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I agree, Wario Land 2 is probably the best one, even though they're all great.  I enjoy the Wario titles more than most regular Mario games, really. This may be my second favorite Game Boy game (first is Link's Awakening)

Not being able to die was brilliant, and having to figure out when and where to get hit by particular enemies gave the game some clever puzzle elements. I also loved the branching pathways.  PROTIP: At the beginning part of the first stage, DON'T get out of bed when you hear the alarm clock.  I found that path out by accident!

Plus, the game has Captain Syrup and she's awesome.  Nintendo should use her more.

I've played more than one Mario Party game, but I really mostly only played the first, and I think that's all I needed to play.  I have one of the GameCube Mario Party titles, but I only bought it because it was at a charity auction.

I've never played any of the other ones.  Any characters I would like?

Very cool.  There are a lot of people I still miss at 1up.  I can't follow them all, though, as that would spread myself thin.  I wish I had more time to do things like that.

There's only one Kinect game that I really liked.  It's called The Gunstringer and it was made by Twisted Pixel.

Yeah, Puzzle Bobble is called Bust-A-Move in the US, but I hate that name so I try to call it Puzzle Bobble.  it's on pretty much every system imaginable.

Battle Shark didn't seem too memorable on Taito Legends.  I like that you mentioned StarBlazers.  I used to watch that show when I was a kid.  Did you know that in Japan, they just had a StarBlazers remake?

Bubble Bobble is freaking awesome and one of my favorite Taito games.  My brother Jeff and I used to always play it together when he was young.  Great game to play with kids.  I also like the puzzle game Puzzle Bobble.  It's one of my top three puzzle games and even my mom likes to play it.

I remember Gladiator in the arcades, but I didn't like it much.  The big draw with this game, if I remember correctly, is the large character graphics.  They really stood out at the time.

I always get mixed up on which games are on Taito Legends 1 and 2.  But Taito is one of my favorite game companies.  Lots of history in that company.

If you have a DS, you should track down Arkanoid DS, also by Taito.  it's really fun and the music was so good, I imported the soundtrack.  Zuntata, Taito's iin-house band, is awesome.

You have some good choices on your list.  Have you ever played Astro Boy: Omega Factor?  it's an amazing GBA action game, and one of my favorites.

I wish I had time to play games like this nowadays.

Aw, they should've let me run 1up.com.  :)  Oh well, you can see my new endeavor on my blog, too.