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Biggest Mistakes In Video Game History

Posted By: Mikey McCollor on 07.13.11

It's not always smooth sailing for art. Sometimes, mistakes are made. Much like the film medium's greatest mistake -- the Travolta/ Cage vehicle Face/Off -- as well as television's -- the second season of Glee -- video games have had their fair share of colossal mistakes. Speak of the devil, here's a list of them now!

1. Mario Is Missing!

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What was Nintendo thinking? That the thing people hated most about Mario games was Mario? Listen, I like Luigi, but this goofball is not qualified to star in his own game. The only thing he does better than Mario is adorably fluttering his feet when he jumps and if that were enough to get your own game, we'd all be playing Olympic Gold Medal Winning Long Jumper Carl Lewis Is Missing.

2. Metroid Other M

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"You know how Samus is a badass bounty hunter? What if, now follow me here, we made a game where she was not that even a little bit, but sat in the corner and cried for an entire game?" I especially liked how Metroid's trademark secret-hunting was non-existant. Missile expansions in Metroid other M were easier to find than a baby's easter eggs.

3. Animal Crossing

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Nah, that game was pretty fun. Including Animal Crossing on this list is one of MY greatest mistakes.

4. Castlevania 64

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About a year into the Nintendo 64's lifespan, it was becoming clear that any game with "64" in the title and without "Mario" would be absolutely atrocious. Maybe it would have been more wise to simply re-skin Mario 64 and let an armored vampire-slayer have a foot race with Koopa the Quick.

5. All James Bond games that weren't GoldenEye (Including the new GoldenEye)

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If video games were smart, they would have avoided all comparisons to GoldenEye by never releasing another James Bond game. Nothing is going to hold up to that. It's like going to a restaurant where they serve you a five star steak, and then for a second course give you dirt. And hey, maybe for dessert, pestilence! (Many reviewers said 007 Nightfire was similar to pestilence.)

6. FantaVision

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FantaVision breaks the number one rule of making fireworks games-- don't make fireworks games.

7. 3DS' Entire Launch Lineup

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I think we can all agree, the thing gamers hate most about new console launches are the fun, interesting games it launches with. Nintendo was apparently going with a strategy of giving gamers a few months to use the 3DS as a doorstop before putting out any software for it. I really liked that stupid thing where I was a submarine or whatever. And I for sure thought the biggest problem in Street Fighter 4 was that playing it didn't make you feel like you were being stabbed in the eyes.

8. Super Mario World

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Because no video game will ever top it. Save the pinnacle of a medium's existence for later in the life cycle, video games! See, movies did it right. They waited to release their crown jewel, Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz, until just this last calendar year.

What do you think were some of video games' greatest mistakes? Let us know in the comments!

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Tags: 3ds, animal crossing, games, james bond, mario, metroid, video

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Taiku

1 week ago

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Griff48432

15 weeks ago

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40 weeks ago

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ShadowWarrior13

40 weeks ago

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TheAceguy13

44 weeks ago

SUPER MARIO WORLD IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kantieno

44 weeks ago

Come on people, yall aren't reading it right, its saying Super Mario World was the best game ever, they're saying it was a mistake because its so good that it makes every other game look bad.

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44 weeks ago

ocarina of time 3d was f**king amazing

chacha1517

44 weeks ago

i agree dont blame smosh

Maneki Neko

44 weeks ago

Okay, people need to stop blaming Smosh for these lists. They don't make all of this stuff. Other people contribute, too...

marlow88

44 weeks ago

Super mario world isnt that big of a fail....

Insanity_within

44 weeks ago

You guys forgot the absolute classic gaming mistake...a game so fricking bad that the mere mention of its name send me into a deep depression knowing I actually brought it, completed it and returned it in the same day

YOSHIS ISLAND!!!!

MetalheadGamer

44 weeks ago

Things Missing:
-E.T. for the 2600, so bad it crashed the game industry in 1983. Steven Speilberg gave Atari 5 weeks to make the game, which was the first sign of a disaster. Later, Atari BURIED 6 million copies of the game in the New Mexico desert!
-Superman 64, so bad it nearly killed the game industry (again) let alone the Nintendo 64.
-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for NES, Godawful, should never have been made.
-Robocop for Xbox, easily the WORST movie adaption ever.
-Atari 5200, 7800, Lynx,

pcchristner

44 weeks ago

other m was a big wast of cash

RobbyRobber

44 weeks ago

You suck smosh for putting out this horrible list

drakethatsme

44 weeks ago

What about ET? A game that was completely scrapped, remade in a short amount of time, and so horrible that so many people bought it and returned it that they buried all of the returned copies in an undisclosed location!! That is a gaming mistake.

Shenton

44 weeks ago

Call of duty Modern Warfare, it perfected the fps genre way to early now gamers favourite genre is ruined, even new Call of duty's can't top it

EmilyIsAwesome-

44 weeks ago

Ahh you forgot about when they tried to bring back both Crash Bandicoot and Sonic the Hedgehog, both with a kind of mutant theme or something. I don't know my little brother plays them but I can't stand them, they just RUINED those classic games. :/

Landon531

44 weeks ago

Zero-Suit Samus is sexy and the new Nintendogs games are adorable!

jamesr621

44 weeks ago

Dude! whats wrong with you. Yes goldeneye is amazing (except for playing againced oddjob in multiplayer) but so is nightfire.... I LOVED THAT GAME! oh and i also liked quantum of solace. that was a fun game too.

kaufmann

44 weeks ago

You guys just lost my respect.You dare put Other M on this list?Most videogame reviwers would kick your ass for this.Yes,cutscenes can be annoying and the story is kinda shity, but the gameplay(lovely combat)made those details look like nothing.Consider the whole game suckers, not just a part of it.

gigitygoo444

44 weeks ago

youve got most of it wrong Especially Mario world

Hayden dogga

44 weeks ago

I reckon that super mario world was the bomb to

aysonator

44 weeks ago

james bond nightfire was pretty damn good, the singleplayer was good for its time, and the multi-player was great

Rene92

44 weeks ago

James Bond: Night Fire was a game I played a lot on the Game Cube. The multi-player was really fun

Adamwjuciest

44 weeks ago

I didn't mind the gameplay in Metroid Other M too much, but I do agree that they completely bastardized Samus' character. I had to pretend that I was playing a different character in order to finish the game with out throwing up.

dantran3

45 weeks ago

actually Super Mario World is one of the best games ive ever played and both 007 games for GameCube (night fire and Agent under fire) were great i had great times w my friends with them

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45 weeks ago

Glover - perfect bullshit.

takumilambo

45 weeks ago

H0w The hell was ''Mario is missing'' a Mistake???!! Without that game, ''Weegee'' would never exist! Shame on you for even mentioning that game D::<

saphira93

45 weeks ago

i loved 007 Nightfire and animal crossing!

koluna16

45 weeks ago

other m was bad, but not one of the biggest mistakes in video game history. it interests me that e.t: the extra-terrestrial and superman 64 avoided this list

bmaster154

45 weeks ago

Luigi is not qualified to star in his own game? Are you kidding? Have you ever played Luigi's Mansion?

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45 weeks ago

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derpdederp

45 weeks ago

all of the terrible things said about metroid other m are sadly true... nintendo should go back to making 2D metroid games because they were actually good

Slugger570

45 weeks ago

I've never met anyone that doesn't like 007 nightfire...

man500

45 weeks ago

theres a horrible game 4 wii called ninjabread man

KHam23

45 weeks ago

You have no idea what you're talking about. You're missing Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Castlevania: Simon's Quest, any game that involves the power glove and of course Nightmare on Elm Street for the Nes

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