Most Underrated Video Game Consoles

This is about systems that have got a lot of hate through recent years, even though they are decent systems.
The Top Ten
1 Nintendo Gamecube

I loved this console when it was still in existence. I have always said, GameCube was the only console that did video games based off movies and T.V. shows right. I think SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom was my favorite, and they did some great spinoff games like Shadow the hedgehog. Super smash bros melee was such a memorable game. Even Madagascar was an awesome game. I wish movie video games now were like they were on the GameCube. I wish this console was still around, it was so great.

This machine is the second most powerful of its generation, and had some of the most visually impressive games of the time. Unlike PS2, many of them still hold up. If only Nintendo didn't make poor design and marketing decisions. I didn't give this machine much credit at the time, but looking back it was the best system of it era. Since the powerful Xbox's best games have been released on PC or had better sequals on 360. Games like Mario Kart, Metriod Prime, Wind Waker, RE4, and Twilight Princess make it a system I will still play. The Cube was the last Nintendo console I bought, and at time it just didn't get steady releases to keep me playing. Looking back it was probably on par with Xbox and much better than PS2, and I still enjoy it. Sad I didn't give it any credit at the time.

I'm glad more people are coming out and saying this console is great, too bad it didn't get the respect it deserves sooner...
It has the best fighting game: super smash bros melee (Better single player than brawl, save for adventure)
The best adventure game and best first person game: Metroid prime
Best puzzle game: pikmin 2
Best rpg: Paper Mario the thousand year door (it is barely better than Final Fantasy VI and VII, and if you've played those games you know that is a huge compliment)
Also, it had Mario sunshine, most underrated game EVER
It had Mario's best spinoff that's not kart racing or an rpg: Luigi's Mansion
Finally, it had the two best racing games: Mario kart Double Dash and F-Zero GX!

Great console? Yes. Underrated? Absolutely not. It was underrated back in 2003 but now I see nothing but praise for it to the point where people call it the best console ever made and that's going a little to far. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Gamecube but it's becoming a little too overrated nowadays. The Vita is much more underrated. Go ahead and downrate me but this is just my opinion.

2 Nintendo Wii U

It's sad that Nintendo discontinued this console. Despite being very underrated, it has some of the best games I've ever experienced. It includes Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker HD, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, and Super Mario Maker. For all the XBOX One and PlayStation 4 fans who only hate this console for its "childish" games, at least give the graphics a rest and look for gameplay. These games have the best gameplay I've ever seen. Super Smash Bros. is my favorite game on the system, and probably my favorite game of all time. I hope Nintendo does well with the Nintendo Switch.

If you actually have it, you would know that it's a hidden jewel. Too many people hate on it without having it. It had terrible marketing and a slow launch. Otherwise, this could have been a success. Right now, in 2017, it's amazing, but people either don't know that it is or have moved to the overhyped trash: Nintendo Switch. I enjoy playing games on my Wii U. I feel sorry for the people that are missing out/hate on this underrated, awesome console!

3 Sega Dreamcast

Here's basically why such an epic console died. SEGA released the Dreamcast, but then, Sony decided to enter the console buisness as well, and everyone was too busy swooning over the PlayStation, meaning the Dreamcast was soon left in the dust, even with epic games that were way ahead of their time, games like Shenmue, Space Channel 5, Jet Set Radio, Skies of Arcadia, and so on. but the Dreamcast had some other tricks up its sleeves. it was the first console to have a built-in modem for online multiplayer, with games like Chuchu Rocket! and Phantasy Star Online. But, sadly, this wasn't enough to save it. the Dreamcast died out, and then all the other console companies decided it would be a good idea to steal the idea of online play, and market it as their own, even though SEGA was really the first to do it. But, the Dreamcast is well remembered, and was loved by many in its short lifetime, and is honestly the perfect console for SEGA to go out on.

Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Grandia 2, Power Stone 2, The list goes on.

