Which was better in 1996: Nights into Dreams or Super Mario 64?
from VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 16:10
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 16:16 next collapse

Super Mario 64, and it’s not even close. It’s like asking “Would you rather have some really good mashed potatoes, or a million dollars?”

RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works on 21 Aug 19:29 collapse

How good are the potatoes?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 21:53 collapse

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finkrat@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 17:53 collapse

You and YOUR UNSCRUPULOUS POTATOES

GustavoM@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 16:32 next collapse

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 21 Aug 16:34 next collapse

Super Mario 64.

Less experimental, solid controls, and on a system most people actually knew about. There’s a reason why the Saturn failed hard.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 21 Aug 18:30 next collapse

Less experimental? The N64 controller has 3 prongs (for our 2 hands) because they wanted a backup plan if the whole 3D gimmick never took off! Lol

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca on 22 Aug 04:32 collapse

“solid controls” - shakes fist at camera angles

aniki@lemmy.zip on 21 Aug 16:39 next collapse

Do people really think Nights is on the same caliber as Mario?

BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Aug 20:47 collapse

People have different tastes so to some people Nights is a better game.

I don’t want Mario and I don’t want 3D platformers. I don’t think Nights is a great game but I’ll give it 5 minutes at least.

demesisx@infosec.pub on 21 Aug 16:42 next collapse

Weird question. Mario 64 and it’s not even close. Most game devs agree that Mario 64 is a masterpiece. Bonus points for being on a platform that had just launched in a completely new paradigm.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 16:55 next collapse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQnClqCSIfk

vintage bit

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 17:08 next collapse

What the fuck is Nights into Dreams?

h3mlocke@lemm.ee on 21 Aug 17:39 next collapse

For real tho

Grangle1@lemm.ee on 21 Aug 17:40 collapse

Sonic Team’s follow-up to the Sonic franchise. Released on the Sega Saturn, so despite it being one of the Saturn’s better-selling games, few people played it back when it was new. It has a decent cult following of fans and seems to be generally regarded as a good-but-not-spectacular game (like a solid 7-8 out of 10), but it’s nowhere near Mario 64’s caliber.

smeg@feddit.uk on 22 Aug 12:18 collapse
ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 17:22 next collapse

Seeing as this is the first time I’m hearing about Nights into Dreams, Mario is obviously better.

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 17:26 next collapse

Super Mario 64 was more important to the gaming industry as a whole.

h3mlocke@lemm.ee on 21 Aug 17:39 next collapse

I’d have to say its the one that I’ve heard about and played

MrJameGumb@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 17:52 next collapse

I’m going to say Mario 64 just because it was a really good game that I enjoyed back in 96 and I’ve never heard of Nights Into Dreams until this post right now lol

Edit: after looking up the game I’m going to say a LOT of people probably don’t know Night Into Dreams because it was released for Sega Saturn and not that many people actually bought that system at the time.

Jayb151@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 22:13 collapse

Same here, therefore Mario is by default a better game

_NetNomad@fedia.io on 21 Aug 18:03 next collapse

for me, NiGHTS 100%. SM64 is good but was definitely feeling the growing pains of 3D gameplay, whereas NiGHTS was the cumulation of all of the 2D gaming that came before it while also utilizing the new technology available to it's fullest. as an arcade score-attack style game it also has near infinife replayability, and the soundtrack is one of if not the best of all time. i guess it's kind of apples to oranges, though- farer to compare two arcade style games like NiGHTS and Star Fox 64 or two 3D platformers like Super Mario 64 and Burning Rangers

suprised to see how many commenters here haven't even heard of NiGHTS. a remake of the original game is dirt cheap on Steam and definitely worth taking for a whirl. it is a truly amazing game

VanHalbgott@lemmus.org on 21 Aug 20:03 next collapse

Take it from me, I own the remake myself!

smeg@feddit.uk on 22 Aug 12:19 next collapse

a remake of the original game is dirt cheap on Steam

I think you can still get it for free

AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world on 23 Aug 14:56 collapse

Came with a special controller also, the NiGHTS controller was my controller of choice from that point on with the Saturn. I didn’t get the Christmas NiGHTS gold edition tho, which I consider a personal failure.

<img alt="NiGHTS controller" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/54b31c29-b5cd-4044-8008-8c90ca2ac9ec.jpeg">

moon@lemmy.cafe on 21 Aug 18:13 next collapse

Mario 64 not even close lol. What made you think Nights was nearly as popular?

otp@sh.itjust.works on 21 Aug 18:29 collapse

The question wasn’t about popularity

otp@sh.itjust.works on 21 Aug 18:32 next collapse

SM64 was definitely more influential in the gaming industry. I haven’t actually played Nights into Dreams, so I can’t speak to its quality, but SM64 sets a high bar. I played it again recently, and still had a ton of fun (despite some frustrations)

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 21 Aug 19:42 next collapse

I own Nights into Dreams and Christmas Nights and, frankly, I never understood the point of either of them.

psivchaz@reddthat.com on 22 Aug 17:17 collapse

I was a Sega kid in the Genesis generation. A friend of mine got a Saturn and I so desperately wanted to like Nights because it was the thing for Saturn. I didn’t like it at all. It felt hard to control, hard to understand, and was just not pleasant for me.

Meanwhile, a different friend and I had a blast trading off playing Mario 64. Hands down, way better for a 9 year old me.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 17:22 collapse

At the time I was like “Sooo… you fly around in circles so you can fly around in circles and then fly around in circles? Not much of a ‘game’ there.”

So when Balan Wonderworld came out a few years ago “from the maker of Nights!” I was like “Yeah, hard pass.”

www.ign.com/articles/balan-wonderworld-review

celticwolf@reddthat.com on 22 Aug 00:51 next collapse

Crash Bandicoot.

prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works on 22 Aug 13:23 next collapse

Having been alive when both games were released I can say without any uncertainty Nights into Dreams had more hype around it but Mario 64 definitely was the one that has the legacy.

Edit when I went to Walmart with my mom and rushed to the electronics section to play video games the nights display usually had a crowd compared to mario64. But the mario64 display stayed up much much much longer.

samus12345@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 18:54 next collapse

You’re going to have a hard time making the case that ANY other game that released in 1996 was better than Mario 64.

ngwoo@lemmy.world on 23 Aug 14:32 collapse

Pokemon red/blue are contenders if you count the JP release.

directive0@lemmy.world on 23 Aug 14:04 collapse

Wow. What a question. Its hard for me not to be dismissive.

I’m going to have to go with Mario 64 by a country mile.

Appreciate the thought experiment though.