Yeeeeaaaah, I think Romancing SaGa 2 is gonna be my game of the year, despite the sometimes hiccups on the Switch version. The game is just one of the better blast I had with one since Octopath Traveler 2 and Xenoblade 3. Square Enix strikes again with their AA RPGs !

Makes me sad to think that will likely slow down during the Switch sucessor generation :(

I loved the demo of RS2, it's really good, but unfortunately I played it on my Steam Deck and the save didn't transfer to the full game as it should, so I didn't feel like playing through the demo again and decided to leave my playthrough for next year, maybe. It sucks cause I was really loving the game, but oh well.

I think I forgot to mention but I finished Kirby's Dream Course on NSO recently.

I dont know how I was able to beat this game back in the day on the SNES when I rented it, its short but it can be frustrating at some points.

Game: Kirby's Dream Course
Genre: Sports (Golf)
Developer: HAL
Publisher: Nintendo
System: Nintendo Switch Online (NSO)
Year of Release: 2019
Length of Playthrough: 3 Hours

Score: 68 out of 100

+Unique twist to Golf style gameplay and 8 courses with 8 stage each with a final boss battle totaling 65 stages 

-No tutorials

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Score wise comparison of all Kirby games I played...

Kirby's Dream Land (GB): 65
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB): 76
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES): 87
Kirby's Adventure (NES): 89
Kirby Nightmare in Dream Land (GBA): 92
Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards (N64): 78
Kirby Squeak Squad (NDS): 90
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii): 86
Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii): 85
Kirby Triple Deluxe (3DS): 94
Kirby Planet Robobot (3DS): 95
Kirby Star Allies (NS): 96
Kirby Super Star (SNES): 100
Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS): 100
Kirby's Dream Course (SNES): 68
Kirby's Dream Course (NSO): 68
Kirby Canvas Curse (DS): 71

I am shocked and appalled by these ratings.

Which ones and why?

Mostly Canvas Curse, Dream Course, Star Allies, Crystal Shards, and Squeak Squad.

Let me guess, you love Canvas Curse, Dream Course, Crystal Shards...

And hate Star Allies and Squeak Squad?

I'm the opposite lol

I didnt like Canvas Curse and Dream Course because I'm not a fan of the gameplay of those two games. Mostly cause of the genres both games are. I love Kirby's platformers.

Crystal Shards I didnt like how slow it was compared to the 2D Kirby games (and as a result the ones that came out after Crystal Shards imo felt better gameplay wise).

Squeak Squad I really enjoyed though there are far better 2D style Kirby games. Star Allies is one of my favorite modern Kirby games - alongside Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot.

For me Triple Deluxe, Planet Robobot and Star Allies are my favorite Kirby games of the modern era (2010s and afterwards) - in similar fashion to how Kirby's Super Star, Kirby's Dreamland 3 and Kirby's Adventure/Nightmare in Dreamland was my top favorite 3 Kirby games in the 1990s/2000s.

Yup. I'd call Canvas Curse a platformer, but whatever you call it it's an awesome game regardless of what genre it is. Same for Dream Course.

Don't think Crystal shards is much slower than Dreamland 3. Both of the games kind of center around fun power combinations, and Crystal Shards has way more fun combinations. 

Squeak Squad and Star Allies are stupid easy, even graded on the curve of Kirby games. Star Allies at least had the kind of fun bonus content, but I honestly can't think of any reason to play Squeak Squad over Amazing Mirror, Superstar, Planet Robobot, etc. It's fine, but it doesn't do anything that the other games don't do much better. At least the spin off titles offer something unique.

Speaking of Amazing Mirror - I tried it twice over the years and dropped it each time, just cant stand Metroidvania type of games.

I'll try it again in the future since its on NSO.