thing I loved about Sega is that they didn't spend money on other software companys,most of the time they made their own software,but sometimes they did buy other software companys games and I like that because you are getting the sega style of gameplay mixed in with some variety style also.Sega is my favorite.

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mr3urious 9 years 22 hours ago Posts: 3359	I'm a Nintendo person through and through! Sega's a great company, too.
	"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not." -Kurt Cobain
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System 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 74809	I'd have to go with NES! Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Blaster Master, Tecmo Super Bowl, Bases Loaded, just to name a few! There's way more classic games for the NES then for the Sega, but the Sega seemed to be the better sports gaming console.

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Stickboy 8 years 6 months ago Posts: 56	Nintendo 4 life.
	"I am the cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than the salami and the bologna combined!"
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mr.funky 8 years 6 months ago Posts: 1620	without sega, nintendo would't be were it was today.... i am still glad sega is making games today...Virtua Fighter Forever but in which case...nintendo

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flamepanther 8 years 6 months ago Posts: 948	mr.funky wrote: without sega, nintendo would't be were it was today.... i am still glad sega is making games today...Virtua Fighter Forever Don't you mean the other way around? Nintendo invented the controller style Sega, Sony, and evgryone else has used since the NES. Nintendo rescued the games market from the industry crash of '83-84, so that there even is a games industry today, let alone one for Sega to have competed in. Nintendo defined the scrolling-platforming genre as we know it, without which there would be no Sonic the Hedgehog, Shinobi, Wonder Boy, etc. Nintendo used their marketing power in the 80s and 90s to popularize video RPGs as we know them, without which we would have no Phantasy Star, Shining Force, etc. Nintendo helped Sega accomplish so many of the things that Sega is known for. How exactly does Nintendo owe Sega their position? Anyway, as for my position on this, I love Sega, and they've always been a great company. In the old days their systems were the ones that catered more to the hardcore gamer, with more arcade-like gameplay and sometimes better hardware than Nintendo, and they've given us too many classic action and sports games to list, plus a nice selection of RPGs. Yet rarely did their games feature the pure craftsmanship and imagination (maybe Sonic 3, Phantasy Star, and some of the Shining series?) of Super Mario Bros. 3, the Zelda series, Kirby, or the Metroid series (3 especially). That seemed apparent to me even in Sega's heyday, but now Sega's recent games haven't been of the quality they used to be, they're out of the console business, and they've been absorbed by another far less wonderful game company (Sammy). That Nintendo has survived, is still making great games, and looks to be making a huge comeback in the near future is a testament to their superiority and continued dedication to quality and innovation. All of that said, I'd love little more than I'd love to see Sega back in the console business instead of Sony.

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