Feature: The Hall Of Shame – Games Or Series We Never Got Around To Playing

It's ok, people: games must be felt and enjoyed...
Love for everyone.

I've never played Majora's Mask even though I own two releases of it.
🤷🏽‍♀️

I've never played animal crossing, Minecraft or a Pokemon past 15 min 😫

My backlog is huge. I was never into Minecraft so it's just not for me.

I think my biggest shame is never completing final fantasy tactics. Always tried but never finished. I have just started playing fire emblem awakening and am feeling the same frustrations!

Also not got to breathe of the wild yet, and don't love metroid prime (don't shoot me!)

Now that it’s back on Nintendo I can admit to having not played quite a few of the iconic Final Fantasy games. VIII is still left, after having just done IX and VI

It’s cute that you made this cause just last week I finally got around to play Super Metroid and rectify the biggest omission in my gaming “career”.
I’m kinda ashamed that I’ve only played it in my 20’s lol

I mained an Xbox 360 last gen and yet have still never played an Assassin's Creed game.

I never played a 3D Zelda game until Ocarina of Time 3D released in 2011.

The only Paper Mario game I've played for more than an hour is Sticker Star. Ugh~

I have never played, or never will play, a Pokemon game. For similar reasons as Goncola.

I have never touched Fortnite, ever.
And Overwatch.
Oh, and 3D Mario games. All of them.

I've owned every Nintendo system that plays multiple games (no game and watch or arcade cabinets) and I have played practically everything. I would say not playing Mario Sunshine and to a lesser extent Link between Worlds is too bad. But missing most of those other games is nbd.
Though I've played practically everything I've never played a Luigi's Mansion. Somehow it seems a little uninteresting to me. But I think I've played at least one game from just about every series that's on a Nintendo system.

There’s a lot of classic titles I’ve touched a few times but never gotten past the opening few parts. Super Mario World, Super Metroid (I’m working on fixing this one!), Super Mario Bros 2 & 3, Legend of Zelda, Banjo-Kazooie, Zelda Link to the Past...

I’ve also not finished any of the EarthBound games despite having all three of them.

And, in addition to not even clearing Spiral Mountain in the original Banjo, I haven’t even started Tooie!

Forgive me, Nintendo Life staff, for I have sinned.

@clvr I’ve actually just recently started Super Metroid as well! It’s brilliant so far.

Pokemon

I played blue and the endless grindfest put me off.
i hate grinding.

I find that my own hall of shame has been steadily growing ever since the Switch released. Great games release so closely together and are $80 plus rax a pop for most AAA titles here in Canada, so playing everything that I'd like to just isn't feasible. I haven't played the vast, VAST majority of third party games and ports on Switch and I've even passed on some prominent first party titles. Some of the more personally egregious examples include Mario & Rabbids, Yoshi's Crafted World, Captain Toad, Hyrule Warriors, Octopath, and more recently, Astral Chain, Link's Awakening, and Dragon Quest XI. There's a good chance I'll have to pass on Luigi's Mansion and even Pokémon, too. Gaming is expensive, man, and I don't make a lot.

I mean, im fourteen and my first console was the wii, so that would be a long list...

But I guess what I want to play most is ocarina of time. Botw was my first zelda game and I was hooked. I've now played all the one's on the switch, but nothing else.

...Does Lego Star Wars on 3DS count? 😐

So many franchises I’ve never played. Didn’t game between the ps2 and the switch.

Big one that jumps to mind is Castlevania

I guess the big ones are GTA IV and The Last Of Us. And then there's the fact I've played DmC 1 and 2 but not 3, which my friends seem to think is some sort of sin. Nintendo wise, I usually play the big games, but I have an unnatural distaste for 2D Zelda games, I just play 5 minutes then get bored. A recent game I've wanted to play but just never did is probably Xenoblade. Good thing its being remastered for my first playthrough!

Managed to get through getting free Skyrim on 360, free Skyrim weekends on XB1 and a Switch purchase without actually playing Skyrim.

