Beat Wario Land 3 on the bus this morning, what a game!
This particular playthrough mirrored my childhood one, in that it took a good three months of one and off playing to get through, and much of that happened while travelling.
Also come to appreciate the game more, while I love 4 and WarioWare, 3 was the last of the classic Wario games before he took on a different character to appeal more to the American audience that made up the majority of sales (source: Nintendo Dream interviews).
I feel Kozue Ishikawa’s soundtrack illustrates this most - the game at times has this liminal atmosphere that her work enhances, while the main theme and music box evoke poignant feelings.
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DKC2 done now, 102%. Wow, this might just be my second fav 2D platformer of all time
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100% completed Beetle Adventure Racing for the N64!
I can clearly see what makes this game so fun. Even before researching it and finding out that its roots lie in a cancelled NFS game, I was telling my friends that it felt like old school NFS.
The beginning of the game with the crappy cars is quite tame but fun, however when you unlock the fast cars it gets quite fast and much more difficult on the hardest tracks.
Really amazing little game, and we had so much fun playing it for the retro LAN this past weekend.
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I beat Total Eclipse! First game I beat on a 3DO!
Total Eclipse is a 3D rail shooter. Its big gimmick is that your health constantly drains over time and you need to replenissh it by destroying enemies.
I was more familiar with the PS1 port Total Eclipse Turbo. The 3DO version is definitely better. While PS1’s run at 60 fps, it seems Total Eclipse was one of those funny games that had game logic tied to framerate so the controls feel twitchy as fuck, which is a big problem for the underground corridors segments. The explosion effects were also neutered. Overal, fun game.
