/vr/ - Retro Games

How many of its games were indisputably best in their genre?

Zelda has way too much competition among action-adventure games even if you think it's best. Mario possibly best 3D platformer? And these stand out for having dated aesthetics in a time when 3D was forcing devs to attempt more ambitious and less gamey art direction.

Its FPS and RPGs would obviously have intense competition from PC games. Wave Race might still be the best water-ski racing ever, you can't say the same of "1080" for snowboarding.

Since 3D platforming was never as successful as 2D, and most other genres had fierce competition, only Wave Race comes to mind for me.