A huge problem with going back and playing a lot of "The Greats" is that many of them don't age well for first time players. That being said, I finally beat Chrono Trigger for the first time on original SNES, and that game is still such a delight.

I've purposely avoided Animal Crossing and MMO's because I'm horrible with time management, and know exactly how far down I'll go through those particular ra bit holes.

I think my biggest shame now days is that I'm just no good at Mario 64.

@nessisonett

I didnt play GTA 4 either and I just got bored of GTA 5.
I played GTA 1 2 3, vice city, san andreas, vice city stories and liberty city stories.
To me GTA 5 is just been there done that, but with prettier graphics.

@Grumblevolcano

Give it time .

I'm yet to play any of the Luigi's Mansion games.
With all the hype surrounding the third entry I might as well try to play the original game sometime.

I touched Super Mario Galaxy and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (and a few other games), but they never really interested me (Unlike Super Mario Odyssey and the trailers for Luigi’s Mansion 3)

I’ve also never thought about buying Breath of the Wild (or any Zelda game for that matter)

Before Breath of the wild, I never played a single Zelda game, but was interested in The Wind Waker on Gamecube as a lad. Also same for every Pokemon thing ever created. Card games aren't my fave.

I’ve played so many games for five mins and never gone back. Shameful amounts. Games I’ve liked. Buying and collecting games this is a huge side effect

I've owned every system from NES to Switch (VB excluded), and there's a few big titles I've missed over the years. Much of the N64 library (F-Zero X, Jet Force Gemini, Mario Part 1-4, Conker, Perfect Dark. Outside of that we have Secret of Mana, Eternal Darkness Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions#FE as the main titles I can think of I've missed.

But worse than any of that: I've out of all main series titles and spinoffs only beaten Final Fantasy I&II, and played little more than the opening in III, X, Tactics Advanced and Crystal Chronicles. Despite being an RPG junkie who's played nearly every major RPG on a Nintendo system (#BringBackBatenKaitos). I haven't played the most widely renowned RPG series. I've even played more Dragon Quest than Final Fantasy, and I've hardly touched that series.

Considering my purchasing tendencies, I could probably construct a top-20 list of 2019 releases I've bought but haven't touched yet.

I've owned every Nintendo and Xbox system since N64 and I have yet to play any,
Pikmin
Xenoblade Chronicles
Fire Emblem
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Brain Age
Nintendogs
The Oracle Games
Mario Party
Paper Mario
Mario Sports games

and going outside of Nintendo
Grand Theft Auto
Fortnite
Gran Turismo/Forza/Project Cars etc.
Mortal Kombat
Metal Gear Solid
Silent Hill
any game by Team Ico
Witcher
Undertale

and that's the short list

@MH4 it’s freaking brilliant, I now understand why it’s been so cherished for the last 25 years.
It’s one of those rare examples of pure and unadulterated game design perfection we very seldom see these days (a shame), and it amazes me that in the 90’s Nintendo could put out such masterclasses in game design and revolutionize the industry SO MANY FREAKING TIMES. I mean, they realeased Super Mario World, ALTTP, Super Metroid, SM64 and OOT in what, 6-7 years?
Those really were the defining moments for our beloved industry 😄

I rented the original Luigi's Mansion once, but haven't played any of them. Same with Pikmin. I own Superstar Saga, but have barely touched it, and not played any of the other Mario and Luigi games.

Bought these but not played them or not for me

Pokemon
Animal crossing
Minecraft
Fortnite
Pubg
Fire emblem
Overwatch
Skyrims
Forza/project cars
Metroid 2 , 3
Final fantasy
Uncharted
Mega man
Cooking mama

I don't think it's a big deal if you haven't played a certain series or a game within a series. There's been tens of thousands of games over the generations. You can't play everything.

I will say for me, it's usually a matter of just either not having the money to buy every last console or game and prioritizing. Sometimes it's a matter of not having interest in a particular genre. Any outside interest or hobbies never really come into play.

