I don't want to feel like I'm justifying myself, but for me it was plain and simple the games on the N64 and the PS2. I hate the N64's controller, which doesn't help.

If the N64 took more risks with 2D-styled games like Mischief Makers and actually -had- RPGs other than Ogre Battle and Paper Mario on it, maybe I'd give it a fairer shot. I grew up with a PS1 also, and that's where all of the experimental RPGs that I loved made a home.

PS2 just went in a weird direction for me. I can't actually explain it - and no amount of rationalizing or writing out why makes any real sense, and likely makes me seem pretty ignorant. The PS2's library just went in a direction from the PS1 library that I wasn't ready for. Not to say there aren't classics. I love Devil May Cry and We <3 Katamari ... but there's something just lacking on the PS2 that the PS1 captured so perfectly. Lots of great compilations and collections, though.