Completed: Super Mario 3D World

Technically had this beaten awhile ago but I did not want to count it until we had all the stars and stamps collected + every level completed. I know this isn't technically 100% what with all the flags but I do NOT care. Had so much fun playing and completing this and made even more fun doing it all together with B! Would love if they made another 3d Mario like this and 3D Land. There is nothing quite like a Nintendo-developed platformer.

Hell yeah: Wildly creative, incredible amounts of polish, great soundtrack (with nice throwbacks to Galaxy), seemingly endless amount of levels

Fuckin'ell: Champion's Road may be the hardest Mario level I've ever played

Completed (sort of): Mario's Picross

I'm not really counting this one yet since I've only completed the first 64 easy puzzles and am working through the hard ones now but god I love this game/nonograms despite never being into them before. But if Nintendo attaches Mario to any product they are hocking, I'll probably want to play it and this was no exception. It's great to now have something to regularly swap places with Tetris

Completed: Halo 2

What every great sequel should be. Gives you more of what you love about the first game and less of the stuff you didn't. The anniversary edition look incredible too despite being released years ago.

Liked: Setting and story. Murdering aliens with the energy sword

Disliked: Not the biggest fan of the Arbiter missions but do appreciate them trying to tell a story

Completed: Sonic CD

Imma keep it a buck with you: I don't really remember anything too specific in this game as I absolutely flew through it as fast as Sonic possibly could. Not because it's bad by any means but because the levels really allowed you to, ahem, GO FAST. I certainly have no idea about how any of the good or bad future stuff works and I don't really care because it was a fun and colorful experience throughout my time in the game. The developers definitely took advantage of whatever tiny boost they got from the Sega CD, it's a great looking and sounding game. Definitely has some of the coolest looking levels in a Sonic

Loved: Palmtree Panic's Present music from the US OST

Also loved: Palmtree Panic's Past music

Completed: Halo

Awesome first half of the game. A frustrating, monotonous slog for most the of the second part. Still though, a great story that I'm fully invested in and interested to see where it goes and to see how Bungie built upon this surprise, massive success in Halo 2

Completed: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Continuing the trend of completing games I played endlessly as a child but never beat, here we are with Sonic 2. I'm a little torn between if this or Sonic 3 is my favorite but I feel like when it comes down to it, this is the overall better game. 

Completed: Sonic & Knuckles

And thus completing the combined game of Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Funny to think I pretty much never got past the third level in this game as a kid despite playing it an endless amount of times. Combined with Sonic 3 it forms a very fun and complete game. Sonic 3 felt like it had more memorable locations but this is still good game on its own.

Liked: Some really great music here

Hell yes: Finally becoming friends with Knuckles (when you play the Sonic story line)