Having said that, I readily admit to never having played a minute of a Luigi's Mansion and it might be the only modern Nintendo franchise I've not played for no valid reason other than I've prioritized other series whenever there is one. My daughter is interested in LM3. So I may change that this time around

I’ve never played (get ready):
Mario Sunshine
Zelda Windwaker
Zelda Twighlight Princess
Banjo-Kazzoie
Any Pokemon

Like he says, a movie runs for a matter of hours. Someone who has never seen a star wars movie is much rarer than someone who never played "critically acclaimed ten million seller dx".

Just a slight addendum here for the JRPG folk:
If you've never played Final Fantasy VI, you should definitely give it a shot. To this very day, it's still one of the best uses of videogames as a story telling method. Those little 16-bit sprites still get me more choked up than any hyper-realistic polygon ever has.

I think the only franchise big enough to show up in Smash that I have not played has been Earthbound.

@CharlieGirl Give it a shot. N64 version is the best. Perfect time of year to be playing it too.

@Ooyah That's nuts.

All of the Dragon Quest and Fire Emblem games. I've beaten a few games in each series, but I have yet to play every game. It's just so time consuming.

Never played any of the Banjo-Kazooie games, cause I never owned an N64. Shame cause I can tell I'd have loved it.

Luigi's Mansion is on that list for me. I got the games but I never played them.

I don't blame someone for not playing Minecraft. It's creative, but not for everyone (I got bored in a couple of hours and never returned).

Personally, I still haven't played an Animal Crossing or Luigi's Mansion game. The upcoming titles look good though.

I've never played Minecraft or Fornite. Can't believe I haven't played any of the Mega Man X games after owning the anniversary collection on Gamecube for years, despite knowing how much people like those games.

@Alexface I remember Final Fantasy Tactics being a long game so I don't blame you. Never finished Fire Emblem Awakening, must have been over half way there before I put it down and never got back into it due to having a large backlog myself.

While my backlog is vast and my list of 'started but not finished' games is almost as big, I've done fairly well at making sure I've had a taste of most of the obvious gaming series.

Uncharted is probably the biggest series I've never played at all, despite owning 1-3 on PS3 and 1-4 on PS4.

Can't think of any obvious Nintendo series. Chrono Trigger, as a single game, remains an unknown to me, but I have the DS version, just scared to play it incase (a) it doesn't live up to expectation or (b) it is so good that every other game pales in comparison and spoils me for good.

I've never played a Final Fantasy. Although that might change once the remake of FF7 comes out.

The first 15 minutes of Links Awakening put me to sleep. I think I'm burned out on top-down Zeldas. I completed Link Between Worlds in 2018

I'm also embarrassed about never touching minecraft. I have a pc, 3ds, wii u , and switch as well as an xbone and have never really been tempted to play the game. I know it will go down in the history books as one of the most significant games of all time and even though I was in the age demographic when it first launched back in '09 (I was 14 at the time) I just didn't have any interest in playing it. Maybe I'll try it one day.

@gcunit . Try chrono trigger I knew that I was going to love it after 2 mins x

@Ooyah I was only saying in the forums a few hours ago how last night I played Mario Kart and then Smash, and how they have to be the greatest one-two in gaming, and you claim to have never played either of them...?

I... I... I'm...

Nope.

@Rohanrocks88 I know, they are on the shortlist of games I need to get around to playing.

I have never played a battlefield or CoD game, ever in my life.

Sticking to Nintendo consoles, or this list would be too long, here are some biggies..

Any Smash (owned Brawl but played it for maybe half an hour)
Majora's Mask (even own the 3DS with it built in)
Any Pokemon
Supet Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Galaxy 2

I guess the biggest Nintendo-related series is Pikmin. I’ve never played a Pikmin game. Never had any interest back in the GameCube days, and while I do have Pikmin 3, I never got around to playing it, and I doubt I ever will now. Unless it comes to Switch of course.

I once bought a copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii for something like 10 euros.....then never played it.

Eventually I sold it to a retro video game store to get money to buy a Switch.

