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I feel like also the fact I'm getting use to the controls, overworld and everything makes it harder as well. I feel like my experience with the sequel will be different.

Beaten:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
2/5 - Turok (Switch [N64])
2/8 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (PSN [Arcade])
2/17 - Makaimura for WonderSwan (WonderSwan)
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/7 - Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch)
3/10 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
3/23 - Dragon Quest (Switch [NES])
3/26 - Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Switch)
4/4 - Doom 64 (Switch)
4/21 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
4/24 - Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
5/1 - Streets of Rage 4 (PSN [PS4])
5/20 - Bare Knuckle III (Steam [Mega Drive])
5/21 - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube)
5/23 - Forza Horizon 3: Horizon Hot Wheels (Xbone [DLC])
5/26 - Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Xbone)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])
7/5 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch [Wii])
7/11 - Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line (Switch [NES])
7/16 - Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
7/26 - Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Switch[NES])
8/10 - Gate of Thunder (VC [TGCD])
8/26 - Battletoads (Xbone)
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/24 - Yakuza 0 (PS4)
10/4 - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)
10/12 - Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (SNES)
10/30 - Goku Makaimura Kai (PSP)
11/16 - Super Mario Bros. 2 (G&W [FDS])

At long last, by finishing Japan's Mario 2 (aka The Lost Levels), I have beaten all of the Super Mario platformers, a fact I've long been able to claim with a caveat. I love this series, but this Mario-Makeresque sequel never really felt great to me. Nevertheless, I'm glad to have beaten it because it's a damned hard game, and it's one of the chosen few Mario games that lets you play as Luigi right on first boot. That's fun! Yes, I used warp zones, yes I looked up the more fiendish tricks the game plays. I don't care. I beat it! A game that bested me in my childhood is checked off the list. Always a good feeling.

Plus, it'll probably go down *forever* as the only game I'll ever beat with the platform indicator of "G&W [FDS]", so that's fun too.

Blog post

Completed:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/14 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])

Rebeaten:
9/25 - Super Mario 64 (Switch [N64])

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0032
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0005
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Beaten:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
2/5 - Turok (Switch [N64])
2/8 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (PSN [Arcade])
2/17 - Makaimura for WonderSwan (WonderSwan)
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/7 - Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch)
3/10 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
3/23 - Dragon Quest (Switch [NES])
3/26 - Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Switch)
4/4 - Doom 64 (Switch)
4/21 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
4/24 - Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
5/1 - Streets of Rage 4 (PSN [PS4])
5/20 - Bare Knuckle III (Steam [Mega Drive])
5/21 - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube)
5/23 - Forza Horizon 3: Horizon Hot Wheels (Xbone [DLC])
5/26 - Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Xbone)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])
7/5 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch [Wii])
7/11 - Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line (Switch [NES])
7/16 - Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
7/26 - Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Switch[NES])
8/10 - Gate of Thunder (VC [TGCD])
8/26 - Battletoads (Xbone)
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [HD Remaster] (PS4 [PS1])
9/24 - Yakuza 0 (PS4)
10/4 - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)
10/12 - Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (SNES)
10/30 - Goku Makaimura Kai (PSP)
11/16 - Super Mario Bros. 2 (G&W [FDS])
11/19 - Yakuza Kiwami (PS4 [PS2])

Damn this game and series rule. I think I liked this game even better than Zero, but a lot of that may just be that Zero gave me the foundation to connect with and enjoy the characters in Kiwami (remake of 1) even more. Still a *long* way to go to complete Kiryu's story, but I like where this is headed. I look forward to playing all the games I have left, even though it looks like that's gonna be well over 100 hours of games.

In the meantime, I'll probably take a quick break from the series to squeeze something else in. Maybe Dragon Quest IV? I'll see what strikes me, but that's seeming likely. Can't get enough of either of these series right now.

Blog post

Completed:
1/11 - Ghosts'n Goblins (PS3 [Arcade])
3/3 - Bust-A-Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
3/14 - Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (PSN [Sega CD])
3/22 - Tearaway (PS Vita)
7/2 - Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PSN [N64])

Rebeaten:
9/25 - Super Mario 64 (Switch [N64])

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Progress - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020
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Finished - 0024 - 0041 - 0034 - 0022 - 0025 - 0014 - 0019 - 0025 - 0033
Complete - 0000 - 0004 - 0005 - 0001 - 0002 - 0001 - 0002 - 0002 - 0005
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Starting off the new generation in style by beating the PS5's splendid 3D platformer pack-in, Astro's Playroom. You know me, I don't normally enjoy 3D platformers, but this one is tight and focused enough to keep up the enjoyment throughout, and it's filled to the brim with adorable PlayStation callbacks from the past 25 years.

The reason this is a platinum but not a complete is because there's a sub-7-minute speedrun component that I'm about halfway through right now. But I'll get it.

