For the uninitiated, Garten of Banban is a generic and sloppily built mascot horror series that found surprising success in 2023. You can see the franchise's flaws clearly in the first game's climax, where you must escape the dreaded Opila bird, a mascot character that chases you down.

Over the years, gaming consoles have evolved by leaps and bounds to inevitably arrive to the state in which we know them today. But not all of them are made equal, and many stood out in their time, some of them still being some of the most beloved to this date.