@clvr The best part is, Super Metroid still holds up in the way that it’s easy to pick up and hard to put down. Ocarina of Time lost my attention, like many games in the same timespan, but Super Metroid has got me HOOKED. I agree it’s a masterclass in design; every single little detail feels so deliberate and purposeful, even something as insignificant as a room being just small enough to where you can’t Speed Boost. Absolutely legendary, and incredibly memorable.

My only complaint is that wall jumping is too finicky. Otherwise it’s a masterpiece.

One may get or own those games but that doesn't always mean they can play them. With the list coming out for Switch and not all games appeal to everyone or some are just for Collection purpose as well. With my list of games 200+ some I get to some I don't that just how the nature of Gaming goes some get more play(pun) then others.

@LunarFlame17 Yep. Out of all the Nintendo console series, Pikmin is probably the one I've played the least too, but have clocked a few minutes in 2 and 3.

When it comes to big(ish) Nintendo franchises, I haven't played a Fire Emblem game, a Star Fox, a Pikmin, or a Xenoblade. As for games in general, though...I need to play Breath of the Wild more, get deeper into Octopath, pick Metroid Samus Returns back up, check out some more indies (like A Hat in Time, Ori, and Yoku's Island Express), go back to some Wii U games...and I still haven't touched Sonic Adventure DX.

My shame is not a secret and it's not a specific game; it's that I almost never finish a game. Of all the RPGs I've played over the years, I've only completed the main story in a handful of them. Tactical RPGs and strategy titles are really the only one I finish.

I've played every main series Zelda game except for Skyward Sword, and as far as I can remember the only one I ever finished was Wind Waker.

I am the Unfinisher. This is my shame.

The games that definitely not for me:
1. All rated M games
2. FIFA, Madden, NHL, NBA
3. All first / third person shooting games
4. Minecraft
5. All realistic racing games
6. Games with Western super heroes themed
7. Smash Bros games
8. Every single games made by R*
9. Street Fighter IV & V
10. MMO games
11. Final Fantasy XV
12. Donkey Kong games
13. Zelda games (except the clones with better performances than actual Zelda games)
14. Games with Western franchises such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Ring, etc.
15. Transformer games
16. Final Fantasy 7 & the Remake
17. Quiz games
18. Tokimeki games (Virtual dating games)
19. Games with porn looking girls
20. Fire Emblem games
21. Pikmin games
22. F-Zero games
23. Slapstick games with stupid things to do.
24. Xenoblade games
25. Ratchet and Klank games
26. Final Fantasy XIII-2 & Lightning Returns
27. Wrestling games
28. Wario games
29. Dynasty Warrior games
30. Monster Rancher EVO

and still so many games that definitely not for me.

Great idea for an article! There are many popular games that I've never played. I chalk that up to a generational thing.

@KitsuneNight Yeah I found GTAV quite boring as well after a while... my favourite in the series is still Vice City by far.

@dartmonkey I was all ready to say, "Wow, great idea for an article," until I learned that more than 2/3 of the staff is missing from this article with no indication of continuing it to include those omitted (unless I'm blind)...

Moving on: Some big names I've never played are...
Minecraft
Skyrim
WoW (but have played WC3, and all other Battle.net 2.0 games)
Fortnite
Animal Crossing

never played banjo kazooie,

I think the biggest miss here Zelda Link Between Worlds. Amazing game!

@Anti-Matter I'm genuinely trying to think of any game that doesn't fit into any of those categories. That's... exact specifications to say the least. Maybe out of all of those, I'd say give some M rated games a shot such as Silent Hill 2 or Red Dead Redemption 2. Not all of them are just mindless violence and swearing, although I can concede that some are. I guess it just allows some devs the freedom to create a story that touches on more mature themes, same as on TV and the big screen.

@CharlieGirl Have you just never got round to Majora's Mask or do you not really fancy it? I started it but never got that far in, despite loving OoT.

For me, Pokémon, Final Fantasy and Elder Scrolls are the obvious ones. I just have no interest in them.

@MH4 Agreed on the wall jumping issue, although I’d say the Space Jump is even more aggravating as it isn’t an optional mechanic, and I found it to be just as hard.

