when i first played this game when i was 8 years old, it opened my eyes to the possibility of video games being something else than just guns and platformers and RPGs. that you could also have games where you just relax and make friends and design your house.

needless to say, it blew my young sheltered mind. to this day, nothing has matched this surprise in realization that new genre was possible.

a game that feels like it should not exist, one that has such a clear understanding of what makes Zelda great and the tropes the series was stuck in at the time that goes beyond what was previously accomplished in Ocarina of Time.

it feels like an extremely heartfelt romhack that someone at nintendo made in their free time that some executive saw and just said, "yeah! alright, looks good. let's ship it!"

an improvement on pikmin 1's formula and full of infinitely more charm and great gameplay.

IT'S TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME, TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME, IT'S TRICKAYYYYY

i 101%ed this game both as a child and while unemployed and depressed at age 25, and i think it made things worse. it's messy and all-over-the-place, and not in the good way like Banjo-Tooie.

the game that made me understand why people play for high scores. easy to learn, hard to master. infinitely replayable. quotable to death.

"they got this game, right? for people who smoke... or people who drink. like if you drink beers and you get drunk, or if smoke weed and you get high." - Soulja Boy, 2009

the reason i bought a PS4. rest in peace, sweet prince.

a masterpiece in ways the devs didn't even intend it to be

just keep patching and adding stuff to this and we'll be okay

i would play 100 of these

the best 2d platformer ever made

this game made me less afraid of death. there is no higher review i can give it.

If ur homophobic, get the fuck out of this game for the next 180 minutes. It's entertainment for gay man and bitches.

miserable, on purpose
anti-state, as game design
discrimination, as ludonarrative
absolutely astounding