Super Mario Bros. Deluxe?

Wow, i figured that one would be tougher, unless you had actually played Deluxe and remembered it as something more than another SMB port (for me, it was the first time i played SMB, so it was more memorable for me)

43. Gears of War 2 (X360)



Bigger, better, and more dumbass. As stupid as it is, I really dig the hefty feel of Gears' cover-based third person shooting action with soldiers built like vending machines shooting at aliens, most of whom are also built like vending machines. And occasionally someone gets chainsawed clean in half. Fun! Dom's cackhanded "emotional" storyline aside, the campaign is a nice, mindlessly enjoyable rollercoaster ride, while the multiplayer was a welcome improvement over the first Gears' blindfire shotgun 2 win bullshit. I've since played better third person cover shooters, but I'm still incredibly fond of this one. Even if it is really, really, really dumb.

My 43th is Final Fantasy IV. When I played it, it was on the DS and enjoyed the game quite a lot, but there is one FF game that stands higher on my list.

Paper Mario TTYD?

#43. WarioWare: Touched! (DS)

This is one of the first games I bought for my DS, and one of the most memorable. What makes it special is that it was the first game to really show what the system was all about, and it did a wonderful job of this. The touch controls were really fun and were like nothing I'd ever played before. I also loved the game's sense of humor, and style. Playing this on a bus was awkward, though; sometimes I couldn't help but laugh and people would stare haha

Afraid not, it was actually...

43: Pokemon Ruby (the running shoes)!!
While I'll admit that some of the older games were more fun, the series still held much of its charm for me in this iteration. And like I said, running shoes, seriously. Having to wait until the third badge to get a bike in previous games was a huge pain. You'd never think walking speed would make that much of a difference, but still... That said, I do admittedly like some of the older ones more, haha.
And since I'm technically a bit behind, but really need to go to bed, I'll just post my 42nd pick later today along with a hint for 41.

Hint for my 42nd game: It's a new IP from this gen. People were kind of sad when this game was announced, because they thought it meant that Nintendo wasn't going to be making any more games of another similar franchise (which was much older than this). Nintendo later released another entry in the old series on the same platform.

Time to play catch up! This weekend was a little crazy. ^_~

#45: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001)
Last Year: 42

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon was as much of an impulse buy as you can get. I have no idea why I bought it when the GameBoy Advance launched in 2001, as I had never played a Castlevania game before then. Maybe it was the awesome sprite graphics or maybe it was the thought of battling a plethora of famous monsters from fables and myths. But buy it I did, and at that point I was introduced to the awesomeness that is the Castlevania series. Super tight controls, engaging gameplay, beautiful sprite graphics, awesome music, and a wonderful gothic-inspired world full of monsters and demons to strike down. Not only that, but the game was immensely replayable, with multiple different modes that changed the nature of the gameplay. I played this game so much that it wore down the cartridge... so I bought another one. You know a game is great when you played it to death. Thanks for introducing to the wonderful and sinister world of Castlevania.

#44: Paper Mario (2001)
Last Year: 41

Looking back, the Nintendo 64 had a heck of a final year, and Paper Mario was one of the reasons why. To be honest, besides Pokemon, the RPG genre was never one that interested me at that point in time... but since Mario was part of this new adventure (no shame!), I decided to give the game a try. What I found in my first ever console RPG was a great game with a symple yet always engaging battle system. It didn't hurt that the Paper art style was refreshingly brilliant compared to the polygonal worlds we were accustomed to at the time. Many games that were released during that generation have not aged well when it comes to graphics... or even their gameplay. Paper Mario is not one of those games. It's still as fun as ever to play, and with a tried and true gameplay system, great partners (Lady Bow and Watt are awesome), and great narritive, this game is truly a classic.