To Austin Voigt, in my opinion, you've done well not to play Super Mario Sunshine. I was quite let down by that one. I'm not alone in that opinion.

I've never touched Final Fantasy 7, and most others after that. I didn't like Zelda Twilight Princess, so I haven't gone back to the series since. I meant to get around to Ocarina of Time, but never did. Same with the Mario franchise after Sunshine. Also, I didn't like most of Capcom's fighters, so I never played and of the Alpha games or Street Fighter 3. Capcom was doing things that I found unappealing.

@CharlieGirl wow, way to be an unnecessary jerk to someone who was being nice to you 👏🏻

@clvr “Space Jump?” Is that the thing where you Speed Boost, stop, and then jump? If not, I don’t have that yet!

Nice article idea NL!

For me the main Nintendo games I feel the shame for never giving a chance or beating are......

Super Metroid
Every Zelda (except Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild and the new Links Awakening)
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Almost the entire 3DS library
Every Pokemon except Silver
.......

Never played Minecraft, Overwatch, or Fortnite either but I could careless about that.

As far as Nintendo franchises go, I think the only big one I've so far haven't gotten around to playing is Animal Crossing.
As for individual Nintendo titles, probably the biggest one would be Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Never got round to getting it when it was available, and now it seems to cost a small fortune to acquire, so unless Nintendo decide to eventually get round to re-releasing their gamecube library, it's probably gonna stay that way.

I've never played an snes game, or fortnite, overwatch or Animal crossing! I'm sorry! Okay!

@clvr I didn't request any advice.

@nessisonett Majora's Mask has always been an "I'll get to it!" game for me.

CharlieGirl: "I might get lunch in a minute."

Reasonable Human: "Oh, there's a nice new Mexican place across the street that's recently opened up, maybe you could try that."

CharlieGirl: "I DIDN'T REQUEST ANY ADVICE!"

I realize the people in this article play games as their job, but seriously. There are so many games, it seems silly to talk like it's shameful for having skipped some of them. And just because these games are really popular and major Nintendo IP's, that doesn't mean the individual enjoys all of them. Zelda's just not my thing. I skipped most of them and will probably never buy another one. But I'm too busy playing games I like such as Splatoon, Mario and Bubsy to feel bad about it.

@nessisonett Also didn’t like MM as a kid, but loved OoT. I went back and gave it a shot later and found some of the best 3D dungeon design in the whole series, so I’d recommend that one.

For me, I’ve never played any of the Yakuza games. They look fun but there are so many of them. Don’t know which one to get.

I've absolutely adored fire emblem as a whole which is why I'm ashamed, I never got around to playing the Tellius games in the series. And to even further my shame, I vividly remember eyeing a stand at a swap meet with path of radiance for 10 bucks, and I passed it up because (at the time) I was a massive Zelda fan that desperately wanted twilight princess lol.

This is such a good idea for an article! Gaming should be a fun and enjoyable hobby, and if you’re not careful a stack of awesome games can suddenly feel like a list of chores to get through! It’s brilliant to be reminded everyone has unplayed classics and backlogs!

For me, if we put aside my 3DS (of which I have an epic backlog of games I now don’t think I’ll ever get to unless they all survive in working order to my retirement), for the Switch I specifically have:

• Skyrim (owned, unplayed)
• Civ VI (owned, unplayed)
• Witcher 3 (on watch list, no idea when I’ll get to it)

I’m only on my second divine beast in BOTW, and by the time I finish it the sequel will be out - so I’m a pass on Link’s Awakening. On top of that, I’ve just never gotten more than a few hours into Pokemon, JRPGs I don’t have the time to grind trough, an any other multiple-hour action-adventure titles (hello Assassin’s Creed) are just never going to get squeezed in as much as I might be keen on them... although if Tomb Raider or Mass Effect ever make the Switch Port jump I will squeeze them in somehow.

... A full time job, maintaining a social life, and an equally as daunting film backlog and a load of books to read... really we’ve too much choice these days! Entertainment overload!

