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Finished:
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)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)

Splatoon 3 DLC was pretty good. Fun idea to take those mechanics and apply it to a rogue-like setting. It doesn't have as much variety as something like Hades does, but good fun. I was addicted to it playing all weekend.

Finished:
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)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)

SMRPG was great fun, never played more than an hour of the original. You could tell this remake had a lot of heart and was very thoughtful in preserving the style of the original. It's simpler than other Mario RPG's, but the pacing and writing holds it together.

Finished:
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)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)

Superstar Saga was one of my favorite games as a kid and I haven't replayed it since I last had a Game Boy Advance probably. Took me a while to figure out if I wanted to replay the original or try the 3DS remake - I figured may as well go with the new one.

The core game itself holds up well. Nice breezy 14 hour RPG, great pacing always moving on to the next thing. The combat and systems are a bit simple in this first entry, but a bit more depth than Mario RPG before it. May be because I played the game before, but Mario RPG got more laughs out of me than this one.

As for the quality of the remake - it's a pretty good way to play the game. The controls are a little cumbersome now if you just use buttons to cycle through your abilities, but if you use the touch screen it's quicker. Sprite work is nice, but a bit blurry on the 3DS. I'm 50/50 on the remixed music. It's all good quality, but some songs take on a different sort of vibe now compared to the crunchy bops of the GBA. But a lot of songs I prefer over the originals.

At times I thought maybe I would have preferred to have just played the GBA version again, but I think it comes down to me looking for a nostalgia trip, and many things here didn't look or sound exactly like I remembered, but it doesn't mean the remake did a bad job of updating the game.

Finished:
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)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)

After finishing Superstar Saga I thought I would start up the sequel just to see how it looked, and before I knew it I was playing through the whole game.

This is often seen as the Forgotten game in the franchise, sandwiched between the first game in the series and the most popular game in the series. It had been a long time since I played it and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

You have to keep track of two groups now - Mario/Luigi and baby Mario/Luigi. They manage to keep the complexity down quite well, and there was a lot less backtracking than I thought. Combat has a little more depth to it with a lot of options to get in and out quick. The story is a lot more invovled, and I found myself laughing more while playing this compared to the first game.

I thought for sure I'd walk away thinking Superstar Saga was better, but I would say they are pretty equal.

Beaten:
01/02 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS5)
01/05 - Fighting Vipers 2 (PS5 [Arcade])
01/12 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PS5)
01/27 - SpikeOut: Final Edition (PS5 [Arcade])
02/06 - Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch [FDS])
02/22 - Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Switch [FDS])
02/24 - Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Xbox)
03/01 - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (PS5)
03/03 - Berzerk: Recharged (PS5)
03/07 - Raimais (PS4 [Arcade])
03/22 - Jumping Flash! (PS5 [PS1])
03/24 - The King of Fighters XV (PS5)
03/30 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PS5)
03/31 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch)
04/05 - Sunset Riders (PS4 [Arcade])

Knocked out a handful of shorter games plus the mammoth Infinite Wealth over the past few weeks. Really enjoyed Super Mario Bros. Wonder but for some reason left it unfinished for months. Finally rectified that.

Completed:
02/06 - Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch [FDS])
03/03 - Berzerk: Recharged (PS5)

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0038 - 0060 - 0042 - 0038 - 0015
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0006 - 0006 - 0005 - 0006 - 0002
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The Shoemaker wrote: ↑09 Mar 2024 16:18 Month late to the party here, but I liked our write ups of Famicom Detective Club! Honestly you're the first person I've heard of that played these games

Doesn't sound like they are for me, but these along with Another Code are neat little dives into Nintendo's history, and honestly I'm surprised to see them carry these forward.

Ah, thanks again for reading! And yeah, haha, I think I'm the first person I've heard of that's played them too.

Like you inferred, it's definitely difficult to wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone who isn't already a fan of the genre and tolerable of its faults, but it is pretty neat (and rather unlike Nintendo) that they got ports. A welcome surprise!

