The Top 5 Mature Nintendo Games

So there seems to be a myth that Nintendo doesn't create mature games... WRONG! Listed below are five games developed and/or published by Nintendo or its subidariesthat are arguably more mature than anything on the market even today:

5. ETERNAL DARKNESS: SANITY'S REQUIEM

Arguably one of the only few horror games ever created, Eternal Darkness has the distinction of being the only true psychological thriller game. The idea of the main protagonist losing a grip on reality, and the enemies, the character's moves and the environments changing accordingly is truly ground breaking and mind bending. It certainly is sad that more people didn't buy this, but those that di will agree with this that they were treated to what is one of the most unique games of all time.

4. CONKER'S BAD FUR DAY

You want raunchy? You got raunchy? Beneath the adorable cartoony exterior of this game was the most innuendo clad, outrageously crude dialog ever seen in any game until then. Riding on the success of all their other N64 efforts, Rare crafted not only what was considered the finest looking game on the N64, not to mention one that probably appealed to the mature crowd the most, but also a hell of a platformer, one that's right up there with Banjo and Mario 64 in terms of just how finely it played.

3. GOLDENEYE 007

The game that birthed the modern console shooter was a damn fine adaption of a Bond movie that hadn't been that good to begin with. Till this date, it stands as a towering achievment, demonstrating not only how purportedly incompatible genres should be introduced to consoles, but also how movie based tie in games should be made, and what kind of production value and finesse a game should have. It may not have aged all that well, but Goldeneye 007 is inaruably the game that is single handedly responsble for all the console FPSs we see today.

2. METROID PRIME

It's hard to do Metroid Prime any justice. Words cannot even begin to describe how great this game was. However, the thing that probably stands out more than anything else about this stellar masterpiece is its atmosphere, that elevated this game to the lofty status which it holds today, and which imbued the game with an eerie hue, and a dark sense of foreboding. With a rich lore and a dark backstory which hinted at something ominous, Metroid Prime was a dark work of art, one that could only truly be appreciated by those who comprehended its interactive means of storytelling.

1. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK

Hands down the most mature and darkest game Nintendo ever crafted, Majora's Mask is also probably the most unsettling entry in the Zelda franchise, and amongst its very best. Tackling themese such as the inevitability of death, and a desperate race against time to fight for a corrupted land, Majora's Mask stands head and shoulders above most modern games on the market in just how well it tackled those themes, and how deftly it incorporated them into its gameplay. The world remembers Ocarina of Time as the series defining masterpiece, but it was Majora's Mask that truly represented the coming of age, for both, the N64 and the Zelda series as well.

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Which of those is your favourite?

Conker isn't mature, its one of the most immature games i have ever played

Conker isn't mature, its one of the most immature games i have ever played

toast_burner

Majoras Mask was simply too good.

The dark theme was fantastically done.

Conker isn't mature, its one of the most immature games i have ever played

toast_burner

Conker isn't mature, its one of the most immature games i have ever played

Eternal Darkness is awesome!! Better than pretty much anything which can be classed survival horror the gen and probaly on par with the resident Evil remake for top horror game.Dibdibdobdobo

YEAH! HAHAHAHA!

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"]Eternal Darkness is awesome!! Better than pretty much anything which can be classed survival horror the gen and probaly on par with the resident Evil remake for top horror game.charizard1605

Eternal Darkness is awesome!! Better than pretty much anything which can be classed survival horror the gen and probaly on par with the resident Evil remake for top horror game.Dibdibdobdobo

YEAH! HAHAHAHA!

motherlovebone

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] It's incredibly underrated :cry:

charizard1605

I'm gonna look on Ebay later for this game. could do with a good brain *beep* as no games do it these days or try anything so daring. Yes Psycho Mantis did mess around abit and i think the SIlent Hill game on the Wii buts that 3 games from how many gens.....

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"] Yes it is, I never been so screwed up about a game in my whole life. The Controller coming out suddenly when your fighting several monsters, Well the game telling you this but its not actually happening. The game making out its a demo rather than a full game. Dying for no explained reason atall just to find out the game is messing with you. Damn... Dibdibdobdobo

I'm gonna look on Ebay later for this game. could do with a good brain *beep* as no games do it these days or try anything so daring. Yes Psycho Mantis did mess around abit and i think the SIlent Hill game on the Wii buts that 3 games from how many gens.....

Majoras Mask was simply too good.

The dark theme was fantastically done.

Shirokishi_

▲ Three of those "mature" games aren't even rated M :| ▲

▲ Three of those "mature" games aren't even rated M :| ▲

Loco_Live

Looking at the titles listed, I'm not so sure it's the actual rating he was referring to...

Also @charizard1605, since you added Rare games. You should have added Perfect Dark. That had a pretty good Mature theme as well. I know it's on XBLA as well, but that Conker you added later came to the XBOX.nintendoboy16

▲ Three of those "mature" games aren't even rated M :| ▲

Loco_Live

▲ Three of those "mature" games aren't even rated M :| ▲

Loco_Live

Only Majora's Mask was actually created by Nintendo (Retro Studios might be owned by Nintendo, but they were not taught their talents by Nintendo)... and only Eternal Darkness is the one game on the list I would label as truly "mature" in every regard. Conker's Bad Fur Day is mostly immature potty humour. Goldeneye is just violence. Metroid Prime... why is Prime mature? You don't even say in your description of it, you just praise it endlessly. And Majora's Mask is dark and gritty compared to other Zelda games, and is quite mature in its content compared to most Nintendo games... but really, it is still accessible to children and doesn't deal exclusively with adult dilemmas.

Nintendo doesn't make mature games. And I'm not sure why anyone would want them to?

