Chrono Crossing for me is Star Fox 64. I've said it's my favorite game ever but ... Honestly, that's not true. It's my strongest positive nostalgic gaming memory. I'm honestly not sure what my "favorite" game is.
Anyway, I received it with my N64 this year for Christmas. This was one of the first 3D games that wowed me with its graphics. I loved the futuristic look of Corneria and the water effects.
It was also used to promote the rumble feature and I have a vivid memory of a commercial I can never find, where a kid's room caves in while playing the game. The only ad I find on YouTube is one where a kid plays in like a reddish lab, and I have zero memory of that one ... And I even recall wanting to get SF64 partly because of the apparently nonexistent ad I'm thinking of. That and watching some relatives play it.
The fact I didn't get an N64 until this year partly explains why Mario 64 doesn't tickle my brain hole like it does other gamers. I remember playing Tomb Raider and Tekken demos at kiosks and my brother had a PSX, but I completely missed the mario hype to the point I thought Star Fox was an N64 launch title in lieu of mario. I didn't play mario until much later via rentals.
As for the game itself, it's a fun rail shooter with branching paths I didn't even fully realize were there as a kid and memorable characters (if sometimes memorable in a negative way). Even though it's my pick, I think it might be a bit overrated, but it still means a lot to me. Also, I prefer this style of game, where there's relatively little content but it's hugely replayable, to the fetch quest stuffed trophy/achievement oriented open world games of today ... I say after playing lego Batman 3 right before typing this.
