Am I a “Sega Guy” or “Nintendo Guy”? - Retro Bird
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2023
- I've been called both a "Nintendo Guy" and "Sega Guy" by various people, but I've been called a "Sega Guy" far more. In this video, I'm going to address why I think people label me the way they do as well as where I stand on the matter.
Am I a “Sega Guy” or “Nintendo Guy”? - Retro Bird
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A Sega salesman left a demo case with a Sega Master System 1 at the store where my mom's cousin worked when it was discontinued. He gave it to me well over 30 years ago and I still have it to this day. Nintendo is cool, too. But I cherish this memory and in my heart I am a Sega guy because of this.
Very cool memory!
you know what? you're right. you're an amazing banana tuber who happens to have a pretty great overall taste in games.
I just want to say thanks for the great content and consistency. I’ve been going through the hardest week of my life and your positivity and enthusiasm around gaming is helping lift my spirits
I appreciate the kind words and am sorry to hear about your week. Sometimes you just gotta find a way to get through those. There's always light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there and remember to be kind to yourself as well :)
@@RetroBirdGaming thanks for the advice. FYI, more than a Nintendo or Sega Guy, I consider myself a “Naner Guy” 🍌🍌🍌
The real question is, "Are you a banana guy or a bread clip guy?"
Back in the 90s it made sense to choose sides because it was rare for anyone to have more than one console at a time, but now as adults we can just buy whichever ones we want. You don't have to choose sides anymore.
I was one of the lucky few that had multiple growing up. NES and Genesis at my dad's and SNES at my mom's. That being said...tended to usually lean Nintendo, though Sega was never very far behind.
My parents were divorced, so one got me SNES and the other got me Genesis.
I didn't have this dilemma for very long, but I totally understand because I did get Genesis first.
@@elgatofelix8917 And, see? This is how you know which parent loves you more.
Just being honest, most people who swing the Nintendo way swing waaaayyyyy hard that way, while most people who swing the Sega way still have the capacity (and emotional maturity) to appreciate and enjoy other platforms. I'm not surprised people assume Retrobird is a Sega guy because he doesn't bash Sega, but it is possible to put a finer point on having fun than expressing loyalties in a console war that ended, at the latest, in 2001.
When you play Sonic on Switch, you’re both a Sega and Nintendo guy at the same time
I got the new sonic game on switch. It's wicked awesome.
I just found this guy's channel and I like his faces. Subscribed
He's very clever and funny
I always saw you as the "happy, up-beat, jolly, merry video game guy"
Who happens to LOVE bananers
All jokes aside, you're the reason i finally started playing Rocket Knight Adventures and i'll always be grateful for that
Glad to hear it!
Good video! I never thought you were a Nintendo or Sega Guy...just a Game Guy! I love both as well. I grew up with both Nintendo and Sega. They just compliment each other nicely. Sega is like peanut butter and Nintendo like jelly...put them together and you get the best of both worlds!
The Nintendo vs. Sega rivalry really died with the '90s, so not sure why there would still be a stigma attached to either Nintendo or Sega. They both have many great titles that are still fun to this day!
I feel bad for those who do not know of Rocket Knight Adventures. I was lucky to experience RKA first-hand at a childhood friend's house. The game absolutely floored me as a little kid and is still one of my favorite action games on the Genesis! I do also recommend the sequel Sparkster on both Genesis and SNES (though, I personally prefer the SNES version as it plays much closer to RKA). Avoid the reboot Sparkster from 2010, though.
What you're is an awesome retro game content creator. That aside, people are prone to wanting to categorize other people or things into an A or B box.
Ive always been a Nintendo guy but I'm slowly but surely becoming a Sega fan boy
I've been a Nintendo guy myself as well. I've no negative feelings towards Sega. Especially since they've made and published some great games. I wished the Dreamcast had succeeded. I wonder what the gaming landscape would look like if it had.
Same. I like the NES the most, but over the years I've realized the Sega is as great as the SNES.
Same here. Although I had a Master System in the 1990s (and still have one), I bought a European Mega Drive last year and I'm having a blast playing so many awesome games (currently playing Revenge of Shinobi). So I've been a Nintendo guy all my life, but now I'm leaning more and more on the Sega side
@@danielespeziari5545 It seems like the SNES had more games I could really get into when I had lots of time, but the Sega has more games I can get into as an adult with less free time. You think so?
