I think it's a nice touch that in the beginning of the first Ace Attorney, Gumshoe won't help you with anything, but he's a lot more helpful when you defend Edgeworth and will usually be around to lend you a hand. Nice bit of character development there. Wish he could have been in the new one, though I still won't complain when it means Ema's back.
My favorites are Zelda: Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, and Resident Evil 4. Gamecube was a perfect console to be late to the party to IMO. Some really incredible games on the thing, but not a lot of steady releases at the time. Still, probably my second favorite Nintendo console.
So glad you started off your music with the best PS1 franchise. Crash Bandicoot is about a third of my total PS1 playtime and 3/4 of it when I was a kid. I've found other games like Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania SotN which I loved, but the console just never clicked for me like it did with so many others. A lot of games like Resident Evil and any Final Fantasy on the console feel like games you had to play at the time to really appreciate.
I'm just going to give two game for Stage Select, but it's an idea I really want to see someone do: The Legend of Zelda meets Sly Cooper. Replace dungeons with heist jobs and have you get all the items fairly early. You then roam around an overworld gaining intel on the heist job until you feel you have enough to start the plan.
From there, it will limit how many items you bring and force you to use the intel to pick the correct items. You'll use the items to disable security systems and sneak past guards to get the treasure. Have it based around a mix of stealth and puzzle solving, forcing you to improvise if you didn't bring the correct items, which will cause you to get less money at the end of the heist at best if this happens.Â
The other is something you'll only like if you like sports: A beat em up where your character wears your favorite team's gear or you play as any of their players. You then pick whatever teams you want to be the enemies and spend the whole game beating up their fans with the mascots and players as bosses. So if Angelo played this he'd be in Yankee gear beating up a bunch of Red Sox fans. Would be a hit and work with just about any sport.
Loved Inquisition, was my favorite of the three Dragon Age games. Never checked out the DLC though, should probably get to that sometime.
I'm iffy on this game. I've never been a FF fan even though I've wanted to like many of them and think there's a couple unplayed ones I could enjoy. My issue is that it seems shallow. Combat looks flashy, but I'm having a hard time seeing enough depth to it. The world looks huge, but I'm unsure whether exploring it will be fun or if the game will feel padded. I may check it out if reviews point to it being the real deal, but I think I'm skipping it for now.
I started my gaming on Nintendo handhelds, remember when I was seven my cousin gave me his old Gameboy with Wario Land 3. I ended up loving the thing, as I got Pokemon pretty soon after, then was introduced to Zelda and the Donkey Kong remake later, all of which are some of my all time favorite games. Upgraded to the GBC and GBA later also, the latter which introduced me to Metroid and finally let me have my own copy of Super Mario World.
I was actually the opposite when the DS came out though, I thought the thing was lame and the PSP would crush it. But then I saw an EGM issue covering E3 in 2005 and noticed that the DS games looked much more interesting than the PSP ones. The second I played Kirby Canvas Curse I knew I made the right choice. From there on, games like Castlevania, Elite Beat Agents, and all those Pokemon games made it my favorite handheld.
When I got a 3DS later I gave my cousin my old DS and my copy of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. It was my way of saying thank you for all those years ago.
I wonder if this one has decent download speeds and wifi connection.
Sorry to hear about Bandit. Lost my dog a little over a year ago, still miss the guy.
To me, the PS1 was all about Crash Bandicoot. I didn't have my own PS1, but I went to a family friend's house every day before school while my mom went to work and the Naughty Dog trilogy were by far my favorite games there. I loved those games and when I got my own PSP, I was pleasantly surprised by how well 2 and Warped held up.
I think I've mentioned it in a blog of yours before, but the Ratchet and Clank upgrade system. Upgrading weapons just by using them is so addicting and fun.
