Things I Dislike About My Favorite Games

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Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie
Why does everyone call Banjo fat? A) Like that's inherently a bad thing and B) Banjo is jacked, what the hell
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie
If Mumbo Jumbo doesn't age well, Humba Wumba ages even worse.

As cool as it is to have the entire first game's moveset from word go, it's a little lame a lot of them get obsoleted or otherwise barely used.
Gravity Circuit
Gravity Circuit
Most enemies flinch when you're punching them and the weirdest ones don't. Big guys and bosses make sense, why the hell is the snowman head robot and the bats the most unflinching mfers ever?
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II
World traversal got shallower since the first game, and there's a lot of running back and forth down familiar corridors.
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Sadly one of the most boring boss lineups in any Kirby game.
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion
Being stuck in Luigi's "got a big gem" animation doesn't stop the timer money disappears on and it makes the rare moment of picking up multiple gemstones anxiety-inducing.
Metroid Dread
Metroid Dread
The game is terrified of the idea that the player might get lost so it has an absolute weird amount of rail-roading.

The EMMI are frustrating more than scary.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
The fact that you can't start the end-of-game Sky Temple Key hunt until you at least get Dark Visor is annoying, and the fact dimension-shifting equals a long loading screen.

Also Spider Guardian is kind of annoying.
Pikmin
Pikmin
I was having a good run at the end of a day and wanted to carry a heavy object to finish an area off and was randomly one Pikmin short because one of them tripped 2 minutes ago and is off in a corner somewhere.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
It's not as open-ended as 1, 2, or 4.
Pikmin 4
Pikmin 4
Oatchi is a little too overtuned. A little.

It also has the weakest soundtrack of the Pikmin series, sadly.
Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower
That thing where I'm just trying to start climbing up a wall but Peppino keeps smacking his face against it instead
Pokémon HeartGold Version
Pokémon HeartGold Version
Unfortunate reality is that it's a Gen 4 game and that means it's slow as hell
Pokémon White Version
Pokémon White Version
So many Pokemon have obscenely late evolution requirements to a point where they would've been better off as single-stagers with no evolution at all. Good luck getting a pre-postgame Hydreigon.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
NOOOO SHIELD KNIGHT WHY ARE YOU OVER THERE. DANGIT SHIELD KNIGHT NOW I GOTTA LIVE ONE MORE CYCLE.
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Knuckles' section of Cannon Core can eat my entire ass
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed
Crimson Carnival really should've been split up into two acts, because boy is it single-handedly one of the hardest 3D Sonic levels of all time in part because of its length.

Upgrade system feels out of place, only satisfying stat to upgrade feels like Werehog moves. Should've just been a currency to unlock more of those kinda like in DMC. Just ramp the Werehog difficulty up a smidge to make up for it.
Super Metroid
Super Metroid
Space Jump gives you an extra jump but only when it feels like it.
Ultrakill
Ultrakill
Goddamn the Sun is right

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