Runa216 said:
Michael-5 said:
Well you're older then me, I was 7 when Super Mario RPG released, and I beat it by rental as a kid. Didn't buy the game until I was 18 or so, and I when I beat it multiple times, I did it as a kid, over emulator, and then when I got it, multiple times each.
You were 10/11 when SMRPG came out, you were old enough to buy your own games when it came out, and maybe even bought it at kept it. Super Mario RPG to you is like Mario Kart 64 to me in terms of mental awareness (I bought it new, never sold it, and probably put in over 1,000 hours.....no joke, into it over the last 14 years or so, always playing with friends).
Had I been as old as you when it came out, I could easily see myself beating it over a dozen times. It's an excellent game. Same with FFVI, I'm currently working on that (own a GBA copy of the game, but I play the GBA ROM on my phone in my spare time). It reminds me a lot like FFII, but with a deeper, more sophisticated story.
It's a little odd that you play DKC more then Wii, don't you like DKCR? However it's not sad. I probably play as much N64/PS1 (Mario Party 2 and Mario Kart get togethers) as I do Wii as well. Wii has some great games though, and f*** I can't want for XenoBlade. This is my first day 1 buy for the Wii.
Super Mario RPG is probably my 4th favorite game of all time, after Mario Kart 64, Mass Effect 2, and Chrono Trigger, but as ME2 ages, it might fall down a few slots.
Damn man... I missed out on so many great SNES and PS1 RPG's. My Nintendo loyalty really made me miss out on what PS1 had to offer (although I had a PS1, I only played mainstream games like GT, Tony Hawk, and Twisted Metal).
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I really don't think 3 years difference is all that much, to be honest. 7-10 is still "public school kid" age, so I don't really think that's an excuse *whips* No leniency for you! but either way, I was a huge gamer in the 90's, and my playing habits dwindled sometime in 2003 and stayed lax till like 2008 when I got into gaming again a lot. I always stayed on top of the events, but most of my gaming has been done in the 90's and the last couple year. That said, my habits have changed a LOT since then. I used to play and master every game I played, replaying them time and time again. almost every game from the 90's that's in my list have at least a dozen full playthroughs under my belt (including games like Final Fantasy VII and the like). Now I beat a game, soak it in...then move on. The fact that I beat Donkey Kong Country Returns with 100% (continued playing after I beat it) is a miracle, and Rayman Origins is another one I'm gonna be gunning for 100% in. Only three games this generation have made me play through them more than once.
As for the "I play Donkey Kong Country Returns more than Wii games" comment, you misunderstood. I've put more time and effort into the Donkey Kong Country games on the virtual console than I have ALL my other Wii titles put together. However, once I got Donkey Kong Country Returns, I played it for like three months before I leant my system to my girlfriend...and haven't got it back since. She's still playing it and all the goodies I left on it for her to discover (she's new to that kind of gaming, 90% of her activity has been PS2 RPG's).
but yes, Donkey Kong Country Returns is da bomb giggity. I would love for them to make a Mario RPG game on 3DS or WiiU. PReferably 3DS becuase I have one of them and I'm still not sold on WiiU...and given the lackluster second half of that system's life, I doubt I'll be getting one. (a few gems, but a whole lot of nothing.)
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