Great review!  I finished a 1/3rd chunk of my dissertation last week, and to celebrate, I went out to buy a 3DS game.  It was between EOIV, Luigi's, or Fire Emblem.  Unfortunately, Gamestop only had Fire Emblem on hand, so I went with that (which is awesome so far, by the by.  Yet another long-standing, somewhat difficult-to-approach series that has gone through an awesome refinement).  I haven't regretted it, but best believe EO IV is going to be the game I buy when I get past the 2/3rd mark (almost there!).  This review cemented it.

Namco Museums Vol 1 - 5 you say?  I will have to make a note to check that out ASAP.  I like your list; I'm surprised about the inclusion of Animal Crossing on there.  I just picked up Mario Kart 7 on 3DS, and I got to the final retro track (SNES Rainbow Road) and that music immediately inspired me to break out the SNES cartridge.  I love love love SNES Mario Kart and especially the music for Rainbow Road!

I think having too many choices sometimes leads to paralysis, as well.  Many times, I'll be struggling to write some music, but when I set out to do something very limiting (e.g. write a song using only a harmonica), I find creative ways to get outside that limitation.