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I am still shoring up my top 100, I think I have all the games I want in there,but not the order. Although I did just take a game out and replace it, so I'll throw it here in my honorable mentions before I change my mind, and that game is

Honorable Mention - Bugsnax (PS5, 2020)
We've all been waiting for a new Pokemon Snap forever and we were all given it before the actual new one came out. Catching each individual Bugsnax is its own puzzle, sort of, and it's fun for youto use your tools in different ways to catch each one, or see the interactions they have with each other. There is a great joy in shooting chocolate goo on a popsicle monster only to have a flying S'More divebomb it and set it on fire, to send it running into a lake and into your tripwire. The gameplay gets a bit repetitive after a while and there's a bit of backtracking, so that can get a tad annoying, but it's not long enough to really wear it out.

This game really shines in its story, characters, and presentation. As you might have figured, there's more to the game than the cutesy package it presents, but I wouldn't go as far to say its a trap game, creepypasta, anything Doki Doki Literature Club, etc. It just winds up being a bit more real than you expect. The characters have real issues they go through, and their relationships with each other feel genuine, and strained when they don't like each other. Without going into too much detail, the plot is interesting enough to keep you engaged in its mystery, and its themes are a little more mature than you would think, but remains very entertaining.

Minor spoiler... it's sort of implied in the trailer if you've seen it, but just in case:
There is no greater joy....uh...shock? Horror? Then feeding your Grumpus friends Bugsnax and watching them slowly transform into horrible monstrosities,caused by YOU. YOU DID THIS. YOU MADE A GRUMPUS INTO A WATERMELON CHEESE AND COOKIE HYBRID!!! But I greatly look forward into seeing what creative liberaties and choices other people made. I want to see everyone's individual Grumpuses. My Beffica was a Gummi nightmare. I think they have good design also, since you can still tell them apart even after they have transformed.

End of game spoilers:
The ending though, does start to dip its tail a tiny bit into that horror pool, and while I was kind of expecting the game to go this way it kind of goes to show the game is pretty horrifying when you think about it. The Bugsnax being paratsites all along was a neat spin and That Eggabell stayed behind with Lizbert to become ONE WITH THE ISLAND to save everyone. Good ending. And the fact the game ends with that happy song is hilarious now and definitely has a different meaning. If you have played this game and haven't got the bad ending, which I assume you haven't because it's really hard to mess up to get there, you should watch it to see just how horrifying this game can actually be! Hope there is a sequel , like they left it open for!

"Kinda bug and kinda snack
Try to catch 'em in your trap
Feed somebody and you'll see
We are whatever we eat"

Anyway, I nearly had this game in my top 100, and it's probably 101,with the main things holding it back beingthe slightly repetitive game play,and the fact I definitely lucked my way into catching some Bugsnax without really knowing what I did or how I did it. Decent game, great characters and story. Keeps surprising you at different points with the game being deeper than you expect.

Honorable Mention - Warioware: Touched (DS, 2004)
I'm not gonna have as much to say about this one, but I definitely enjoy all the Warioware games. They're fun minigames, and that's all you can ask really. There isn't quite enough substance I think in any of them for it to be a top 100 game, but they're enjoyable on their own. Definitely reminiscent of an older time of games, as far as repeating simple tasks over and over. I think like everyone, we like the 9-volt games the best. I picked Touched as my favorite here because I was excited to play it for a system like the DS, where I thought it was a perfect fit to use the DS's newfound capabilities. I don't really remember the specific games in one vs enough, but just that the DS gimmick made perfect sense with this game.


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