Remember when you were little, and kids were asked what their favorite food was? And they (probably you too) usaully said "PIZZA!!!!"

So if "Pizza" is STILL your favorite food, what KIND of Pizza is your favorite

What I mean by "kind" is:

- Type of Crust

- Toppings

- Shape of Pizza

MY Favorite is:

- Type of Crust: Stuffed Crust

- Toppings: Supreme

- Shape of Pizza: Classic Triangle

What about y'all

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I will promote my new site on the bottom of EVERY Blog I will do from now on

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I love the Mario vs Donkey Kong games.  In fact, I finally got around to finishing Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem just a few weeks ago.  There's only one title I know of that I haven't gottan around to yet, and that's Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again because I never owned a DSi.  I should probably check to see if the game's available on the eShop now that I have a 3DS.  Anywho, my interest was piqued in this game when I saw it announced a couple of Nintendo Directs ago, and for 10 dollars, I simply had to get it. 

I will say this, though, the game is lacking in presentation.  Is it surprising?  It's only 10 bucks.  But, there are no little cutscenes of Mario going after Donkey Kong with his minis.  I miss those.  As for gameplay content, the game's packed, especially for just 10 bucks.  The main game has four seperate puzzle modes with three of them having at least 50 puzzles.  The other mode, Giant Jungle, has three massive puzzles that took me more than a half hour to solve on each one.  Unfortunately, I can't help but wonder how much better this game could have been had it not been relagated to an eShop title and had actually been designed as a full priced retail 3DS title. 

So basically, the game works like this.  The playfield has holes everywhere, and you have a tube that fills up with tiles that have pieces of track on it.  Curves, straights, intersections; you place different tiles around the playfield for your mini to make his way to the goal.  Along the way, he can pick up M coins for extra points.  Collect all three in a level and earn a star.  There are also coins that sit on clouds, and to get these, you have to create a closed loop.  Do so and that segment raises up and also spawns extra time pick ups.  Make a mistake?  You can also drop a bomb and shatter a tile.

The game's highly addicting.  The first mode, Mario's Main Event starts out ridiculously easy and for the first 20 or so levels begins to get boring, but once the difficulty ramps up, you get hooked.  It can get pretty hectic trying to manage your path while keeping your mini clear of obstacles at the same time not lettting your tile pipe get backed up.  If that happena, it's game over.  The more you play, the more modes unlock, and you also unlock mini games and toy minis.

The mini games are nice little distractions that involve you pulling a slingshot back and firing your mini at targets, or chipping away at an object until it's blown to pieces or raising and lowering a mini on a platform to collect coins and dodge Bullet Bills.  Even though they're just mini games, they aren't really engrossing, so you - or at least I - won't feel compelled to play them for long.  You'll just want to dive right back into the main modes.

I got to tell you, though, the later modes of the main game have some evil puzzles.  Peach's game has you using only a select number of puzzles while Toad's has you moving rotating titles and swapping other titles around.  I already told you about Giant Jungle, and those puzzles are just nefarious.  Still, I'm having a lot of fun with this game, and everyone with a 3DS who likes puzzlers would do good to download it.  Again, it's only 10 bucks!

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"About us? No," Mischa said. "He got used to us spending a lot of time together before we were even dating. And he's not the most observant about things like body language so if we're giving off any subtle hints he's not going to notice. If anyone does it'll be Kitty." 

"We'll have to be careful around her," Debora said. "Want to see the new Star Trek movie?" 

"You mean watch a Star Trek movie from the director who gave us the single worst thing in the history of Star Trek even moreso than Nemesis or the worst episode of Enterprise?" Mischa asked. "Sure. If nothing else we can poke fun at it." 

"Wouldn't the worst episode of Enterprise just be Enterprise itself?" Debora asked. 

*****

"You don't have to worry about her," Kitty said. "She just has ways of getting under your skin. We both know what happened with your ex wasn't your fault. You wanted to stay together, remember?" 

