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Moot being Moot, as usual. Wouldn’t have it any other way.

In moving flat I've only taken the Wii and WiiU as the boy can keep the new ones. Anyway I've just realised I've got Shovel Knight Treasure Trove to get through. I can't remember buying the upgraded pack. Yay.

If you bought before a certain date it became Treasure Trove automatically iirc (same deal with physical copies on PS4 etc).

cosmicjellybean wrote:

Raiziel wrote:

What on earth is Pocket Card Jockey? It’s on two lists up there and I’ve never even heard of it.

Gamefreak game right? where you bet on racehorses like those arcade games or something?

It’s basically solitaire but with horse racing. It’s ridiculous. Great game though.

OK... I might download that now when I get home.

If it were me I'd include DQVII if I wanted. It's a distinct piece of software from the original and still 3DS exclusive in Europe.

Pocket Card is indeed download only. It's so worth it.

It's pretty close! I can't comment on Persona Q though (which is only €19,99 on the eShop, is it around that for physical too?).
A Link Between Worlds was a close one for the list too. Same for Luigi and Kid Icarus.

Pocket Card Jockey is only €6,99. Gonna check if there's still some euros linked to my account.

Mario makes should be in that list but I didn’t buy it because I’ve got it on wiiu

I love you, Birdorf. I hope you know that.

I've got Valentia but never started. I need to play through Persona Q 2 and that.

Here are mine, based on a mix of play time and preference:

1) Pokemon X - I've always loved Pokemon but this is the one where it all came together for me, despite it being one a lot people didn't particularly like. This is the one where I finally caught 'em all, including the mythical event-only Pokemon as they were all redistributed for the 20th anniversary, and after two decades and almost 200 hours of play finally became a Diploma-holding Pokemon Master.

2) Ever Oasis - I loved this, developing a crack-like addiction to it and devouring it really quickly. The gameplay loop is incredibly satisfying - there is something about helping a little virtual person to realise their dreams of running a successful store that really clicks. For an RPG it's not even really plot-heavy yet still works - it just comes together really well as a lovely little package.

3) Super Mario 3D Land - I liked this more than 3D World! This ended up being one of my favourite 3D Mario games of all time - I just remember it being particularly fun and polished.

4) Pullblox - I've never been a big UGC person, but this really clicked for me. I essentially became the world's leading Final Fantasy Pullblox creator, creating puzzles for all the main characters from the NES and SNES games and the main characters of the games that came after. It was fun to make the colours look accurate with the very limited palette and ensure the puzzles were all playable. The campaign that came with the game was also really good fun.

5) Picross 3D: Round 2 - This is such a fantastic puzzle package. The core gameplay is really good but it's the presentation and sheer amount of content that takes it to the next level. Presenting the game as a kind of relaxing puzzle cafe really works and it has JRPG-tier play time - and never seems to get old.

Honourable mention goes to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, which I sort of feel has been robbed a bit by not reaching the top 5, but it's a strongly narrative-based game that I never finished so I kinda felt more comfortable including other things.

If I had to give a raspberry it would go to Tales of the Abyss, which is the worst game I have put 40+ hours into. Really mediocre with a terrible protagonist who - spoiler alert - basically commits two 9/11s in the course of the game. Two!

I've got Miitopia and Hey Pikmin to also crack into

That's a great collection of sealed games to crack into (I also have many of those still sealed, haha!).