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Runa216 said:

14 - Was originally the 4th in the series but got a subtitle instead. also, the open-world map allowed for more versatility in its levels.

 - Poor dinosaurs must be sacrificed to make better jumps. 

Super Mario World



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Runa216 said:

30 - The best game on a new console. Also, don't look up rule 34 of the female lead, you'll find a lot of admittedly sexy art.

 - The game was released this year and is the newest entry on my list. 

23 - The main villain turns out to be...An Alien! don't worry, you're not in Kansas anymore.

 - Item 1 gets you high. Item 2 makes you go fast. Item 3 looks pretty sweet.

20 - While it's not all a dream, it wasn't real...or is it? A performance, but maybe more.

 - If you beat the game, you can start over on New Game Plus with unlimited power items. It might be the first example of NG+

19 - I go after The sponge before the Gator so I can get a more powerful gun early.

 - The optional super weapon is from a fighting game. This game is not a fighting game. 

17 - Trust me, you don't wanna get the chip sets, because you can only have one at a time, but if you wait until the final levels you can have all four.

 - Why in the world didn't the cutting weapon cut the ropes? Why did you have to use some weird electric punch?! Makes no sense. 

14 - Was originally the 4th in the series but got a subtitle instead. also, the open-world map allowed for more versatility in its levels.

 - Poor dinosaurs must be sacrificed to make better jumps. 

10 - This game also features almost all the content and DLC from its previous three iterations, making it a definitive edition of sorts.

 - I think it holds the record for most consecutive weeks of DLC. 2,553 pieces of DLC between now and November 2007.

09 - You can't play this game on your fridge's LCD but if you could I'd absolutely buy it. 10 years later and I'm still not sick of this game.

 - the joke is that this game has been rereleased on pretty much every console ever and just got its 10-year anniversary. 

08 - The polar opposite of the last game in the franchise, which was linear and heavily story-based. this one is open and exploration-based.

 - If you do a bad job cooking, it gets censored like Japanese porn. 

05 - This game is the reason I got into the Dark Souls franchise, despite not liking it all that much the first time I played it, and it not being a Souls game.

 - Starring: Tampons! 

04 - I've always loved this game, but Sequelitis made me realize just how amazing this game actually is from a design perspective.

 - If you kill the Penguin first, the mammoth's level gets frozen over.

30 - Metroid Dread?

09 - Skyrim

08 - Breath of the Wild



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XBox: Kenjabish

Runa216 said:

23 - The main villain turns out to be...An Alien! don't worry, you're not in Kansas anymore.

 - Item 1 gets you high. Item 2 makes you go fast. Item 3 looks pretty sweet.

19 - I go after The sponge before the Gator so I can get a more powerful gun early.

 - The optional super weapon is from a fighting game. This game is not a fighting game. 

04 - I've always loved this game, but Sequelitis made me realize just how amazing this game actually is from a design perspective.

 - If you kill the Penguin first, the mammoth's level gets frozen over.

23: Mega Man 2

19: At first I though this was Mega Man X, but after seeing the hints for #4 I'm not entirely sure. Did X2 have something like Hadouken as well?

4: Mega Man X



Runa216 said:

20 - While it's not all a dream, it wasn't real...or is it? A performance, but maybe more.

 - If you beat the game, you can start over on New Game Plus with unlimited power items. It might be the first example of NG+

I feel like this could be Super Mario Bros 3 (curtains opening, action on stage at the start up screen), but sure there's earlier examples of NG+



Runa216 said:

30 - The best game on a new console. Also, don't look up rule 34 of the female lead, you'll find a lot of admittedly sexy art.

 - The game was released this year and is the newest entry on my list. 

23 - The main villain turns out to be...An Alien! don't worry, you're not in Kansas anymore.

 - Item 1 gets you high. Item 2 makes you go fast. Item 3 looks pretty sweet.

20 - While it's not all a dream, it wasn't real...or is it? A performance, but maybe more.

 - If you beat the game, you can start over on New Game Plus with unlimited power items. It might be the first example of NG+

19 - I go after The sponge before the Gator so I can get a more powerful gun early.

 - The optional super weapon is from a fighting game. This game is not a fighting game. 

17 - Trust me, you don't wanna get the chip sets, because you can only have one at a time, but if you wait until the final levels you can have all four.

