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Hello Kitty Roller Rescue
I mean, c'mon. It just looks cute. You get to play as these cute animals and whack space aliens with a magic wand in a colorful world reminiscent of Kirby. It might be a kids game and simple but sometimes its nice to just to play a pleasant little distraction like a videogame cupcake or confection. Nothing too complicated or overly fancy like a big meal or dessert but a simple bite size snack of quick sweetness that may not keep you satisfied for long but you enjoy it while you have it / play it.
Mario Power Tennis
At one point, I was looking for all the remaining Mario sports games on GC but then I recently managed to pick up Strikers and Baseball for a good price just leaving Tennis as the odd one out. Admittedly, I'm not a big Tennis fan. I don't watch or play it. But I've like the Mario Golf series and the Mario Tennis series seems to be the second biggest Mario sports entry after it unless you consider Mario Kart as part of the sport series. The only Mario Tennis game I own so far though is the 3DS version because I was able to pick it up for $12.00 new at Target one time. (Thank you Fatty the Hutt for posting that deal.) So, I'm not sure how into I'd be but the Wii U Tennis seems to be awful and I'm not really interested in going to the N64 or GBA versions and the GC version seemed to be good enough for Nintendo to re-release it on the Wii with motion controls added so I'm optimistic about the quality of this title. But I see it as $15 - $20 game which may be why I haven't snagged a copy yet since it often seems to sell a bit above that.
P.N.03
With the terrible name and bland title, I never thought much about looking into this game when I saw it on store shelves but sometime after the GC ended and into the Wii era, there were some articles talking about the previous generation of GC and overlooked titles worth checking out and some stuff on the Capcom 5 games. It was from articles like these that I finally started getting some info on P.N.03 which made it sound a bit like an odd Metroid Prime re-imagining. It also seemed to be getting a slightly positive vibe and recommendation as being worth checking out so I kind of made a mental note to start remembering it and looking for it but I'm still pretty vague on what it is like or about and haven't considered it a top priority of tracking down. Looking it up on eBay, it's price seems to be going up from what some of you have paid and seems to be selling for about what it sold when it was brand new and I'm not sure if it is worth it not but it did get a reaction from 2 members here of all the things on my list so it's definitely peaking my curiosity again.
Pacman VS
I've heard this game is supposed to be a pretty neat game if you can get the GBA and Link cable for it and is one of the better proof of concepts of GC/GBA connectivity. I've been slowly trying to get myself set up for a Four Swords play though at some point having bought the game and a couple GBAs and link cables. If I do finish getting a couple more for the full 4 player experience, I'd like to have this game as another way of justifying the endeavor. I hear Crystal Chronicles is supposed to be worth it too but I've never played a Final Fantasy game so I've got no connection with the series and it just always felt like a big escort mission based on the description of the game whereas PacMan VS seems like it could be a lot of fun in strategy and as a party game. It did re-release on the 3DS, I think (or else it was the DS) but I'd like to play it as it was intended on the GC.
Superman Shadows of Apokolips
Can't say I have any big expectations for this game. I didn't even know it existed until maybe 5 years ago when I was in a Used Games shop and saw it. I was only aware of the Superman 64 bomb. I liked the Animated Series so I'm interested in revisiting it through videogame form. When the GameCube when first came out, one of the early games I rented for it was Batman: Vengence because I liked the animated series and the Batman & Robin SNES did a good job of adapting that series into a game. I remember being amazed at the jump in quality of graphics from 64 to GC and how well the game seemed to resemble the Animated Series. The game was short but I enjoyed it. I finally bought Batman Vengence a few years ago and replayed it. It's definitely aged and rather sparse and wonky. That said, the game had still had some moments fun and a couple neat concepts/levels I'd forgotten bout so I thought it was worth the $10.00 or so dollars I paid for it. My hope is Shadows of Apokolips can deliver the same experience as Batman Vengence. I'm not expecting a greatly polished game but competent enough that I can play through it without much trouble and they throw in a couple fun levels.
Shadow the Hedgehog
Part of getting this game is because I am curious how bad it is from the reviews of it many years ago. Having followed the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic for a few decades I'm curious what elements and story this game provided Shadow and would have been used to influence that property. Also, I liked Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow. From his introduction in that game, I still think he's kind of a neat foil and Sega thought he was popular enough at that time to get his game so they did something right about him. The whole idea of Shadow running around with guns though just seems so insane even now that I really do want to play it to just to see what Sega was thinking when they came up with this title. Since I mostly liked Sonic Adventure 2 and didn't have too much of an issue with Sonic Heroes when it came out, I've always thought I may be able to enjoy Shadow the Hedgehog even though everyone just wanted to pile on the Sonic franchise at that point (and the bashing has continued to this day) so I'd like to form my own informed opinion of the game by actually playing it also. I found with Sonic Adventure 2 that when you practiced and got good at a level to get an A rank, it could make for a pretty exciting and interesting level (provided you hit some elements just right and didn't glitch). Unlike the Sonic games of the GC era, to my knowledge, there are no other side characters you control in Shadow the Hedgehog meaning all the levels should be of the race from one end to the other variety. My expectation is to either have some fun flying through some levels at top speed or just shaking my head in amazement at the poor quality. Either way, I expect it to be memorable in some way.
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