@@josephbradshaw6985 yes, this is also true. That's why I also play a lot of Atari 2600 these days. Games you can learn in 5 minutes, with no pressure to reach the ending (because it's all about high scores), addictive without being time consuming. As for the SNES and the Mega Drive, in my case I've played basically all the big SNES titles since the 1990s, so all I have to try is average games, whereas the Mega Drive is an entirely new treasure trove to enjoy, so it's natural that I'm more excited about Sega now
I'd say you're a Retro guy/Bird.
Sega doesn't get credit for releasing the Switch in 1995! Most revolutionary video game company in the 90s imo
You've always struck me as a guy who likes "the retro underdog". Basically, Banana, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, in that order.
I see you as a Retro Guy! Not Nintendo and/or Sega. You appreciate all good retro stuff!
I don't know if he's a SEGA Guy or a Nintendo Guy but I know I'm a Retro Bird Guy. You're welcome on my lawn anytime, fella.
Clearly, the correct answer is that he's a Banana Guy.
You are a certified SEGA CZcamsr
I've always been a Sega guy far more than a Nintendo guy and the main thing that threw me in that direction was the Senate hearings on violent video games during December 1993. I was a little kid during that time, but my mom had CSPAN or whatever channel it was called and I sat down and saw the entire thing. It was BORING at first (old man Senator Lieberman and other old man senators blabbing on and on) but then the "action" started and I became VERY furious at Nintendo's Howard Lincoln (who was the rep for Nintendo at those senate hearings). I had a Sega Genesis and a NES at that time while having a stack of gaming magazines from Game Pro to Gameplayers to Die Hard Gamefan. I knew both companies pretty well. During 1993 I was primarily getting my mom to buy me Sega Genesis games and I was playing games like Mortal Kombat and Lethal Enforcers (contrary to Senator Lieberman's beliefs, I did NOT grow up to become a serial killer who does fatalities on random people crossing the street. LMAO). Sega had RATINGS on many of their games (GA for General audiences, MA-13, and MA-17, all of these were created BEFORE the ESRB that the senate hearings forced on everyone).If parents weren't blind, they could see the ratings on the game's boxes (my mom didn't care about the ratings because I was a straight A student who had never done anything violent, so she knew I could handle the content in games like Mortal Kombat and Lethal Enforcers and wouldn't go psycho in real life).
Anyway,
Nintendo's Howard Lincoln was a complete butthole at those senate hearings (I have stronger words to describe him, but for PG-rated purposes, let's refer to him as a butthole. LMAO). He went out of his way to throw Sega under the bus in the worse way possible while sucking up to the old man senators. Even as a little kid I knew the words flying out of Lincoln's mouth were exaggerated crap and lies. Arguably the most cringe part of those senate hearings was when Senator Lieberman held up the LIGHT BLUE Lethal Enforcers light gun and called it a legit assault weapon. LMAO. Nintendo's Howard Lincoln was sucking up to the senators by saying Nintendo censored all of their games (as a little kid during 1993 who had a mom with spending money, I was not amused by this). There is A LOT of crap that went on at those senate hearings (don't even get me started on the absurd allegations they made towards Sega CD's Night Trap. Those crap allegations will have me typing at least four more paragraphs. LOL) but the bottomline is that Nintendo was dead to me after that. I stayed a loyal Sega fan till the end of the Dreamcast. Now days I'm a loyal Playstation fan (currently with a Playstation 5 and PS VR 2) who also likes and owns the Evercade VS.
Yeah, those hearings were indeed dishonest. But so was the Blast Processing marketing.
And games like Super Metroid, Mortal Kombat 2, Super Mario Kart, Zelda 3, Chrono Trigger, Space Megaforce, Turtles in Time, Final Fantasy 6, Panel de Pon, Donkey Kong Country 2, Secret of Mana, Yoshi's Island, Contra 3, Breath of Fire 2, and Mega Man X were just too good to miss out on!
