The 'ALL OF 2023' Rapidfire

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Did you know popular games are popular because they are good?
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart DS
When I played this at 6 years old it rocked my world, 3D on handheld that went above and beyond its console sibling titles blew my mind. And it's still great today!
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
It's good! It's damn good!! It deserves more credit!!
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
Nourishment
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2
Nourishment... 2!!!
Pikmin
Pikmin
Beautiful beyond its aspirations, and very underdiscussed as far as its technical achievement goes. Can't believe I didn't play it sooner
Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2
They do a really bad job of hiding that they wrote this during questionable political times in America but it's otherwise really stellar
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6
In the time since this released I went from loving it to despising its bloated single-player campaign to feeling nothing but animosity towards its monetization. It feels like Capcom is always gonna be the scummiest swine no matter how much they fix up their old franchises
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Easy argument for the best kart-style racer if it didn't have such overbearing CPU difficulty
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance
Mid (affectionate-pending)
Sonic Riders
Sonic Riders
Honestly? This is the best Sonic game to come out of the post-DC era until Mania
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Best new game I played this year maybe. I want to be hopeful and excited for the future of expansive AAA experiences at a time where 99% of studios are bleeding out at the hands of their corporate ringleaders.
Pikmin 2
Pikmin 2
Best multiplayer experience of the year, spent about 3-4 months going back and forth on this with my brother and it's evil, it brings out the demons
Bugsnax
Bugsnax
It's quirky - but with a dark SECRET!! OooOOOOOoooOOooooohh!!