 - Why in the world didn't the cutting weapon cut the ropes? Why did you have to use some weird electric punch?! Makes no sense. 

14 - Was originally the 4th in the series but got a subtitle instead. also, the open-world map allowed for more versatility in its levels.

 - Poor dinosaurs must be sacrificed to make better jumps. 

10 - This game also features almost all the content and DLC from its previous three iterations, making it a definitive edition of sorts.

 - I think it holds the record for most consecutive weeks of DLC. 2,553 pieces of DLC between now and November 2007.

09 - You can't play this game on your fridge's LCD but if you could I'd absolutely buy it. 10 years later and I'm still not sick of this game.

 - the joke is that this game has been rereleased on pretty much every console ever and just got its 10-year anniversary. 

08 - The polar opposite of the last game in the franchise, which was linear and heavily story-based. this one is open and exploration-based.

 - If you do a bad job cooking, it gets censored like Japanese porn. 

05 - This game is the reason I got into the Dark Souls franchise, despite not liking it all that much the first time I played it, and it not being a Souls game.

 - Starring: Tampons! 

04 - I've always loved this game, but Sequelitis made me realize just how amazing this game actually is from a design perspective.

 - If you kill the Penguin first, the mammoth's level gets frozen over.

Were my guesses correct

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9346538



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drbunnig said:

Super Mario World

Yep! Love that game! 

kenjab said:

30 - Metroid Dread?

09 - Skyrim

08 - Breath of the Wild

30 - Nope! but I can see where the confusion came in

09 - Absolutely! Would play this on my fridge if I could! 

08 - Delicious. Amazing. Just so freeee! 

Darashiva said:

23: Mega Man 2

19: At first I though this was Mega Man X, but after seeing the hints for #4 I'm not entirely sure. Did X2 have something like Hadouken as well?

4: Mega Man X

23 - Yup! Best in the classic series by far. 

19 - you're on the right path, because 4 is correct. just....it's very close. 

04 - Ridin' on cars! (Yes, this is accurate) 

drbunnig said:

I feel like this could be Super Mario Bros 3 (curtains opening, action on stage at the start up screen), but sure there's earlier examples of NG+

20 - correct! Shocked it took this long! 



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3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android

Link_Nines.XBC said:

Were my guesses correct

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9346538

Yeah! did I not respond earlier? My bad, sorry! 



My Console Library:

PS5, Switch, XSX

PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360

3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android

#11

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC)

YoY: -4

This is the game that introduced me to the Trails series, and considering it is now behind only Final Fantasy and Dark Souls among my favourite video game series, I'm very happy that I ended up stumbling across Trails in the Sky on Steam five years ago. There's very little about this game that I don't love. The few minor shortcomings that there are can generally be attributed to the game's age, and everything else about it is genuinely excellent. 

The way this game also sets up events that are still unfolding nine games later is quite amazing. While in this first game those things are largely just hinted at, it is the title that began unveiling a world that has expanded to include dozens of characters, multiple nations, hundreds of years of history, and much more. What initially seemed like a relatively straightforward journey of two characters growing up and achieving their dreams has grown to become one of the best-written and most expansive fantasy worlds across any medium.



Guessed by drbunnig

When most people think about 2D Platformers they often think about 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Super Mario Bros. 3' (#13), 'Super Mario World', 'Donkey Kong Country' or one of the modern indie titles. Those are all great and all, but the genre found its peak in 1995 with a little game called 'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'. A sequel in name only, and more often remembered as just 'Yoshi's Island', this is very much its own game and is totally different than its namesake. Different in all the right ways though because every aspect of it seems to have been improved. Most of all, the game is absolutely beautiful.

The art direction here, the hand-drawn crayon look, is gorgeous. At first, the game was supposed to look like how Donkey Kong Country looks; sprites made from 3D models. The game's intro is still evidence to that fact. However at some point the designers decided to do it differently instead. This is so successfully unique, that I'd argue this is still one of, if not the, prettiest game ever made. All the polygons in the world with textures that are too realistic like in a lot of modern games is boring and forgettable. Things like this though most definitely aren't and it shows that good artists can make a game.



Nay? Second hint then;

#1: This game was initially supposed to only take place in one building.

Hint 2: This building is a castle, a castle that at least by name is still in the game, at the very end.