@@madspunky I did play almost all of those games years later through two different ways: 1) Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console. Some years ago this pool table place I went to just had a Wii sitting around, all dirty and collecting dust and I asked about it and the owner gave it to me for free. On Virtual Console I ended up playing Super Metroid, Mario Kart, Zelda: Link to the Past, Contra 3 and Donkey Kong Country 2 and several others. I also bought some original Wii games. Strangely enough I ENJOYED Metroid: Other M (despite everyone else on the planet hating it, probably because I had played the original Metroid and Super Metroid and skipped the Prime games) and Xenoblade Chronicles and Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 some others like Last Story. All of those were good.
And
2) The original Playstation and Playstation 2 ended up getting TONS of 8-bit and 16-bit game compilations. On the original Playstation I have all of those Final Fantasy compilations (so I played ALL the 8-bit and 16-bit Final Fantasy games that way) and one of those compilations came with Chrono Trigger (great game). Meanwhile, Turtles in Time came as an unlockable bonus game included with one of the Playstation 2 Ninja Turtles games (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare). There was also a Playstation 2 Mega Man X collection so I played all the Mega Man X games that way.
On a side note,
The Blast Processing thing was a HALF-Lie / HALF Truth. LMAO. The Sega Genesis had a MUCH faster CPU than the SNES. Genesis has a Motorola 68000 CPU clocked at 7.6 MHz. Meanwhile, the SNES had a MUCH slower CPU in it, a Custom 65C816 at 3.58 MHz (that would sometimes slightly dip down below 3 MHz). That's why a lot of game genres like Shmups and sports games and others in general played a little faster / smoother on the Sega Genesis. So that's what Sega meant by blast processing (even though it was a made up term for marketing purposes, it was based on some truth). So it wasn't entirely a lie. But it wasn't entirely truthful either (the way they made Mario Kart look like a junk car driving at 5 miles per hour in that one blast processing Sega Genesis commercial was a rather extreme exaggeration. LOL).
You can say what you want, but having that Saturn collection of games on your front shelf, that's just love man!
When you kept repeating the story about a guy who didn't know what Rocket Knight was, for a second I thought one of us was having a stroke!
Sorry for the scare!
Playing Sonic Mania on the switch and hearing that iconic “Seeegaaa” at the beginning breaks my brain a little bit every single time.
I think you hit the nail on the head with those points- both why people mistake you for a "Sega Guy" specifically, and about Sega being a little underappreciated these days.
As for me, 2 out of my all-time top 5 are Sega games for GameCube, so...
I was totally expecting you to mention in your conversation that you met people that didn't even know Sega made consoles.
Didn't expected Retro bird to be an Atari Jaguar and Zeebo die hard fan
I wanna give a short out to the thumbnail of this video in particular. It’s very well done. The game logos on each side with you in the middle is great composition.
Thanks!
@@RetroBirdGaming No problem
I grew up with a SEGA Genesis, then a Saturn and finally a Dreamcast but later bought a GBA, DS, 3DS and Switch...
I like 'em both.
I think for some, it might be that Nintendo is still going as a console maker. So it blurs the line of retro and modern stuff. Where Sega as a console maker is very much retro at this point. By being a retro gamer, it might come off as heavily preferring Sega, since that's what they are probably more well known for. Especially since much of Nintendo's IP gets new games. With even their older games often getting a new coat of graphics to play on modern stuff. Where Sega pretty much gets a compilation of much of the same catalog. Meaning, retro gaming is the only way to actually play a lot of older Sega console based stuff.
With the resurgence with Atari recently, it does feel a little off that you stay off that lawn entirely. Especially since, other than not being Japanese, applies to what you say applies to them back when they made consoles themselves. I picked up an Atari 2600 Mini Gold, and there's a lot of fun stuff on it. So much so, I kinda want to get one of the other newer Atari consoles or collections to go back and play some 7800 stuff. I was originally a 7800 kid back in the day.
Im a Sega guy because it was my first system, but Im also a Nintendo guy because it brings back sweet flashbacks of my brother and me playing together.
I would be real life friends with Matt. Great sense of humor when he makes these vids.
Actually secret 3DO guy. You don't fool us.
That's a relief actually, I thought he was a closet N-Gage guy
As a kid I loved video games. I played whatever was fun.
