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I really loved Croc as a kid but haven't played in years. Can't imagine it's aged that well but I'd like to replay it some day

The irony of trying to copy Sonic and distinguish itself by including an environmental message when Sonic was about as pro-environmental games got as the time. Hell I'd say few games today have done a pro-environmental message as well as Sonic CD.

Good list. Balan is my most wanted personally out of games I know are coming this year but I'll give Psychonauts and Mario a go as well. Also looking forward to the Mass Effect remaster, Halo, Resident Evil VIII, and Persona 5 Strikers.

Would be looking forward to Ratchet and Clank and Returnal if I had a PS5, but that thing needs more exclusives first.

I think PS4 will get perfectly fine multiplats for a year at least but the days of it getting exclusives are over. I haven't jumped on 9th gen yet but since PC and Switch are my primary platforms the upcoming games are all gonna be considered 9th gen to me.

I forgot how much fun Galaxy is, been really enjoying replaying that one though. Can only do it on the TV though, not a fan of the touch controls. Also wish we got Galaxy 2, but get the feeling this collection is a preview for N64, GC and Wii games on Switch and it'll be on there sooner rather than later. Sunshine hasn't been as much fun as I remember, it kind of feels like if early 2000s Sonic Team made a Mario game. Has a gimmick that never realizes its full potential, awkwardly voiced cutscenes, a lack of pollish compared to the 90s games in the series, and a structure that really pads it out. 64 I loved as a kid and has a good number of fantastic levels, but man it has not aged well. The Bowser levels, Tick Tock Clock and the carpet level feel borderline unplayable with how they show how aged the controls feel.

Couldn't get into FFXV because the combat felt overly complicated and too basic at the same time. Never played FF Type-0, Yakuza 0 or Sakura Wars, but I did like what I played of Yakuza Kiwami and am ready to play Like a Dragon when I finish Spider-Man Miles Morales. Fallout 4 I liked but I felt it was two steps back for everything it did right. The leveling especially felt unsatisfying but I still spent over 60 hours with the game and did a ton of stufff in it so there's that. 

There's a few honorable mentions of my own like The Evil Within 2, Streets of Rage 4, Tearaway Unfolded (if I didn't play it on Vita first it would for sure have been on here), Marvel's Spider-Man, Ratchet and Clank, and Astro Bot VR Adventures.

Stage Select:

1. That I finally have money to travel and can't. Keeps me away from family and friends who are in other parts of the world

2. My pocket notebook, because it has information that would destroy my life if it wasn't on hand.

3. My three year old mind being blown at controlling what was on the TV. Yes I'm a simple person.

4. Boston by Boston- I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like this band or album. 

5. Cervesatron- I would turn into a Rolling Rock truck

6. About once every six months. I run a lot so they wear out quick.

Cage Match

Chrono Trigger. Even if the FF crew won, they wouldn't kill the Chrono Trigger crew and they would go back in time and redo the fight so they win this time.

3. Isabelle (Animal Crossing)- Every time she updates you on your island is so charming

2. Sif the Great Grey Wolf (Dark Souls)- Hes guarding his masters grave until the day he dies with a sword in his mouth. If that's not a good boy I don't know what is.

1. Rockruff (Pokémon Sun/Moon)- My favorite dog Pokémon, this has sentimental value because it's a Rock type and was introduced soon after my dog Rocky passed away.  

Cage Match

Skull tries to use electric attacks but the FFX crew are adept at dodging them thanks to getting the platinum trophy. Skull then falls flat on his face and Tidus laughs uncontrollably. The rest of the FFX crew then notice that the rest of the Phantom Thieves left to steal the treasure from Seymour Guado's palace. Everyone wins!

Stage Select (Warning: I really really love Mass Effect)

Set it 1000 years after Mass Effect 3. The Genophage was cured under Wrex and Eve and the Quarians made peace with the Geth, but every other choice will be up in the air and decided during conversations. For instance, if a character explains Shepard spared Kaiden, you can confirm it or correct them to say Shepard saved Ashley. I left out the Krogan and Quarian choices to ensure the two races are still in the game. The Galaxy has two councils, the more powerful one called The Alliance Council and led by:

Humans, who were spared in large numbers by Reapers to create a new one that never reached the phase where people were killed. Because of this, they weren't as hurt as some other races by the war. Their initiative and leadership were crucial the Galaxy to recover.