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

Only Majora's Mask was actually created by Nintendo (Retro Studios might be owned by Nintendo, but they were not taught their talents by Nintendo)... and only Eternal Darkness is the one game on the list I would label as truly "mature" in every regard. Conker's Bad Fur Day is mostly immature potty humour. Goldeneye is just violence. Metroid Prime... why is Prime mature? You don't even say in your description of it, you just praise it endlessly. And Majora's Mask is dark and gritty compared to other Zelda games, and is quite mature in its content compared to most Nintendo games... but really, it is still accessible to children and doesn't deal exclusively with adult dilemmas.

Nintendo doesn't make mature games. And I'm not sure why anyone would want them to?

foxhound_fox

well none of the big 3 do, and its not a big deal either.

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

kobraka1

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

kobraka1

dont be so harsh, if your going by the "different developers" argument so retro studios and others that are owned by nintendo dont count.

whats left for sony and MS? That argument would make their first party non-existent, atleast nintendo makes some games themself.

no sucker punch, no bungie, no naughty dog, no nothing :(

well if you wanna brag about other M's voice acting then you obviously do not play games. and samus is not a mature character. sorry. you are obviously a nintendo fanboy with the reggie poster and the yoshi pillow so i understand you do not like people telling you the truth, but it is what it is. live with it or don't, i could care less. i find it sad that you had to jump in to the rescue to prove a point and you pick a pile of garbage like other M to do it.

fact: i like most of what nintendo does but i know the reality is that if i wanna more adult based game the nintendo systems will be the last place i look.

[QUOTE="kobraka1"]

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

Half-Way

dont be so harsh, if your going by the "different developers" argument so retro studios and others that are owned by nintendo dont count.

whats left for sony and MS? That argument would make their first party non-existent, atleast nintendo makes some games themself.

no sucker punch, no bungie, no naughty dog, no nothing :(

Majora's Mask is my favourite out of those... The moment when the camera pans up and you see the moon in the sky with that horrible expression on its face slowly getting closer and closer... I've never felt such a profound sense of dread :(

[QUOTE="Half-Way"]

[QUOTE="kobraka1"]

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

kobraka1

dont be so harsh, if your going by the "different developers" argument so retro studios and others that are owned by nintendo dont count.

whats left for sony and MS? That argument would make their first party non-existent, atleast nintendo makes some games themself.

no sucker punch, no bungie, no naughty dog, no nothing :(

so which do you pick then, MM or metroid prime? :P

because those are two games made by nintendo then, and rare was owned by nintendo aswell when they made the games.

your whole logic didnt make sense as soon as you started to talk

well if you wanna brag about other M's voice acting then you obviously do not play games. kobraka1

and samus is not a mature character. sorry.kobraka1

you are obviously a nintendo fanboy with the reggie poster and the yoshi pillow so i understand you do not like people telling you the truth, but it is what it is. live with it or don't, i could care less.kobraka1

i find it sad that you had to jump in to the rescue to prove a point and you pick a pile of garbage like other M to do it.

fact: i like most of what nintendo does but i know the reality is that if i wanna more adult based game the nintendo systems will be the last place i look.

kobraka1

YEAH! HAHAHAHA!

motherlovebone

Thats one of the worst versions of doom i've played, you couldn't save in that if I recall. Which renders it pretty useless, because it's a big game.

you just said you were a nintendo fanboy. that is all i needed to hear.kobraka1

cry much foxhound? they sale products that will help you at the store. just go to the women's aisle. you just said you were a nintendo fanboy. that is all i needed to hear.

kobraka1

be honest, adult rating is a more appropriate term, because there is nothing mature about most of the games with an adult rating.

Half of those aren't even M-rated. I dare Nintendo to internally develop an M-rated game.

it is hilarious that sheep are still trying to defend nintendo. out of all the games on you're list, nintedo made 1 of them. they published the other 4. nintedo makes cartoon character drivin games. thats what they do. they do not do shooters, sim racing, or hack n slash. they do not do real music and open world story drivin games with real voice acting. i thought people excepted this.

kobraka1

Half of those aren't even M-rated. I dare Nintendo to internally develop an M-rated game.

Timstuff

cry much foxhound? they sale products that will help you at the store. just go to the women's aisle. you just said you were a nintendo fanboy. that is all i needed to hear.

kobraka1

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

Half of those aren't even M-rated. I dare Nintendo to internally develop an M-rated game.

crippled_ram

▲ If a rated E game was mature, it wouldn't be rated E. Without having the ESRB rating, it's all just opinion. Not saying that ESRB is not an opinion in itself, but it's something to base and argument off of. ▲

Never got around to playing Majora's mask. Looks amazing. Wish i coulda played it when it first came out :(

▲ If a rated E game was mature, it wouldn't be rated E. Without having the ESRB rating, it's all just opinion. Not saying that ESRB is not an opinion in itself, but it's something to base and argument off of. ▲

Loco_Live

[QUOTE="crippled_ram"][QUOTE="Timstuff"]

Half of those aren't even M-rated. I dare Nintendo to internally develop an M-rated game.

▲ If a rated E game was mature, it wouldn't be rated E. Without having the ESRB rating, it's all just opinion. Not saying that ESRB is not an opinion in itself, but it's something to base and argument off of. ▲

A game like Metroid Prime is infinitely more mature than any of the so called mature FPSs or GTAs on the market.charizard1605

Whoever says Ocarina of Time is better than Majora's Mask shouldn't have the right to play a Nintendo game. MM was one of Nintendo's finest hours.

Majora's Mask one of my fav.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] A game like Metroid Prime is infinitely more mature than any of the so called mature FPSs or GTAs on the market.foxhound_fox