Melanie nodded. "You're right. I just... it's a sensitive area, you know? And as unfair as it is, we'll always have to face extra obstacles just because we're both women." 

then we'll face them," Kitty said. "Together. And if we need them we've got a whole group of people to support us. That's an advantage Suzy doesn't know about. Back when she and I dated I didn't have a lot of close friends." Kitty twirled around and smiled. "Now I've got you, Kody, Mischa, Heidi, Leonard, Amanda and Debora." 

Melanie nodded. "You're right. She can't tear us apart unless we let her. In the meantime, let's go out. Do you wanna see a movie or something?" 

"There's nothing good playing," Kitty said. "I have an idea." She fiddled with her PC for several minutes and Strauss' Gesellschafts started playing. Kitty walked over and curtsied, blushing slightly. 

"Can I have this dance?" Melanie asked. 

*****

"It's open," Leonard shouted. He turned back to his writing. Was that the right word? He'd have to ask Mischa later.

"Hey there," Amanda said. Hugging him from behind. "Working hard?" 

Leonard nodded. "I'm going to get this finished and see if the publishers'll take it.

"Where's Mischa?" Jennifer asked from behind them.

"Debora borrowed him," Leonard said. 

"Honey, you used 'rouge' when you meant to say 'rogue'," Amanda pointed. 

 *****

"Well, it was an improvement," Debora said. "Granted a very very minor one." 

"I suppose," Mischa said. "It's still the second worst Star Trek work ever made." 

"Maybe Abrams is trying to make really terrible movies," Debora said. "Kill the classic sci-fi franchises to make room for new ones." 

"I'm betting he's just grossly incompetent," Mischa said. 

"He's incompetent either way," Debora said. "Stupid people will go crazy for anything that has nice special effects even if the script, acting, and characters are all terribly done."

"I wonder if Leonard is still throwing things?" Mischa wondered. 

"Who cares?" Debora said. "Let's go get something to eat. There should be a few places still open." 

*****

Is Leonard still throwing things? When will Suzy turn up again? What fool hires JJ Abrams to direct sci-fi anyway and how much will it cost to send both of them directly into the sun? These questions and more may or may not be answered next week in Soniczero's blog. 

Also, I apologise for this being late. Into the Darkness was so terrible that it temporarily put me in a state of incoherent rage. 

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Assistant Writer: Soniczero1993

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I'm getting old.

I joined when I was 16, now my birthday is around the corner and I'm about to hit 21. Yeah.....21.....what have I been doing with my life!? (And for anyone asking, no. I don't/won't drink upon my birthday.)

I'd say I've really only been here about 4 years or so because my internet had gone down for nearly a year through it all. And I was gone nearly ALL of 2012 due to stuff, then college. Yup, way to go to college rather late eh? To be fair I did sign up when I was 19. (later 20 ) I don't feel 20 though. I feel like....like.....like I'm still whatever age I want to think.

Well, since this is a grand occasion I decided I'll look back throughout the years starting from the top.

OK, here goes.

2008: I forgot what happened, blogged every second. Vanished due to internet.

2009: Depressed I forgot what happened, blogged every day. (And I THINK I met Laurie sometime that year, I forgot. )

2010: Depressed, but stuff happened! I nearly blogged every day. I think I met Alon sometime that year too, not 100% sure though.

2011: Err.....what happened? No longer depressed due to stuff.

2012: Wasn't here at all

2013/Now: Broke up with my girlfriend for the second time. Not really a big deal since we thought it would be better that way and we remain friends. Hey, it's better to have someone you really care about as a friend right? You don't tend to lose her that way.

