What were older consoles swan songs?

[Xeogred]

For NES, add in Little Samson, Wario Woods, Moon Crystal, Crystalis, Metal Storm

Beat me to it there with Little Samson, that game looks amazing.

What a terrible name though.

[Whatever]

Mega Man 6 and Star Tropics II for the NES were great twilight years games.

And let's not forget Kirby's Dream Land 3 for the SNES.

I totally did not know Star Tropics 2 was one of the last games produced.

In the Summer of 95 I bought a NES from a newspaper ad. Just for nostalgia reasons, as I sold off all my NES stuff in the 16 bit era. This NES came with around 40-50 games for the price of $60.00. 1 of the games was Star Tropics 2 Zodas revenge.
At the time I was still playing SNES games, but I played through Zodas revenge and it was really impressive for a NES game.

Still got it and that NES

[Weekend_Warrior]

Motorstorm: Artic Edge and Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow on the PS2.

Both are ports from the PSP. But it was nice to see something other than sports games and RPG's being released on the PS2 that late in its lifespan. It's just too bad there weren't any more.

[TheyCallMeTheSwede]

I would say Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is the PS2's swan song, but it is kind of niche game. The PS1 I would say its the Arc The Lad Collection

[eSPy]

always gotta be a Kirby game at the end of any Nintendo console lifecycle.

NES: Kirby's Adventure (1994)
SNES: Kirby's Dreamland 3 (1997)
N64: Kirby 64 (2000)
GBA:Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004)
DS: Kirby Mass Attack (2011)
Wii: Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)

[J T]

LOL! Kirby is like a cute, pink grim reaper.

[Menegrothx]

Although C64 isnt a console, Mayhem in Monsterland is a great candidate for it.

Its funny, by the time all the different programming secrets for different platforms are revealed and people could take the most out of them, technology has already moved on. Even outside demoscene, people are doing stuff with Atari 2600, C64, Vic 20 etc nowadays that was considered impossible back in the day, stuff like this


Robotic Liberation and Impossiblator 3 for VIC 20. Although they are both demos, they are great examples
Medieval Mayhem for Atari 2600

[Flake]

LOL! Kirby is like a cute, pink grim reaper.

Hell yeah! Here's a fun thing to do: Whenever you meet someone who does not know about Kirby, describe him and his abilities but without using the words pink, cute, or dreamland. It's not a pretty sight.

[BoringSupreez]

Did the N64 have a swan song or was it whimper time at the end?

Paper Mario and Conker's Bad Fur Day?

Those are the last notable releases I can think of.

They were both in 2001, so it was after the Ps2 came out. N64 was pretty irrelevant by then.

Those were the last really notable games, but N64 got THPS3 in August 2002. If you're harper, I guess you would consider that to be the best version.

NES: Kirby's Adventure
SNES: Kirby's Dreamland 3
N64: Conker's Bad Fur Day
GCN: Twilight Princess (actually a really good name for a final great title)
PS1: Fear Effect 2
PS2: Persona 4 (if you don't like this one, take God of War 2 instead)
PSP: IMO, Peace Walker
oXbox: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

What about games that were the signals of the end? Every console has a gap in releases then a sudden burst of fantastic titles (The Wii is going through it right this moment) then a slight dip and those final mementos we call the swan song.

Games that were the signal of the end? That's interesting to think about. Not every console has a specific title that I can pin that moment to, but I can think of a few.

SNES: Donkey Kong Country
GCN: Resident Evil 4
Wii: Skyward Sword
GBC: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
PS1: Final Fantasy IX

[3DSStrider]

NES:Kirby's Adventure
Gameboy/Color:Pokemon Gold & Silver, Shantae
SNES:Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country Series
N64:Conker's Bad Fur Day, Sin and Punishment
GBA:Drill Dozer, WarioWare: Twisted
Gamecube:Twilight Princess
Nintendo DS:Pokemon: Black and White, probably B&W 2
Wii:Skyward Sword