InfiniteSpark

I haven't played many games that were released this year (been focusing on my backlog), but out of the games I did play a good bit of, I'd say Devil Survivor 2, Rhythm Heaven Fever and Trials Evolution are my favorites so far.

My favorite LPs so far...

• TheeSatisfaction - Awe Naturale
• Christian Mistriss - Possession
• Spiritulized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
• Death Grips - The Money Store
• El-P - Cancer for Cure

Probably close to 200 spread out between six consoles, the DS and Steam.

Super NES: Super Mario World

Game Boy Color: Super Mario Bros. DX

Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64

Dreamcast: King of Fighters Dream Match 1999

Playstation 2: Gran Turismo 3 and Tony Hawk 3

Nintendo DS: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

X-Box 360: Rock Band

Playstation 3: Guitar Hero 5

Wii: Red Bundle packaged with New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports

Most times, I attempt to pick up right where I left off and hope that I can play the game well enough for me to trudge forward. There's a couple of games in my backlog that are currently at that state right now that I plan to tackle soon.

I think the only genre where I'll restart are RPGs, I probably wouldn't remember the little details of the system and recall what happened in the story prior.

Yup, I have a good chunk to go through, probably over 20 games. I'm doing my best to just purely focus on a game or two and hack away at those, then move on to the next.

Right now, I'm locked in with Devil Survivor 2 and Atelier Rorona.

Super Mario World

• Beautiful art and graphics. Lots of colors thrown in throughout the game. Nice soundtrack too.
• Quality Level Design: A lot of awesome designed levels with numerous secrets to discover. No stage feels dull or underwhelming.
• Perfect gradual increase of difficulty. Starting off easy than slowly cranking up as you progress to a new section of the SMW map.
• Plenty of enemies to defeat in most stages and to see in the entire game.
• Fun Powerups: Feather! Yoshi! And colored shells and Yoshis!
• Highly Replayable: Retains fun/charm after multiple replays.

• Super Mario World
• Burnout 3
• Jet Set Radio

I'll throw in a few of my favorites to recommend.

Azumanga Daioh - for slapstick comedy, 4 panels per strip (like a daily newspaper cartoon)

Yotsuba&! - fun slice-of-life from a young girl's perspective

Solanin; What a Wonderful World - adult-themed slice-of-life stories, mostly revolving how the characters struggle to find happiness in their lives