What was Nintendo's golden decade?

[Goemar]

Erm... Super Metroid was in Decade 1... (though I do agree about Yoshi's Island being the pinnacle of 2D platforming for a long time - Ubisoft now owns that crown).

Super Star was never seen as the best Kirby game, was it? I mean it was cool but the best? I've never heard that... Personally I liked Dream Land 2 (minus it's final boss) the most (a fish shooting light bulbs is just awesome). With Kirby I think his games are pretty consistent in quality, and with good spin-offs (Epic Yarn, Canvas Curse).

As for Mario Kart - I guess which ever one you played first is going to be seen as "the best" to most people, or at least the one you played competitively first anyway.

I had a lot of fun on Mario Kart 64 because I played it a lot with the bros and father, played the GBA one a LOT, hated the cube one, and liked the DS one (snaking and all). But for the true "prove yourself" Kart badge of honour the SNES one is where it's at. No blue shells, cheap tricks or anything - just pure Karting skill.

Also yes on a thread about people's opinions - most things here are going to be an opinion, so hopefully no one will start hating on anyone.