Do you have a list of games you want to get and play eventually that you've thus far missed out on or only played a little bit? I have a pretty good-sized list. (Oh, yeah, and I guess I should mention that I don't actually have a a PS3, PSP, Vita, Xbox 360, Genesis, or Dreamcast.)
NES: Kirby's Adventure, Bomberman
SNES: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Castlevania 4, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, Sparkster, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Super Bomberman, Star Ocean
N64: Space Station: Silicon Valley, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Mischief Makers, Mystical Ninja (starring Goemon), Goemon's Great Adventure, Tigger's Honey Hunt, Bomberman 64, Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage, Duck Dodgers
GameCube: Mega Man Network Transmission, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mega Man X Command Mission, Tales of Symphonia, Skies of Arcadia, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Wii: Toy Story 3, Wario Land: Shake It!, Arc Rise Fantasia, Opoona, Super Mario Galaxy 2, *Jett Rocket
Wii U: Rayman Legends, *DuckTales Remastered
PS1: Klonoa, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, Kartia, Ape Escape
PS2: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonius, Klonoa 2, Grandia 3, Xenosaga: Episode 1/2/3, Persona 3/4, Mana Khemia 1/2, Kya: Dark Lineage, Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer, Legend of Kay
PS3: LittleBigPlanet, Atelier Ayesha, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, *Puppeteer, *Rocket Knight
Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2/3/K, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Ristar, Vectorman, *Pulseman
Dreamcast: Grandia 2, Evolution: The World of Sacred Device, Super Magnetic Neo
Xbox 360: Tales of Vesperia, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata
Game Boy: Mega Man I-V, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Kirby's Dream Land 1/2
GBC: Shantae, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle games, Lufia: The Legend Returns, Mega Man Xtreme 1/2
GBA: Mega Man Zero 1/2, Spyro: Season of Ice, Mega Man Battle Network 1-6, Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Sonic Advance, Final Fantasy 5 Advance
DS: Mega Man ZX Advent, Chrono Trigger, The World Ends With You, Rune Factory
3DS: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Tales of the Abyss, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Kid Icarus: Uprising
PSP: Mega Man Powered Up, Persona 3 Portable, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Ape Quest, Hexyz Force
Vita: Gravity Rush
PC: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue, Zoombinis: Island Odyssey, *Worms Armageddon, *Septerra Core
My reasoning behind them...
- Kirby, Zelda, Castlevania: As well-known as these series are, I have had very little exposure to them. I'd like to see what they're all about.
- Bomberman, Sparkster, Mystical Ninja: These aren't as well-known, but I'd like to try them as well.
- Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, The World Ends With You: I've heard a lot about these RPGs...I actually have played a bit of Chrono Trigger on an emulator, though I lost my save file; if I were to buy it, I'd almost have to get the DS version, since the SNES version is so darn expensive. I also have Earthbound on the Wii U Virtual Console.
- Lufia 2: I actually have played about half of this through emulation, though again, I lost my save file. It was a decent enough RPG, and it definitely gets points for having pre-existing encounters (at least in dungeons).
- Silicon Valley, Rocket, Duck Dodgers: Somewhat obscure 3D platformers that might be worth trying.
- Mischief Makers, Tigger: Among the very few 2D games on the Nintendo 64, so I'd like to give them a shot.
- Aidyn Chronicles: An RPG on the N64?! This is noteworthy for that reason alone...
- Mega Man Network stuff: These look interesting, though I wonder if I should play Battle Network before Network Transmission...
- MMX Command Mission: A Mega Man X RPG? Might be worth a try, though I wish it didn't have random encounters...
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat: Well, it's a Donkey Kong game and one of the few 2D games on the GameCube, so why not?
- Tales: I do want to try the Tales series, and I figure this would be a decent place to start (better than Abyss, and I don't have an Xbox 360 for Vesperia anyway).
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Jett Rocket, Ape Escape, Super Magnetic Neo: 3D platformers (or at least something like platformers) that might be worth a try.
