Which Original NTSC NES Publisher Is Your Favorite Besides "The Big 3"?

No Homebrews or Japanese (famicom only) companies. 



Which original NTSC NES publisher is your favorite besides"The Big 3"?



THE BIG 3

(In no particular order)

Nintendo

Capcom

Konami/Ultra





Edit : to vote on the "Big 3" check out this thread 



http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165685





Consider the following:

-gameplay

-music

-graphics

-controls

-box art

-game characters

-collectability

- and so on, consider everything!



There are so many great publishers for the NES so it is a more difficult question once "The Big 3" are not in the running.



This is a great site to search by publisher so use it for reference. http://nesguide.com . I just think it has a really nice layout and search options.



I personally love Sunsoft. Top notch music (if not the best on the system), challenging gameplay with some absolute gems on the system.



There is no right or wrong answer, but there are a lot of different opinions so please discuss. Edit: I forgot to mention my close second which would be Tecmo. Love the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Fire N Ice, Rygar and both Tecmo Bowl games to say the least.
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  • Atlus and Taito made some badass games.
  • Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second
  • Color Dreams, Irem, Natsume
  • No option for "other"

    KhanGames for the win!
  • Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second

    For me it's reversed.  Taito first, Sunsoft second.  



     
  • Waiting for KHAN Games, Sole Goose Productions, and Sly Dog Studios to be added to the poll.

  • Originally posted by: Alder




    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second

    For me it's reversed.  Taito first, Sunsoft second.  



     

    Agreed.  Although, if we are also including PAL games (Ufouria and Mr. Gimmick) I would give Sunsoft #1






  • Square no question at "all"



    NO I MEANT ENIX!!!



    Now the data is skewed........
  • Went with Taito as purely a collecting thing.



    As a gamer, probably Tecmo for me. Big fan of Tecmo Bowl / Super Bowl and Ninja Gaiden.
  • Originally posted by: Kid Dracula


    Originally posted by: Alder




    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second

    For me it's reversed.  Taito first, Sunsoft second.  



     

    Agreed.  Although, if we are also including PAL games (Ufouria and Mr. Gimmick) I would give Sunsoft #1









    of course Gimmick! counts, one of the best games on the system
  • Originally posted by: mattbep

    Waiting for KHAN Games, Sole Goose Productions, and Sly Dog Studios to be added to the poll.



    waiting for the other two to get mad when you don't vote for them  
  • Originally posted by: ToxieRules



    Square no question at "all"



    NO I MEANT ENIX!!!



    Now the data is skewed........

    Dammit Toxie, go play some Battletoads already!



     
  • Originally posted by: killerkobra

     
    Originally posted by: ToxieRules



    Square no question at "all"



    NO I MEANT ENIX!!!



    Now the data is skewed........

    Dammit Toxie, go play some Battletoads already!



     



    Man I need to stay away from Battletoads until tomorrow....I think that is why my head is way off.
  • Taito and Natsume a close second.
  • I went to Taito, they are like mini Capcom to me. I love all of their games that I have played.
  • Kemco.



    Deja Vu, Uninvited, Shadowgate. I love that series.
  • I voted for Koei. Back in the 80's I liked strategy PC games and playing Risk/Axis & Allies. Saw my buddies brother playing Genghis Khan and I was hooked. In the early 90's I only owned a few games and they were all Koei titles.

  • Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch




    Originally posted by: Kid Dracula




    Originally posted by: Alder




    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second

    For me it's reversed.  Taito first, Sunsoft second.  



     

    Agreed.  Although, if we are also including PAL games (Ufouria and Mr. Gimmick) I would give Sunsoft #1





     







    of course Gimmick! counts, one of the best games on the system





    No question! Ufouria is also one of my fave NES titles.


  • Enix, I love the Dragon Warrior series even though technically the first one was published by Nintendo.
  • Sunsoft or Tecmo.
  • Seeing all those publisher names makes me think about something :



    Who should be honored with the 'authorship' of a video game? The publisher or the developer?
  • Who the hell said LJN!?!?!
  • Originally posted by: guillavoie



    Seeing all those publisher names makes me think about something :



    Who should be honored with the 'authorship' of a video game? The publisher or the developer?

    Developer has authorship.



     
  • Meldac, cuz they made one game and its fucking awesome.
  • sunsoft .



    close second taito.



    honorable mention hudson soft

  • Originally posted by: killerkobra




    Originally posted by: guillavoie



    Seeing all those publisher names makes me think about something :



    Who should be honored with the 'authorship' of a video game? The publisher or the developer?

    Developer has authorship.



     



    Yeah, that's what I think too, but there's probably some cases where it is more ambiguous, but I can't think of anything as a good example off the top of my head.




  • Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    Sunsoft for sure. Or taito in second

    Yeah, I was torn between those two, but I gave the edge to Sunsoft.



    Vic Tokai is up there for me, too.

     
  • Originally posted by: ToxieRules



    Who the hell said LJN!?!?!

    I can kind of see it.



    THQ would be unforgiveable.



     

  • Originally posted by: Tulpa




    Originally posted by: ToxieRules



    Who the hell said LJN!?!?!

    I can kind of see it.



    THQ would be unforgiveable.



     

    Haha I was wondering who picked LJN? Probably an accident,



    It'd also be fun for someone to start the opposite of this thread- Which is the worst NES publisher? THQ would be my vote too Tulpa!






  • Going to have to go with Taito. Sunsoft would be my second choice, with Hudson Soft/Temco in third.
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