Quarians- Their exile ended up being perfect experience to aid other species in recovering. They still wear their suits out of tradition, but without the glass masks (unless in space) as their immune systems have recovered

Geth- If you picked destroy, the Quarians quickly rebuilt them and either way they now live as AI in ships and space suits. They are preparing to leave the Galaxy, however to join as one collective conscious. 

Krogan- Wrex led their military to wipe out any chaos after the war while Eve eliminated their archaic customs. Krogan are still known for being soldiers, but are more similar to Turians in the trilogy as they also thrive politically, economically and especially scientifically.

Salarian colonists- Splintered off from the Dalatrass, but otherwise largely the same. They want to unify, but not under the current Dalatrass' terms, favoring an uncentralized leadership.

Turians- The weakest of the main races, as they were hit the hardest by the Reaper war to cripple their strong military and still haven’t fully recovered even a thousand years later. The Krogan replacing their role has left them lost as a society. They're still a powerful race, just not the super power they once were.

The Alliance Council is far from perfect, but is trying to keep the Galaxy united, with every race having a say unless they choose to not associate. The ones who don’t form the Terminus Council: 

Asari- Created a lot of mistrust from hiding Prothean tech, with some blaming the Reaper War's severity on them. The accusation was blown out of proportion but the Asari created their own council led by Aria T'loak when the old one fell apart. Modern Asari are very influenced by her leadership, creating a cutthroat culture, with Aria's first replacement still in power and so similar there's rumors shes really Aria's daughter. 

Yahg- Aria helped uplift this race to be their muscle to counter Krogans. The Yahg are more civilized than in ME2/3 but still highly aggressive and a common enemy in the game.

Hanar- The Asari lured them with Prothean artifacts and knowledge. Hanar are good intentioned, but zealous with their Prothean religion and will assist Asari with anything.

Drell- Have recovered thanks to Asari aid and have as much loyalty to them as Hanar. They’re still dangerous assassins but their perfect memory have made them thrive in science and politics

Salarian Dalatrass- A powerful force, but a shell of the Salarians in the trilogy. Wants to use the Terminus Council to conquer colonist worlds, but is being used by the Asari

The plot of the game will work like Dragon Age Origins, letting you pick between Human, Quarian, Asari, and Drell. Each origin ends with an aged Liara asking you to join her on an expedition to stop a group of terrorists. From there, you will discover they found an ancient race’s incomplete Crucible and work for the Terminus Council, eventually revealing their intentions: If Shepard destroyed, they want to use it to take control of all Geth before they leave the Galaxy to seize control of space suits and ships to conquer the Alliance Council. If Control they plan to control the Shepard VI and bring back the Reapers. If Synthesis, they plan to hijack the Geth to locate the Reapers and conquer them. 
The player can then take control for themselves or destroy the method to control the Geth, siding with either or neither council, with the player able to both destroy both councils or force an alliance between the two. 

As far as gameplay goes, if I didn’t mention it, I agree with everything Julian says.

Cage Match:

Eternal Darkness tries to make Luigi go insane, but fails due to Luigi's already existing insanity from living in Mario's shadow. Luigi's Mansion wins.

Stage Select:

3. Vault 92 (Fallout 3)- I consider Fallout Vaults close enough to haunted since most of them are filled with corpses of their inhabitants and just enough looming threats to put you in danger. Any my favorite is 92 where creative people were lured in told they were to preserve art when in reality they were subject to a white noise that would make them violent, obedient soldiers. They did not become obedient. Chaos ensued.

2. Peragus (Kotor 2)- Not a traditional haunted house, but this mining field is filled with murderous droids, tapes of people killing each other and droids killing them, and has a Sith Lord who died in a war only to be resurrected with the goal of hunting your character down. If that doesn't meet a haunted house's requirements, I don't know what does.

1. Castlevania- What else could it be? Literally every monster and mythical creature in public domain resides in the castle with Dracula and Death waiting for you at the end of it. No other haunted house can compete with this.