That's exactly why I chose the 1st one over the 2nd one. The minigames in 2 are awesome, they really are, but they don't make up for the story.

38. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - SNES

Ah, the last Mario game on the Super Nintendo. And man, did he go out with a bang!

Super Mario RPG had amazing 3D graphics, the gameplay was a ton of fun, and this time, when you save the princess, the game doesn't end! Instead, she joins your group and does some ass-kickin' of her own... With a frying pan. Just like girls are supposed to do. 

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Rez - It's a shame not too many people have played this classic Dreamcast game.  when I first played this game it blew me away.  I advise everyone to play it.

Mario RPG ranks better in my list. It's one of the best out there, with tons of sense of humor.

It was a Nintendo - Square Soft co-production. It made me dream huge about Final Fantasy 64.

38. Beneath a Steel Sky (PC)

This one could be unfamiliar to a lot of people, but it's definitely deserving of a place in my list. BASS is a classic point and click adventure game. The game takes place in Australia in a dystopian future, sometime after some kind of nuclear fallout ravages the Earth. It follows Robert Foster, who was raised in the Australian Outback after a plane crash in his youth. He builds a talking robot called Joey, who has his personality stored on a circuit board meaning you can place him in any kind of robotic device, which you do many times throughout the game. Foster is kidnapped by security forces and returned to civilisation, but he manages to escape after the helicopter he was being transported in crashes, and you are left to discover why the security forces wanted him. I played this after it was made available for free back in 2003, and you can still download it perfectly legally through the ScummVm website.

No. 38: Final Fantasy X (PS2)

A somewhat controversial choice. I was really looking forward to this when it was released and I remember my original thoughts were "Holy crap, this looks amazing!". The graphics really were amazing for the time, but on top of that it had some entertaining characters, some good level design, and a battle system that both improved the pace and strategy of the battles. The story was also quite interesting although let down by the horrible Western voice acting. The FF purists may complain it lacked a world map and was too linear, but playing through again it actually has a variety of different areas to visit & later revisit, a good number of optional bosses and an enjoyable mini game in Blitzball. 

38. Starfox 64

I never owned the original game and decided to redeem myself by downloading it from the VC.  I still suck at it, but the game is so much fun. 

too early lawllawl

I agree lawllawl

38. Bahamut Lagoon (SNES)

This funny depiction of cute little sprites going to war with their pet dragons in tow is basically a checklist of things I like. Strategy RPG? Check! SNES era Squaresoft? Check check check! Feeding porn mags to a dragon? Shit, I'd never even thought about that before, but CHECK! A creepy old man who wants to touch your butt? (Check, but please don't tell anyone.) I was only ever able to play this thanks to a wonderfully done fan translation. Squaresoft are such dicks for never localizing this awesome game. But hey! You got a Bastard Sword and Aurora that the octopus spit out!