I just beat __

Yoshi's Crafted World

Kinda surprised how much I enjoyed it. The level gimmicks were great, co op was enjoyable, and the boss fights were perfect. The story is obviously minimal, but I liked how Baby Bowser were Kamek were written. Some of their dialogue actually made me laugh a few times. It's similar to how Bowser Jr and Kamek were written in Origami King.

Only thing I didn't like was the music. I don't know why Yoshi games are so hit-or-miss with their soundtracks. Yoshi's Island and Woolly World have amazing songs, but Yoshi's New Island and Crafted World's songs suck.
 
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All
This was just a fairly good game but not anything more. There are some new characters it introduced I liked, including Pearl, Moe, and Adrian, but that there are less cases than the first game makes the case I didn't care for due to really not liking some of its characters, Turnabout Big Top, stand out more. This keeps it from being as good as the first game where there was more of a feeling of immersion in its quality as Case 2 - Case 5 each stood out positively in their own ways. That being said, I'd actually call the game's fourth case better than any of the cases in the first game with how suspenseful it is, especially by the second trial of the two. I also think Psyche-Locks are a cool new feature that add tension, especially with their suspenseful music.
 
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

100% run, too

another game i've tried and failed to get into multiple times that i finally get to check off my list...i do still prefer ocarina but i was satisfied with this playthrough and i'm happy i finally gave it a real chance
 
beat bounce touch for the first time (i was stuck on level 5 previously, which i only got to in 2019, ive been playing the game for way longer than that)
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idk what this character on the left is either
so it was way shorter than i expected (theres actually only 8 levels and the last one is a very easy boss fight) but i think its expected for being an old mobile game that i think just came free with nokia phones
pretty fun and charming platformer every level has unique little level elements which is neat. also it was developed by rovio which i will bring up every time. i am bigly thinking about an angry birds game that plays like this
 
i beat spore origins... technically twice today, one was just me finishing a playthrough from months ago i got stuck on, and then one was the first playthrough i actually finished in one sitting! and my third overall
the total time was 23:22 according to the game, but it actually took around an hour due to having to repeat levels (bc i kept dying) and also messing around in the editor or just doing other things
this time i learned how the dang parts work so i got all three offensive parts and got a zappy thingy i mostly just used to get other guys away from me, i also got two defensive parts but i didnt get to unlock the third one unfortunately
i also finally saved a high score. the first time i got bluestacks to freeze and the second time i couldnt figure out how to save the high score itself. turns out theres just an invisible button for some reason. ignore the screen being vertical i didnt play like that i just noticed that more ui shows up on the high score enter name screen if the screen is vertical for some reason
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highlight of the run:
killed this charging guy by just kind of sitting there with two poison boosts and having the boosts hit it until it exploded into a lot of food cells
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i alos zapped it one time
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Final Fantasy 9 (PS1) - Finally finished playing this. The story was nice. Some areas were kinda awkward to navigate due to the backgrounds. I had similar issues with FF7. I was stuck on that water boss in the beginning for a bit, but afterwards I didn't have any issues with bosses for the most part until the final boss. Overall the game was fun.
 
Bowser's Fury (Switch) - This game was really fun. It was so fun I even decided to get all 100 shrines. (Well the game is short enough to justify getting all 100 shrines anyway). Bowser transforming at inconvenient times did get a bit annoying and some shrines did give me trouble. Overall, it's great.