Yasssss! I loved Super Princess Peach. People think I'm lying about its existence when I bring it up. They don't know what they're missing.
Super Princess Peach came out at a time when I didn't have a tonne of friends and the number of times I have played and replayed it - looking back I could not believe it. It's by the numbers for sure, but it's Peach.
= #305 (5/20) 1997 | Rare | N64 / NDS | Racing 12 Points: @send photo send photo: Mario Kart who?? I don't know what it is about this game but I find it so much more charming than Mario Kart. It's kooky, it's got different vehicles, and it's got story. As disappointing as I found Yooka-Laylee, I hope there's a similar revival for Diddy Kong Racing because I think this one would do well with a fresh update. tag yourselves I'm diddy looking extremely anxious at merely the thought of existing
Oh man! I didn't actually get to play this until quite recently. As iconic as the game is (as mentioned in the post, it had quite an impact on release), it's a bit shit as well. Horrible acting, ugly rendered backgrounds, nonsensical story, dead ends, the whole last act being a horrible trial-and-error experience. And yet somehow I still enjoyed it. Roberta Williams is a queen!
I was all about the battle mode in Diddy Kong Racing. Imagine my delight when they re-released it on the DS with online multiplayer? That game captured my imagination more than any other kart racer. I remember wanting to hop out of the kart and go exploring at several points during the story mode.
Super Princess Peach is actually very well constructed; I never managed to beat it but I remember plenty of days spent on my DS playing the game while my mom was in Hobby Lobby.
Hello all I spent the day drinking in the scorching sun and now I’m tired and burnt but I’ve downed a coffee so LET’S GO = #305 (5/20) 2011 | Edmund McMillen | Various | Rogue-Like 12 Points: @ddog Animalia: After the unexpected success of Super Meat Boy, McMillen figured he was in a safe enough position financially to take a bit of a risk and make the game he really wanted to make; a Zelda-inspired top-down dungeon crawler serving up a very critical take on the religion he was brought up with. Fortunately for him, this game was also a huge success – talent always wins, etc. The enhanced remake titled The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is available on basically every platform ever known to man and can usually be scooped up for a few pennies in the sales if you fancy yourself a wee bit religiously-motivated filicide.
My friend bought me Isaac in the Steam sale and I've been hooked these past few days. I'm really surprised only one person voted for it.
= #305 (6/20) 2016 | Jackbox Games | PS4 / Xbox One / Switch | Party 12 Points: @VivaForever VivaForever: A group of grad school friends and I used to play this a lot - we seem to have stopped now that two of them are in Ph.D. programs for some godforsaken reason - and it's so much fun. I was always ashamed at how badly I did at Trivia Murder Party, especially for being a goddamn librarian, but I did very nearly win once! Guesspionage and Tee K.O. always turned into memefests, and I ALWAYS fucking put "hey I just met you and this is crazy" as one of my entries in Tee K.O., but sadly no one ever used it. #JusticeForCarly whew that trailer is... a lot but the game concepts look pretty neat!
