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"Game of 2004"

To be honest there's been a lot of decent releases on the Gamecube this year.

Nintendo's finest efforts have come in the form of Pikmin 2 and Paper Mario 2. Pikmin 2 is near pin point perfection in everway, a purly addictive and well structured stratagy title which everyone should own whilst Paper Mario 2 is one of the finest RPG's since Pokemon.

Ubi-Soft have published Beyond Good and Evil and Prince of Persia this year and they all deserve a mention (especially the former) and they also published Harvest Moon, one of the most refreshing games this year (Whether you agree or not). Pacman Vs., although not a full game, should get a mention also.

But my game of the year goes to Free Radical Design's Second Sight. Not only fresher than Nintendo's superb sequels but in terms of pure freedom and fun it kicks even Ubi-Soft's master duo to the curb.

Excellent graphics, stunning story, original physics and in fact probably the greatest game released this year.

What is yours?

But for £13 (the pricve that a certain game playing retailer has it for) it probably IS the best game of the year (although Metroid Prime 2 is way better)

Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door gets the vote from me.

Beyond Good and Evil and several others... While I have played and found myself very much immersed and impressed by what each had to offer, even in the smallest of ounces, "The Nintendo Difference" makes it all count.

Pikmin 2. Immensely detailed and incredibly enjoyable game. A true classic. Beautiful and very well designed levels, all the improvements from the first one (*Caves*, 2nd Party member, Battle and Co-Op, so much more to do, the fun Piklopedia and Treasure Lists) make this my game of the year.

Although I have yet to play Echoes.

I'd go for Paper Mario 2.
The most I've enjoyed playing a game in a long time - and it constantly throws up fantastic surprises.

I thought getting each star would be like the first: go through a dungeon, fight the boss, repeat. How wonderfully wrong I was.

My Gamecube Game of 2004 goes to Pikmin 2

Because it is:

Absorbing
Challenging
Fun
Unique
Visually Stunning
Bizarre

And it's got little creatures with flowers on their heads that kick the ass out of huge, scary beasts god damn it!

My message to Nintendo: Pikmin 3 2005
My improvements: Kung-foo Pikmin

I'd normally have picked Pikmin 2 or Paper Mario 2... but Second Sight is so... well different and refreshing.

To be fair Paper Mario 2 does personify Nintendo perfectly. It is one of those games only Nintendo can make.

gerrid wrote:
> What the hell are "original physics"?

The entire concept of lifting everything and slamming it around the room was refreshing.

Get over it.

So not at all like any games where you play as a Jedi then?

Or System Shock 2...