- Skies of Arcadia, Arc Rise Fantasia, Opoona, Evolution, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Ape Quest, Hexyz Force, Septerra Core, Star Ocean, Xenosaga: A bunch of RPGs that might be worth a try. On the subject of individual ones, I'd probably want to start with Persona 4, I'd probably want the Xbox 360 version of Eternal Sonata just because I've heard that the PS3 version is a lot easier, and I'm not sure whether or not I should start with the first Star Ocean (I'm guessing if I did, I'd need the ROM and a translation patch).
- Super Mario Galaxy 2: Well, I didn't like the original Super Mario Galaxy, but isn't this one at least a little bit more of a platformer rather than an item-collecting action-adventure game?
- Toy Story 3: I don't know what genre this is, but I liked the first one and at least own the second, so why not try the third?
- Wario Land: I'm not sure on this, though I'll admit I've never played a Wario game.
- Rayman Legends: I do like 2D platformers. My only worry is that I didn't care all that much for Rayman Origins, so...
- Klonoa 1/2: More platformers that look like they could be interesting.
- Kartia: A tactical RPG. I figure I'll try this and the Luminous Arc games to judge whether or not I like SRPGs.
- Lunar 2, Grandia 2/3: I doubt I wouldn't get these, since I have the first one and liked what I've played so far (even if that isn't much). It would be nice to get Grandia 2 on the Dreamcast, though.
- Jak, Ratchet, Sly: Would you believe I've never played any of these? Considering how much I like platformers (please tell me these aren't just 3D action games or collectathons masquerading as platformers...), I'd like to try all three series.
- Kya, Brave, Legend of Kay: Obscure 3D platformers or something like them that looked interesting, Kya especially.
- Persona, Mana Khemia, Atelier, Ni No Kuni: More RPGs. I really want to try these.
- LittleBigPlanet, Puppeteer: About the only 2D platformers I could find on the PS3, so definitely worth checking out.
- Sonic: Well, I've never cared all that much for Sonic (running through every level at warp speed all over the place is not exactly my style), but I might try one of the ones that I've never played.
- Ristar: A Genesis 2D platformer that looks like it could be pretty interesting.
- Vectorman, Pulseman: These also look like they could be interesting, though I might have to get the latter on the VC since the original was apparently released only in Japan.
- GB and GBC Mega Man games, Mega Man Powered Up: I liked their NES and SNES counterparts, so why not?
- Shantae: I actually do have this on the 3DS VC, though I have to put up with the moronic controls there.
- Mega Man Zero 1/2: I liked MMZ4 and thought 3 was okay, so I might get these. From emulating them, I remember them being brutally difficult, though...
- GBA Spyro, Klonoa, and Sonic: Might be worth a try.
- FF5 Advance: I've never been much of a fan of Final Fantasy, and the problems I have with the series are pretty widespread throughout them. I figure this might not be a bad choice if I tried to learn to put up with those things, though, since I liked Bravely Default and it has been compared to FF5.
- Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission: I feel like giving Metroid another try now that I have a bit more of an idea how it works, though Fusion seems like it might freak me out.
- Mega Man ZX Advent: Considering I very much liked the original, the only reason I haven't already gotten this is that I don't have any money.
- Rune Factory: Another RPG (...or...something?) that I've never tried that might be worth checking out.
- SMT4: Another RPG, though I'd not be as willing to try this as I would Persona, since the main thing I know about Shin Megami Tensei games is that they're supposed to be excruciatingly difficult.
- Kid Icarus: One of those games that I'd only try if I could get it cheap because I might end up completely hating it...but worth a try nevertheless.
- Gravity Rush: Possibly the only Vita exclusive that looks interesting, which also means there is no chance of me getting it until the console has a better library.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Zoombinis, Worms: I've played and enjoyed other games in the series.
Also, games that I might or might not get:
DuckTales, Adventure Island, Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 1-3, The Magical Quest 3, Final Fantasy 4/6/Mystic Quest, Earthworm Jim, StarFox 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Earthworm Jim 3, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Super Smash Bros., Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Evolution Worlds, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Mario Kart Wii, Xenoblade, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, The Wonderful 101, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 10, Tales of the Abyss, Grandia 2, Eternal Sonata, Super Mario Land 1-3, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Mario Kart DS, Kirby Triple Deluxe
- DuckTales, Evolution, Grandia 2, Eternal Sonata: I might not get the original NES DuckTales, the GameCube version of Evolution, the PS2 version of Grandia 2, and the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata because the other versions might be better.
