Thorn between 3: FF6 T-Edition for the “political incorrectness”, the fan translation of Slayers for the SNES because it captures well the tone of the series, and the semi-official update for Sonic 3D because it was made by one of the devs decades after the game was released.

Pokemon Chrystal Legacy, AM2R, and Mother 3 translation

• Celeste Mario’s Zap & Dash (NES): SMB1 turned into a Metroidvania with Celeste mechanics ported in. I think what impresses me the most is that they got 4-directional scrolling into this engine.
• Super Metroid and A Link to the Past Crossover Randomizer (SNES): It’s an absolutely incredible technical feat that this even works. SM and ALttP smashed together into a single ROM, with a few doors that take you from one game to the other, then the item pools are shuffled together so you have to go back and forth to find one game’s items in the other. Unfortunately because ALttP is a much bigger game with a lot more items it kinda overshadows SM, you may not find this to be as replayable as the standalone randos. But I recommend trying it once because it’s just so cool the first time.

In 2021, I played through Pokemon Prism and reignited my love for pokemon games. I used to be a Smogon Grinder in the Gen 4 era and coming back to Sword and Shield convinced me the series has nothing for me anymore.

Earlier this year, I played Pokemon Lazarus, and it is immediately my all time GOAT.

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Tetris Rosy Retrospection