PS: I just want to add that it’s ok to dabble in some games, get a feel for them, enjoy them, but not complete/100% them!

My problem is that I only play the first level of most games and then loose interest.

@NotTelevision Ohohoho, now there’s a series that I would recommend to anyone. It’s up to you whether to start with Yakuza Kiwami (remake of 1) or Yakuza 0. 0 is a prequel and the better game but there’s so many references to later games that you could play it first or later. I played 0 first and found myself a wee bit fatigued by Kiwami but then Kiwami 2 is a brilliant game too. With the whole series on PS4 now, it’s the perfect time to get into them before next gen.

@nessisonett Sweet man. I’ll probably pick up 0 soon since I saw it was only 20 bucks on the store. I’m also curious about Fist of the North Star. Did you play that one?

I understand there are too many games around nowadays but seriously, how can you not play A Link Between Worlds? I finished Super Mario 3D Land in a couple of weeks and I'm all but a pro, that should have been enough time to let you put your hands on the Zelda game.

I have never played a Fire Emblem game despite finding out 6 months ago that I like SRPG thanks to playing Mario + Rabbits Kingdom Battle. I do have played other RPGs like Paper Mario 1 and 2, plus Final Fantasy III DS and both Bravely games.

But where I feel more shame is in not playing both 64 BK games, because I can tell that I'll like them as I have liked most 3D marios and even Yooka-Laylee which is a spiritual successor of BK itself. I plan on playing both of these franchises once I have more opportunity (still don't have an XBone and need a Pro Controller, plus I'm low budget at the moment).

Never played Paper Mario or Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. The first one I was too young to experience and when both of them were relevant, I wasn't really into RPGs except Pokemon. For the most part, I've skipped the Paper Mario IP altogether except for Super, which isn't really like the other Paper Marios anyway.

@echoplex I have Super Metroid through Switch Online (which is what I’m playing it on), the SNES Classic, and an original SNES cartridge (my father’s). I’m just now getting around to it and I absolutely love it.

I don't understand the pokemans.

But I main Pikachu in smash, I'm not a total barbarian

@SlAlt

Well not having a 3DS is a major hurdle.
And I don't buy consoles just to play one game anymore.

@Dakka-Dakka

Might be because its stil essentially, the exact same game it was back in 2001.
It only got prettier and the city got bigger.

@Trajan

I'm gonna hijack your unsolicited advice.
i would play Majora on the 3DS. it's a remake of N64 original from the ground up, with quality of life improvements.

And it fixes everything that was wrong with Majora.

And it's been one of the major reasons I want a 3DS.
the N64 original is getting on a bit and it shows.
It's also getting expensive.

( I don't have a 3DS currently. I got enough platforms and games as it is. 1200 by my last reckoning.
I need a very good reason to get another platform.
Maybe when the 3DS keels over and becomes cheap. )

@NotTelevision Yep, if you're into Fist of the North Star then it's an absolute blast. Obviously, it all depends if you like the Yakuza formula so it's like Hyrule Warriors in the sense that it adapts the series' gameplay and adds in lots of nods and features from the original source material.

Don't play Fortnight! It's a waste, and when I tried it, it was so boring. Nothing happens until you get killed.

@MH4 oh sorry, I thought you had completed it! Then no, you should be yet to find it, while the thing you’re talking about (the technique the animals teach you) is called Shinesparking.

Let's see, I have never played:
Any pokemon game
Any Animal Crossing game
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Chrono Trigger (I aim on getting around to it though!)
Witcher 3 (own it on PS4 but haven't gotten around to it)
Minecraft
Overwatch
Fortnight
WoW

...and many more... and I have been gaming consistently since the Atari 2600!

@CharlieGirl of course, you’re an unbearably and unnecessarily unpleasant person.
Also, I wasn’t offering any kind of advice, as that would imply respecting you enough to believe you could change your mind about your incredibly grating demeanor.

@echoplex agreed, as unfortunately the Pro Controller D-Pad tends to input vertical movements when you’re just trying to press left or right, and that completely disrupts the flow of the Space Jump and you have to do it all again 🥳😭
Yeah it was kinda excruciating to be honest, but if it’s pretty much the only complaint I have with a 25 year old game, well, I’d take that trade any day.