The best game console ever made, It wasn't really a flop. It sold 10.6 million worldwide. Not that bad, but SEGA ran out of money to fund it, so it was discontinued early. It was still selling fairly well when it was called off. It also had a ridiculously awesome launch. This console also revolutionized the market. It allowed for online gameplay and web browsing right out of the box. The graphics were still inferior to the PCs at the time, but it was as close as it got to having a computer hooked up to your T.V.. Every game console that came after it had some way to connect to the internet. The controllers had analog triggers, which were great for racing games, FPS, and Flying games. The Xbox copied almost everything from the DC

It's absolutely hands down my favorite game console. This was the final game console I purchased before switching to PC. An unbelievable library of games, online capabilities, and could buy a keyboard and mouse for it. Shenmue was awesome, Phantasy Star online. The list continues

4 Sega Saturn

It's AMAZING. It had so much less shovelware than the other two at the time, and some of the best best games you've never heard of. Tons of hidden gems. This thing was so much better than the PlayStation, and has the best controller. If you don't have one, I suggest you pick one up. They're kind of pricey gotta say, but it feels like a steal once you buy it. Final verdict, sold 9.5 million worldwide, deserved at least 27 million.

Other than success in Japan, the Saturn did very poorly in Europe and North America. The Saturn had little third party support, but had some of the most fun games of the 5th generation including virtua cop, my personal favorite for the Saturn. Also had a great controller.

This was 1000x better than the PlayStation, and just as good as the Nintendo 64. It did incredibly well in Japan, but did horrible in the North America and Europe. Because of limited 3rd party support, it had less bad games! Buy any Saturn game and have fun.

It had less 3rd party developers working for it, but the benefit of that is less shovelware! Had a lot of stellar games and tons of hidden gems. It's library was less contaminated than the other two consoles at the time. Best system to collect for hands down

5 PlayStation Vita

So underrated. There are so many great games on it like LittleBigPlanet, Persona 4, Freedom Wars, Rayman Legends, Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed, Uncharted, Tearaway, Touch my Katamari, Minecraft, etc. I love Smash Bros and Zelda but I'll take the Vita over the 3DS any day.

The system is hated for... I sincerely don't know why, personnally, I like this one, due for the new games, new ideas, and promotions, some games are bad while the other are good, and I know a lot of good ones.

yes, it doesn't have the compatibility with the PSP, it doesn't make it completely bad.

I don't know why people hate this console, it isn't perfect, PSP was better, but PSVITA was quite good!

The Dreamcast of handhelds. Underrated with seriously good games.

6 Sega Master System

The Sega Master System always gets overshadowed by the NES, which was home to classics such as "Super Mario Bros.", "The Legend of Zelda", "Mega Man", "Metroid", "Duck Hunt", and "Excitebike". However, the Master System had a much better design, was superior in technical capabilities, had sturdy plastic clam-shell packaging as opposed to flimsy cardboard boxes, a more elaborate controller, Sega-Scope 3D glasses, and fun tiltes such as "Alex Kidd in Miracle World", "Shinobi", "Fantasy Zone", "Hang-On", "Black Belt", and "Outrun".

The sega master system has so many great titles that are overlooked by most people. A great console that is often put far below the nes.

The sega master system is glorious.

7 Sega Game Gear

Such a great console! So many great games like Sonic Chaos, Deep Duck Trouble, Mortal Kombat, Streets of Rage, Columns, The Adventures of Batman and Robin, Prince of Persia, and the list goes on. The landscape design of the console is much more comfortable than the original Game Boy's design and the screen is easy to see. The only two problems are that it requires 6 AA batteries which are eaten up in about three hours and it has really weak capacitors but then again, you can just use an AC adapter or a battery pack and the capacitors aren't hard to replace if you know what to do (there are a lot of tutorials on the internet). Overall, this is my favorite handheld of the 4th generation era though I do love the Game Boy and the Lynx too. I highly recommend picking one of these up.

I just got one yesterday at a game store and it came with Sonic 2 and I think it's extremely underrated. It has a lot of cool features like the T.V. Tuner that makes you watch T.V. on your Game Gear. the only things I hate about the console is that it requires 6 AA+ batteries and the brightness switch was just useless. Still a great console though.

The battery life wasn't so good, but it was a decent handheld.

Worst console ever! Even its competitor,the gameboy, is a Huge successful!

8 Sega CD

This system took a leap and challenge in different direction, making movies scenes interactively into a game. Although it was poorly accepted it's a must have fot collectors, still has couple games that were legendary, and mosr of all it was segas first add on to use cds! Be advised this was way before dvds so it in a way set the way of what if you could see movies on cd?

I just don't get the hate for that console, it's not a bad system by any means.

True. Sega CD still had Sonic The Hedgehog CD, which made it worth it.

Not sure if I'd call it a console or just basically a Add-on a (bad one).

