SaGa 3: Champions of Time and Space - Shadow or Light (DS, Replayed on DraStic on RG552)

A full-remake of SaGa 3, originally released in the US as Final Fantasy Legend 3, which was one of my childhood favorites. (I even did a Let’s Play of the original.)

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Overall: This version of the game is much more of a “reimagining” than the DS remake of SaGa 2—that one keeps the maps, puzzles and a lot of the items essentially the same, to the point you can rely on old walkthroughs if you don’t mind missing the new material. This has no such luxuries. I love it the same way I love the Sword of Mana remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, as a different game retelling the same basic plot.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)

Kirby and all of the residents of Planet Popstar (mostly Waddle Dees, really) got sucked into a strange rift in space and deposited in a strange new land. Fortunately, Kirby is really good at adapting to new situations, so long as those situations involve eating things and beating up giant monsters.

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Overall: This is a solid Kirby game, and if we weren’t getting Star Allies 2, I’m happy to have this instead. ARR adored it and we got some solid playtime together, with him logging twice the hours I did.