I got the PS4 version on sale, but I have my PS2 original, and the strategy guide my wife got me for the PS2 version. One of the last great 6th gen games at a time when the 7th gen hadn't really taken off.
I played the second game, which I guess is a sequel to the first game. You're apparently supposed to rescue the same girls you were arresting in the first game.
Metroid really illustrates Nintendo's cultural myopia - to a degree. The series was never popular at all in Japan, so that was a strike against it right there. I'm pretty sure that Other M was meant to appeal to Japanese gamer sensibilities, but that didn't work, either, the game sold worse there than here. The game mechanics were honestly the most troublesome part of that game for me, since I didn't have a lot invested in Samus as a character. And I always wanted a third-person Metroid. Even the Prime games, though I enjoyed the first and third games, were lacking some of the Metroid magic for me because a lot of Metroid's signature power ups didn't really work with Prime's mechanics.
However, to be somewhat fair to Nintendo, regardless of their half-assed handling of what is considered one of their signature series, even in the US it never sold anywhere close to the level of Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, or even a few of the "lesser" Nintendo properties, particularly given the resources Nintendo sank into it when they did decide to give it a go. I think Super Metroid managed to crawl past just over a million units, which was probably eclipsed by Donkey Kong Country within a couple of weeks.That Nintendo invested in Metroid Prime at all, let alone to the degree it did, was more than anyone could have hoped for, though Nintendo also needed some killer content for the Gamecube which was another impetus behind Prime.
I played Time Crisis in the arcades a few times. My all time favorite light gun game is Battle Clash on SNES.
Awwwww...I'm sorry.
I never played the Wii TP. I got the Gamecube version instead, and that was a conscious choice on my part (well my wife's, since she got it for me). I'm glad Nintendo used the Gamecube version as a point of reference instead of the Wii version, because TP HD is even more awesome on Wii U than on Gamecube.
I'm kind of glad I never got into Minecraft. And I've enjoyed plenty of other God games like SimCity. :) Right now, I can't even get my RPG Maker MV project off the ground because I'm so busy playing other games.
Florida is one of the rare handful of states I've never visited. I've always gotten my doses of sun, surf, and cheesy amusement parks in California. :)
I'm thinking of doing the same. The only game I actually took a day off from work to play at launch was Final Fantasy XII (where's the HD remaster of THAT game, Square Enix?) For Ni no Kuni 1, I had the good fortune of the launch being on a day I already had off. Hopefully Namco won't screw up with the collectors' edition of Ni no Kuni 2 the way they did selling all those Wizards' Editions to that scalper in Canada, but I did get a free hardcover strategy guide out of that deal.
I have the original print of Rogue Galaxy (and a 200-page strategy guide to go with it), but I did pick up the PS4 digital version since it was cheap and it has trophies. Sadly, it's still on old Mt. Backlog. The game is awesome, as a Level-5 game should be, but Zelda and Valkyria, man. Oh, and definitely looking forward to Ni no Kuni 2. :)