- Adventure Island: I thought this looked fun until I found out you have to be constantly running forward so you don't starve...what the heck?! That sounds obnoxious.
- Mega Man: I do want to play this on the original console eventually, though considering I've already played it in a few other forms, it's not a huge priority.
- SMB1-3: I already have the (better) SNES versions of SMB1-3, so I probably don't need the NES versions.
- Earthworm Jim 1 and 3: Well, the second game is all right, though from what I've played of the others, they don't seem to be nearly as good.
- Magical Quest 3: While the SNES version would be nice (I do have the GBA version), it was never released in America, so I could only get this if a repro site put one together.
- Final Fantasy: Well, see my comments about Final Fantasy earlier...though apparently Mystic Quest at least doesn't have random encounters.
- Final Fantasy Tactics: See my comments about Kartia.
- StarFox 2: This would probably be more for other family members, since I didn't care for the original StarFox much. That and the fact that I'd have to find a hacked translation make this low priority.
- Kirby, Zelda, Tales, Chrono Cross: Holding off on these until I play others in the series.
- Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart: I'll probably get these eventually, but they're not a huge priority.
- Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin: I'm not at all sure I'd like either of these playstyles.
- Crash: I already have the PS2 version, so getting the GameCube version would probably only be to compare the differences, and if that one turns out to be better, I might use it if I LP the game. (At least it's cheap.)
- Xenoblade: I currently have a copy of this borrowed from a friend. What I played was fairly boring, though (the story wasn't, but the gameplay was), so I doubt I'd buy it for myself.
- Xenogears: I might get this after playing Xenosaga if I like it, but...random encounters. We know how I feel about those...
- W101: Another case of "looks interesting, but I'm not sure I'd like the playstyle".
- SML1-3: Well, I've already done a full blind LP of SML2, and the others aren't terribly high priority.
Phew, that was a lot of text. (If this were GameFAQs, I would have had to split it up into several posts. I'm sorry, but 4096 characters is WAY too limiting.) In any case, that's my list, more or less. Assume I have absolutely zero games in mind for any console that isn't listed. How about everyone else? And feel free to comment on mine or anyone else's.
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NES: Kirby's Adventure, Bomberman
SNES: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Castlevania 4, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, Sparkster, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Super Bomberman, Star Ocean
N64: Space Station: Silicon Valley, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Mischief Makers, Mystical Ninja (starring Goemon), Goemon's Great Adventure, Tigger's Honey Hunt, Bomberman 64, Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage, Duck Dodgers
GameCube: Mega Man Network Transmission, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mega Man X Command Mission, Tales of Symphonia, Skies of Arcadia, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Wii: Toy Story 3, Wario Land: Shake It!, Arc Rise Fantasia, Opoona, Super Mario Galaxy 2, *Jett Rocket
Wii U: Rayman Legends, *DuckTales Remastered
PS1: Klonoa, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, Kartia, Ape Escape
PS2: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonius, Klonoa 2, Grandia 3, Xenosaga: Episode 1/2/3, Persona 3/4, Mana Khemia 1/2, Kya: Dark Lineage, Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer, Legend of Kay
PS3: LittleBigPlanet, Atelier Ayesha, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, *Puppeteer, *Rocket Knight
Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2/3/K, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Ristar, Vectorman, *Pulseman
Dreamcast: Grandia 2, Evolution: The World of Sacred Device, Super Magnetic Neo
Xbox 360: Tales of Vesperia, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata
Game Boy: Mega Man I-V, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Kirby's Dream Land 1/2
GBC: Shantae, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle games, Lufia: The Legend Returns, Mega Man Xtreme 1/2
GBA: Mega Man Zero 1/2, Spyro: Season of Ice, Mega Man Battle Network 1-6, Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Sonic Advance, Final Fantasy 5 Advance
DS: Mega Man ZX Advent, Chrono Trigger, The World Ends With You, Rune Factory
3DS: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Tales of the Abyss, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Kid Icarus: Uprising
PSP: Mega Man Powered Up, Persona 3 Portable, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Ape Quest, Hexyz Force
Vita: Gravity Rush
PC: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue, Zoombinis: Island Odyssey, *Worms Armageddon, *Septerra Core
My reasoning behind them...
