The All-Time Best Games on Every Platform
by
Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
– March 28, 2017
Below, find a collection of the highest-scoring games exclusive* to every platform, ranging from current-gen consoles all the way back to the Sega Genesis system. (Note that for the oldest consoles not available on Metacritic, games are ranked by scores assigned by our sister site GameRankings.)
* In the year of their original release. (Some of these games may have been reissued for other platforms at a later date.)
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Nintendo DS
Nintendo, 2005
Several releases scored higher on Nintendo's first dual-screen handheld (including the non-game application Flipnote Studio), but the highest-scoring exclusive game is this Mario racer. Of Nintendo's many Mario Kart games to date, only Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA, 2001) has a higher Metascore.
| Runners-Up | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 90 | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | 2009 |
| #3 | 90 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | 2007 |
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