What makes them your favorite games?

[Metallox]

- Pikmin 2: The game which I grew up with and found magical throughout my late childhood. I got stuck several times, and with most games today I would usually just look up a guide if I took too much time, but back then I didn't have Internet and I barely understood English, so some instructions and details weren't really clear. I think that just made the game more enjoyable somehow, though. Every discovery felt massive, overwhelming and so satisfying, it's a kind of feeling that I haven't been able to replicate with any other game. Pikmin 2 wasn't my first GameCube game (it was Mario Party 7), but it was the one that resonated with me the most. So, yeah, this one is pure nostalgia, but, at the same time, it's truly incredible. It's why Mario Party 7 wasn't so memorable, becuase that game isn't so great, but I still have plenty of memories with it.

- Paper Mario TTYD: This one was my first RPG, when I had like, what, 10 or 11 yo? So, in essence, it was my first true epic adventure, and it's one that is truly excellent in handsight, I didn't pick wrong at all. I remember that I saw Super Paper Mario for Wii and impulsively told my father to buy it for me. He brought me TTYD instead. Initially I thought it was indeed Super Paper Mario, but I don't remember when exactly I learned that it wasn't, it's a shame I don't recall this memory. Once again, my English was far from ideal so I had to pick up a dictionary and try to understand the more complex writing. Some puzzles took me a long while because of this. But, again, that only added to the charm. No Internet, either, so I had to discover most secrets by hand, and so I spent hundreds of hours with this game. Again, I love this game for pure nostalgia, but it's excellent nonetheless.

- Xenoblade X: This is the most recent one and not exactly the best one, but it had a lot of good stuff to it, the exploration, the side quests, the addicting combat and the passive multiplayer, and ultimately is the game that got me into Xenoblade. I used to go to Gamefaqs to check for tips, discuss builds, farming spots and to recruit people to play online. There are a lot of games like this, I know, but it was the first one of its kind I played, and this is also a game that is excessively big and convoluted, so there's a spark to it. This was pretty much the only game I played on Wii U from its release until Breath of the Wild came out, and spent almost 1000 hours in it.

In the end, what all three games have in common is that each one of them were the first of their kind I played. Pikmin 2 was my first special game, TTYD was my first RPG, and Xenoblade X was my first kind of RPG that I complemented with online functionalities.