Donkey Kong 3 is an interesting game. It seems to be Nintendo's take on Galaga, and the main character looks like an illustrated version of Mr. Game & Watch. And he's spraying Donkey Kong's balls with bug spray. I guess that's why Donkey Kong Junior never had any brothers or sisters.
Stage Select:
1. Octoroks, Leevers, Peahats, Moblins, and Lynels from the Zelda series. Zelda has an awful lot of memorable mooks, actually. The first four have remained mainstays that give Hyrule its unique look, and Nintendo figured out how to make Lynels as brutal in 2017 as they were in 1987.
2. Slimes. Can't really say much more about those. I even have a Slime plushie I got as a pre-order bonus for the DS release of Dragon Quest VI.
3. Malboros, the giant plant monsters with big gaping mouths that stick you with multiple status effects in Final Fantasy games. My first FF game was VI, and when I played VII, they were the first recurring monster in the series I remember seeing. I hate those a-holes.
Cage Match:
Gals Panic: Breath of the Wild wins here, so much for someone assuming I was talking about Zelda.
Just kidding. That said, Zelda: BotW does win. I've pontificated on it enough that everybody knows where I stand on it by now, so I will actually talk more about The Witcher 3. That game is loaded with detail in terms of the characters and the world, and it's definitely one of the titans of the RPG genre. Geralt is definitely one of the more interesting video game heroes out there. I've been familiar with the series since the first game. CD Projekt's success with Witcher 3 was well-earned. Breath of the Wild is my favorite game of this generation, and The Witcher 3 is my fourth-favorite game of the generation, so this was a monster matchup, unlike my Cage Match pitting that poor bastard Quest 64 against Final Fantasy VII. I will say that Witcher 3 is stronger in narrative while Breath of the Wild has much better game mechanics.
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