Well to me it was the original.
I guess a lot of times it just comes downt to what you played first, but yeah to me nothing will replace the original.
One of the main reasons comes down to, I just feal a greater sense of freedom with that one compared to all the others. I love that in the original you can pretty much run all over the world, yeah yu need to pick up a couple items to go "everywhere" but you weren't too limited in your travels, If you wanted to do the whole game backwards you pretty much could. You cold defeat Castle 8 first if you knew how. I just don't like that now that games are "bigger and better" they are far more constrictive.
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