Heard that Kirby’s Return to Dreamland had a troubled development

999’s the best starting place for the Zero Escape series for the fact that it’s the first one in the series and the Zero Escape series is pretty much just one huge overarching plot

Silent Hill 2 because it’s arguably the most atmospheric and has the most emotionally impactful story out of all the Silent Hill games

Earthbound because it’s arguably the most entertaining and funny of all the Mother games and you’d appreciate Mother 3 more by playing Earthbound first because there’s actually a few connections between the two, in particular regarding an antagonist in Earthbound that appears again in another 3.