Time for one last major collection addition before the
holiday season and the end of the year!
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker for the Nintendo GameCube. This
game seems to get mixed perspectives from the Zelda fan community due to art
direction and the general direction of the game at that point and time. It is a very different kind of Zelda
experience involving a great sea resulting in a different kind of world and
place from the earlier games. Regardless
of these differences I completely tend to disregard the criticism of this game
and consider it a great game in its own right.
Final Fantasy X-2 for the Playstation 2, this is kind of a
hard game to discuss among Final Fantasy fans, though it does present some
unique elements to it, it definitely does reek heavily of marketing and fan
service with the game general ascetic and character design that sometimes feels
a bit out of place. I don’t really
share the hate for this one like many do, I find it’s best to take it as it is
and not try to read too heavily into it and it’s still an interesting game if
nothing else. Considering I didn’t pay
very much for it’s still an acceptable collection addition if nothing else.
Paper Mario Sticker
Star for the Nintendo 3DS, to this day I will not ever understand my liking of
the Paper Mario series, it a very odd concept when you think about it, but they
are charming and enjoyable games even if they aren’t always the most in depth type
of RPG. I haven’t gotten a chance to
start playing it yet but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.
Spy Hunter for the NES, now to be honest this is a classic
game though not anything particularly special, it was a port of an Arcade game
being one of those games that is all about a high score and can’t ever actually
be beaten it’s a fairly simple game, though all I ever seen to do is die within
seconds of playing because the speed and control is a little funky at
times. I played this game for years on
and off during visits to my grandparents when I was younger so it does have a
bit of nostalgia behind it even it’s not really that memorable.
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for the Nintendo 64. This is one of the few console Zelda games I
have never played until now. When we
had a Nintendo 64 we lacked the Nintendo 64 expansion pak required to play the
game so it passed me by. I haven’t
gotten a chance to play through it yet, but just from the short start… I will
say it’s one of the creepiest Zelda games I have ever witnessed. A lot of elements and imagery is just kind
of creepy. I intend to play further into
it, but it’s nice to finally take a crack at it.
Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64, this was the original Paper
Mario game that started that particular sub series. I seem to be focused on this today it seems
like, as I said with the new one, I still am not sure why I like the series as
much as I do but I will take it for what it is.
