Mario.

The moment where 10-year-old me realized that video games can be crushingly mediocre. Also, that I really should've bought an HD console at that point, because holy crap is the Wii port a smeary mess. At least I can plug the Portal of Power into CEMU now, but who wants to replay Skylanders: Swap Force in their college years?

Has anybody ever managed to beat this game? Does there exist a Nintendo DS where Doodle Dog was found?

Every note of the OST is permanently etched into my brain.

Has anybody ever managed to beat this game? Does there exist a Nintendo DS where Doodle Dog was found?

Every note of the OST is permanently etched into my brain.

Has anybody ever managed to beat this game? Does there exist a Nintendo DS where Doodle Dog was found?

Every note of the OST is permanently etched into my brain.

As joyful and inventive as 3D platforming gets. Hat Girl will save us all.

Addicting.

Link is constantly getting sat on by Midna's fat tush, which probably awakened something in a lot of kids. Also, waggle controls were a mistake, and I'm switching to the Gamecube/HD version the next time I play this.

D K. 3D. KONG.

Surprisingly ugly. I'm pretty sure a bunch of models are pulled straight from the N64 games that they're based on.

The hand-me-down pajamas of Smash Bros games.

Peak.

So good that it could be the last Mario Kart game that Nintendo ever makes, and nobody would care.

Not good.

Captures the primal, childlike sensation of popping as many balloons as possible.