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I've been off Animal Crossing since June when my unit got activated for the riots and millions of bells worth of turnips went bad when I was gone. I had fun with it when I played it though. I'd recommend playing Galaxy in TV mode when you get around to it, the motion controls don't really translate well to handheld play. And whatever you do, do not go for 100% in Sunshine. Getting all the main sprites is fun but those blue coins will destroy you.

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Halo 3: Finish the Fight- Hearing this song while two Scarabs fall from the sky at once is still my favorite moment in the series and made the game feel so epic.

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness: Mirror B's Theme- So imagine you're playing one of the most mediocre RPGs ever made, then all of the sudden two grunts mention their boss Mirror B is here, followed by a guy in a purple disco suit and enormous Pokeball colored afro moonwalking in and this song starts playing

Mirror B should be in every Pokémon game.

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Cyberpunk wins because Avengers would build a strategy around Spider-Man (based on that old movie Terminator) then forget he's only in the PlayStation version and they're working with their PC crew

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Mass Effect mod for male Shepard to be voiced by H Jon Benjamin. Let's assume I have the talent to reanimate Shepard to lip sync perfectly and access to H Jon Benjamin for this. Your role playing options would be between Sterling Archer and Bob Belcher. Imagine the one liners:

"Joker, stop treating EDI like she's people"

"Well obviously I'm going to shoot the Blue Suns member!"

"No, no, no, no, WHY WOULD YOU SEND OUT THAT MANY MECHS?"

"Well I'm glad you Krogan are excited because I'm going to kill myself"

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I've played Dig Dug but haven't heard of Mr Do! The impression I get is Mr Do can get things done unnoticed. So I see Mr Do! winning.

Stage Select: I've been keeping up with a lot of new releases. Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, Phantasy Star Online 2, and especially Streets of Rage 4 all delivered. The Last of Us 2 did not. Other than that, I've been playing every Halo in The Master Chief Collection on PC before Infinite. Have a lot more time for it now! There have been a few random indie games like Time Spinner, Dead Cells, and Carrion thrown in there too.

Cage Match: Battlefront 2 2005 wins no contest. It's like comparing John Carpenter's Halloween to Rob Zombie's.

My favorite game by far is Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I have a review written here for it. If you're looking for RPGs, Octopath Traveler is exactly like an old Square RPG and the Xenoblade games are excellent. And Mario + Rabbids and Luigi's Mansion 3 are games I think you personally would really love.

Nice, I love my Switch. Such a great library of games. Tried the demo for Enslaved, but wasn't a fan. The visuals and controls didn't do anything for me, even back in 2010

What I agree on:

Lev- Very good character and even though I can't stand Abby, the one part I enjoyed were her interactions with him. I don't think they handled him being trans the best way since his role in society was what they focused on rather than dysphoria, but still a good character.

Rat King- Amazing design, horrible fight. Also how did all those infected survive in a hospital quarantined off for over twenty years with no food?

Graphics/Design- I felt a bit guilty enjoying them after hearing about Naughty Dog's working conditions but I hope they're proud of how much attention to detail it is. 9th gen games are gonna have to work really hard to compete with that

Gameplay- I think it's paced horribly not just story wise, but gameplay wise but the mechanics and encounters are fun

Museum- Best part of the game hands down

Disagree:

Joel- I'm going with Julian's interpretation but have a different meaning behind it. Ellie was too young to make that kind of decision herself and after she just tells him dying there would mean her life meant something, he was telling her that she doesn't need to save humanity for her life to mean something. 

Abby- Her trying to leave the whole thing behind doesn't come across as being the bigger person to me, it tells me she refuses to accept actions have consequ. Something the game doesn't seem to want to teach her. It'll throw in our face how awful Ellie is for killing a dog in self defense, but not how Abby doomed Owen and Mel when they were waiting for her to come back? Or when she was surprised Mel wanted her gone after sleeping with Owen? Or how she tries justifying murdering children? I felt like the game was trying to manipulat me into thinking Ellie's worse than Abby and it backfired so badly. Any redeeming qualities are offset by the awful things she does.

Dina- Besides Lev, Jesse was the only other new character who I liked. And Dina treats him like garbage. It's very clear he's not over their breakup but is keeping in touch with his parents and comes onto one of his good friends. And the way she talks to Ellie feels like she's always reminding her Ellie isn't good enough for her. I dated someone who treated me similarly and its an awful feeling to be on the receiving end of this.

The End- I think that ending did a good job showing why Ellie couldn't let it go. Too good. She's still awful for what she did but it just felt like she only turned out this way because the world kept throwing things at her no one would be able to move past. The plot never really had her do anything beyond reacting  what happens to her. Abby kills Joel, Tommy comes to her with Abby's whereabouts. Sure she makes the wrong choices but I can't judge her considering the shit she goes through until she threatens Lev. But since that's the point where she crosses the point of being irredeemable, I'm more irritated with how that fight at the end felt so contrived. There was no reason for her to feel a need to fight Abby, she could have just stabbed her and ended it.

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My favorite is when I asked for Donkey Kong Land on the Game Boy. My mom bought me Donkey Kong 94 instead. DK94 is a much better game than Donkey Kong Land so my mom made the best mistake ever.

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I think these two games are about equal in quality. Both have top notch level design and distinct, fun characters to play as. But I have to go for Tropical Freeze for one simple reason: It actually lets you play as Donkey Kong. It's not Diddy Kong Country, its not Dixie Kong Country, it's Donkey Kong Country!

I'll read that blog if you do! If you want to get really ambitious you can include the other Mario RPGs.

Yeah, Animal Crossing as your pick doesn't surprise me one bit. I enjoyed it too though! And you'll like this: My sister teaches middle school and says when it came (she still taught via Zoom) out her kids were talking about Animal Crossing instead of Fortnite. And it stayed that way until the end of the school year.

My favorite of 2020 is Streets of Rage 4 followed closely by Doom Eternal. Animal Crossing would probably be number three, but Paper Mario could take its spot. And then The Last of Us Part 2 is on the very bottom.