- Kirby, Zelda, Castlevania: As well-known as these series are, I have had very little exposure to them. I'd like to see what they're all about.
- Bomberman, Sparkster, Mystical Ninja: These aren't as well-known, but I'd like to try them as well.
- Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, The World Ends With You: I've heard a lot about these RPGs...I actually have played a bit of Chrono Trigger on an emulator, though I lost my save file; if I were to buy it, I'd almost have to get the DS version, since the SNES version is so darn expensive. I also have Earthbound on the Wii U Virtual Console.
- Lufia 2: I actually have played about half of this through emulation, though again, I lost my save file. It was a decent enough RPG, and it definitely gets points for having pre-existing encounters (at least in dungeons).
- Silicon Valley, Rocket, Duck Dodgers: Somewhat obscure 3D platformers that might be worth trying.
- Mischief Makers, Tigger: Among the very few 2D games on the Nintendo 64, so I'd like to give them a shot.
- Aidyn Chronicles: An RPG on the N64?! This is noteworthy for that reason alone...
- Mega Man Network stuff: These look interesting, though I wonder if I should play Battle Network before Network Transmission...
- MMX Command Mission: A Mega Man X RPG? Might be worth a try, though I wish it didn't have random encounters...
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat: Well, it's a Donkey Kong game and one of the few 2D games on the GameCube, so why not?
- Tales: I do want to try the Tales series, and I figure this would be a decent place to start (better than Abyss, and I don't have an Xbox 360 for Vesperia anyway).
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Jett Rocket, Ape Escape, Super Magnetic Neo: 3D platformers (or at least something like platformers) that might be worth a try.
- Skies of Arcadia, Arc Rise Fantasia, Opoona, Evolution, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Ape Quest, Hexyz Force, Septerra Core, Star Ocean, Xenosaga: A bunch of RPGs that might be worth a try. On the subject of individual ones, I'd probably want to start with Persona 4, I'd probably want the Xbox 360 version of Eternal Sonata just because I've heard that the PS3 version is a lot easier, and I'm not sure whether or not I should start with the first Star Ocean (I'm guessing if I did, I'd need the ROM and a translation patch).
- Super Mario Galaxy 2: Well, I didn't like the original Super Mario Galaxy, but isn't this one at least a little bit more of a platformer rather than an item-collecting action-adventure game?
- Toy Story 3: I don't know what genre this is, but I liked the first one and at least own the second, so why not try the third?
- Wario Land: I'm not sure on this, though I'll admit I've never played a Wario game.
- Rayman Legends: I do like 2D platformers. My only worry is that I didn't care all that much for Rayman Origins, so...
- Klonoa 1/2: More platformers that look like they could be interesting.
- Kartia: A tactical RPG. I figure I'll try this and the Luminous Arc games to judge whether or not I like SRPGs.
- Lunar 2, Grandia 2/3: I doubt I wouldn't get these, since I have the first one and liked what I've played so far (even if that isn't much). It would be nice to get Grandia 2 on the Dreamcast, though.
- Jak, Ratchet, Sly: Would you believe I've never played any of these? Considering how much I like platformers (please tell me these aren't just 3D action games or collectathons masquerading as platformers...), I'd like to try all three series.
- Kya, Brave, Legend of Kay: Obscure 3D platformers or something like them that looked interesting, Kya especially.
- Persona, Mana Khemia, Atelier, Ni No Kuni: More RPGs. I really want to try these.
- LittleBigPlanet, Puppeteer: About the only 2D platformers I could find on the PS3, so definitely worth checking out.
- Sonic: Well, I've never cared all that much for Sonic (running through every level at warp speed all over the place is not exactly my style), but I might try one of the ones that I've never played.
- Ristar: A Genesis 2D platformer that looks like it could be pretty interesting.
- Vectorman, Pulseman: These also look like they could be interesting, though I might have to get the latter on the VC since the original was apparently released only in Japan.
- GB and GBC Mega Man games, Mega Man Powered Up: I liked their NES and SNES counterparts, so why not?
- Shantae: I actually do have this on the 3DS VC, though I have to put up with the moronic controls there.
