#25 Paper Mario: The thousand-year door played on GC, released 2004
The first time I played a side view 2D RPG. Wow what an awesome game. I loved it from start to finish and it's a pretty long game. The battle system is very well done. The environments are beautiful, varied and fun to explore. The gameplay itself is all round great.
This game took my by surprise, I did not expect to have as much fun with it as I did.