DONKEY KONG, DONKEY KONG, HOLY MOTHEREFFING FRAGGIN' HELL, DONKEY KONG
this post contains obstentatious amounts of bias; beware n_n
I have played Donkey Kong Country 2 on the SNES, and can say without even thinking that it is, in my opinion, one of the best games of all time. OF ALL TIME! It had the best soundtrack I've ever heard (If I remember correctly, TVTropes lists virtually every track under "Crowning Music of Awesome: Video Games". Win.), some of the best environments I've ever played in, terrible boss fights, and truly one of the hardest final boss battles...ever.
After that, when the N64 came out, my first game that wasn't Super Smash Bros. because that came with the N64 itself and therefore doesn't count :V was Donkey Kong 64. I had some gooooooood times with that one. I thought the Nintendo Coin was obtained by getting all 201 golden bananas, so I got 200/201...and guess which banana was the last one I got u_u
Then I started playing the Banjo series. I liked Banjo-Kazooie, but I loved Banjo-Tooie. Sharper graphics, beautiful environments, and crazy stuff (WHY IS THIS JINJO ATTACKING ME AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH) made it a great game overall.
Then there was Goldeneye, which I sucked at but at least it was fun to cheat with lololol. Then came Perfect Dark. That was a game I thoroughly enjoyed playing; even now, it's still my favorite shooter of all time. It probably has the best human-CPU multiplayer function ever. (and that's why I knocked Halo when it first came out; it lacked CPU's to beat up :>)
I never liked Conker's Bad Fur Day, but I know it's a good game lol. I think it came out when I was like, 7 or 8, so I was like "M? OH NO!" lol >_>
Oh, the good old days...now Rare sucks.
At least Perfect Dark is getting redefined for XBLA; another reason to bug my mom for a 360 lol