Glad you got a job. I've never gotten into tower defense style games. There sure are a lot of games and cartoons based on the Monkey King story. Even Dragon Ball is based on that!
Jeff and I really didin't grow up together, though. He's nearly 20 years younger than me. I just made sure to expose him to classic arcade games when he was little and let him pick which ones he liked. Some of his favorites included Qix, Spy Hunter, ExciteBike, and Punch Out. He liked those games way better than I did!
I miss Twisted Pixel. I loved their games on the 360.
I was a staunch supporter of the Wii U, so I'm not a big fan of all the ports on the Switch. I'm not going to pay full price for the same game I already have. Only Switch port I have is Super Mario 3-D World, and even then I asked for it for my birthday so I wouldn't have to pay full price for it.
With that said, there really isn't any reason why Nintendo shouldn't port Twilight Princess and Wind Waker to the Switch. And make it a double pack, too. Not 60 bucks for each game. Yoshi's Woolly World was a great game, even better than Crafted World. I still don't think I'd re-buy it, though. I guess Kirby and the Rainbow Curse would work, but I'm not sure about Nintendo Land. I would totally go for a Nintendo Land sequel that makes best use of the Switch, though!
I played one of the Mavis Beacon typing games. Surprisingly, I never played the Mario typing games. Here's how old I am: I took a typing class in high school and we used actual typewriters. Granted they were electronic typewriters, but I still think they were outdated for the time.
I couldn't get your video to work, but yeah it's crazy how many tooth brushing games there were. Now there's a bunch of creepy ones on mobile devices I hear.
I think it's interesting how many versions of Puzzle Quest there are out there. Like a Marvel version and an Adventure Time Puzzle Quest.
I barely remember this one on the collection. Don't you like, punch a tank as the first boss?
I'm not a big Castlevania fan, but I did give this one a try many years later after it had came out. The music in Castlevania games are good, but since I'm not a fan of them, I don't really revere the songs either. My favorite Castlevania game is Kid Dracula, and I do like how the stage 1 theme in that is a cutesy remix of the stage 1 theme from Castlevania 3.
I wrote a blog about the games I'm looking forward to this year, too:
http://www.pixlbit.com/blog/20143/cary_is_looking_forward_in_2022
