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Wow, it's REALLY hard to pick my favourite Mario Kart. I really like 64, Double Dash, DS and 8 for different reasons so I'll just pick Mario Kart 64 as it was my first Mario Kart and I had a ton of fun with friends.
I may not have had an N64 as a kid, but my neighbour did, and boy did we play lots of multiplayer. I don't know if I've ever completed the single player on GoldenEye, and as a kid I didn't care. Golden Gun on Caves and Temple all day long.
I love all 3 OG Crash games (and CTR and Crash Bash too) but Warped wins with it's unlockable abilities and time trials, even if ultimately it may not have been as big of a leap forward as Crash 2 was from the original game.
Before this game I had only borrowed Game Boys from friends to play Pokémon games, so Crystal was the first one I actually owned. I love the originals, but Gen 2 Pokémon games are some of the best video game sequels ever, and Crystal was an upgrade over Gold and Silver on top of that.
Okay, I tried to limit this list to one game per series and I really do love Gen 2, but the Gen 3 games are the ones I return to most. To me there's something about Pokemon on the GBA that just feels like it's where Pokemon belongs. I certainly prefer the Pokemon designs of the previous two generations but I love the look and feel of the GBA games.
I was just the right age to get way too into this game. Shadow was so cool and edgy yo. Still my all time favourite Sonic game. Once you get a handle on the controls and camera those Sonic and Shadow stages are just a blast to play through. The game has plenty of flaws (though it's not as busted as the first Sonic Adventure) but I don't care, I love it. Also, Live & Learn by Crush 40 lives rent free in my head forever.
I didn't have an N64 of my own as a kid so I didn't get to play much Ocarina of Time. Wind Waker though? Completed it at least 3 times. Heck I didn't even mind all the sailing. Breath of the Wild definitely has a chance of competing with Wind Waker, if I ever get around to finishing it...
Pretty much the perfect portable Sonic game, and perhaps one of the purest Sonic experiences, period. The classic games and Mania are of course fantastic, but I feel like the pace of this game is pretty much unmatched and I don't think people talk about the Sonic Advance games enough. Sonic Rush deserves an honourable mention too.
I tend to play the latest iteration of Smash rather than go back to this one, but in my heart I know Melee is the best. It's just an unbelievably technical, lightning-fast fighter, and it's the game that instantly made me want a GameCube after first playing it. I didn't care what was on PS2 or Xbox, they didn't have Smash Bros.