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You've never played a Kirby game? Ever?? Really??!? You're a bit out of the target age group by now but you would still enjoy it, I'm sure. Do you have the Switch online service? If you do then there are a number of games you could play right now, like Kirby's Adventure on the NES, the game that gave Kirby his pink color and copy ability. On the SNES there is Kirby Super Star (a great collection of smaller original games) and Kirby's Dream Land 3 (very pretty late era SNES game). Also, Kirby's Dream Course! Fun but brutal putt putt. The one Kirby game I regret not getting is Planet Robobot for the 3DS. Maybe someday.

I found myself itching to play Star Fox 64 while playing the first one but, ironically, I don't have a way to do that anymore. Wait, unless it's on the Wii U virtual console...

Hey, when you're a kid, you play what you've got. My dad bought us notoriously-terrible-but-not-as-bad-as-pop-culture-says-it-is Shaque Fu because it was new for $10, and we played the heck out of that game.

I think a lot of people from bands when young but actually getting an album together, regardless of whether it's any good or not lol, is a significant accomplishment. Also, lemon loaf sounds yummy. Maybe throw some blueberries in there and put a light glaze on top. Mmmmm.

Stage Select: I've rarely had consoles right when they launched. As a kid it was a problem of getting the money together and then finding the dang system. But let me focus on the one time I was there on launch day: Game Boy Advance. Story time! We were traveling across the country to get home after a family get together for my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. It was after 10 o'clock on the night of June 10, 2001, as we stopped in a town in Nebraska. I had saved up the money for the GBA but preordering consoles wasn't really a thing back then, but I begged my parents to take me to see if we could reserve one to pick up the next morning. Toys R Us was already closed for the day, so we went in Walmart and my heart sank as the employees there told us they would not be selling the GBA till June 13, two days after the official release set by Nintendo. On the morning of June 11, after checking out of our hotel, my parents agreed to take me to Toys R Us before we got back on the road. (I was crushed after the news from Walmart.) All the signage in Toys R Us said June 13 for the GBA but I asked an employee anyway, and he told me that they would not stock them on the shelves till the 13th but their boss had said they could sell them as soon as they had come in. THE TRUCK HAD ARRIVED THAT MORNING! I had enough money for the system and one game but my dad let me get two, Mario Advance and, most importantly, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. That game blew my mind! The vocal kyrie (KEER-ree-ay, a traditional part of the mass as a musical form) playing on the title screen was enough to do that alone, but I had not yet played Symphony of the Night, so I didn't realize how badly the castle was designed or how unbalanced the random card drop system was, though the horrible darkness of the screen was obvious to me, but none of those things deterred me from loving that game to death. I'd be very hesitant about replaying it, since I know it pales in comparison to the games that followed it (and the one that came before) but I can't think of a game that I actually bought on launch day that made a bigger impact on me.

Cage Match: KotOR because I do actually intend to play that game one day. By the way, if you guys are gonna talk spoilers, I hope you give us fair warning. I have managed to not be spoiled on KotOR somehow all these years later. The dream lives on!

I wanna play Doom Farm!

I realized the other day that, with the exception of FFV, I have played I-VII...and nothing since then, despite having detailed knowledge of those later games. I haven't played a mainline FF game since 2006  I think my problem is twofold: 1. I have played waaay fewer RPGs since college because they just take so dang long and 2. I have always intended to catch up on FF, and so...here I am. Knowledge without experience 

I really wanted to play Astral Chain last year but the second half of the year was so swamped for me. I've beaten the first big boss so far and really enjoying it. I'm glad Nintendo and Platinum have such a good relationship.

Did you play Kirby Canvas Curse for the DS? It's more of that with a nice clay aesthetic. I find I grow a little bored if I play too many levels in a row but a couple at a time is great. It's just so different from everything else.

I think if you go into River City Girls with proper expectations (you're not going to mindlessly plow through it), you could have a good time, especially if you can find someone skilled to play with. Wishlist it and I'm sure it will go on sale eventually.

Pirate's Curse is a great entry point into the Shantae series, I think. I heartily recomment it.

Well, I can't weigh in on River City Girls vs Streets of Rage 4, but you can grind for levels in RCG, so theoretically you could power through it given enough time.