9 Gizmondo

I have never played a Gizmondo myself but I have done a lot of research on the console and its insanely intriguing history and from what I have read its not as bad as everyone says. It was a system with a lot of potential but such horrible luck. Like it has some very great stuff going for it. Like its graphics and other stuff like that were very impressive for a handheld at the time. It had some fantastic game developers on board to make games. It could also be used as a gps. It even could play text and play music. It also had a camera (not a good camera but still a camera). It may just be but I find the fact that you could buy the full console for about $400 or buy it for $229 but it would play about 3 ads a day with some that even had special offers to be quite a cool concept which I wish could have seen the light of day.
But it just was not lucky. It was not marketed right, it had a better version of the console previewed before it was released making possible buyers want to ...more

People need to get over with it. A bad marketed system doesn't mean that it's a bad system. I see this on dozens worst game consoles lists while it just don't deserves it.

The least sold console of all time shouldn't even be here it's terrible!

Which retard said we need to add adverts onto the console!?

10 Nintendo Wii

This console has help millions get fit, it has backwards compatibility with the GameCube, Virtual Console. Huge line of games for pretty much everyone and so much more! It only gets all of the massive hate because of graphics! Just because the graphics are not as good doesn't mean it sucks! Here's a question: do you have a working brain? Yes? Then you love the Wii! No? Then you hate the Wii! And it is not necessary for the fat 13 year olds to call Wii players things like Wiis and Nintendrones! That is the same as being racist! Look at all of the problems with Xbox 360! For hell sake!

Okay, I know. This game might look like it's for kids and casuals, but underneath are games that any gamer can enjoy. It might not be HD but it looks better than any 6th generation console and it still has good graphics. The motion controls are awesome when used right. Not to mention the virtual console.

The wii is so underrated - mainly because it is for casual gamers, it's focus on motion controls (which, ironically, Microsoft and Sony would take not of) and it's SD graphics. The wii has an amazing game library (super mario galaxy, metroid prime trilogy, wii sports) and the motion controls are far more precise than it's competitors (kinect and PS move).

If you've ever hacked the Wii, then you probably know exactly what this list is talking about...and why this item should definitely be a hell of a lot higher on this list, not to mention

The Contenders
11 Panasonic 3DO

It didn't fail because it was underrated. It failed because it was 700 dollars! People went instead with the NEC Turbografx-16, Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System because the price was a fraction of that of the 3DO! Plus, why are the controllers daisy-chained? None of the other game consoles had to put up with that! At least the Turbografx-16 had a multi-tap!

During the era of 16 bit console war I remember 3DO graphics just being mind blowing, also it was more of multimedia device you can load pictures n also watch movies or shows! Sure this seems eh now but remember this was way before dvds were ever thought or digital pictures on cd... This system was genius but due to the price tag being outrageous people just simply could not go that route when you got sonic and mario for way affordable...

This system, while having some bad fmv games, also had a ton of great games that were later ported over to other systems. Some of the games can only be played on it to this day. The controllers were great, and had a headphone jack built onto them.

I loved the Panasonic 3DO, I got one in 1996 at the end of it's life-span bundled with "Road Rash" I still own it today and love it. for it's time it could've blown it's competitors out of the water, being a much better produced 32-bit interactive CD based system then the clunky slow "CD-I" and wasted potentials of the "Amiga CD-32" and even "Sega CD", but thanks to it's insane $700 price tag, poor marketing decisions, no quality control and it's "interactive movies are the future" gimmick, it flopped and did even worse when the PSone was on the horizon. but like every system that flopped it has his share of gems: "Wolfenstien 3D", "Out of this World", "Flashback", "Gex", "Road Rash", "The Horde", "Killing Time", "Star Control II", "Space Hulk" and "Lucienne's Quest".

12 Neo-Geo

Perhaps the Neo Geo did have some awesome one-on-one fighters, arcade shooters, and sports titles. Perhaps it was 24-bit. Perhaps it did have great arcade-style joystick controllers. Perhaps it used memory cards. Perhaps it was well worth a rental in the early 1990's. But the system was released for purchase at a staggering 650 dollars! The games were sold for a couple hundred dollars and came in ginormous cartridges! This console probably would have been a smash hit if it didn't cost thousands of dollars to buy a Neo Geo AES with a few games! This is why the Neo Geo only caught on in the arcades, with the MVS, where you could play these games for mere quarters!

One of the more forgotten Consoles it was not that bad it was ironically the first to have a memory card that can used to save your progress.