Love your wholesome and creative content. I also cant thank you enough for avoiding capture cards and just filming directly at a CRT. That’s the charm factor.
Viva Pinata for the Xbox 360 (the garden sim not the cartoon tie in) is massively underrated.
You're the sole reason I even considered getting Rocket Knight Adventures. Wasn't really aware of it before, but enjoy it now.
Thanks for all the good videos retro bird. You speak about sega and nintendo here like they are your children and you can't pick favourites 😊
why am I weirded out to see him actually talk? I've only ever seen the narration videos haha
thanks for the videos sir
Haha. I do these every now and then and I actually used to do them a lot more often.
I like all the consoles but i've always been a PC game fangirl since the days of DOS.
Nintendo is so popular, if you say you like both "Nintendo" and "Sega", that means you're Sega all-the-way.
(I believe this was touched-on in this excellent video)
I grew up as a Mega Drive fanboy, denying Nintendo to myself, and marveling at the hyper-violent Sonic vs Mario drawings readers would send to Sega Power Magazine. My brother insisted we got a PlayStation instead of a Saturn, the following generation, and that passion died out. It was eventually extinguished when I got a GameCube and discovered how great Metroid Prime, Smash Bros and Mario Kart were.
I still really like Sega, but only about as much as Capcom, Konami or Namco (whom I all love dearly). Nintendo goes above that, for me. I think it's uncommon for people to put Sega on the same pedestal these days, and you're seen as a megafan if you do. Not that Panzer Dragoon, OutRun or Shenmue don't deserve it.
I've owned every Nintendo system while they were contemporary, and every Sega system except the Master System when they were contemporary (but have gone back and got an SMS).
But none of those were my first system. Mine was the Colecovision. Which was that really known for being a game maker but they got the licenses for many popular arcade games including those from both those companies we're mention.
Owning the ColecoVision was a way to say you are a Nintendo guy and a Sega guy before they became two separate things.
When I was younger, I tended to take sides a lot on Nintendo vs Sega, even though I would also happily play any video game I could get my hands on. During the NES amd SNES days, I usually backed them, because it bothered me to hear them attacked by the Genesis guys. I couldn't fathom why someone wouldn't want to play SNES or NES games. I didn't hate Sega consoles at all. I loved the Master System games I'd played, and Turbografx as well, and anytime I played a Genesis game, it was usually fun.
I do like some consoles better than others. I like the NES better than the Master System. Overall, I like the SNES better than the Genesis. I'll take Saturn over N64 every day of the weem, and Dreamcast over Gamecube twice on Sundays.. That said, I also played literally everything else I could, whether it was Turbografx, Neo Geo, 3DO, Jaguar, Playstation... if I could give it a shot, I would, and I'd say handily that the Nintendo vs Sega days spawned most of my all-time favorite games. They both rule... and so do the others.
I think the odd comparison for me is that the very best games for me tend to be on Nintendo systems, but the overall top 50 would go to Sega.
That said, Mario eats Sonic's luch all day, and I'll die on that hill.
I've been a big PlayStation and Nintendo guy but last few years I just play everything even Xbox and PC and as of late Sega like the actual Genesis console
I’m also both a Nintendo guy AND a Sega guy, like you. I like both almost the same. I think I’m also a little bit of an Atari guy too.
I started on the NES back in 1990, so I've always been a Nintendo guy. I always just looked into buying Nintendo games first, even after I got a Sega, which was years after I got the NES.
I've never seen you as a Nintendo or Sega guy. I've always seen you as a video game AND banana guy, so F those people, they don't know what they're talking about.
I'm a "If it shipped with an RF adapter or RCA cables" guy.
Haha :) ... and the Wii U gets snubbed again (I'm pretty sure it was the first console to include a HDMI cable in the box by default).
As I’m becoming older games that are pure fun over anything else become harder to find. They were in abundance on older consoles. Kinda why I’m being drawn that way. Doesn’t hurt that the retro community is a fun group of banana lovin people 😂
I am a SEGA Stan-ual, I figured you were a SEGA guy because you featured so many games on your channel and not just as a passing, "Sonic 3 & Knuckles is a good game, back to Mario" but you show a lot of games and a big key is the Sega Saturn. A lot of CZcamsrs showcase the Sega Genesis and the Dreamcast but you have shown the Master System, Saturn, you even have a NOMAD. Deep down I knew you were going to say both but dang I was hoping for you to say SEGA
Turbografx Guy
I had SNES when I was a kid in the early 90s and never had a Sega console. Back then, most kids just had whatever their parents got them, I don’t think I knew anyone with both consoles.