And that secret is MUPPET HOMOSEXUAAAAAAALS!!! OOOOO O O O O OOOOOO O O OOOOHHH!!!!!!!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Incredibly based for confirming that Amy is, in fact, a white woman
PaRappa the Rapper
PaRappa the Rapper
We are all WAY too generous to this janky motherfucker and will continue to do so
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 2
Accidental kino
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
This is great for like the first 2 cups and then it keeps going and going. Good roster tho
Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
JaFAR, this actually IS the better one!
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Advance 3
Mid (unaffectionate)
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
This is one of the worst sequels I've played in my life
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
I ran through this in co-op with my older brother who never plays beatemups and it was one of the best experiences I had this year. And then I realized there's like barely any other beatemups that even get close to this and I got a little sad.
Advance Wars
Advance Wars
Great start to one of the best series I got into this year, wish I knew about mech spam first time I played it
Mega Man 8
Mega Man 8
I could squeezehug the life out of this game
Super Princess Peach
Super Princess Peach
You hate Super Princess Peach because you misinterpreted its setting as calling Peach an over-emotional wuss. I hate Super Princess Peach cause it's a worse version of a dollar-store Yoshi game. We are not the same.
SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2
Dig dig a tunnel, quick before the hyena come
The Lion King
The Lion King
Curse you anti-rental corporate scum!
Team Sonic Racing
Team Sonic Racing
This was really solid when in the spots where it wasn't obviously unfinished. I really wish I didn't have to say that about every new Sonic game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Wtf it's actually good
Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Why did they port this to GG? Just to flex I guess
Ridge Racer Type 4
Ridge Racer Type 4
Life-changing moment
Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales
it's good but nintentubers really neglect to acknowledge how bizarrely unfinished it is
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
My man Mario, you're cool, but you're bringing too much of your bing-bing-wahoo to my golf, maybe tone it down
Sonic Superstars
Sonic Superstars
Felt disrespected on a personal level by this one
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man & Bass
Even as Bass this plays horribly, Inafune was on something
Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
The courage macaroni bit but with platforming and combat
Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
JaFAR, there's TWO of me
Armored Core
Armored Core
Tank controls are cool but this is a little overkill
Demon's Crest
Demon's Crest
Gorgeous, ambient, but not something I'd return to probably
Um Jammer Lammy
Um Jammer Lammy
i remember listening to this OST on my psp while visiting my uncle as a teen. He passed away a few years ago, there's no sentimentality between these two factoids but it's impossible to think about one without the other now. Life is odd.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Fantastic sequel in about every respect and peak of the series
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Abominable, downright rancid balancing, thoroughly miserable, weakest of the Advance games, but still had some cool moments
Batman: The Video Game
Batman: The Video Game
grazing so close to God's light
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
Why did everyone gas this up so hard? This is the middest of the mid
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Byotiful, a fantastic replay to end the year. Unfortunately, I can't speedrun this, and Terri is gonna kick my ass whenever we get around to racing it
ActRaiser
ActRaiser
Man they should make one of these with nothing but sidescrolling, there's no way they could screw that up
Gitaroo Man
Gitaroo Man
ALSO kind of dogshit to play but the ludonarrative power here is immaculate
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Dogshit (but has a good vibe)
Super Bomberman 3
Super Bomberman 3
i mean, it's bomberman
Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon
Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon
Evil to an excessive degree, proof that maybe Sonic Team shouldn't listen to the fans as often as they think they should
Knuckles' Chaotix
Knuckles' Chaotix
Jenny read the entire Ken Penders manifesto while I raced this with Weatherby and I don't think I'll ever experience something so magical ever again in my life
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
A good, different direction for the series to end on, but it's poorly balanced in the exact opposite way every other AW game is. Very odd.
Final Fight 3
Final Fight 3
Mid
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
You can't go home again
WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!
Great, please let Ko Takeuchi work a new rhythm heaven now
Pokémon Sleep
Pokémon Sleep
Nintendo and Pokemon are going to hell
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
weatherby gaming
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Heyheyheyheyheyhey what if, heheheh, what if, heheheheheheheh, the queen, heheheheh, her clothes, hehehehehehehehe, the clothes, heheheheheheh, they go OOPS, uh oh, eek! My clothes! Ooohhhh my goodness gracious! I am Nakey!! OOooooooh my!!!!
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
YEAR OF AMY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Metal Slug Advance
Metal Slug Advance
Pretty underwhelming, remember not feeling very warm about it
Hey! Pikmin
Hey! Pikmin
Mid by nature, dogshit by conception
Puyo Puyo
Puyo Puyo
Why the fuck did they put this bimbo on my mean bean machine
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star II
I gave this the most charitable attempt in the fucking world and it was still dogshit
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone
That's some good MS soul right there
Battletoads In Battlemaniacs
Battletoads In Battlemaniacs
Clinger winger 2 is the second worst thing I've experienced in my life
X-Men: Children of the Atom
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Mid
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
And ya think it's bout time ya die, and I agree
Tails Adventure
Tails Adventure
Man GG fans will just lie about anything
Mickey's Speedway USA
Mickey's Speedway USA
Rareware fans are the only acceptable developer fans to mock. Actually that's not true, there's many others. But it's fun excluding rareware fans. Fuck rareware.
Chameleon Twist
Chameleon Twist
I'm not being an N64 boomer, this was actually really solid
Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Adventure
Dogshit
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
RACIST dogshit
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
This sucked, why did I give it a 5???
Bust A Groove
Bust A Groove
I think this is the only time I've ever heard the N-word used in a japanese video game
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris & Dr. Mario
I'm sorry Jenny
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
I ALSO gave this as much of a charitable try as I could and it fucked me anyway, pre-Sonic Genesis RPG's really are soul-siphoning experiences
Metal Warriors
Metal Warriors
There's a saying about how you have to judge games by their own merits but man it's impossible for me to see this as anything but a total misunderstanding of what made Cybernator good. Miserable, dreadful game.
Shatterhand
Shatterhand
Man NES stuff deserves a lot more respect
DDRMax2: Dance Dance Revolution
DDRMax2: Dance Dance Revolution
Kino
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
why is a 2D n64 game with like 6 sprites on-screen running at 20fps
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
Grinding is (sometimes) cool
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
They took away my jangling keys but they gave me my ball-pop lawnmower thingy instead, all is right with the world after all
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Never forgiving the nintentubers for what they did to this game's price
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
games like this make it so confusing how irem pushed out something as poorly-balanced as undercover cops
Tetris 2
Tetris 2
It ain't even tetris!!!
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
Have you ever been 'aw shit I wanna buy a new game on the eShop but I don't wanna spend too much' so you settle for an 80% off 1.99 indie platformer with no sauce and no ideas and no future? Then you've played AVGN 1&2, unfortunately.
Chameleon Twist 2
Chameleon Twist 2
How do you gentrify an N64 game
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
This game is racist against fish specifically
Congo's Caper
Congo's Caper
Mid
Bust A Groove 2
Bust A Groove 2
Kino to the ends of the earth
King of the Monsters 2
King of the Monsters 2
Dogshit (sorry C_F it was still fun playing it w/ you)
Yoshi's Safari
Yoshi's Safari
I got a scope on my yoshi (it sucks)
Putt Party
Putt Party
kino
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Art
Cybernator
Cybernator
Damn good, one of the better SNES things I played this year
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
Thanks maradona
Sengoku 3
Sengoku 3
Oh, THERE'S the gameplay.

...where's the enemy design
Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3
Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3
All these Capcom Mickey games are cool but kinda just worse versions of other games they made

2 Comments


4 months ago

Tee hee, plane of existence I get it.

4 months ago

Banger


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