Haven't played em all, but the Advanced Wars games and Age of Empires were pretty decent.I want to try Civilization Revolutions, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, and Fire Emblem.
StorytellingMusic!!!Building up awesome characters and finding nice equipmentStrategy in battlesI started with FFIV, then FFVI. Lately it doesn't feel like the games have been quite as good though, despite the awesome graphics and such.
I played Mario Party on the N64, and it wasn't bad. I think it's pretty good for families and kids, but not that exciting.Smash Bros would be awesome, except the screen is pretty stinking small.