Jet Force Gemini

Despite the awkward interim development and ugly 3D of its graphics, the N64, with its eerily shaped controller and under-utilized “camera” buttons (hint: that’s what C stood for, on all four of ’em) gave birth to a staggering amount of first and second party classics during its six year run, thanks in no small part to a little studio called Rare.

This year is the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s symbolic character Mario – which means it has also been 30 years since the Nintendo Entertainment System made its way to North America. In celebration, we’ve decided to not only dedicate an entire month to the Japanese monster, but rate the 100 best games they’ve released in …