looking back on ’08

here we go again. another full year of gaming. here are the games of 2008 (in approximate descending order) and their corresponding blog reviews:

HIGHEST
– tetris (GB)
– galaga (NES)
– tetris attack (SNES)
– super smash bros. brawl (wii)
– the legend of zelda: a link to the past (SNES)
– advance wars (GBA)
– animal crossing: wild world (DS)
– toki tori (GB)

MIDDLE
– mega man 2 (NES)
– parappa the rapper (PS)
– custom robo (GCN)
– donkey kong country (SNES)
– super mario 64 (N64)
– pac-man collection (GBA)
– baten kaitos: eternal wings and the lost ocean (GCN)
– final fantasy tactics (PS)
– super mario kart (SNES)
– yu-gi-oh! world championship 2007 (DS)
– viewtiful joe (GCN)
– wario land (VB)
– drill dozer (GBA)
– gauntlet legends (N64)
– mike tyson’s punch-out!! (NES)
– fire emblem: fuin no tsurugi (sword of seals) (GBA)
– operation c (GB)
– phoenix wright: ace attorney (DS)

LOWEST
– meteos (DS)
– ninja gaiden (NES)
– super mario land (GB)
– my french coach (DS)
– rayman raving rabbids (wii)

REVISITS
– fire emblem: radiant dawn (wii) (2nd playthrough normal mode)
– fire emblem: the sacred stones (GBA) (lagdou ruins, etc.)

phew. i purposely tried to vary things a bit this year in terms of genres, although i’m not quite sure how well i succeeded. i feel like i’m making good progress in terms of working my way through the canon, though. system-wise the tally for this year (not counting games i revisited) comes to: 5 DS games, 4 GBA, 4 GB, 4 SNES, 4 NES, 3 GCN, 2 N64, 2 wii, 2 PS, and 1 virtual boy game, for a total of 31. that’s the same as last year, which i sort of purposely tried to shoot for in the attempt to keep myself from spending too much time playing games. for some reason i’ve been shying away from first-person games lately, which i just don’t find as relaxing as a good 2D platformer; but i plan on catching up a bit on those. also have a lot of sequels lined up that i want to play but am also trying to mix it up with some new experiences as well. anyway, thanks again to anyone who’s stumbled across this little corner of cyberspace, and welcome to another year of rockin’ video games at video games rock!

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