AstralSoul

First - Super Mario Bros. 2. - I can't remember what year it was but it wasn't terribly long after the game came out so I'd say 1990 at the latest. But I vividly remember beating it, having not beaten Super Mario Bros. first. And I was so confused by the ending, that it was all a dream. Still one of my favorite Mario games.

Midway - Resident Evil 4 - Couldn't wait for this game to come out, I was ridiculously excited for it, after the Resident Evil remake and Resident Evil Zero turned me into a huge RE fan. Still to this day one of my favorite games. It was 2005 this game came out, got it on launch day, beat it not too long after that.

Latest - Pikmin 4 - Been chipping away at this game, just beat it tonight, so 2023! I felt like this game never ends. But I loved it, just like I love every game in the series. I wanted to finish this before I played Mario Wonder since I am ridiculously bad at moving on to new games before finishing the last one. Trying to break that habit for once.

For a very long time I'd have said only games I've played. But as time goes on I have less and less time for games and I'm barely playing anything new anymore. But I still play old favorites. If I stopped playing old games I'd have time for new ones. I guess I'm getting bored of my favorites even if I love them. So I'd probably say only new games now.

I love these games and I genuinely think they're great, best 3D iterations of the series, and I'll take that to my grave. Both 9/10. 

Mario Party 1

Perfect, I love horror but I know I haven't seen as many as I should've. Looking forward to the full list.

I always loved N64 more even without comparing top ten lists. PS1 definitely has quantity. But I'd sooner give up my PS1 than my beloved N64.

N64 Top Ten:
1. Super Mario 64

2. Conker's Bad Fur Day

3. Diddy Kong Racing

4. Paper Mario

5. Banjo-Kazooie

6. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

7. Space Station: Silicon Valley

8. Wave Race 64

9. F-Zero X

10. Mischief Makers

PS1 Top Ten:

1. Final Fantasy IX

2. Final Fantasy VII

3. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

4. Crash Bandicoot

5. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

6. Spyro the Dragon

7. Legend of Mana

8. Mega Man 8

9. Breath of Fire III

10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Overall:

1. Super Mario 64

2. Final Fantasy IX

3. Conker's Bad Fur Day

4. Diddy Kong Racing

5. Final Fantasy VII

6. Paper Mario

7. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

8. Crash Bandicoot

9. Banjo-Kazooie

10. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

11. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

12. Spyro the Dragon

13. Space Station: Silicon Valley

14. Wave Race 64

15. Legend of Mana

16. F-Zero X

17. Mischief Makers

18. Mega Man 8

19. Breath of Fire III

20. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

I played this for the first time on my gaming channel back in February in case anyone wants to watch: 

I thought the game was okay, not great, not terrible. Definitely felt like a poor man's Blaster Master though. 5/10.

I thank the Romans everyday for Roman numerals, because Super Bowls and Final Fantasies just wouldn't be the same without them. And Times New Roman for being a perfect legible font for newsprint and books.

Love it. One of the funniest games I ever played. 9/10

Loved what I played of this game but couldn't finish it, it's pace is pretty slow and the game is long. It's less of a knock against the game and more just that it doesn't fit my preferred play style anymore. 8/10

I too am fascinated by the effects of psychedelic drugs despite never having done them. But I'm definitely looking forward to Mario Wonder partially for this reason. 

10/10 a childhood favorite, my favorite baseball movie, endlessly rewatchable.

Only seen Big Lebowski and didn't understand all the hype about it. But since it's the only one I've seen, it wins by default.

I don't follow directors so Halloween is the only movie of his ive seen and is therefore the best by default. But I love the movie and series.

Don't love but like it a lot. My 7th favorite mainline FF so right in the middle of the pack. 

On 8/11/2023 at 8:17 PM, Andy_Bogomil said:

I watched 6 of the first 7 and 5 of the last 23... they got old fast.

Agreed. Took me forever to even watch as many as I did, 26 out of 30. I had to force myself to watch a few I didn't really care for like Captain Marvel. 

I've seen almost all of them, just missing like the last 4 or so movies that came out, I just can't keep up with them. It's almost impossible to pick a favorite, but I went with Spider-Man Far From Home just because Mysterio is one of my favorite Spidey villains. And Spider-Man is my favorite Marvel superhero. Runner ups would probably be Thor Ragnarok, Spiderman Homecoming, Spiderman No Way Home, Ant Man, Captain America, and Civil War. I have to be honest I just don't get the love for Iron Man and Guardians. I mean I liked them. But seems like everyone always puts them so much higher than most other Marvel movies. 

Don't care about the first four songs listed at all so I picked randomly. Janet is good but Gaga is better so I went with her. Poison vs Poison was tough because I love both of those. However if it was against Poison the band I'd go with them over any of these bands. Went 2212

Fantastic movie. Watched it so many times as a kid. Saw it on Broadway too last year and it was the best live performance I've been to. But the movie version is #1. Love Michael Keaton in basically anything he's done. Too bad the NES game isn't any good lol. 9/10 for the movie though. 

Never seen it but I've intended on watching it for years. One day, maybe. One day. (just like everything else)

Ive loved it since the day it came out. Easy 9. Almost gave it a 10. I love the Wario Land games.

I generally prefer having games that end but I also like having a few endless games to play when I'm bored or don't feel like getting invested in a story. It's a good balance. These days I actually lean more towards games I can play in quick 30 min sessions like Mario Kart or Smash Bros just because I can't get invested in a big story game in that amount of time. Very rarely do I get more than an hour to play at any given time these days.

Definitely high school. N64/PS1 and the beginning of GameCube/PS2 was the height of my gaming interests. From 2005ish onward I definitely felt a wane in interest, only felt somewhat of a resurgence 5-7 years ago but I'm in the downward portion again, not due to lack of pure interest, I still love gaming but I have practically no time to play and no money to spend on it these days. 

Peanut butter crunch, cocoa puffs and later on Reese's puffs which is the perfect blend of the two.

It's hard for me to talk about Majora's Mask and judge it properly and just list all the things I hate about it. Actually, hate might be a strong word. Yeah strongly dislike, I'll save the hate for Skyward Sword   I strongly dislike the 3 day cycle thing and constantly having to rewind and find key events and characters and doing dungeons only to get to the end and run out of time and have to go back and do it all over again. The dungeons were overall subpar despite the novel idea of the masks (which is the one thing I really enjoyed about the game). I don't think it's a bad game. I think there is just too much tedium involved. Really the 3 day cycle resetting everything every time you go back is what kills it the most. Great concept but frustrating in execution. In the end I give it an 8/10 because it's Zelda, it's got the core concept of the franchise right, it's still good during the good parts, it's just one of my lesser favorite Zeldas.