At the end of my third article discussing why gaming is
leaving me behind, I promised to make a list of my top 10 games to show that I
am not bitter toward gaming itself. I full-heartedly believe video games can be
an art form regardless of what critics say and my list contains a number of
gaming’s greatest masterpieces. A thing to remember about this list is that it
is a record of my personal favorites and not a list of the objectively greatest
games of all time. If you disagree then that’s fine with me, we all have
different tastes. So, I invite you to
sit back, relax, put on your Power Glove and Mind Link (little known Atari
reference for the uninitiated), and get ready for a discussion of some of my
favorite video games of all time…
Just for your information, all of these articles may contain
spoilers…
9. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Geek circles, there is always that ridicule for picking
anything new as a favorite; but, in this case, Brawl is most assuredly the best out of the trilogy. The first Super Smash Bros. was an amazing and
ground breaking game on the Nintendo 64 and brought many a gamer’s dreams to
life by pitting everybody’s favorite Nintendo characters against each other in
a fighting game. No longer were arguments about who would win in a fight between
Link and Mario fought with words and dissipated by the changing of the subject,
now these characters were placed in a virtual arena to determine the winner.
Every gamer I knew played this game until their thumbs ached and then they
played it some more.
Then, along came Melee
which was an improvement on the original in every way. More characters, arenas,
mini-games, and challenges were added to fuel gaming addiction everywhere. It
really was a perfect game; however, it was not perfect enough and this idea was
perpetuated by the release of Brawl on
the Nintendo Wii. This game did what the other games were incapable of doing:
allowing for the battle between Mario and Sonic.
Modern day gamers who grew up in the era of Playstation and
Xbox do not understand the epic nature of such a battle. Sonic and Mario were,
for the longest time, bitter enemies on two competing consoles never able to
meet. The seven year old in me went berserk with the prospect. In addition to
fulfilling one of my gaming desires, Brawl
really is a great game with a lot of replay value. The traditional gameplay and
modes are there in addition to the extremely entertaining Subspace Emissary. Super Smash Bros. Brawl might be one of
the newest games on the list but it definitely deserves be counted among the
best.
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