I just recently got a Sega Genesis and I’ve never heard of Rocket Knight Adventures.
But I found a copy on eBay, never too late to try!
In 1987 Santa brought me a Sega Master System when I asked for an NES. I was forced to be a Sega guy so I got a Genesis really early when it still came with Altered Beast. Later I got a SNES and I was a "Nintendo guy" ever since. Now, getting to play all the games I missed out on as a kid, NES had a way better library than SMS but Genesis/Megadrive vs SNES is the greatest rivalry ever and both are great, but I give SNES a slight edge for the graphics and Mario games.
There was a type of nostalgic magic in the air when Nintendo and Sega were welcoming Sony into the gaming space. Three Japanese companies making some incredible games and all so unique from each other.
If anything, I’d say you’re a Japanese game kind-a-guy.
Just started dabbling in retro games, purchased my first CRT (trinitron) and hooking up all my old consoles to it. One console maker that I don’t have right now is a Sega console. I grew up with a Genesis, however is there a Sega console you would recommend to purchase first?
Keep up the great content!
Definitely would recommend a Genesis first. Odds are there's a ton of games you missed as a kid. A lot of its best games weren't heavily publicized. I missed a ton myself.
I love ‘em all but Sega forever 🙌🏾
I’ve always been a Nintendo fan for retro games. It’s what I had and played growing up. I’ve really been coming around on the Genesis, Saturn, and DC though in recent years. All of the Sega consoles have games or other features that I just really like which aren’t really on their Nintendo counterparts.
Honestly, I think it comes down to which game collection is either most prominently shown or in frame more often 🤷. I have noticed most often your genesis collection is front and center.
Also, I miss Vectorman!
I was 100% a SEGA kid in the 90s, with games on Game Gear, Master System and my beloved Mega Drive all with fond memories. Nintendo was present but only through the Game Boy. However, as we went through the disasters of the Mega CD and Mega 32X by the time the Saturn was out SEGA had burnt too many bridges, so I moved to the N64 and Game Cube, which allowed me to experience IPs I’d only really had passing experience of. I stuck with Nintendo ever since (along with Xbox and PlayStation at different times) but in recent years I’ve rediscovered what I loved about SEGA in the first place. Those classic games just ‘feel right’. I’ll always love the big N, but I’m SEGA till the end!
I had a friend that got a Gameboy and super Nintendo. I love them then i asked my uncle for a video game and he bought me a Sega Genesis 3 instead. Then i became a Sega fan but still envy Nintendo fans for having Mario etc. Those were great times. I bought a snes and Gameboy last year. I want to get back a Sega Genesis 3 now
I can't believe that RetroBird admitted to being a Leapster Leapfrog guy.
People probably think you are a Sega guy cause of your love for Rocket Knight Adventures.
Also, it was great to meet and chat with you at PRGE! You are awesome!
Was great to meet you too!
I enjoy your videos a lot every week, you never fail to make me laugh out loud.
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This was a good point to bring up. My all-time favorite video game is Chrono Trigger, but my favorite console is the Sega Genesis.
I've always just thought of you as the Retro Bird Guy, someone who is just really into older games of all kinds. I don't know what those other people were thinking though.
I saw a kid with a sonic and Mario back pack recently. Me growing up in the 90s would not be able to comprehend this…
I think maybe part of the reason people think your a sega guy is because of your background, it's easier to see the sega stuff then the Nintendo stuff
That oldschool Japanese heavy way of gaming you were talking about made me really miss old Sony. You know when they would make quirky or games that would almost feel right at home on a Nintendo console like Ape Escape, Jumping Flash, PaRappa the Rapper and Sly Cooper.
Sadly, the only IPs they seemed to of kept now at least in terms of their legacy IPs are Ratchet and Gran Turismo.
