phew, finally got my first beaten game of the year. i was distracted for a bit by
yu-gi-oh! world championship tournament 2004 for GBA. i'd played the 2007 edition quite a bit so it was interesting to compare them b/c in the GBA game you unlock new cards after every battle you win, whereas in the DS game you have to earn points to "buy" cards. i'll have to come back to that one b/c the 2004 interface is so much clunkier and battles to get pretty repetitive.
anyway, beat
wario land 3 for GBC. hadn't been a big fan of
WL2 (despite really enjoying
WL1 and
VB WL), but thoroughly enjoyed this one, so much so that i had to put it on my "favorite games of all time" list. i wrote up a review on my blog (
http://geozeldadude.wordpress.com/2011/ ... ng-landing) if anyone's interested in reading more, but basically despite some minor complaints it has all the hallmarks of a great platformer including nice level design and a lot of variety. definitely recommended.