@clvr Right, that’s what I thought, haha. Thanks for clearing that up!

As of right now, I’m steeling myself to fight the boss of the Wrecked Ship. The first time I attempted it I visibly jumped, haha. Genuinely spooky stuff!

I’ve never played any of the Metroid, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Pikmin or Yoshi games.

I have been tempted with Kirby and Donkey Kong for the switch as I vowed to only buy games I know I’ll play to the end.

@MH4 oh Phantoon, good stuff!
Wow you still have a lot ahead of you in that game, I almost envy you 😉
Btw there’s an attack that’s quite hard to dodge during that boss fight, if you find it hard to avoid or whatnot ask away and I’ll be glad to help! That extends to the whole game actually, if you have doubts just ask, as I’ve just completed it and it’s still fresh in my mind 👍🏻

Some games are joys to complete and others feel like work. Super Mario Sunshine would fit in with the latter.

@clvr Thanks very much, I appreciate that a lot! 😃 I specifically died during the attack where the blue fireballs travel downwards in different patterns. Any tips at all would be appreciated!

Edit: Never mind, I just beat him!

Theres loads of games and Franchises i haven't touched but i don't care about many... i have two big regrets though...

Im a huge Zelda fan.

Never played Twilight Princess or Wind Waker.

There are other games i haven't played like Mario Sunshine or Galaxy but i don't particularly care about Mario games and after playing Odyssey, i don't think i missed anything.

But those two Zelda games i fully regret not playing even though i purchased both.

I regret it so much that i almost search weekly for their re-release on the Switch.

I also never really got into Skyward Sword but that wasn't for lack of trying... that was the worst game in the entire series by a country mile (including the Panasonic Cartoon game).

Never touched Pikman, Animal Crossing, Kirby or Splatoon either... the latter im sure is fun though but i just haven't bothered.

Haven't played a Pokemon game since Peal (11 years ago) but I'll grab Sword for sure.

@CharlieGirl golly, gee wiz. You must be such a pleasant person to be around 😒.

I'll admit it. I never seriously played Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask. I've tried them at various points but never really seriously played them.

I've never played Overwatch, Diablo games, or any of the Elder Scrolls... the list goes on. But seriously, you can play hundeds on different games and still miss a lot of games. There are just so many games in the world!!

There's absolutely no shame in not playing some of the games and franchises listed here, just play the games that give you enjoyment.

Because I didn't grow up with gaming consoles, the list of must-play games that I've avoided must be in the hundreds, at the very least.

I've realized something, tho. I have never played a single Gamecube game. Ever. The entire Playstation library I've also never had a chance to play, and the only Xbox game I've played was Star Wars Battlefront 1, for the original Xbox, with a friend, and I think the only actual Sega console game I've played was Puyo Puyo 2 for the Wii VC.

Nintendo's stuff on the other hand, while I've still avoided a lot of stuff, there's at least 1 game per console I've experienced save for the Gamecube, thanks to Virtual Console. I was 15 when I got into gaming when my aunt gave us her Wii. Since then, I've experienced multiple generations of Nintendo games across multiple modern consoles, but because the Gamecube library has yet to be ported, it's the one console that's eluded me. I don't have the money to get it physically, nor does my laptop like it when I play graphically intensive games, so emulation is out of the question.

So there you have it.

The only ones that come to mind are games I dont have any interest in, so it doesnt feel that shocking to me that I've not played them since "of course I've not, I dont have any interest in them".

Any of the Mario RPG's or sports games (aside from Kart), Earthbound, Link Between Worlds...I only remembered those since I saw them in comments, otherwise I would have forgotten entirely.

I dont have time to feel bad that I've not played games everybody thinks I should have, I'm too busy playing the games I actually want to.

I honestly understand not being able to play the games you want because of time issues, but still urge you to play Pokemon

@TJC04 ok

Never played any of these except minecraft #2009