The Animal Crossing stuff is only at Sea Life Aquariums right now, as far as I know.
I've heard of those Tonies. I'm always a little leary about those talking toys, especially if you have to connect them to the internet and if they use AI. You just have to be careful nowadays.
Yacht Club (the makers of Shovel Knight), their next game Mina the Hollower looks even harder!
Even though I don't have an OG Xbox or Xbox One or X/S, I loved the 360. I watched my brother Jeff play some games on your list, like Bioshock (scary game!), Red Dead Redemption (which has ties to Capcom's Gun.Smoke), and the Batman Arkham games. The only ones I played on your list was the Orange Box (mainly for Portal, and I waited for the price to go down on that before I got it), and Portal 2 (one of the best games of that console generation).
Mario Kart World is a great game, but it's not the best Mario Kart game.
I don't know, but I've gotten less patient with hard games the older I get.
Pengo is one of my favorite arcade games, too. It was one of the few games that could pull me away from Pac-Man. Others that could do this include Q*bert, Dig Dug, and BurgerTime. I had Pengo on my Atari 5200 and it's one of the reasons why I didn't get a NES right away.
When I was a kid, I don't remember Pengo playing the popcorn song AT ALL. I only knew about that once MAME had come out. The versions I played all had the alternate song. Including the 5200/Atari 8-bit version.
I hate it that I missed out on getting and playing that new widescreen multiplayer version of Pengo. I'm not sure why I didn't import it. Probably didn't have the funds at the time. Importing games has gotten pricey.
So you mentioned the Game Gear Pengo game, but did you know about the Mega Drive version? It only stayed in Japan, but I read somewhere it was also on the SEGA Channel like Mega Man: The Wily Wars. It plays more like Bomberman than Pengo, though. Here's a video:
Also, have you ever heard of the Japan only Dreamcast game Segagaga? In the game, you ran a video game company through mini-games. Had a lot of SEGA references. The warehouse block pushing game clearly has Pengo references. Take a look:
Bowser's Inside Story is the best Mario & Luigi game. And I think it's the 2nd best Mario RPG overall, only beaten out by Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
A lot of people bash on Super Paper Mario but I didn't think it was that bad.
Oh wow, do they still make those alligator IZOD shirts? I remember everyone wearing them when I was a kid.
I never heard of that Preppie game. Kind of makes me think of a mix of Crush Roller, Ladybug, and Frogger.
That's cool that you got to go to Japan. If I went to Japan, i would totally go to the Kirby Cafe! Of course, there's no way I can afford to go to Japan, or anywhere outside or inside the country for a vacation!
Shovel Knight is great and has one of the best 8-bit soundtracks ever. But boy is it hard!
Chrono Trigger DS is probably the best way to play that game.
Bowser's Inside Story si one of the best Mario RPGs.
Canvas Curse is actually one of my least favorite Kirby games.
I like the style of the Layton games, I just could never get into them because it felt like doing math homework.
