Monday, April 14, 2025

Split Fiction

  • Nintendo-level of pure fun and enjoyment nearly the entire time
  • Most puzzles had the difficulty just right and were fun to solve together
  • Boss fights were all a lot of fun too. I just really like having fun
  • ZOEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

 



Monday, April 7, 2025

Magical Chase (GBC)

Played a translated rom of this game as it was a JP only release
  • Light and breezy shmup/cute 'em up which I tend to like since I'm not good enough/have the patience to learn enemy patterns in most shmups
  • It was fun using the shop to power up my ship, I mean broomstick
  • Genuinely impressive visuals and performance from a GBC game
  • Cool bosses
  • Sleeping baby


 


 

Monday, March 31, 2025

Operation C

  • A legit-ass Contra game on Gameboy. Really wish I had this back when I was a kid
  • Hilariously bad jump
     


Thursday, March 27, 2025

Kirby's Dream Land 2

  • Really fun and a big improvement over the original. Tons of creativity packed into a little tiny bitch ass cartridge
  • Was pleasantly surprised by the difficulty in some sections
  • Is Rick the greatest character in the entire history of video games? Yes.




 

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Batman (Gameboy)

  • Fun little game. Had way more power ups and weapons than I expected
  • Hilarious difficulty spike in final level before final boss. I'm typically not one to use save states in the middle of levels but I made an exception for this one
  • Cool shmup levels, probably inspired by Super Mario Land if I had to guess
  • Forgot to take a picture of the ending on my Miyoo. I'm really sorry


 

Monday, March 10, 2025

TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan

  • Randomly decided to play this among a few other old GB games since they are short and sweet
  • A surprisingly decent game. I had fun with the 30 minutes I played
  • Great music, especially on a Gameboy. Come to find out it was all made by Michiru Yamane so that checks out
  • First game I beat with my baby in my lap

                                             

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Final Fantasy XVI

  • Huge update for 2025: No longer putting Completed in my titles.
  • I loved this game a lot and how much of a spectacle it is. Being in awe at times at some of the boss battles and cutscenes reminded me of being a kid and being blown away by the graphics in the PS1 FF titles
  • Found myself surprisingly very into the story. Some pretty cool characters
  • The combat feels amazing and the boss fights are dope as hell
  • Definitely has some pacing issues/dips in the action. Weak side quests



 

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2024 In Review

  1. Super Mario RPG
  2. Super Mario 64
  3. Klonoa 1
  4. Penny's Big Breakaway
  5. Mega Man Zero
  6. Mega Man Zero 3
  7. Pokemon SoulSilver
  8. NEW Super Mario Land
  9. WarioWare: Touched!
  10. NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona
  11. LoZ: Oracle of Seasons
  12. TES: Skyrim
  13. Bioshock Infinite
  14. Spider-Man 2
  15. MGSV
  16. Astro Bot
  17. NFS: Most Wanted (2012)
  18. Contra: Operation Galuga
  19. Paper Mario: TTYD
  20. Spyro the Dragon 1
  21. Dragon's Dogma 2
  22. Mario Party Jamboree
  23. Balatro
  24. GTA: SA
  25. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  26. Alan Wake 2

25 games last year, 26 this year. Probably a LOT less next year. 

Favorite game overall (not just from 2024) would still probably be Astro Bot but I really loved Spider-Man 2, too, also, as well.

Monday, December 30, 2024

Completed: Alan Wake 2

  • Gorgeous game, cool setting, interesting story. Actual gameplay a little tedious at times
  • The Alan Wake sequences could become frustrating and aimless at least for me since me not so smart or think good
  • The plot board was a cool mechanic that got pretty old over time, especially in the above mentioned Alan Wake parts
  • I gobble all that FBC/Control crossover shit like a hungry hippo. I really enjoy Remedy's world building and writing 
  • Stupid jump scares

 


Friday, December 20, 2024

Completed: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

  • Having played Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi this year I can now say the M&L games are my favorite flavor of Mario RPGs
  • Not crazy about switching between Bowser and the brothers. I would rather just be the Bros but I do appreciate them trying something different
  • All the special attacks are so fun
  • Funny dialogue. Laughed quite a bit more at this than TTYD
  • Toads with the Blorbs and fat goombas with the lollipops are my favorite things from this game
  • Cute ending