I mean it could still fall off. They could screw up DQII, make the Cave to Rhone too easy or something. But at least with DQI, they made something remarkable. The changes expand the world and story without doing harm to DQI's unique structure.

DQI, in all earlier incarnations, has a unique sparseness that comes from being one playable character traipsing around a small world map. I'm sure there was a temptation, be it internal or external, to staple a bunch of party members and new mechanics onto what was there. They muffled that voice.

Violating the big unspoken rule of GotY lists to declare DQI&II my front runner for 2025. I have no idea whether this says more about 2025 or Dragon Quest.

AFLbros in 1965 be like:

If I were a baseball franchise, I would simply eliminate the Milwaukee Brewers from the postseason whenever I played them in the playoffs

Never used RA because I'm not: a zoomer who needs mommy and daddy to give them gold stars or else I won't play any games before 2007

The personal organizer with no battery backup!

a whole peanut butter m and another m? That's a steal

Probably in the later Mega Man X games

@moonsider.bsky.social it's ya boy

Or maybe idolo. Or both.

ZOE Dolores, i

Excuse me, I have been X-2's strongest soldier for 20 years!

Nintendo Direct Predictions:
Final Fantasy Hockey
Zelda DS HD Collection
Pokemon Delta Emerald
Pokemon Delta Emerald Remake
P.N. 04
New Stunt Race FX
ARMS 2

Actual prediction:
One of Robobot/Fire emblem/Uprising escapes the 3DS

Actual want:
Ridge Racer 8 please namco im begging

Game doesn't even have dresspheres

As someone who 100%d Sunshine:
-Less fluid and interesting movement than 64
-Every third star is a war crime, made worse by the game's awful coding (Hi Pachinko!)
-One biome for all levels
I put the game on the same level as Banjo-Tooie

Like, it's never going to break into my top tier of FF games (VI, VII, X, I am the epitome of counterculture), but it's miles ahead of the post-PS2 sludge.

Getting 5 views lifetime for my four hour video essay of "FF8 is fine, mostly"

Ridge Racer Type 4

Oh that's cool, we're all sharing the epic """""""""""""""""""""hot take""""""""""""""""""""""
Anyway, the SNES is vastly superior to the N64 and if you disagree you should be branded as a Chiefs fan and banished to the wilderness.

Yes, the Chiefs are winning again, but have you considered that they are ontologically evil?

Blackhawks confirmed anti-draw

Felt like FF13 deserved one final shot on the way out. What a mess.

Baedogg's GOTY award. Game of the year is Rebirth.

GOTY 2024

My first inflammatory post of 2025 is that Mouthwashing is decent but not amazing, and is completely, utterly cleared by both Signalis and Crow Country.

Also in THPS4 iirc

Yes, the Chiefs are winning again, but have you considered that they are ontologically evil?

I mean, it was never gonna beat XC3 for GotY

First off, congratulations! Second off, now that you mentioned it, I'm surprised that isn't more of a thing...