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#1  Edited By Ben_H  Online

-Pikmin 2 (Probably one of my favourite games of all time. I preferred it to the first simply because it didn't have the stupid time mechanic. Both games are great either way) 
-Wind Waker.  Most people overdo the "fetch quest" near the end. It wasn't THAT bad. The rest of the game is amazing and the graphics still hold up really well (I played it last summer).
- Luigi's Mansion. Short but super fun while it lasts. 
- Rogue Squadron 2 and to a lesser extent 3. 2 is amazing, 3 is pretty good other than the ground missions. 
- Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2. I still kick myself for selling the first one. They're kinda tricky but a ton of fun. 
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - A kinda divisive game but I really liked it.  The 4 player with GBAs was insanely fun and I played through the whole game like that with my buddies. 
- Tales of Symphonia - One of my all time favourite RPGs. I sunk an obscene amount of time into this game. 
- Mario Sunshine - Despite what people say, this is a totally fine and incredibly fun Mario game. I much preferred it to the new Mario Galaxy games. 
- Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door - The sequel to what is likely one of my top 3 games of all time, Paper Mario for the N64. Paper Mario 2 fixed a lot of the issues with the first and definitely stands out as a great RPG. 
- F-Zero GX - The sense of speed in that game still hasn't really been matched. I really need to rebuy it as my copy of it was stolen with my first Gamecube. 
- Animal Crossing - The OG Animal Crossing is still the best version. You can get NES games in it and I felt it was much better than the sequels. That's not to say I didn't sink a few hundred hours into Wild World for the DS.  I only played about 10 hours of City Folk though, it didn't feel all that improved over old versions. 
- Super Smash Brother Melee - I don't even want to know how much of this I played with friends and my cousins  when they were over. It's probably on the order of thousands of hours. I've done multiple 12 hour sessions of it with friends.

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Personally, for me it really depends. On the one hand, I really like Spyro and Gran Turismo 2, so I definitely use my Playstation a lot. On the other hand, with amazing games like Pilotwings 64 and Banjo Kazooie, I also definitely feel the purchase of my N64 was worth it. In terms of multiplatform games, the only one I can think of that I own that came out on both was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, which I bought on the N64. 

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I bought it when Banjo Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts when it first came out waaaay back then after Brad explained how awesome it was and proceeded to play nothing but that game for like a month or so.  I replayed Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts last summer and I definitely feel it stands up as an amazing game.  I really enjoyed GTA4 but in terms of pure fun, Banjo had it beat so badly it wasn't even close.    I still have Hero Klungo Sssavesss teh World as my xbox avatar. It will always be that, there is simply nothing better.
 
It's a shame we'll never see more of it since Rare seems to have been forced into doing grunt work instead of making super ultra whimsical games that are genuinely fun, unlike 90% of the garbage out today. 
 
WE NEED MORE VIVA PINATA

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@joshwent said:

Because of this gem, I still often find myself weighing questionable purchases against a meatball sandwich.

I think this is something everyone needs to see. It seems a lot of newer people don't "get" Alex's weird way of doing things (IE: His obscenely long article titles and odd review styling) but after you see his old reviews and videos it all makes sense.
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@TeflonBilly said:

Screw you Patrick for making me think about Sugar Ray!

AARRRGGGHHH And in turn now I have that stuck in my head. It's a vicious cycle.
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#6  Edited By Ben_H  Online

Michael Bay. First he ruins the Transformers, now he ruins the Ninja Turtles.

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Comix Zone. A comic of a game that is inside a comic.
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@GJSmitty said:

I...I don't understand the bacon thing guys. When else do you eat bacon if it's not with pancakes?

Whenever you want bacon (Any time possible is a valid time to want bacon. 2AM? Absolutely. 7PM, fantastic time). When our parents went to the lake and it was just me and my brother at our house before he moved out it would not be uncommon for us to just cook up some bacon on the sideburner of our barbeque and eat it throughout the day.  I usually have it in sandwich form with some tomato and cheese but I have had it as a side to Kraft Dinner before when I was feeling particularly trailer trashy. We always have a couple packs of it in our freezer in case we want it.
 
I don't put butter on my pancakes but I slather them with syrup. I also put syrup on my bacon or breakfast sausages. That is where the real magic is. Extreme sweetness with the saltiness of breakfast meats is a winning combination.
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#9  Edited By Ben_H  Online

Ugghh I think you just cursed me. I just thought "Wow my Xbox has lasted 5 years, I wonder how long it will last". Now it will be dead in the next two weeks because I thought this.

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@Tarsier said:

they care about their american customers u mean lol

being in canada amazon is basically off limits i have never had a good experience with them not a SINGLE time

As a Canadian you can actually buy a ton of stuff from American Amazon, and thus get the amazing customer service. I ordered a watch from them and paid for fast shipping and got it within 14 hours of ordering it and that was from the US to Saskatchewan (I paid for 3 day shipping instead of standard and got it in half a day). It's also usually cheaper to buy from there even with duty in most cases. Especially headphones and some electronics. As long as it can ship to Canada you can buy it. I've had all good experiences with American Amazon. I've never bought anything on Amazon Canada because it is so much more expensive. For example, I bought a G-Shock watch from US Amazon for $40 with $5 duty and $5 shipping versus paying $60 for it on Canadian Amazon before tax and shipping.