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I played the arcade version of Final Fight recently and I still enjoyed it and I think it has aged very well.  The reason why Streets of Rage beats out the console version of Final Fight is that Streets of Rage was designed as a console game first, not an arcade game.  And even then it took a sequel to perfect the formula.  So yeah, Streets of Rage 2 is definitely better than SNES Fight Fight.  Although Streets of Rage 2 did rip off a lot of Final Fight staples.  Awesome music, though.  I think it's funny that Capcom released a rental only version of Final Fight that let you play as Guy only (it was called Final Fight Guy).  I never played the console-only Final Fight sequels, I wonder if they're any better?  Final Fight One on the GBA had some neat unlockables, but that was about it.  I tell you what is a good console Final Fight is Mighty Final Fight on the NES. 

I just think Kirby games are less frustrating.  Mario games can get pretty hard in places, but Kirby games rarely get that way.  Kirby games were initially designed for younger players anyway.  Also, I think old arcade games are good to start kids off on gaming, too, due to their simplicity. Mario games are great, don't get me wrong, but I just think Kirby games are better.

Most touch screen Nintendo games feel like they could work for mobile devices, too.  Other ones not on your list could include Pokemon Shuffle, Art Academy, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong.  I bet if Nintendo goes mobile, we'll see some of those games.

Hooray for Kirby!  I think little kids should start out playing Kirby games, not Mario.

Well you said I could list five, so I'll just list my top five favorite games of all time, because they'll work for your question, too.

1. Pac-Man

2. Final Fantasy 6

3. Animal Crossing (GameCube)

4. Super Mario Kart (SNES)

5. Namco Museums vol. 1-5 (PSOne)

I just posted an article about my latest Amiibo finds:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2015/10/02/it-was-a-good-day-amiibo-hunting/

Also please check out my newest blog.  There are Mario Maker codes in there!

I plan on posting a few spooky reviews thsi month at GamerDad.com, but that's about it.  Might get the Wii U Fatal Frame game, too.  It's supposedly coming out this month.

I'm glad you got a winter job!  Are you still going to do the snowshoe races?

I'm also glad you finished The Maw.  I don't think you'll be missing anything by moving on form it, but it sure was a cute game, wasn't it?  I wish more game makers besides Nintendo would still make games like that.  We don't get that many anymore.  Kind of makes me a little sad.

I just bought the Portal pack that goes with LEGO Dimensions, but I don't have the full game yet.  But the Portal stuff was the real reason why I wanted to play it, so at least I have it ready. 

Right now I'm working on finishing my Skylanders Superchargers review, which will post late next week.  I'm also playing a lot of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.  It's not as good as regular Animal Crossing, so i can't recommended it to you unless you REALLY like AC as much as I do.  Later this month I'll be looking forward to playing Chibi Robo: Zip Lash and Yoshi's Woolly World, among other things.

Hope you have a great weekend!  --Cary

I never played any of the home console versions of this, but I did play it in the arcade quite a few times.  I did like the really bad Engrish and when you died your guy would say, "I...can't...moooooove!"  It was entertaining, but there were certainly much better beat 'em ups out there.

Oh yeah!  I remember those characters now!  I really liked them, so you're good at knowing what I like.  Since fighting games aren't my favorite genre, I don't always remember the characters in them, and I don't try to remember them either.  Not a priority.  There's another Guilty Gear character that I remember that I thought was cool.  She had pink hair and a sword and sometimes had a metal arm thing.  But she was tough looking and had pink hair, so I thought that was cool.