- Mega Man Zero 1/2: I liked MMZ4 and thought 3 was okay, so I might get these. From emulating them, I remember them being brutally difficult, though...
- GBA Spyro, Klonoa, and Sonic: Might be worth a try.
- FF5 Advance: I've never been much of a fan of Final Fantasy, and the problems I have with the series are pretty widespread throughout them. I figure this might not be a bad choice if I tried to learn to put up with those things, though, since I liked Bravely Default and it has been compared to FF5.
- Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission: I feel like giving Metroid another try now that I have a bit more of an idea how it works, though Fusion seems like it might freak me out.
- Mega Man ZX Advent: Considering I very much liked the original, the only reason I haven't already gotten this is that I don't have any money.
- Rune Factory: Another RPG (...or...something?) that I've never tried that might be worth checking out.
- SMT4: Another RPG, though I'd not be as willing to try this as I would Persona, since the main thing I know about Shin Megami Tensei games is that they're supposed to be excruciatingly difficult.
- Kid Icarus: One of those games that I'd only try if I could get it cheap because I might end up completely hating it...but worth a try nevertheless.
- Gravity Rush: Possibly the only Vita exclusive that looks interesting, which also means there is no chance of me getting it until the console has a better library.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Zoombinis, Worms: I've played and enjoyed other games in the series.
Also, games that I might or might not get:
DuckTales, Adventure Island, Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 1-3, The Magical Quest 3, Final Fantasy 4/6/Mystic Quest, Earthworm Jim, StarFox 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Earthworm Jim 3, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Super Smash Bros., Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Evolution Worlds, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Mario Kart Wii, Xenoblade, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, The Wonderful 101, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 10, Tales of the Abyss, Grandia 2, Eternal Sonata, Super Mario Land 1-3, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Mario Kart DS, Kirby Triple Deluxe
- DuckTales, Evolution, Grandia 2, Eternal Sonata: I might not get the original NES DuckTales, the GameCube version of Evolution, the PS2 version of Grandia 2, and the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata because the other versions might be better.
- Adventure Island: I thought this looked fun until I found out you have to be constantly running forward so you don't starve...what the heck?! That sounds obnoxious.
- Mega Man: I do want to play this on the original console eventually, though considering I've already played it in a few other forms, it's not a huge priority.
- SMB1-3: I already have the (better) SNES versions of SMB1-3, so I probably don't need the NES versions.
- Earthworm Jim 1 and 3: Well, the second game is all right, though from what I've played of the others, they don't seem to be nearly as good.
- Magical Quest 3: While the SNES version would be nice (I do have the GBA version), it was never released in America, so I could only get this if a repro site put one together.
- Final Fantasy: Well, see my comments about Final Fantasy earlier...though apparently Mystic Quest at least doesn't have random encounters.
- Final Fantasy Tactics: See my comments about Kartia.
- StarFox 2: This would probably be more for other family members, since I didn't care for the original StarFox much. That and the fact that I'd have to find a hacked translation make this low priority.
- Kirby, Zelda, Tales, Chrono Cross: Holding off on these until I play others in the series.
- Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart: I'll probably get these eventually, but they're not a huge priority.
- Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin: I'm not at all sure I'd like either of these playstyles.
- Crash: I already have the PS2 version, so getting the GameCube version would probably only be to compare the differences, and if that one turns out to be better, I might use it if I LP the game. (At least it's cheap.)
- Xenoblade: I currently have a copy of this borrowed from a friend. What I played was fairly boring, though (the story wasn't, but the gameplay was), so I doubt I'd buy it for myself.
- Xenogears: I might get this after playing Xenosaga if I like it, but...random encounters. We know how I feel about those...
- W101: Another case of "looks interesting, but I'm not sure I'd like the playstyle".
- SML1-3: Well, I've already done a full blind LP of SML2, and the others aren't terribly high priority.
Phew, that was a lot of text. (If this were GameFAQs, I would have had to split it up into several posts. I'm sorry, but 4096 characters is WAY too limiting.) In any case, that's my list, more or less. Assume I have absolutely zero games in mind for any console that isn't listed. How about everyone else? And feel free to comment on mine or anyone else's.
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