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I've been thinking about getting Tunic, but $3 off? I'll wait for a more substantial sale.

I just beat Celeste (recommend it highly), so right now I think I'm gonna mainly focus on Dicey Dungeons (and they do get dicey indeed, survived a boss fight with like 3 hp). Might throw in some Downwell if I have the time. Also, I've been playing Human Fall Flat with my dad and mainly my brother, and I think "hilarious suffering" defines the game perfectly.

I've played a good bit of this game, and put simply, the game is, in a word, WEIRD. Especially when the cat/dog/robot gets involved. The pictured miniboss fight was wild. The music is great, though, and there's a good amount of variety.

Happy new year, everybody! Remember to start it off right! For me, that meant beating It Takes Two with my mom. Already got all the minigames, so I've 100%ed the game and am ready to move on to the next co-op game: Human Fall Flat with my dad!

So this year was... a year. I played the first ever 3D Kirby game and Kirby's Dream Buffet, beat Paper Mario (among other Mario RPGs), ignored everything with a 3 in it, and re-learned that I don't like Pokemon games with Pokemon X. And don't even get me started on all the indies! To give only two highlights, It Takes Two has been fun to play with my mom so far (and I will continue to play it into the new year), and Downwell might be the first rougelike that I actually (rouge)like. Well, see you next year!

@mariomaster96 The joke is that the game is selling so well, why make a new one?

The back of my Switch is falling off a bit, but it's still working perfectly. The Joy-Cons, though, have been changed a few times. Currently have a pink and green set that has worked for a few years and hasn't shown signs of drift.

Isn't it funny that the last night of Hanukkah is also Christmas night? You know what that means! GIFTS FOR EVERYONE! Happy Hanukkah everyone. Next up is... New Years? in 6 days? Hoo boy...

I was planning on finally playing Dicey Dungeons and Celeste, but then I got the flu. Well, if I feel up to it I can still give them a go. If that fails, Downwell will be my backup.

No, not again, no, no, NOOOOOO! I just got three games from the last sale, and there's already another? Well, guess I'm spending more money then... wait. None of the games interest me? Ok... (puts wallet back in pocket and sighs in relief)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land is in fourth. Well, when you consider the fact that the two big JRPGs (which I'm pretty sure were the only two games this year that got 10/10) were obviously going to make the top two, that's pretty good! Wasn't expecting the Portal Collection to make third, but ok! Haven't played it, as I have the games on PC. but still pretty cool.
Edit: Wait, now Kirby is at third? Only being behind the RPGs? PERFECTION

@nessisonett When you say "instead of saying the exact same thing across many reviews," are you talking about the cloud gaming quality or the actual content of the game itself? Cloud quality is different across games, and a quick summary is always appreciated for those not in the know, so either way, I think it's a good idea to say " the exact same thing across many reviews," just to make sure everyone's on board. Also...
@Olliemar28 Oh god.

So in the end, I didn't spend $14, but $5, which was spent on Celeste. I got Downwell and Dicey Dungeons for free using gold points, and the other games I didn't get. That's $5 spent on what would otherwise be $38 total, which is a total discount of... 87% off! Nice! Fun fact: if I had gotten the $2 games with money instead of gold points, the discount would be 76% off instead, which is still pretty good! I would say this sale was a success! Well done me!

Midterms are in literally four days, so I'm going to be studying for the most part. In my free time, I'll probably play a few rounds of Downwell, which is probably the first rougelike/lite (what's the difference?) I'm actually enjoying... which makes me even more excited to try out Dicey Dungeons during winter break! As well, I am of course going to continue to play through It Takes Two with my mom, as the game continues to show why it won game of the year in 2021.

Well, looks like the giveaway is over for me! Can't get Golden Force as it's 18+ apparently, and besides, Creepy Tale 2 looks like Creepy Tale except somewhat higher quality, and I hate horror games anyways! So, my review of all the games in the giveaway (except Golden Force and Creepy Tale 2):
Exorder: Least favorite of the bunch, by far. I just don't like that type of game. Archived it to make way for the games from that other big sale which has actually quality games.
Graviter: Liked it a bit. The story I like, as it has a cat (foreshadowing), and the puzzles are ok. Don't like the fact that they integrated in app purchases.
Creepy Tale: Was fine at first. The story was ok and the puzzles fun. Then the game broke after I failed a chase sequence, and I'm never going back.
Destropolis: Already had before giveaway (still really good though!)
Supersonic Tank Cats: Has a cool artstyle for the 2D graphics, but the 3D bits (aka what your actually playing in) look kinda meh. Would work better as a cartoon than a game, but then again, its Mario Kart. With cats. That have tanks on their backs. Instant 10/10 (though to be serious, it's more so a 5/10).
Strike Force Kitty: Looks like it'd be a ton of fun... if I hadn't just finished Bowser Jr.'s Journey a month ago, which isn't the same thing but kinda is, and I could already feel the grindy rage coming back up. Got past the first boss, then called it quits. Gotta give it credit for having cats, though.
Powertris: I suck at regular Tetris, so this game is a nightmare! Hard pass.
Star Horizon: Already had before giveaway (and I don't like it, like any other Star Fox-like)
Pool Pro Gold: Didn't even play it. Going to see if my brother will, though.
Nova-111: Already had before giveaway (it's pretty good, just haven't had time to play it a lot)
So yeah, no hits this time. Ah well, there's always the next giveaway!

