And, if you poke the sword into a wall and hear a hollow “tink,” then it’ll open up a passageway if you drop a bomb in front of it. Running into a tree could make rupees or a seashell come out… Oh boy. I definitely ran that poor shovel into the ground. Collecting seashells was cool and I wanted to get every single one. I like the weapon and special item selections as well. Upgrading the wallet, which I always thought was kinda dumb, is absent from this game. I haven’t tried shoplifting in a Zelda game since, so I don’t know if you get capital punishment for this crime or not in other entries. What a morality lesson! It didn’t stop me from stealing in real life, but hey, actual WalMart cashiers don’t come at you with laser beam guns. If you do, he KILLS YOU with a LASER next time you go in! Second grade me freaked out and did not play this game again for months. So about that ‘young me almost shat myself experience.’ I may have shop lifted, say, a couple of times, from that shopkeeper in the starting town. How does he know this? A wise owl told him, of course. Instead, Link is stranded on Koholint Island and must traverse 8 dungeons and collect special instruments to escape (Play 8 magical instruments to awaken the Wind Fish? Huh?). Its charming in a strange way and a nice change in pace from saving Zelda, Hyrule, and collecting triforce pieces. Another black sheep I guess, since it’s pretty much an alternate reality experience with some Super Mario nods thrown in. It was such a great moment, I only have one other old school game moment that compares, so I guess I’ll do that game next. I will also never forget my reaction when the Eagle-mouth-doorway-thingy dislodged itself and started trying to attack me! I almost shat myself. I mean, who didn’t try digging up every single square of sand? Or seeing how long they could bait the Phanto with a key before getting hit? As quirky as the enemy designs were, for the most part I think they’re pretty cool and unique. It gives the player more time to explore and learn the areas. I liked not being on a timer in this game. But screw that, I only play as Princess!Īfter all these years, I can still do many levels with my eyes closed (like that level in world 4 where all the Beezos are flying at you, and if you don’t want to get hit you need to do a well executed series of jumps, ducks, and ducking while jumping), and I still remember where all the warp “pots” are. Ideally, you would choose the most suitable character for each level I guess. Oh, and did I mention she can hover? If you cheat with a Game Genie (and oh, cheat I did), you can enter a code which makes her fly for entire levels if you so desire. No, Princess Toadstool gets down and dirty with the boys in this game, throwing enemies around and kicking butt without a stupid parasol and PMS freakouts. You get to play as Princess Toadstool, and not the joke Princess Peach in Super Princess Peach who makes the feminazi in me rage. Whenever I get a hankering to play an old Mario title, it’s almost always SMB2. It’s a Doki Doki Panic revamp, making it a black sheep in the Mario-verse, but I love it. I love me some old school Mario games, and none so much as this title. But I think a more varied list appreciating other game genres is appropriate and more reflective of my gaming experiences. I could easily (and maybe later do) a 10 favorite RPGs list because that is the genre I play the most of. What this means for my list is that I tried to get a comprehensive collection from different genres. Therefore, I surely can’t say an action game is better than a puzzle game because the bases for comparison are vastly different, except for the basic fun and immersion factors. A critic worth their salt isn’t going to rate an oil painting with the same criteria as an ice sculpture. Games, like all other art mediums, cannot always be fairly compared to each other due to their stark differences. My Top Ten! I had a hard enough time choosing ten games to name above all the others that I’ve played, so I did not give them set rankings. Here it is, ladies, gents, and everyone in between.
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