Games Acquired 2025

[Reprise]

Hey all, I thought I would get the ball rolling and start this thread, since I just bought an Xbox 360 last week and a reasonably large bundle of games. As someone who has solely focussed on the PS3 and, to a lesser extent, the Wii during that generation, I am quite looking forward to exploring the 360 exclusive games I missed and couldn't play, as well as whatever other multiplatform games I hadn't given much of a chance and no doubt are superior on the 360.

Feel free to share your recently acquired games below. Here are the links to the previous years' threads:

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[Reprise]

January 2025:
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (with bongos) (Gamecube)
Super Bust-a-Move All Stars (Gamecube)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Fable II (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 2009 (Xbox 360)

[Reprise]

I added Lost Odyssey to my 360 collection. So far it looks and plays like a PS2 era RPG on a more powerful HD system, and I mean that in a good way!

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (with bongos) (Gamecube)
Super Bust-a-Move All Stars (Gamecube)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Fable II (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 2009 (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)

[REPO Man]

Scored Psychonauts 2 for PS4 for only $11.99 while it's 80% off.

Tempted to also toss down $30 on Nikoderiko: The Magical World for Switch, but I've already also decided to get the physical release of Steven Universe Save the Light & OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes Combo, also for Switch. With the Steven Universe games getting delisted out of nowhere, I had no choice to get this. Unfortunately, the sequel, Unleash the Light, never got a physical release. Thankfully, it's still available on a couple of foreign eShop storefronts, but I'll have to figure out how to make an account tied to a foreign market's eShop.

Hopefully, Unleash the Light is also on the same eShop as the Asian releases of Super Robot Wars, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai games with English text options.

[Markies]

Markies' Games Acquired List Of 2025!

1. Micro Machines (NES)
2. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (NSW)
3. Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GCN)
4. SteamWorld Collection (WiiU)

It has already been a busy year of buying new games for me.

On New Year's Day, I like to randomly pull one game from my Wishlist to buy. Well, this year it was Micro Machines on the NES. The games arrives and because it is unlicensed, it does not work on my NES. There is a chip that I can remove from my NES to make it work, but I don't want to do that to play one game. So, I sold Micro Machines to my local retro store and did another game and that game was SteamWorld Collection on the WiiU.

I picked up Luigi's Mansion 2 HD because a friend of mine got me Luigi's Mansion 3.

I also picked up Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike on the GameCube.

Hopefully, that should be it for a bit. Next week is my birthday though and I am going to buy a game for that occasion.

[ElkinFencer10]

Our patron saint of bad financial decisions fell down on the job this year...

Acquired in 2025 so far - 3 Games; 3 physical, 0 digital
(physical is in regular font, digital is in italics)

January (3 Games Acquired; 3 physical, 0 digital)

Vision of Mana (Series X)
Glover (Switch)
Ys Memoire: Oath in Felghana (Switch)

New for January 14
Vision of Mana (Series X)
Glover (Switch)
Ys Memoire: Oath in Felghana (Switch)

[Reprise]

Our patron saint of bad financial decisions fell down on the job this year...

I might have stolen that title...

Buying a 360 a week before (and an OG Xbox a year before) a a strong rumour comes out claiming a bunch of formally Xbox exclusives will receive multiplatform remasters/ports later this year, certainly makes me feel a little dumb now I bought these consoles for games like Halo and Gears of War and now they probably heading to PS5 and Switch 2.

Anyways, I have a load more pick ups

January 2025:
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (with bongos) (Gamecube)
Super Bust-a-Move All Stars (Gamecube)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Fable II (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 2009 (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition (Xbox 360)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)
Stuntman Ignition (Xbox 360)
Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition (Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (GOTY Edition) (Xbox 360)

[ElkinFencer10]

Our patron saint of bad financial decisions fell down on the job this year...

I might have stolen that title...

Buying a 360 a week before (and an OG Xbox a year before) a a strong rumour comes out claiming a bunch of formally Xbox exclusives will receive multiplatform remasters/ports later this year, certainly makes me feel a little dumb now I bought these consoles for games like Halo and Gears of War and now they probably heading to PS5 and Switch 2.

Anyways, I have a load more pick ups

January 2025:
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (with bongos) (Gamecube)
Super Bust-a-Move All Stars (Gamecube)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Fable II (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 2009 (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition (Xbox 360)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)
Stuntman Ignition (Xbox 360)
Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition (Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (GOTY Edition) (Xbox 360)

I don't see a single bad game on that list.

[ElkinFencer10]

ADDENDUM the mailman brough a package a day early.

Acquired in 2025 so far - 4 Games; 4 physical, 0 digital
(physical is in regular font, digital is in italics)

January (4 Games Acquired; 4 physical, 0 digital)

Vision of Mana (Series X)
Glover (Switch)
Ys Memoire: Oath in Felghana (Switch)
Persona 3 Reload (Series X)

New for January 14 Part Two
Persona 3 Reload (Series X)

[Reprise]

January 2025:
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (with bongos) (Gamecube)
Super Bust-a-Move All Stars (Gamecube)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
Condemned (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Fable II (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 2009 (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition (Xbox 360)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)
Stuntman Ignition (Xbox 360)
Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition (Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (GOTY Edition) (Xbox 360)
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Wii U)