I've just checked and it's 5 bucks on Steam, I'll buy it tonight!

Edit: $7.50 for both games of the series, god I love Steam!

26. Super Mario Sunshine, GC (2002) Nintendo (25 last year)
As much as this is the weakest of the console 3D Mario games (and it indeed is), being weakest of a superlative breed still gets it this far up the list. Super Mario 64 had two distinct flavors: tests of skill and searching for stuff. The Galaxy games went with the test of skill route, but Super Mario Sunshine was much more about large worlds, and much of the game's fun came from parkour-esque point-a-to-point-b travels. Worth more than it's remembered for.

Number 25 also relies on water in significantly large amounts, but as a tool of an ancient apocalypse wiping out a beloved locale of gaming history.

All too easy, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

I know :/ I need to step my game up on this.

45. Monster Hunter
44. Ratchet and Clank
43. The Darksiders
42. Resident Evil 5
41. Assassin Creed 2
40. Mortal Kombat
39. Killzone 3
38. Ratchet and Clank 3
37. Bloody Roar 3
36. Monster Hunter 2
35. Assassin Creed Brotherhood
34. Tekken 6
33. Ratchet and Clank 2
32. Gravity Rush
31. Tekken 5 Dark
30. Mass Effect 2
29. God of War 2
28. Resistance 1
27. The Darkness
26. Tekken 4


25 is one of the most hype new ip of this generation.

#27. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Oh look another Zelda game! I love the Zelda series, both in 2D and 3D (stay tuned to know which one I prefer the most), Twilight Princess was no exception, I bought it along with my Wii at launch and I couldn't have dreamed of a better launch game. It featured the proven 3D Zelda formula with the addition of Wii controls. While swinging your sword with a flick of the wrist was not the 1:1 experience I had hoped for, shooting arrows with using the IR pointer was incredibly satisfying. While I didn't particularly like the Wolf-only sections of the game, I really started to appreciate Wolf-Link once you are allowed to change from Wolf to Link at will.

#26. Mario Kart 64 (N64, VC)

Mario Kart 64 is the basis all other Mario Kart games that were made afterwards. It changed the way you drove your kart quite a bit and also introduced the mini-boost mechanic. I've gotten so used to this way of driving in Mario Kart that I can't go back to the original game on the SNES. The courses were well designed and I made sure I got the gold trophies in all of the cups. But the mode that I enjoyed the most in Mario Kart 64 was the Battle Mode. The maps are simple but tons of fun, the abondance of stars helped counter-balance red shells. Nothing was more satisfying than driving towards someone who thinks he's so smart with his red shell only to activate a star at the last second and ram his sorry ass. Stealing balloons with mushrooms was also wonderful to pull off.

My #26 was remade during the seventh generation, then ported elsewhere.

#25 Hint:

"We used to be lucky if we got three shades of gray, let alone any real colors!"
"We used to have to survive with a two frame walk!"
"We never had any of this fancy 3-D stuff! Oh no, we had to survive on what we had!"
"3 lives and 3 continues, that's all we had!"

#26: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
Last Year: New

To say that Skyrim is an impressive game is quite the understatement. Skyrim is probably the most impressive game I've ever played. An enormous world (another understatement) to explore... filled to the brim with vibrant cities, mysterious dungeons, snow capped mountains (which are a pain in the butt to cross), and flora and fauna of all shapes and sizes. There's literally enough in-game books to fill an actual library, and the game's multitude of different cultures, mythologies, religions, gods, demons, and languages would even make J.R.R. Tolkien blush. Heck, even with the right DLC purchase you can create your own home and have your own in-game family. Looking back, this game is an incredible accomplishment in gaming. It's no surprise that I've played over 320 hours of this game (and still counting).

And it's because of that fact, the fact that this game is so impressive and such an accomplishment in and of itself... that Skyrim is such a frustrating game for me. It had the potential to be one of my favorite games of all time... yet only ends up as just a great one. Despite accomplishing so much, a closer look will reveal numerous flaws. Innumberable amount of glitches serves to annoy (thank goodness I have the PC version with mods and commands), combat can be somewhat dull (Especially armed combat. Luckily being a sneaking-type increases the fun as I try to stay hidden and perform backstabs), some quests are just glorified time-wasters, dungeons for the most part are paint-by-numbers and uninspired in their quality (as are the "puzzles", if you can call them that), and the game's main story isn't anything to write home about (although with the game's open ended style, I can sort of understand why they didn't spend more focus on it. There's a lot more game than just the main story.)

But my biggest complaint is that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lacks heart. For all it's grandiose achievements and wonderful accomplishments, there's very little of this game that will stick with me after all is said and done. There's very little in this game that shows me it has a beating heart underneath. Don't get me wrong, there's still a beat once in a while... and when that happens Skyrim has some of the best moments in gaming (Ironically enough, I really appreciated HeartFire for bringing a little soul into the game. Adopting some of the orphans was such a breath of fresh air and very heart-warming, especially when they accepted you as their parent.). Unfortunately, these moments are far and few between. Because the game is so open and so vast, the game's soul has been spread thin. I will, however, say that Jeremy Soule's work in the Skyrim soundtrack was amazing. One of the best gaming OST's I've come across.

Like I said before, Skyrim could have been one of the (if not the) greatest games I've ever played. But for now it's just a vibrant, detailed, and wonderfully impressive suit... worn by a man in his twilight... with shallowed breath and a slowed beat of his heart.