Wasnt Waffles the name of the cat on Goof Troop? I wondet what's with naming cats Waffle(s)? Even Goof Troop wasn't the first time I've seen a cat named that in a piece of media.
I'm looking to get Rune Factpry 5 myself.
Great music selections. Is Samm a one time thing or are you going to have her on future podcasts?
My most wanted game is definitely the next Zelda. Of these games, Rune Factory 5 appeals to me the most. I am kind of interested in Pokemon Legends.
I'm also looking forward to Advance Wars. I've never played the GBA or DS games. The closest game in my experience was this NES game called Desert Commander that my cousin had.
Capcom was really on a roll this year, what with Resident Evil Village, two Monster Hunter games, and all their other stuff like Ace Attorney. I think they were probably the best publisher/developer of the year.
I got the Space Invaders Invincible Collection, despite the fact that it was really too expensive, mostly because I wanted to be able to play Space Invaders along with Centipede and Galaga. Those were the "big three" shooters of the early 80s. I also played Lunar Rescue for the first time. I'd played a clone of Lunar Rescue that was made by Broderbund on the Atari 8-bit computers. I wish they had a comprehensive Taito collection, on Switch one that had games like Space Dungeon, Jungle King (yeah, I know it would be Jungle Hunt), Arkanoid, Bubble Bobble, Rastan, and Zoo Keeper.
My Switch sure got me through some rough times this year. 2021 wasn't a good year for me personally. Hopefully 2022 will be better.
1080 blew this game out of the water. It was a bit surprising that Shigeru Miyamoto would work on a realistic sports game.
My favorite 5th gen snowboarding game was probably "Snow Game", which was the name of the snowboarding minigame in Final Fantasy VII in the Gold Saucer. After awhile, you could have Tifa riding the snowboard instead of Cloud.
Nice. I love the Switch.
I remember the print ads for this game. Pretty sophisticated fighting mechanics for the mid 80s.
I've found a surprising number of used game stores in Phoenix. Fallout Games is the biggest one here, but there's also Gaming Zone, which has an arcade in it, Desert Sky Games, and Zia Records.
Damn, sorry about the job falling thtough.
Stage Select:
Simulation games are my go-to for "relaxing" games. In those games, you spend a lot of time watching the results of your actions play out.
City simulation games have long been a big go-to for me for relaxing games. I would have just said "SimCity" until EA completely shat the bed with SimCity 5. Thankfully, Cities Skylines has largely filled that void. It's just relaxing watching the buildings rise into the sky and the traffic flowing.
My other go-to for relaxing games are the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games. There's something oddly compelling about all the planting, harvesting, and dating simulation aspects of these games. My favorites out of this series have been A Wonderful Life on Gamecube, and I recently played Pioneers of Olive Town on Switch.
Cage Match:
Super Metroid is peak 2-D platforming. Everything about it, the gameplay, controls, atmosphere, the power-ups, is just about perfect. I'm hard-pressed to think of a game that met my expectations as thoroughly as Super Metroid did.
