The arcade version of Final Fight has aged pretty well I think. And 1943 is one of my top favorite shooters, even to this day.
Here's my review of Little Kitty, Big City, by the way:
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2024/05/31/little-kitty-big-city-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc/
There's an episode of Bluey where they go to a hardward store. it's called Hammerbarn. So a few months ago, they did a promotion with an actual hardware store chain in Austrailia. Over there they have a version of our Home Depots and Lowe's called "Bunnings.' So for one month, they changed those stores to be Hammerbarns! You could meet Bluey and Bingo, do kids workshop activities, and buy exclusive products based on the show! I work at a major hardware store and I wish they'd do that here!
This was definitely the era of the Wii and 360. Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 are great. If it weren't for my nostalgia for Mario 64, I'd say those are the best Mario 3D platformers. I didn't like Twilight Princess much on the Wii, but the HD version of Wii U is so much better. But you know what's better than both of those? Okami on PS2. Really liked the 360 as well. Ended up being one of my favorite consoles due to the variety of games on it. Shame the Xbox consoles after that didn't have that. Only reason why I got the Orange Box was for Portal. What a great game, though.
I got Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door on Switch as well. Still as good as I remember it.
The best part about F-Zero X was the random track generator, perfect to even out two player games. But you have to unlock it. Luckily there is a secret code you can enter to get it, because it's way too hard to unlock normally!
My review of Little Kitty, Big City will be up next week.
Yeah all the dog characters in Bluey are based on real dog breeds. I want to get a real Blue Heeler and Red Heeler and name them Bluey and Bingo. And I'm sure they'll be just as well behaved as they are in the show. :)
There's a touristy shopping area where I live called Grandscape, and I read that on June 4, you can buy 5 dollar tickets to get your picture taken with Bluey and Bingo and get a goody bag, too. Tickets sold out the next day! Also in July, Bluey will make an appearance at a minor league baseball game stadium near where I live called the Frisco Rough Riders! I bet that sells out, too!
But your feet sure show it. They're Longfellows!
I probably wouldn't remember a thing from a book I read a few years ago.
Early 2000s were full of ups and downs for me, but mostly ups. Really good games on some of my favorite consoles like the GameCube and PS2. Metroid Prime and Wind Waker on your list are great. Other GameCube favorites of mine include Animal Crossing, Smash Bros. Melee, Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2, Luigi's Mansion, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, and so much more. PS2 had a lot of good ones, too, like Taiko Drum Master, Mr. Driller, Klonoa 2, Katamari Damacy, etc. Even the N64 and PSOne had a few good stragglers like Banjo-Tooie and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. And the GBA launched, too. So many great things on that.
My review will post in two weeks.
