This list is much longer than I intended, but I do play a lot of games. I was supposed to have one list for everything that happened this year, music movies, games, websites, and so on. I have to do the other things later, though, so here's the long games list. Let me know what you think of my picks, the full list is after the jump. Downloadable Game of the Year Band of Bugs (XBLA) Band of Bugs is still my top-played Xbox Live Arcade game. I have really enjoyed Fire Emblem in the past, but it is a pretty heavy game. Band of Bugs is the perfect casual turn-based tactical game. It's colourful and has wonderful variety, a great selection of multiplayer modes and a stellar level designer. Band of Bugs was also the first game to fully utilize the Gamescore policy and add an extra three Achievements with downloadable campaigns, which were also great. Honourable Mention Carcassone (XBLA), Super Metroid (VC) Carcassone is the perfect port of a board game to a video game. Super Metroid finally getting re-released was also a great gaming experience for me, as now my Metroid collection is complete.

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Edit: It has come to my attention that this is old news. (Is that an oxymoron?) You can jump to my comment on this article for details if you are interested. Yesterday I was in such a rush to play Metroid when I got home, I didn't even notice this. This morning, however, upon giving the sheet a closer look, I noticed something a little odd. Along with Samus, Link, Kirby and Wario, Sonic is there, and all of 'em next to a big Super Smash Bros. Brawl logo. I thought that maybe these were some of the characters who's games were on the coupon sheet, but you can clearly see that in fact none of them are. This is nothing exciting, really, just another chance to start rumors. More than likely some Best Buy designer thought it would be funny or really wanted Sonic in the game or ...

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I'm incredibly excited. Nintendo has decided to dedicate August to all things Metroid. (Eat it, IGN.) This single game is so important, because it is the first major release from Nintendo for the Wii that didn't start as a GameCube product. It is also very important to me, because it is the latest game in the series that got me into hand-held gaming, got me into console gaming and made me want a Wii. The Metroid series gave me many gaming firsts. I had been a fan of gaming, but I was never allowed to own a system, so I cherished the times I got to go play Super Mario All-Stars at a friends house or Mortal Kombat 3 at my cousin's. (P.S. It's rated Mature, though I didn't know that at the time as I was seven or eight. And I'm not scared for life! Who woulda thought?) ...

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