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Of course my best game of 2020 was Animal Crossing.  Here's my full list:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2021/01/01/carys-best-games-of-2020-awards-show/

For some reason, I remember seeing Alpine Ski in nearly every arcade I went to as a kid for a while.  Some Taito games like this and Jungle Hunt seemed very prolific in the arcades around me back then.

I have this game, it was one of the last games I bought for the DS.  Unfortunately I never got around to playing it!  Sounds like a neat idea, though, combining 2-D Metroid style gameplay with virtual pet elements.

Any Mario Kart game is just as fun in single player.  

From what I've seen of the trailer, most of the tracks in the Booster Pack come from Mario Kart Tour.  And you're in luck since most of the tracks you mentioned are in Mario Kart Tour.  I won't be getting the booster pack since I don't have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.  I have the original Wii U version and I don't want to spend full price for the same game again.  I think they should bring down the price of the deluxe game.

I don't play games on my phone mostly because I like to be more aware of my surroundings when I'm out and about.  The only games I played on my cell phone were ones that would only work on that format, not on an iPad.  So I played Pokemon GO for a little while as well as Pikmin Bloom and Pac-Man GEO, but that's it.  I do like playing some games on my iPad, though.  Especially the Animal Crossing mobile game.  That thing's been around for more than 4 years and I still play it!

I never played these games, but I watched my brother Jeff and his friends play a couple of them.  Since I watched a lot of Batman: The Animated Series as a teen in the 90's, I knew who most of the characters were in the games, too.  Which is unusual, because since I don't get into comic books, I have a hard time remembering all the names in those Marvel movies and such.

I really liked New Super Lucky's Tale.  It was definitely a callback to 3-D platformers in the N64 and GameCube eras, and while it wasn't perfect, it still put a smile on my face.  And games don't do that near as much for me anymore.

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/11/29/new-super-luckys-tale-switch/

I really liked the orchestral songs in Galaxy.  It fit so well!  Super Mario Galaxy was my GOTY back in 2007.  Portal would've gotten my GOTY that year, but I didn't play it until the next year, when The Orange Box went down in price.  But Galaxy is still worthy of that award.  When the Super Mario 3-D All-Stars game came out, I played all three games on it again, but Galaxy was the only one on it I actually finished again.  Mario 64 may still be my favorite 3-D Mario title, but Galaxy is a close second.

I loved this game back in the arcade!  Did you know it was actually made in the US for Taito?