1080 blew this game out of the water. It was a bit surprising that Shigeru Miyamoto would work on a realistic sports game.
My favorite 5th gen snowboarding game was probably "Snow Game", which was the name of the snowboarding minigame in Final Fantasy VII in the Gold Saucer. After awhile, you could have Tifa riding the snowboard instead of Cloud.
Nice. I love the Switch.
I remember the print ads for this game. Pretty sophisticated fighting mechanics for the mid 80s.
I've found a surprising number of used game stores in Phoenix. Fallout Games is the biggest one here, but there's also Gaming Zone, which has an arcade in it, Desert Sky Games, and Zia Records.
Damn, sorry about the job falling thtough.
Stage Select:
Simulation games are my go-to for "relaxing" games. In those games, you spend a lot of time watching the results of your actions play out.
City simulation games have long been a big go-to for me for relaxing games. I would have just said "SimCity" until EA completely shat the bed with SimCity 5. Thankfully, Cities Skylines has largely filled that void. It's just relaxing watching the buildings rise into the sky and the traffic flowing.
My other go-to for relaxing games are the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games. There's something oddly compelling about all the planting, harvesting, and dating simulation aspects of these games. My favorites out of this series have been A Wonderful Life on Gamecube, and I recently played Pioneers of Olive Town on Switch.
Cage Match:
Super Metroid is peak 2-D platforming. Everything about it, the gameplay, controls, atmosphere, the power-ups, is just about perfect. I'm hard-pressed to think of a game that met my expectations as thoroughly as Super Metroid did.
Waifu Discovered 2? You're a naughty boy, Cary.
Warner Media is jumping onto the the Smash clone bandwagon, too. Their version has DC, WB, and H-B characters. One of the characters is Shaggy, and I think Tom and Jerry are confirmed, too. And Arya Stark from Game of Thrones is in it. Since Mortal Kombat is owned by Warner Media, that means we could see Scorpion in that game, too. Kevin Conroy is on board as the voice of Batman.
I wonder if Disney is going to jump into this market to compete with CBS and Warner. You'd have Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Iron Man, Darth Vader, and Homer Simpson at a minimum, and it'd be cool if they did Hank Hill, Peter Griffin, and Bob Belcher too.
I like the Sakura Wars and Dragon Quest shout-outs. Working Designs was supposedly trying to get localization rights to Sakura Wars in the 1990s, but Sega management turned them down.
My top games of the decade:
1990: SMB3
1991: Final Fantasy 4
1992: A Link to the Past
1993: Link's Awakening
1994: Super Metroid
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: Final Fantasy VIi
1998: Ocarina of Time
1999: Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
I think Goldeneye was the best-selling game of 1998 despite also being the fifth best-selling game of 1997. Ocarina of Time was number 2.
That show came on at 6 AM on a high number channel in my area. Too bad only 13 episodes got localized.