Nothing for me, just got Downwell, Celeste, and Dicey Dungeons, and while I'm saving the latter two for winter brake, I've been playing a lot of Downwell, plus I still need to finish It Takes Two with my mom.

I'd like to reside in the Toad village on Mount Brrr from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Nice and peaceful, alone excluding Toads and a fear of heights! If that didn't work, yea, I'd go to Winter Horns to.

@LavaTwilight You know, before I thought he had two eyes, but now you've convinced me he has only one!

My GOTY is Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but the majority of the games I played this year are between an 8 and a 10, including Cuphead: the Delicious Last Course and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Would rate It Takes Two, but I'm only up to chapter three, so I'll wait till I beat the game. Can't wait for next year and Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe!

Ok, so according to the review, my top five most played games are:
1. Pokémon Legends Arceus (53 hours)
2. Kirby and the Forgotten Land (41 hours)
3. Super Mario Maker 2 (40 hours)
4. Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online (40 hours)
5. Will You Snail? (15 hours)
Honestly not that bad! Top two are no surprise, and Mario Maker 2 was kinda my comfort food at the beginning of the school year, so that also makes sense. As for why my number 5 has only 15 hours in it, well not much came out for switch that I really wanted to play, and all the stuff I did get and play (the Toree games, Turnip Boy, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe) were quite short. Also, I spent the majority of November and December playing Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam on the 3DS, and the results don't take into account all the Dicey Dungeons and Celeste I'm about to play. Honorable mention goes to Cuphead, which only got 14 hours, but I spent those 14 hours playing the DLC with my dad, which makes them some pretty special 14 hours!

Budup, bu, bu, BUDUP! I'M TOAD!

@KateGray Great! Now as for the actual things mentioned in the article... Toedscool's run is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. The more practical features seem really useful. I still don't think I'm gonna get the games, though. I tried Pokemon X recently, and I fell out pretty quickly. Still cool to see all the things the developers put into Scarlet and Violet!

Woopsies! I think you messed up with the page break and now the whole thing is one long page instead of two shorter ones! Might want to get that fixed

My plans are simple: my dad and brother are planning on beating the entirety of It Takes Two, and I haven't beaten it yet, so I'm gonna be dodging spoilers like Neo dodging bullets! Since I can't play any of the games I'm gonna (eventually) get from the sale due to a lack of Switch storage space, I'm most likely going to replay a game. Right now I'm debating between Rayman Legends and Captain Toad. Probably going to go with the earlier, as I don't want to play the latter until I get more storage space to download the DLC. While my dad and brother play It Takes Two, I might hop back into Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, as I've lost all my will to play Pokemon X, and Paper Jam is my comfort food as midterms are only a week away (They're already only a week away? HOW?).

Honestly, a D for me. Only thing that interested me a little bit was the new Mario movie trailer, but nothing else caught my intere- wait, Kirby and the Forgotten Land got best family game? Nevermind S tier Game Awards.

Unless you count the games from the sale (which are at least a year old), nothing for me this week!

Recommendations: Now's the time to get Hollow Knight and Bastion if you haven't already. Both are incredible games, and Bastion for $3 is an absolute steal. Also, you're getting 50% off a $15 game that will give you 10's if not 100's of hours of gameplay (referencing Hollow Knight here)! What's not to love!
Purchases (aka what I'm gonna get (maybe)): Ok, with a budget of $10, what can I get? First off Celeste. That's an easy $5. Also, Dicey Dungeons is $2, so might as well! That brings it up to $7. What else? Might as well get Downwell, seems fun. Now I'm at $9. What to spend the last dollar on... hmmm... any new Toree games come out? Nope. If I bump it up to $14 I could get What Remains of Edith Finch. It did get a 9/10 and I'm always up for a good story... yea, I'll do that. Great! Now to ask my dad for $14 so I can get all these games for Ha- oh, the sale lasts until the 18th. And I don't want to spend my own money... oh wait it's only $14. Sold! Not gonna play them right now, as I don't have enough time or storage space, but I do want to play them eventually, so might as well get them now!

