39 - Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
By all means this entry should be higher on my list, but the fact that it hasn't had time to settle in the nostalgia centers of my brain keeps it from being top 25 material...and that's literally the only thing keeping it from being higher. Not only did this game somehow manage to capture the essence of the other three Donkey Kong Country games (There was no N64 iteration, end of discussion), it managed to transcend them by giving us more options, more worlds, and more gameplay modes (time trials, etc). While it had it's flaws (not a fan of using the Wiimote on it's side, the lack of kremlings is saddening, and you can't swim), it's every much as great a game as the SNES trilogy...and man was it HARD! So very impressed by that.
and I think we should have a discussion about "games you haven't played that could break into your top 50", because there are a few I'm sure have a good chance for me, such as the following:
Chrono Trigger (have it on PSN)
Final Fantasy V (just picked it up on PSN)
Super Metroid (HAve it on Virtual Console...but girlfriend has Wii)
Castlevania: symphony of the Night (have it on PSN)
The Mass Effect Series (have them on Xbox 360)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (hated it on N64, but am loving it on 3DS)
Shadow of the Colossus (have it on PS3)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Getting it for christmas)
I know, for shame...and I call myself a gamer!
My Console Library:
PS5, Switch, XSX
PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360
3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android