2020 PROGRESS

FINISHED:

01-19 - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PS4) - Normal Mode
01-22 - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PS4) - Hard Mode
04-23 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) - Credits
04-24 - Langrisser M (Mobile)
07-08 - Tetris 99 (Switch)
07-12 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
07-17 - Picross S4 (Switch)
11-20 - Astro's Playroom (PS5)

COMPLETE:
10-01 - Picross S4 (Switch)

MASTERED:
10-01 - Picross S4 (Switch)

PLATINUM:
11-20 - Astro's Playroom (PS5)

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| Finished -    8 |
| Complete -    1 |
| Mastered -    1 |
| Platinum -    1 |
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Kong Wen wrote: ↑21 Nov 2020 05:53 You know me, I don't normally enjoy 3D platformers

I find this funny, because the prospect of a quality 3D platformer pack-in was the tipping point in me wanting a PS5 lol.

Gratz on the Plat!

Kong Wen wrote: ↑21 Nov 2020 05:53 The reason this is a platinum but not a complete is because there's a sub-7-minute speedrun component that I'm about halfway through right now. But I'll get it.

Oh, PS, for those wondering if that's how small and tight and focused the game is—no, that's not sub-7-minutes for the whole game. There's a separate speedrun "zone" with courses based on the other areas of the game.

Claytone wrote: ↑21 Nov 2020 06:49 I find this funny, because the prospect of a quality 3D platformer pack-in was the tipping point in me wanting a PS5 lol.

Gratz on the Plat!

Thanks!

OK, that speedrun didn't take long (lol). That's 100% on Astro's Playroom. Time to move on to some other PS5 games! (Or PS4 games on PS5.) (Or Astro Bot's Rescue Mission on PSVR since I'm charmed by this little robo buddy right now.)

2020 PROGRESS

FINISHED:

01-19 - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PS4) - Normal Mode
01-22 - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PS4) - Hard Mode
04-23 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) - Credits
04-24 - Langrisser M (Mobile)
07-08 - Tetris 99 (Switch)
07-12 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
07-17 - Picross S4 (Switch)
11-20 - Astro's Playroom (PS5)

COMPLETE:
10-01 - Picross S4 (Switch)
11-21 - Astro's Playroom (PS5)

MASTERED:
10-01 - Picross S4 (Switch)

PLATINUM:
11-20 - Astro's Playroom (PS5)

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| Progress - 2020 |
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| Finished -    8 |
| Complete -    2 |
| Mastered -    1 |
| Platinum -    1 |
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Soma (PS4)
Guacamelee (PS4)
Samurai Warriors 4 (PS4)
Streets of Rage (Genesis via PS4)
Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis via PS4)
Resident Evil - normal mode (PS4)
The Order: 1886 (PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered (PS4)
The Sword of Vermilion (Genesis via PS4)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered - crushing mode (PS4)
Shadow Dancer (Genesis via PS4)
Streets of Rage 4 (PS4)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis via PS4)
Outlast II - normal mode (PS4)
Outlast II - nightmare mode (PS4)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - crushing mode (PS4)
Vigilante (Arcade via PS4)
Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
Ristar (Genesis via PS4)
Suikoden (PS1 via PS3)
God of War: Ascension (PS3)
X-Men (arcade via PS3)
Silent Hill (PS1 via PS3)

+ Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (PS2 via PS3)

2020 total games beaten = 24 (14 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:

30.11 — Yo-kai Watch 1 (Switch)

There was probably a couple others this year but I forgot when.

Jan 03. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Switch)
Jan 10. Captain Toad Treasure Tracker DLC (Switch)
Jan 10. Defunct (Switch)
Jan 20. Outer Wilds (XBO)
Feb 14. Donut County (Switch)
Feb 22. Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows
Apr 04. Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
May 04. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Switch)
May 08. Fire Emblem Three Houses: Golden Deer (Switch)
Jun 27. The Last of Us Part II (PS4)
Aug 05. Paper Mario The Origami King (Switch)
Aug 07. Carrion (XBO)
Aug 09. Alan Wake (X360)
Aug 17. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Aug 28. Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition (Switch)
Sep 15. Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (switch)
Sep 20. Super Mario Sunshine (Switch)
Sep 24. Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
Sep 28. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Switch)
Oct 07. Super Mario 64 (Switch)
Oct 13. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
Oct 23. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (XBO)
Nov 01. Hollow Knight (Switch)
Nov 10. Xenoblde Chronicles Future Connected (Switch)
Dec 03. Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (XSX)

Complete:
Sep 20. Super Mario Sunshine (Switch)
Oct 07. Super Mario 64 (Switch)

Fallen Order was a very enjoyable metroid/souls-lite experience. Also made for a nice star wars story that did a good job of expanding the lore. Cliché, but it really makes you feel like a Jedi.