@Astral-Grain Upon looking it up, Copyleft is indeed real. Huh.

@nintendoknife Copyleft? I thought it was Copyright. What's the difference?

I got Will You Snail? so I'll be able to join in. Their last giveaway for their anniversary had only five games. I still play, what, one, maybe two of them?
...which means there's bound to be a few good games among the ok ones!

OOOHHH I get it! Tyranitar's paradox form is in Violet and Salamence's is in Scarlet, so they're taking their regular forms and switching things around! Clever! Or just a coincidence.

You know... that Dragonite one might also be a reference to the anime, if the giant Pokémon from that Indigo League episode is one (basically, giant Pokémon that looks like Dragonite shows up at lighthouse)

A bit late on this one, but for good reason. I've had the problem of "too many games I want to play and beat," but also if I don't focus on one thing at a time, my attention tends to stray, so I've come up with a system: three frontlogs for first-time playthroughs, three backlogs for replays, a multilog for games I'm playing co-op, and an emerlog (emergency log) for newly released games that I have to binge to avoid spoilers (which luckily isn't often). For now, my frontlogs are taken up by RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (which I still have yet to make progress on) and Pokémon X. The third one is empty, but I think it shall soon be filled by Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. The Backlogs consist of Cat Quest, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, and Captain Toad. I was thinking Paper Mario: The Origami King, but then Rayman would be the only non-RPG out of all six single-player logs, which I find ridiculous for someone who used to hate RPGs. As for the multilog, I'm playing It Takes Two with my mom after I got the game for Black Friday (it has been really fun so far). Also, no game in the emerlog (at least until February). So to recap, this is how the logs look so far:
frontlog 1: Rpg Time
frontlog 2: pokemon x
frontlog 3: empty
backlog 1: cat quest
backlog 2: rayman ledgends
backlog 3: captian toad treasure tracker
multilog: It Takes Two
emerlog: empty

Also I just realized a great name for it would be "the tree". I'm calling it that from now on!

Is that headline a Pokémon reference?

@Vortexeo Ok, so I was missing something. My bad! of course, that article is not from the same person who made this article, so they might have completely separate opinions, and that article was by one person, so it doesn't reflect the opinions of the whole group.

@Funneefox They gave Balan Wonderworld a three and Bowser's Fury a ten. Unless I'm missing something, that point doesn't really hold any weight... tell me if I'm wrong, though!

With every article I read, every snapshot I see, the temptation to get Pokemon Scarlet/Violet grows... but not yet! First, I must persevere through Pokemon X! ...and see if the games get less buggy. then I might actually consider.

Yikes. I don't care about competitive Smash, but even I know that this is ridiculous. I feel bad for everyone who wanted to participate.

Honestly, nothing looks that bad! I will say them going back to the "Mario comes from Brooklyn and got sucked into the Mushroom Kingdom" origin story is pretty hilarious, can't wait to see the trailer tomorrow!

I think the entice Nacli line is now my second favorite line of all time. Falinks is still my favorite.

Finally finished Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Friday night. as for what I'll play this week, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet came out, so I'm on Pokemon fever, but instead of getting the new games, I'll hold out for a sale and play Pokemon X instead! I usually just play one game at a time, but I've been meaning to get to RPG Time: The Legend of Wright forever now, so I'll play that simultaneously. I also got It Takes Two as my Black Friday game, and I'll be playing that one with my dad.

The third one be like: "Hold on, let me just unscrew my head real quick" EEEEERR! "There, that's better!"
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Gives me the same vibes as "removed herobrine" in Minecraft updates

Hey NL? Maybe put a spoiler tag before getting into the spoilery area. Now, I wasn't spoiled because I saw the livestream before the game came out, but what if someone wants Dudunsparce, comes here, ang gets spoiled?

If I ever get either of the games, I'm going with Sprigatito regardless, so my first storyline should be the Path of Legends!
But then again, I'll probably be doing all three stories simutaneously, so that doesn't really matter... ah well!

What do you mean? It doesn't read like an obit-
Oh. I'm starting to see what you're getting at. And the way @bigpale phrases it makes it a lot more obvious.

@Luigi05 Thanks!

I chose "Maybe one or two, but not really," but in the context of "Maybe one or two in the past, but not really anymore."

The Face Temple from Link's Awakening is my pick. Yes, I think I had to look something up (which I try not to do nowadays), but that music, combined with the looks and the fact that (I think) it's the first dungeon you do after the big plot twist, it's just magnificent. Eagle Tower from the same game gets a special shoutout because of Anti-Kirby.

I love what this looks like (especially that trailer!), I just suck with roms and the like, so I probably won't play it.

I love puzzle games, so I might just have to get this one... once I get my Switch back from my brother, of course!