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Astrobot all the way. The part where you’re inside a whale and the water rises up so your eyes can see the surface of the water and you feel like you shouldn’t be able to breathe. so many parts of astrobot blew me away though. I felt the same wonder that I did when I first saw mario 64 playing in a dark and dingy import shop back in the mid 90’s. its on a Sony console but that game is pure nintendo.

What a game. I feel inspired too. Just dug this out from the archives. If you’re going to play it, you have to plump for the best version!

It does have a timer but it’s not dictated to you by the amount of days but rather how much fruit juice you can process to stay alive. And there’s always loads so it’s sort of a pointless mechanic. It falls in line with both

You should get it! I played it with the wiimote and nunchuck. I became totally addicted to the time trial challenges. It got marked down in reviews for not being substantial enough content-wise but it’s one of those infinitely replayable games. I reckon I’ve played that first trial level a hundred times alone!

I think I have around 40 games that basically represent the best the console had to offer. Anything else would just be buying games for the sake of it. i loved the wii u. It justified its existence with pikmin 3 alone.

The only point that I got excited was when I saw astrobot but then realised it wasn’t VR and so that made it completely pointless to me. astrobot and wipeout in VR on PS4 were the most thrilling and fun gaming experiences I’ve had since playing Mario 64 and ridge racer for the first time

You saved me having to write this exact thing. I utterly agree. I started to think I’m just a jaded old gamer and my passion was gone but maybe I’m not because if Nintendo showed me a 20 second trailer for pikmin 4 or mario galaxy 3 I’d be giddy as hell! i just thought the games looked utterly bland and declaring it to be the biggest generational leap didn’t really mask the fact that most of the games looked like bad PS4 games.

Also, thanks! That’s really kind of you!

Wellll, i haven’t been able to access the studio since lockdown so they were all fired but never got around to glazing them. I have a huge pile of bowls I need to glaze on the shelves. Hopefully I’ll have access again soon and then I can sell everything!

Despite starting it 5 times (including the 3ds version a few weeks ago) I have never enjoyed ocarina of time. I’ve gotten to the water temple so I reckon I’ve given it a good shot. I cant work out why I don’t like it because I’ve completed and thoroughly enjoyed all the 2D zeldas numerous times and I loved wind waker and breath of the wild and even enjoyed Majora’s mask.

They were all incredibly innovative at the time and practically all games in those genres, 23 years on, owe everytning to those games. Also, don’t get me started on final fantasy tactics, parappa, einhander, vagrant story, metal gear and wipeout

You definitely need glasses

Not at all! if you want tell everyone how much you adored bubsy 2 or how you thought the gameboy port of killer instinct is the best version then go for it!

While those games are indeed amazing, I don’t know if you can say they are the most influential games on any system. I mean PlayStation has final fantasy VII, gran turismo and tekken to name just 3 games that defined those genres.