I quite liked the first; having more money than sense I bought a GameCube on eBay and Melee; didn't like it half as much, so now it gathers dust in a cupboard somewhere. Also bought a $750 Monopoly set and have since decided my parents can have my money; it's just going to end up being wasted. Save n save n save n save... and then spent on something crazy.
ANYWAY.
I don't follow the series anymore, perhaps they're producing another one for the Wii and whatever holographic contraption they make after that but I'll be damned if I'm buying.
SS1 and N64 Ftw imo. lol
Some of the characters were popularised on earlier platforms before our time so characters aren't always known. I don't even think Ness got a N64 title.
I suppose the bounty hunter stereotype was always thought to be a guy because of that