What was Nintendo's golden decade?

[Omegajak]

The SNES Mario Kart is still seen as the best one

Huh? O-o

I agree with that statement.

Most of what make SMK good was that it relied more by chance rather than being completely balanced. so it was pretty fair and hell, it still has a lot of re-playability

That statement is an opinion pretty much everything in this thread is, but that more so than most everything else I've read.

Decade 2's Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, are probably the zenith of 2D game design. I don't know whom you talk to but Super Mario Kart is not where I go to quench my Kart thirsts. Diddy Kong Racing, and Mario Kart DS/7 however...I'm going to say the Kart formula was more perfected in the handheld 3D iterations because the Kart games are a pick up and play kind of thing when journeying somewhere. Even in the all play a video game at my place' Mario Kart for Super Nintendo is not first choice, nor second or third. I feel often times with Nintendo games we like to pretend the classics can never can be outdone. Kirbys Return to Dreamland I hear to some is better than even Superstar, is that true? I haven't played it yet but instead of just playing a game and saying oh because of how I feel of A and B I feel C I want to get the opinion of others.

Does Kirby's Return to Dreamland stack up to Super Star? What about Mario Kart SNES? is that better than any other iteration in the franchise?