Let me just jump on the history revealing before posting about the
American-only Mario Edition Game of Life.Oh. I just did. Well, onto the history lesson, then. As much as I can remember, anyway.
It was very much Nintendo handheld / Playstation TV-based console in this household for quite a few years. The original Game Boy with Pokémon Red and I'm pretty sure a few other games that I can't really remember (I know of a Mario game and a Speedy Gonzales platformer, but that's about it). I can recall having Pokémon Gold and a Game Boy Colour, though not much else with it. Then the GBA followed with Pokémon Ruby and a number of other games, including Sonic Advance 2. It wasn't until around 2002-2004 that the first TV-based console from Nintendo entered this household with the Gamecube.
I loved everything about it, from the first games I played on it - Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Pokémon Colossuem, and Smash Melee, to the controller and the console's design in general. I'm pretty certain ours came with a GBA Player, as I always felt 'cubes without one looked naked - and I doubt I'd have that view had I seen it without the attachment first. Then again, I'd have spent the most time with it attached than without, so I suppose I just got used to it. Either way, I loved it. And while plenty of PS2 games would be rented from Choices (what a great place that was), all of the 'cube games I played were bought. Just a shame a few of them were sold along with the console once the Wii arrived - including the much better of the two Pokémon 'cube games.
The Wii was a truly fantastic gem of a console that got me deeper into the gaming culture. Thanks to being bought ONM which made me realise how much I'd been missing out on and wanting to get in on it straight away. Before the Wii came the DS, where I had already started the dive into gaming culture by broadening my horizons a bit. Owing to the then popular thing of just using an R4 card with a ton of pre-installed games. Back to the Wii, and the games I owned were... varied. Games owned were still bought by my parents, so while I had a few of the greats such as Wii Sports Resort and Mario Galaxy, I also managed to accrue a few duffers - including Mini Desktop Racing and Wheelspin. All of the duff stuff did get sold on, but the collection I have is still a good one.
The 3DS was great, if slow to start. The collection of games for it did grow a lot in later years when I finally started buying my own for it. The WiiU then arrived in 2013 (for me, at least), where the games on it were great even if I hated (well... maybe disliked would be a better term) the Gamepad. Then there's the Switch, which I think is my most favourite console ever - aside from the Gamecube. Such an absolute great library of games. I'll edit or post rankings later, as I need a bit more time to think such through.