I would argue that Ratchet and Clank was their only mascot platformer worth continuing. Jak and Daxter seemed to get more and more unfocused with each release and Sly Cooper is very much your typical Sony game where you perform tedious activities to unlock content (mash R2 bro).
The reason R&C survived is that it was unique, as well as good.
What an appropriate time to make a video about Sega and Nintendo, seeing as how both Sonic _and_ Mario both just had new 2D games come out right around the same time. What an awesome week for gaming!
(I picked up both Mario Wonder & Sonic Superstars btw.)
I picked up both games and am loving them as well!
When I got them, I just thought to myself..."What console wars?" XD
I'm a hardcore Microsoft guy but I do own & play the new Sega Genesis & hav a 1995 ps1 that still works so I still play that 2
I'm definitely a Nintendo guy but my favorite console may well be the dreamcast. I get not picking a side though. There's more than enough stuff dividing us these days anyway.
Got the Genesis 1st, TG-16 2nd, SNES 3rd and enjoyed all three pretty much equally but later in life I definitely realized how incredible the SNES audio is
Some people just love videogames. I'm not gonna let who made the hardware, deter me from enjoying the best games available. They're all evil corporations, out to take your money. Enjoy the fruits of their evil ways.
was a shmup fanatic during the 16-bit generation so most of my gaming time was on the genesis, but here are some ace shooters on the rival nintendo console, too. mostly for the sfc, though with macross scramble valkyrie my current favorite.
Very good discussion video. I propose that as far as producing great games Sega barely won the battle in the 90s but ultimately lost the war to Nintendo.
Favourite game of all time is Lunar Silver Star Complete & Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete. The two are tied for favourite.
They're PlayStation remakes of Sega CD games, but on the whole I'm a Nintendo guy. Funny how that works.
Easily the most underrated retro game channel on this platform. This dude seriously rocks.
I have a few friends who grew up as the "Sega Guy" & you don't give off the same vibe, one of them is also the "Saint of Bad Games" as he's basically only good at Bad Games.
Anyways, I think people associate anyone saying good things about Sega as being a Sega gamer. I personally have always been about just games in general. Console, PC, Modern, Retro, doesn't matter... Well except mobile, never could get into those beyond portable gaming (PSP, Gameboy, etc) ports.
If you're talking about Nintendo then I think most people consider you a gamer & same goes for Playstation & Xbox I find, but Sega & PC gaming have always had the association with being exclusive at least in the gaming circles I've part of.
I like this standpoint. Fighting over which one is better, 30 years later doesn't really do much. It's a debate that was ended when Sega dropped out of the videogame console market over 20 years ago, and yet people still try to find reason to vouch for one company and complain about the other. I always hated console wars because truly every console has different strengths and weaknesses and things that make it unique from their competitors. While I personally don't care for Xbox much after the 360, I still hold respect for them as they still do things differently to how Sony and Nintendo do things, and they still have good decisions like Xbox Gamepass which Sony and Nintendo still can't really compete with (very well at least). In the same way, Sega consoles had their own strengths and weaknesses compared to Nintendo, Sony, Xbox and even Atari and the like. The Sega Genesis has a great lineup of 1st party Sega games (Sonic, Streets of Rage, Ristar, Columns, Shinobi, Ecco the Dolphin, Afterburner, OutRun, Comix Zone, etc.), a sleeker design and better audio than the SNES (in my opinion). However, the SNES has AV out on it's original model, a better list of RPGs, and all the Nintendo games you'd ever want or need. Each of these consoles hold their own, so pitting them against each other all these years later really serves to just separate the retro gaming community and I don't like that. We're all just dweebs who like old and new videogames, we all fall in the same category.
Rock N' Roll Racing was a super fun game for the SNES and Genesis. Both versions were quite fun, especially 2 player mode!
I grew up with Nintendo and SEGA and it was a fantastic time!
Honestly I always figured you were just a gamer with a fondness for both!
So in short, he is a NIntendo Guy but just doesn't want to piss off the Sega Guys.
I'm a SEGA guy, I love SEGA kid and always will be.
Am I the only one that would love a banana video that doesn't even mention video games.
