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I reviewed a remake of Penguin Wars on the Switch a few years ago.  it was actually pretty fun!

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/08/02/penguin-wars-switch/

Tetris is one of my top three favorite puzzle games, alongside Puzzle Bobble and Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo.  I've never played Tetris Effect Connected, but would like to.  If you have a Switch Online account, you can play Tetris 99 for free.  It's pretty fun.

Even though it was a repetitive beat 'em up, I still liked Dungeon Magic.  The isometric view and fantasy medieval setting helped it stand out.  I liked playing as Cisty because she wore green and that's my favorite color.

Data East made a simliar game called Wizard Fire, and it has the cheesiest intro ever!

I'm glad you're going to write more about Taito Legends 2.  Can't wait till you get to G Darius and Metal Black!

I have both Ori games on Switch but I've only played the first one.  Can't beat it, though, as it's just too freaking hard!

Guess what's going to be on Xbox Game Pass when it comes out at the end of May?  Pac-Man Museum+!  You know I'm going to write a blog about that game!

I've never played Undertale.  I wish they'd port Terranigma to the US.

Here's some other good game soundtracks:

Anything with Mega and Man in the title at the same time.

DuckTales

Ys Seven

Loco Roco series

Arkanoid DS

Tales of Legendia

Katamari Damacy series

Klonoa 1 & 2 (can't wait for the collection)

I also recommend listening to episode 4 of my podcast.  I talk about my favorite video game music composers there.

The Switch still isn't my favorite Nintendo console, as it has too many ports and crappy JoyCons.  But it's still a darn good system with lots of neat games and ideas.

Dragon Quest games are a bit too long and meandering for my tastes, but I was sure tempted to get this one and play the whole thing in 16-bit mode!

Don Doko Don is all right, I just didn't like it as much as Bubble Bobble.  Just got a bit too repetitive.  There's a Famicom sequel that plays like a straight up 2-D platformer.

So are you going to keep doing these or what?

Monster Boy is great, but it got a little too hard by the volcano and haunted house areas.  The music is good, though, and I even liked the cheesy Saturday morning cartoon style intro.  A lot of the songs are remixes of tunes from Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap, which also makes them good.

If you liked Monster Boy, you may want to check out some of the other games in the series.  The remake of The Dragon's Trap is also really good and Monster Boy plays a lot like it.  There's also a remake of Monster World 4 called Ashe in Monster World that came out last year that's pretty good.  This year we're also getting a Wonder Boy collection!