OF A GOLDEN AGE

Five games I didn’t love at first:
1. Mario RPG
2. Street Fighter
3. Super Smash Melee
4. Sonic the Hedgehog
5. Chrono Trigger

After several hours of too-slow plot play and several months of bored hiatus, I returned to Chrono Trigger and it finally won my sustained attention. I still don’t love that there’s no separate battle screen (stupid Final Fantasy games, ruining me for everything else) but I do love the music, the graphics, and the entire conceit of the game.

This weekend I watched a sixth grader play this insane-looking game Nazi Zombies (no, really) and the graphics were so real it kind of made me sick — I don’t want to see some real character’s head get blown off, or some real character without legs dragging around on his elbows. It reinforced that I am an eight-bit girl when it comes to my favorite games, and I will play Super Nintendo games indefinitely. Nathan thinks it has the best games of any console to date, and I agree.

Five games I ended up not loving:
1. Super Smash Brawl
2. Final Fantasy VIII
3. Super Mario Galaxy
4. Final Fantasy X
5. Super Mario Bros 2

Five games I loved immediately:
1. Final Fantasy VI, VII, IX
2. Paper Mario 1, 2, 3
3. Super Mario Bros 1, 3, and World
4. Mario Kart Double Dash
5. Katamari Damacy

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