Anyone feel old when they look back at video game release dates?

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Like say, those from the 3DS/Wii U era?

Because just now I saw a comment on YouTube from someone who said they were 12 when New Super Mario Bros 2 came out, and I got kinda surprised. Thought that's a bit young or something.

Then I looked at the video date and realised that damn, NSMB was released in 2012. And that 2012 is now 7 years ago.

Seems the 3DS era was further back than I thought it was. Hell, if you'd asked me, I'd have still thought Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon and Mario & Luigi Dream Team were modern games, and that the Year of Luigi was fairly recent. But no, that's 2013, 6 whole years ago now.

Makes me realise how for many kids, the games of our childhoods are as far back as the NES/SNES era may have been for us. Or the Atari/early arcade era may have been for NES/SNES era players. Hell, some kids probably think Wario Land 4 is a 'retro' game now.

Anyone else feel like this?
 
To me, Wario Land 4 is retro.
My first video game was Mario Kart DS, and even now that seems old to me.
As a young child I mostly had handled consoles though, which makes me feel less bad as I remind myself the big N makes those things last forever.
 
I think the 360/Ps3 generation running much longer than normal has warped people's impression of what the average console lifespan is.
 
Sorry for revive this topic, I seen it interesting.

Reading your topic, I had the same situation, I never realized. And yes, for me, old videogames were like Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo 64, but not Nintendo Wii, Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS. It is interesting, I admit.
 
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