I thought the base game was a flawed gem. Should say that I’m a big Symphony of the Night fan though.

At last!

Popularity boost due to being marketed/published by a popular youtuber. The game is very good though! I was initially put off by the publisher due to being wary of it being a gimmick but picked it up after the reviews landed.

Are we talking about games developed/published by Nintendo or can we also talk about console exclusives?

Metroid Prime on gamecube is probably my favourite game ever. Playing it when it came out was a visceral experience and the world immersed me more than any other game until the original Dark Souls came along.

2nd pick would be SMT4 on 3DS. It synthesizes the story beats of almost all of the previous entries in the series into a wonderful concoction of all the best parts IMO. Best combat in the series too - love the smirk system.

Really nice write up. Agree with a lot of your picks.

Only difference would be Pokemon Y which I had kinda the opposite reaction to! Nostalgia for Gen 1 & 2 Pokemon was maybe too strong. The primitive graphics on the gameboy games got me to engage my imagination more I guess.

I think vanilla perl is also worth looking at if you need the script to be portable