Beaten:
01/02 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS5)
01/05 - Fighting Vipers 2 (PS5 [Arcade])
01/12 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PS5)
01/27 - SpikeOut: Final Edition (PS5 [Arcade])
02/06 - Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch [FDS])
02/22 - Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Switch [FDS])
02/24 - Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Xbox)
03/01 - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (PS5)
03/03 - Berzerk: Recharged (PS5)
03/07 - Raimais (PS4 [Arcade])
03/22 - Jumping Flash! (PS5 [PS1])
03/24 - The King of Fighters XV (PS5)
03/30 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PS5)
03/31 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch)
04/05 - Sunset Riders (PS4 [Arcade])
04/09 - Mega Man Battle Network (Switch [GBA])

Beat another game! Guess I'll make another post.

Really liked Battle Network. Its cool battle system and charming setting more than make up for some of my problems with it. I hear the sequels clean up some of the rough edges, so I'll have to get to them soon.

Completed:
02/06 - Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch [FDS])
03/03 - Berzerk: Recharged (PS5)

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0038 - 0060 - 0042 - 0038 - 0016
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0006 - 0006 - 0005 - 0006 - 0002
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I beat Myst finally. That game is tough! I’d done it before albeit twenty+ years ago and on a different version. Still the same game though in the mode I’d played.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam)
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4)
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES via PS4)
Castlevania: The Adventure (GB via PS4)
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB via PS4)

+ Myst (Steam)

2024 total games beaten = 7 (1 new)
2023 total games beaten = 23 (19 new)
2022 total games beaten = 35 (26 new)
2021 total games beaten = 18 (12 new)
2020 total games beaten = 26 (16 new)
2019 total games beaten = 28 (20 new)
2018 total games beaten = 29 (16 new)
2017 total games beaten = 25 (22 new)
2016 total games beaten = 38 (21 new)
2015 total games beaten = 25
2014 total games beaten = 35
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35

Finished:
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)

Complete:
Mar 19. Splatoon 3: Side Order (Switch)

After finishing the Fallout show I was in the mode for a game - I had only played Fallout 4 before so I thought I'd give New Vegas a try. Thinking I'd only fool around for an hour, ended up playing it for 50 hours and loved it! Framerate is improved on the series X so it feels good to play overall, but the game is still buggy. Crashes, glitches, sometimes characters ending up inexplicably dead... despite all of that I enjoyed all the different quests and corners of the world to explore.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam)
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4)
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES via PS4)
Castlevania: The Adventure (GB via PS4)
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB via PS4)
Myst (Steam)

+ Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (PS4)

2024 total games beaten = 8 (2 new)
2023 total games beaten = 23 (19 new)
2022 total games beaten = 35 (26 new)
2021 total games beaten = 18 (12 new)
2020 total games beaten = 26 (16 new)
2019 total games beaten = 28 (20 new)
2018 total games beaten = 29 (16 new)
2017 total games beaten = 25 (22 new)
2016 total games beaten = 38 (21 new)
2015 total games beaten = 25
2014 total games beaten = 35
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam)
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4)
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES via PS4)
Castlevania: The Adventure (GB via PS4)
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB via PS4)
Myst (Steam)
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (PS4)

+ Metal Gear Solid (PS1 via PS4)

2024 total games beaten = 9 (3 new)
2023 total games beaten = 23 (19 new)
2022 total games beaten = 35 (26 new)
2021 total games beaten = 18 (12 new)
2020 total games beaten = 26 (16 new)
2019 total games beaten = 28 (20 new)
2018 total games beaten = 29 (16 new)
2017 total games beaten = 25 (22 new)
2016 total games beaten = 38 (21 new)
2015 total games beaten = 25
2014 total games beaten = 35
2013 total games beaten = 17
2012 total games beaten = 37
2011 total games beaten = 35