2024 Game Clear Thread

[The Shoemaker]

Jan 18. Advance Wars Re-Boot Camp (AW1 - Switch)
Jan 21. Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
Feb 04. Cocoon (XSX)
Feb 08. Golden Sun (GBA NSO)
Mar 09. Advance Wars 1 + 2 Reboot Camp (Switch)
Mar 17. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)
Mar 24. Super Mario RPG (Switch)
Mar 29. Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (3DS)
Apr 01. Mario & Luigi Partners in Time (DS)
Apr 28. Fallout New Vegas (X360)
May 15 Super Mario Land (GB NSO)
May 18 Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch)
Jun 02. Star Wars Jedi Survivor (XSX)
Jun 08. Animal Well (PS5)
Jun 09. Mega Man Dr. Willy's Revenge (GB NSO)
Jun 11. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (Switch)
June 21. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong (Switch)
June 23. METROID Zero Mission (GBA NSO)
July 10. Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (XSX)
Jul 18. Kid Icarus (NES NSO)
Jul 20. The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap (GBA NSO)
Jul 20. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (3DS)
Jul 21. Warioware Gold (3DS)
Aug 31. Pizza Tower (Switch)
Sep 07. Star Fox 64 (Switch NSO)
Sep 12. Octopath Traveler II (Switch)
Oct 12. The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom
Oct 19. Silent Hill 2 (PS5)
Oct 26. Castlevania Circle of the Moon (Switch)
Oct 27. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (Switch)
Nov 03. Banjo-Kazooie (Switch NSO)
Nov 11. Banjo-Tooie (Switch NSO)
Nov 14. Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble (Switch)
Nov 25. Donkey Kong Land (Switch NSO)
Dec 01. Mario & Luigi Brothership (Switch)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)
Jun 14. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (Switch)
Sep 12. Octopath Traveler II (Switch)
Oct 12. The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom
Nov 03. Banjo-Kazooie (Switch NSO)
Nov 11. Banjo-Tooie (Switch NSO)

Huge fan of the mario and luigi games through the years, so I was happy to see them come back in a new game. Honestly always wondered what the series would look like on a home console.

Combat in the game is as great as ever, and despite a new developer it was nice to see so many callbacks to previous games, from deliberate references to animations of the characters themselves. The game has a lot of charm. I do think it was about 10 hours too long (took me 45 hours to finish) and the script is (imo) not as funny as previous games in the series. Still, great entry this series.

[Kong Wen]

November progress. Home stretch now.

2024 PROGRESS

FINISHED:

01-02 - 10 Seconds to Win (Steam)
01-02 - Dogs Organized Neatly (Steam)
01-03 - Microsoft Wordament (Mobile)
01-04 - Cats Organized Neatly (Steam)
03-11 - Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (PS5)
08-01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (PS4 via PS5)
08-05 - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (PS5)
10-24 - Howl (PS5)
10-26 - Balatro (PS5)
11-26 - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS5)
11-27 - Captain Commando (PS5)
11-27 - Battle Circuit (PS5)
12-01 - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS5) - Nightmare Mode

COMPLETE:

01-02 - 10 Seconds to Win (Steam)
01-02 - Dogs Organized Neatly (Steam)
01-03 - Microsoft Wordament (Mobile)
01-04 - Cats Organized Neatly (Steam)
08-01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (PS4 via PS5)
10-24 - Howl (PS5)

MASTERED:

08-01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (PS4 via PS5) - Red Mage Rampage

PLATINUM:

08-01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (PS4 via PS5)
10-24 - Howl (PS5)

PROGRESS   2020   2021   2022   2023   2024
Finished     10      2     10     39     13
Complete      3      1      8     33      6
Mastered      1      1      1      2      1
Platinum      2      0      2      9      2

PREVIOUS   2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019
Finished     36     59     57     96     58      7     14     17     17     11
Complete     12     27     27     46     28      7     10      9     11     10
Mastered      1      0      1      3      2      1      0      4      2      1
Platinum      5      3      2     13      8      3      4      5      5      4

2024-11-26 - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS5) - First run through this solid Castlevania homage. Looks like I have to beat it a few more times for more endings/difficulty modes, but it's short and fun. Finished Nightmare mode as well. The different characters add slightly different abilities that let you reach different areas in the stages or tackle the bosses in different ways, so much of the challenge of the various endings will just be doing things differently.