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Games Beaten

-Mega Man 3 (MM Legacy Collection—3DS)

Mega Man 3 continues the great trends of MM2. There are more Robot Masters to fight in interesting stages and more great music to listen to. The controls are as tight as ever and I LOVE the addition of the slide. I wish I could retroactively have the slide in MM1 and 2. The game as a whole seems less focused than MM2 but I can't put my finger on an obvious problem. It's still a wonderful action game. I like the addition of Proto Man to help the story of the overall series.

-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)

Everyone complains about this game. Too linear, lack of freedom, yada yada yada. But that attitude disregards all the things this game does well. It looks and sounds really good, first of all, and has some wonderfully developed characters. The motion controls are very well integrated and feel meaningful to the gameplay. The dungeons are a lot of fun and there is a huge amount of content, even if they do reuse the same areas several times. This isn't the best Zelda but it's still a very good one.

-Broforce (PS4) (PS+)

Broforce works well enough from a gameplay standpoint. Each character has a primary attack (a gun or blade, usually) and a limited-use special attack. You can jump and climb walls and almost everything in the environment is destructible, which really adds to your options for getting through the levels. But it's the humor that really stands out. It's a parody so far past "tongue in cheek" that I'm not sure what to call it. It's a fantastic co-op game and I really enjoyed my time with it.

Games Bought

Miitomo started paying off last month as I was able to download The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Picross (3DS)—an exclusive reward to My Nintendo...paid for with Miitomo coins  My wife picked up a couple older games at a consignment sale: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (GCN), which I played to death back in the day with my brothers, and Pokémon White 2 (DS). Pokémon was quite the catch. Complete and in mint condition for $2. TWO DOLLARS. Some mom didn't know what she had lol. We also nabbed that Friends of Nintendo bundle on Humble Bundle, though I'm just going to add those as I redeem them. So far that means Affordable Space Adventures (Wii U) and Super Street Fighter IV 3D (3DS), which I put on my wife's 2DS. She was a SFII junkie back in the day.

Leading the PS+ charge is Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (PS3). I played the first one on the 360 but the lousy D-pad on that system kind of degraded the experience. I'm excited to play the sequel on the PS3 controller. The rest of the line up was less exciting for me. Tropico 5 and Table Top Racing: World Tour for the PS4, Switch Galaxy Ultra for the PS4 and Vita, God of War: Ghost of Sparta (which I already have on that PS3 collection) for the Vita and PSP—none of those will be getting any playtime from me in the immediate future, though my wife might be interested in Tropico. The other PS3 offering was a surprise for me, however, because I didn't know it existed: LocoRoco Cocoreccho! (that exclamation mark is part of the title). I didn't know that series had jumped to consoles at all. I never have finished the one I have for the PSP though.

Now Playing

-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Picross (3DS)

I've been playing this off and on since getting it. I do love some quality Picross 

-Freedom Wars (Vita) (PS+)

Getting close to the end of the story in the single-player part.

-Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (Vita) (PS+)

This is the sequel to 999 and gosh, it's really good! The final game in the series comes out this month but I'm not sure I'm going to be done with this one in time lol. I have a lot left to do.

-Star Fox Zero (Wii U)

The controls are a little more involved than they probably need to be but this is still a fun, high-quality Star Fox game.

-Destiny: The Taken King (PS4)

After the last Iron Banner tournament, I can now get my light level up to 330 (335 is the limit right now).