Another tag journal? Yes. This time I got tagged by (who is a very good artist, by the way,) about my top ten favorite video games.
Edit: Ugh... none of the links are working. Guess I'll take them down for now

#10-Crash Bandicoot: Warped (PS1)
-My first real video game experience. It may not be the kind of thing to make a "Best game of all time" list, but it is a well-designed platformer, and that, with a little push from nostalgia, gets it a place on this list.

#9-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Trails and Tribulations (DS)
-A humorous and over the top adventure game, with lovable characters and a fair share of whodunnit-solving thrill.
-It has a catchy soundtrack.
-While I love the whole series, this is the game that managed to pull me in the most. It has everything I loved about the other games with stellar execution.

#8-Mega Man 6 (NES)
-This isn't one of the most loved of the Mega Man series, and while I can see where it's detractors are coming from, I still find it fun. (Though the fact that I got it as part of a cheap collection of Mega Man games while most of it's detractors were those who had payed full price for it may have something to do with that...)
-Many call this game too easy compared to the first three games, but I find that those three tended to rely on making the player perform trial and error for difficulty, leading to a lot of cheap deaths. While the enemies in 6 may not be hard to take out, they are roughly the same difficulty-wise every time you play, whereas once you know not to jump in door number 1 and 2 in Mega Man 1/2/3 you will probably never hit those spikes again.
-Almost all of the weapons feel unique and usable, rather than being situational Mega Buster clones.
-While nothing can top Mega Man 2's Dr. Wily stage 1 theme, this game has several tracks that come close, including the great Kinght Man's theme.

#7-Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
-When I had first heard of this game, the only thing I knew is that it was composed almost entirely of boss battles, which really got my attention, as bosses are usually my favorite part of any given game. It did not disappoint me. While finding some of the Collosi could be harder than slaying them, each was a clever challenge.
-The only things keeping this game from being higher on the list are it's bland, brown, desert environments, and its pretentious story. Thankfully, the latter is not shoved in your face by the game as much it is by it's fans.

#6-The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
-While other Legend of Zelda games were good, this one really stood out to me more than the likes of OoT, though through no fault of their own. While other games have mimicked the style of OoT, LA, Etc. I haven't seen anything quite like Majora's Mask before or since it's release.
-It's time system is the most interesting feature. You must carefully plan your days, not wasting a minute, or else you might just lose everything.
-While the world is smaller than that of other Zelda games, it's also much easier to avoid getting lost in, and there's also a lot less empty space than in Ocarina's Hyrule field.
-Plus, getting to play as a Zora rocked!

#5-Pokemon Platinum (DS)
-Fixed many of it's predecessor's problems.
-Almost every Pokemon in the fourth generation can be caught without trading.
-Made Cyrus slightly more interesting as a villain.
-Challenging Battle Tower and player VS. player enhancements, as well as many items to help make training before fighting easier.
-Really now, what other series lets you have an adorable puppy, a phoenix, a dragon, a scarecrow, an elderitch abomination, and a demon-possessed refrigerator all on the same team?

#4-The World Ends with You (DS)
-Though it's steep learning curve and poor selection of powers at the beginning make starting the game a chore, once the ball is rolling this game can be very addicting.
-Level grinding can be almost entirely avoided in the main story.
-Compelling and well written characters.

#3-Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Sega Genesis)
-Easily the best Sonic game of all time, in my opinion.
-Well designed bosses and environments.
-Useful and unique power-ups.
-Introduced my favorite character in the series, Knuckles.
-All three characters, though equally fast, have very different play styles. So when replaying the same level with a different character, it feels like something completely new each time.

#2-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
-This game is the standard by which I judge all other platformers. Great music, gameplay that can be challenging or simple depending on your goals, well designed enemies and puzzles to outwit, and an art style that keeps the games looking top-of-the-line years after the sixteen-bit era ended.

And lastly,

#1-Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. (GameCube)
-This was my first experience with a game driven by a deeper plot than "Someone did something evil. Go stop them."
-Combat mechanics keep things lively, with plenty of action commands and stylish moves to learn.
-Hilarious and just plain well-written dialog.
-Catchy music and pleasant art.
-Fun, but sadly, non-replayable Bowser platforming stages.
-In addition to being my first story driven game, it is also one of the rare games that really had an emotional effect on me. I felt sad for Vivian, panicked when Doopliss stole Mario's name, and even after all these years, I still can't watch the scene right before the true final battle without crying a little. Actually, most of the time can't even listen to the music from that scene without crying.

So yeah, those are some of my all-time favorites. As for the tag, I tag , and .