I just downloaded the demo and will try it later. I'm not really a big Castlevania fan, though. Just could never get into it. My favorite game in the series is Kid Dracula.

Time sure flies.

I was a kid in the 80s, but grew into an early teen by the late 80s. That was a great time to be a kid.

I could complete the first three SNES DKC games, but Returns and Tropical Freeze were way too hard.

The battle system is way different. You move your monsters around the bottom touch screen with the stylus in a grid based fashion.

No it wasn't a game per se. :)

It is. It reminds me of the newer LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga game. More of the same LEGO fun, but with the camera focused more behind the character instead of fixed, giving you a closer to the action feel.

I'm also just about to write a review for Garfield: Escape from Monday which is a surprisingly decent little 3D platformer.

Sneakin' and snipin' isn't really my thing but the controls are solid.

Well, I'm glad about that. I could never get past about 50% of DKC and even less in the two sequels.

I wonder if the battle system is a little different in the DS version?

R&C Tools is very good. I haven't a single complaint, just that I'm skeptical about motion controls when they are used.

Was it Cutie-Q?

I've never touched the series and, honestly, I will be surprised if I get to it but the opportunity is there now!

Well, I loved doing all the side stuff, bounties and such, but grinding isn't what I want to do. I really need to read something on battle strategy.

I've heard that's a very good one!

I've dabbled in the Sniper Elite games. I'd like to dabble some more.

I don't even know what "Woden" means!

The Marsupilami game is pretty good, and not as hard as DKC.

The game I bought this past month was the Switch 2 version of the new LEGO Batman game. It was a birthday gift to myself. :)

I played Ni no Kuni to the part where I think it should've ended. I bet that's where it ended in the DS version anyway.

I think I have that R&C game but I never got around to it.

There was something else that was 'released' in 1976 that was a pretty big deal.... :)

I didn't think Star Fox Adventures was THAT bad. But then, I'm about to review Garfield: Escape from Monday and give it pretty good marks, so what do I know? Star Fox Adventures really did feel like it was originally another game, though. But that's because it was. (Dinosaur Planet)

My older brother played through this and I watched big chunks of the game that way...and that was good enough for me. My favorite memory of this game, though, is the cut scene where Fox first finds the sexy female fox trapped in a crystal (and I think her name was Crystal also?). He's entranced at the sight of her but then shakes his head and says, "Fox! What are you thinking!" Peppy immediately jumps on the comm and says, "Fox! What are you thinking!" That got a chuckle from me at the time but I'm sure not gonna play the game to see it again lol

My wife played Ni No Kuni when it was first new and when she got to the end of the game, she just could not beat it. Later we talked with a friend that also played it but he didn't have much trouble with the end. Turns out he had done all of the side content and my wife hadn't and the game really seemed to be balanced such that you have to do everything, and I think that kind of sucks.

I remember playing this on GameCube back then. I was really interested in the world and exploring it with Star Fox, however, something disappointed me and I never finished it. I forget what but it was probably one of the things you mentioned in this article. I think I played the next one, Star Fox Assault too, but my memory is very vague. I still have a yearning for a good Star Fox adventure game (like do a Ratchet & Clank style game with Star Fox). I wish they'd remaster or reboot one of those.

I've been reading The Associated Press coverage of AI. Some interesting articles there.