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My favorite is when I asked for Donkey Kong Land on the Game Boy. My mom bought me Donkey Kong 94 instead. DK94 is a much better game than Donkey Kong Land so my mom made the best mistake ever.

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I think these two games are about equal in quality. Both have top notch level design and distinct, fun characters to play as. But I have to go for Tropical Freeze for one simple reason: It actually lets you play as Donkey Kong. It's not Diddy Kong Country, its not Dixie Kong Country, it's Donkey Kong Country!

I'll read that blog if you do! If you want to get really ambitious you can include the other Mario RPGs.

Yeah, Animal Crossing as your pick doesn't surprise me one bit. I enjoyed it too though! And you'll like this: My sister teaches middle school and says when it came (she still taught via Zoom) out her kids were talking about Animal Crossing instead of Fortnite. And it stayed that way until the end of the school year.

My favorite of 2020 is Streets of Rage 4 followed closely by Doom Eternal. Animal Crossing would probably be number three, but Paper Mario could take its spot. And then The Last of Us Part 2 is on the very bottom.

I liked this one but didn't love it. You pretty much hit all the right points, good and bad. The only thing I have to add was how bizarre the story was about those two characters dying and Ratchet's guilt where we never saw them much in the last two games. Like they can't kill Qwark off, but his death would have had meaning and weight since we spent so much time with him. Here you only feel a little bad because it makes Ratchet sad.

As for your backlog, if you have any Bioware game made before Dragon Age 2 or Pokémon game I recommend those. 

I actually loved the time pad puzzles haha

Haha, I love this game so much. I also am not a huge fan of how they're split most of the game but everything else is basically my perfect R&C game. 
I've also had issues with ants. Especially when I have a drill weekend, get back, and see where they all wanted to crawl to this time 

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3. Halo- This game didn't just put the Xbox on the map, it defined the FPS genre for two console generations. And unlike most launch games, its still fun to play today.

2. Super Mario World- Best Mario game. Suck it Justin

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild- I couldn't put this down for over 80 hours. One of my favorite games ever.

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Stat Wars Kotor no question. It's my favorite game ever and everything the new trilogy should have been. I can't count how many times I've played this game. Also much more culturally significant. Put BioWare on the map and made every game put in moral choices. 

Like most Ratchet and games, I loved ToD but prefer A Crack in Time. That's my favorite 

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3. Every company having a mascot- It was fun having someone representing what a video game company was about. Mario, Sonic, Crash, and Mega Man all had their own style and were good indicators of how their company made games. Then Microsoft made Master Chief, a mascot with no face, and everyone stopped caring. Who's EA's mascot? A loot box?

2. Every big publisher trying every genre- It was neat seeing every company have their own take on a genre. Square and Enix didn't just make RPGs, Capcom gave us Breath of Fire, Nintendo made Earthbound, Sega had Phantasy Star, and Konami had Suikoden. When Resident Evil came out we got to see Silent Hill and Parasite Eve 2. Now it feels like they don't care about giving their own spin on a genre or idea but just chasing a trend to make money off of it. 

1. Sega consoles- When Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo design a piece of hardware, they base it on what they think will make money. When Sega made one, they based it on what they thought was cool. It's obvious why Sega doesn't make consoles with that mentality, but I miss ahead of their time ideas like the Sega Channel, Sega CD, and VMU.

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I haven't played either but Downpour is the newer game and is made by Konami so Homecoming gets my vote. Because once HD consoles hit, the newer the Konami game, the more likely it is to be awful.

I've been wanting to replay a Ratchet game but may just wait for the new one announced for PS5.