by artie
This week I had the insane idea that I wanted to replay through the catalog of Nintendo's Gamecube in chronological order until I finished every game. I believe this originally stemmed from me wanting to play Metroid Prime again, then Wind Waker, then Star Fox Adventures and eventually I decided "might as well play the whole thing." So here's a list of games, in chronological order, that I expect to replay to completion or just revisit within sometime of the next year.
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November 18th 2001 - I never played Luigi's Mansion before, I heard it was actually good but I don't recall if that's because the launch for the Gamecube was so bad or if people actually enjoyed it. Seeing as how Luigi's Mansion 2 is coming out eventually, why not revisit the first one?
December 2nd 2001 - I rented Pikmin when I was younger but got frustrated over the doom counter represented in the thirty day time limit you had. Any day I didn't make significant progress I thought I had already failed at the game and turned it off. However I remember enjoying it outside that frustration.
December 2nd 2001 - Back when Jeff was using 1.0-10 scale this was one of the few games he rated as 10/10. High praise but I have to agree. THPS3 is the quintessential skating game and I played the hell out of it when I younger. I imagine I'll just grind a few rails to the tune of 96 Quite Bitter Beings and call it a day.
February 2nd 2002 - Another game I owned when I was younger and played more than I probably should have. I just remember grinding for animals to upgrade my Chao, no idea why I did that. I'm also unsure if I ever actually finished the game. I think I gave up after that Knuckles/Rose level in space. Trial and error across an enormous level? Man, video games used to be DUMB.
April 30th 2002 - I actually tried to play REmake a few years ago but gave up after meeting my first crimson head. I imagine the same will happen this time around but its worth a shot.
June 24th 2002 - Another game I've never played but sounds even more interesting each time I hear stories about it. Although I think most of the surprises have been ruined for me through osmosis. Blue death screens, fake deleted saves, etc.
August 25th 2002 - I really didn't mind Super Mario Sunshine when it came out. It still had that Mario feel but enough of a twist to the actual gameplay that I wanted to play it till the end. In comparison, I played Super Mario Galaxy for about twenty stars before I stopped caring. Guess I'm crazy.
September 22nd 2002 - NOBODY BUYS ME GIFTS ANYMORE, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SCARABS, Trial of Fear and Blue Foxes are part of what I remember from this game. For some reason I have a feeling I might really love this game if I replay it today, whereas when it was released everyone claimed it plaigerised from other Nintendo games. I say, if you copy something great, it's still great by definition. Guess I'll find out.
November 10th 2002 - It's madness to think this game was released one year after the last Resident Evil game. When did game development go from every year to every generation? I never got significantly far into Zero, never made it to the mansion and just replayed the Train sequence a few dozen times. Man, young Artie was such a weirdo. JUST FINISH THE GAME MAN!
November 17th 2002 - Another game I never finished but have no idea why. In retrospect, it literally tells you exactly where to go the entire game, I don't get how I got lost so many times. I remember I never finished Metroid Prime because the atmosphere was so lonely and desolate I just lost hope and eventually turned the game off.