It came and went due to a high price tag, but a really great and innovative game console. My only complaint is the cartridges, they're huge.

Complaining about the price tag is OK, but also consider the graphical capabilities.

13 Atari Lynx
14 Turbografx-16

System didn't even have a chance in North America. The Genesis came out within a month before it. So many games that are legendary and don't even get me started on the imports. Best console for shoot-em-ups and the Saturn falls close behind. Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Detana Twinbee, Blazing Lasers, Override, P-47, Air Zonk, R-Type, Soldier Blade, Aero Blasters, Coryoon, and so much more. As for games besides shooters, Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Bonk 3, Military Madness, Neutopia, Neutopia II, Outrun, New Adventure Island, Ninja Spirit, Splatterhouse, and so many others. Don't even get me started on the games on the Turbografx CD. Such a great system and a fantastic console to collect for.

Can you believe Hudson Soft teamed up with NEC to make a video game console? Not a lot of people knew about this. It didn't even have a library of games that people played because it failed to capture the attention like SNES & Sega Genesis. In my opinion, Hudson Soft, if you ever comeback to the video game industry, stick to being a third party video game company rather than a console manufacturer. You're great at doing that.

Another console not as popular in the 90's it had mostly good games just didn't compare to the likes of the SNES or the Genesis.

The NEC Turbografx-16 may not have had the technical capabilities of the Sega Genesis, SNK Neo Geo, or Super Nintendo, but it did offer a trove of hidden gems, such as its fantastic shooters, like "Blazing Lazers" and "Galaga '90", its excellent platformers, like "Bonk's Revenge" and "Keith Courage in Alpha Zones", its awesome beat-'em-ups, like "The Legendary Axe" and "China Warrior", its fun party games, like "Bomberman '93", and its nice arcade-style romps, such as "Parasol Stars". It also had the best pinball simulators around! The NEC Turbografx-16 is 16-bit gaming with turbo control on a chip!
This game console is one of the most underappreciated, and is easily one of the top ten game consoles of all time.

15 Sega Nomad

You can put Mega Drive cartridges in it, and you can play it on the go! Though, the only complaint I have is that it doesn't have a reset button. :/

16 New Nintendo 2DS XL
17 Xbox Original

People talk about the Xbox 360 or the Xbox One, but not so much with the original Xbox. It has my favorite game of all time, Jet Set Radio Future. I also really enjoyed Blinx The Time Sweeper.

Was my first console, (and it still works) yet it rarely ever gets any attention from people nowadays!

You just have to get the S controller, then it's really good.

18 PlayStation 3

It Had so many amazing exclusives that were arguably the best of it's generation.

Why it is amazing

19 Neo Geo Pocket Color
20 Atari 5200

This system also got a lot of hate... For it's bad controller, get over the bad controller and you will find 1 of the systems most collectors collect for.

The most hated controller of all time!

That controller is all I have to say!

21 Nintendo 3DS

Really cool console.

22 Nintendo Switch Lite
23 Atari Jaguar

Quite possibly the most underrated consoles in existence. People look down on this console because of the Do the Math ads and crappy games like Kasumi Ninja and Checkered Flag yet they don't realise there are also some amazing games on the console like Tempest 2000, AVP, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Raiden, Iron Soldier, Rayman, etc. Speaking of Rayman, it was originally going to be a Jaguar exclusive so without the Jaguar, we wouldn't have the Rayman franchise. Also, the controller is not that bad. It's actually quite comfortable and the number pad is useful for switching weapons in FPS games. There were even more great games in development for the console like Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Tomb Raider and Alone in the Dark but they were cancelled because the Jaguar got discontinued. It's a shame this console didn't take off. It could've had a lot of potential but thanks to the marketing blurbs and the fact that is was hard to develop for, it failed. :(

If I tried to say anything, I'd be saying what just about everyone else is saying, yes it had a lot of bad games but the console itself was very good and some games even had a lot of potential that their designers were too lazy to realise.

It had potential, but was hard to develop games for. If some game developers weren't as lazy as they were, this could have been a successful console.

I can see why, it had a fair amount of good and bad games but at the same time a bad marketing commercial that basically killed it all together was there downfall ''DO THE MATH! ''

24 Ouya

Why is the Ouya on here it was nothing but an overhyped piece of garbage.

This isn't even underrated or good, it's just trash.

The Ouya is trash to be honest.

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