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Streets of Rage 4 is one of the best beat 'em ups I've played in years.  Highly recommended.  My favorite characters are Estel and Blaze.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is also fantastic.  Lots of personality.  I think Luigi's Mansion would make a better movie than just Mario.

Bowser's Inside Story is probably the best of the Mario & Luigi games, and one of the best Mario RPGs overall.  But Brothership is coming out next month, so we'll have to see how that fares.

A couple of days ago I downloaded a demo for Ys X Nordics and I'm still playing it!  I've got the game preordered but this is one meaty demo!  You should check it out.

I really liked Echoes of Wisdom.  I just beat it a few days ago.  It took me 100 hours to beat Tears of the Kingdom, and only 35 to beat Echoes of Wisdom.  And that's a good thing.  I felt the last two 3D Zelda games were a bit overbloated anyway.  Echoes of Wisdom MIGHT end up being my GOTY, it just depends on how good Ys X Nordics and Mario & Luigi Brothership end up being.  Those are the last two big games this year I want to play.

I skipped out on Ni no Kuni 2 since the gameplay was different and the Studio Ghibli involvement was even less.  Doubt I'll ever try it since I'm knee deep in so many other games right now.  Just beat the new Zelda, pre-ordered Ys X Nordics at the end of the month, and then all the games I've got to review, yeah I've got a lot on my plate right now.

Just to give you a bit of an audio taste as to what Bakeru is like, here's one of the level theme songs:

You know, I loved my Xbox 360, but I have no desire to get a Xbox One or X/S.  Just not enough games on them that interest me.  Same goes with the PS5.  I'd love to get those systems, as I'm not just a Nintendo fanboy.  It's just that Nintendo is making the games that I like to play right now.  If Sony would make more games like Astro Bot, then I would definitely be interested in getting a PS5.  Heck, there are even levels in Astro Bot based on Loco Roco and Ape Escape.  If Sony would make more Loco Roco and Ape Escape games, man I'd be all over that!

Aw man, of all the games on this list and you choose to talk about the ones I felt were the least interesting? :)  Well, ok...

Mining Mechs is all right, just too slow paced.  Steamworld Dig was way better in that aspect.

I probably wouldn't have reviewed Bare Butt Boxing if it weren't for the PR dept. emailing me and asking if I wanted to. So I was like, "Uh, sure."

But yeah, next time you fire up your Switch, definitely download the Bakeru demo.  It's so good.  Best way I can describe it is that it's a "happy" game.

I played the first Ni no Kuni up until the point I thought it should've ended.  It kind of dragged after that.  Never played the sequel, but I hear it's totally different.

Trials of Mana remake is pretty good.  I never beat that one either, though.

I'd probably make a horrible video game villain.

Kirby's Dream Buffet is a cute little game.  It'll make you hungry!

I reviewed Gato Roboto a few years ago:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/06/17/gato-roboto-switch-pc/