I'm a Nintendo Guy primarily, but the first games I ever played were Sonic games on my mate's Master System II and I loved them. But when the Nintendo64 came out, his parents got him one, my mother got me one, and I've owned every Nintendo since. I can't get enough Metroid or Zelda. Metroid Prime 4 still being MIA is killing me! But I love Sonic games, too: have some on my Wii, 2DS, Switch and Xbox360. Have PC port of Valkyria Chronicles, a favourite by SEGA. And don't forget the Nintendo licensed SEGA to develop F-Zero GX: one mindbogglingly awesome game! Both companies are great.
and uh another quick little story for ya, I was once talking to somebody who didn’t even know what Rocket knight Adventures was.
I think it's because you seem to like arcadey games, and just games in general a little more in line with the Sega aesthetic.
I'm with you Retro Bird, I don't like either more than the other. Which is why I have a complete NES set and SNES set, but i also have a Genesis and Dreamcast set, and I'm working on a Saturn and N64 set! I HAVE NO MONEY PLEASE HELP I'M ADDICTED!!!
Plot twist, you're actually a Tiger Electronics guy and had us all fooled. It's ok. I get it. It's all about that R-Zone. Once you get a taste of it's sweet nectar, you're hooked.
Not a bad theory :)
While I had every Sega console from genesis forward some of my favorite games were on the SNES :)
I pretty much like them all but I am partial to Sega. It is probably Streets of Rage 2 and a few others that keep me coming back to Sega. My collection is pretty diverse though.
Dont let them comments get to you you are our certified gamer
I think it’s because sega consoles havnt had a good portion of the market share since the mid 90s, therefore it is a niche audience and the demographic who remembers is aging.
Someone who’s never owned a Sega console and hears you bring it up often assumes you are a Sega tuber lol 🤷♂️
I am both. Sega and Nintendo are brilliant. Love your channel and subscribed
The only two reasons I can think of are 1. You have a ton of passion for Rocket Knight Adventures, like you brought out in this video (which is great by the way, I love that and hopefully get a chance to play it some day) and 2. I don’t recall you featuring space ship shooters on the NES or SNES. But that’s not knocking you, I promise.🙂 Just an observation. And really, you definitely seem balanced in your appreciation for both consoles, but I must confess I had pegged you as just a little more of a Sega guy.
I've said a couple times that I would "take R-Type III with me to my grave". So, there's at least that I guess. But yeah, I'm a bigger fan of shoot 'em ups on Sega consoles when it comes to that genre.
@@RetroBirdGaming Gotcha. But yeah, you’re right. Sometimes we can make blanket observations about a person just from a few things we see about them when their is usually a lot more to them, so thank you for the enlightening video. On a side note, if you haven’t played it yet, Gradius 3 and Earth Defense Force are great shooters on the SNES. The soundtrack on Gradius 3 is epic!! Even still, I have to admit, from what I’ve seen online, it looks like Sega had Nintendo beat when it came to space shooters. Have a good weekend buddy.👍
I just want to add that I played and beat rocket knight adventures only because of this channel
I hope you enjoyed it!
I collect for Nintendo and Sega consoles, but at heart I collect more Nintendo software for the NES and SNES, as well as the Game Boy, than I do for Sega (mainly Genesis and some Saturn stuff, the latter's library isn't cheap to collect). I played some Sega stuff as a kid, but my friends who had the Genesis, immediately ditched them once the SNES came out, with one friend going backwards, back to an NES after he got tired of his Genesis.
I've had my SNES since 91, got given another one around 2016 or 2017, have had a Model 2 Genesis since 98, got a Model 1 around 2012 or so.
I am one of those that has favorite games on systems that I wouldn't say I am a "guy" of. My favorite games of all time are Knights of the Old Republic, the original Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy VII. But I am not particularly crazy about either Playstation or Xbox. For me the systems I have the most nostalgia with and would say are my favorites are Sega Genesis and the DMG-01 Gameboy. I love a lot of the games on both of those systems but not my absolute favorite games.
The only Sega related thing I remember watching on TV is the Sonic afternoon cartoon. I don't remember commercials for anything Sega or seeing any video games in Toys R Us. I remember only seeing Nintendo everything. Because of this I am a Nintendo guy. NES is my favorite console and TMNT 2 The Arcade Game on NES is my favorite game of all time.