Well, this time line is pretty much a joke. Sorry about that, I just don't remember much because it all blends in together! *throws cup of coffee* I hate coffee! But that's beside the point. I honestly couldn't pin point everything though, totally not being lazy at all. Trust me

Anyway, I met a ton of awesome people on here (many of which I still talk to on steam or other places like PZ forums, you know who you are ), but there are waaaaay too many to name though. So instead of naming all of them, and forgetting to list someone (in turn possibly making someone feel bad? ) I won't do that. If you've talked to me and you think I like you, then I probably do. And you deserve to be on my unnamed list. Actually, I don't think I've ran into anyone on here that I genuinely disliked. Sure, I may have been in a fight or two but in the end they were just misunderstandings from both sides. Other than that I guess I'm lucky to just have met, err....nice people?

I still hope to visit at least once a day. But I'll be heading back to college soon. But it's summer right? Yeah, but I decided to take one class this summer to get a jump on things.

I know what you're thinking. "That's one class!" Yup, it's one class. So I shouldn't be TOO busy. Except it's like triple the work for summer courses. In a way it's still like a small break, then after that I'm a full time student again. *scratches my head* I should have taken that time off but meh! I'd have nothing to do anyway. 

Except....maybe play games or something. I don't want that though.

By the way..... STARBOUND!!!!

Yup, still keeping track of it. And the devs have done a lot of work lately so I'm really hoping for the beta to be during this summer (already pre-ordered as some of you know and it's looking AMAZING!) It's one of my most anticipated games next to....Animal Crossing. Shut up, I'll play whatever I want. Also looking very forward to more Project Zomboid updates. Some people seem to think there's been no work on it for over a year (That's a complete lie) but there has been.

The Release Candidates are on the forums, much, much better than the current build of the game (you can't play them without actually purchasing the game though ).

Ahem...again, if anyone wants to check out a game I personally find is looking fantastic then I'd suggest you click the STARBOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link.

Yes, the link is safe. It's just for the main blog...page of theirs. There's been daily updates recently.

Well, this totally didn't turn into some weird Starbound advertisement. :/ I better go now.

Good day everyone, and have a great.....errr...day! Bye! (I didn't feel like blogging weirdly today. I will eventually....soon....)

And congratutale me for my 5th year! Here's hoping for another year here, if I'm not TOO busy.

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F*** you? F*** me.

F*** this whole gamer culture and everyone in it.

F*** the Xbox Live brats, screaming their racist, homophobic slurs into headsets. Stupid spoiled brats.

F*** EA, money grubbing corporate pigs, self styled masters of the universe with their DRM and on disc DLC figuring out new ways to rob gamers blind. You think we don't know about this. Give us a break. Activison, Microsoft, Sega Nintendo. All of you.

F**** the stuck up elistist PC gamers and they're $1000 gaming rigs. Not all of us are made of money you know.

F**** the "fake geek girls" with their anorexic bodies and fake boobs making it hard for us legitmate girl gamers to be taken seriously. You're not foolin' anyone honey!

F*** David Cage and his "emotional polygons."

F*** the hypocritical parents who condemn games for making their kids violent then throw an Ipad in the little snot's faces because it's a cheap baby sittier.

F*** the NRA using games as a scapegoat. Yeah let's destroy the 1st Amendment to protect the 2nd amendment. That makes a lot of sense.

F*** the mobile game makers, making half assed things, calling them games then shoving as many microtransactions into them as possible.

F**** Gamestop and their crummy trade in value and their overpriced used games. You force your employees to shove preorders and magazine subscriptions down our throats and can't even pay them decent wages.

F*** the fanboys and their whiny malcontent.

F*** this industry and everyone in it. From Japan to Europe. From the studios in California to the lofts in New York. Let an earthquake crumble it. Let the fires rage. Let it burn to f***** ash then let the waters rise and submerge this whole, rat-infested industry.

No. F**** you kbaily. You're getting too old for this.

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Bioshock Infinite is this years Skyrim: Flawed in just about all design, but completely forgivable due to its overwhelming atmosphere.

Bioshock Infinite is exactly what Spec Ops: The Line wouldve been if its game elements wouldve worked. Instagram filters and chained shooting galleries of a bland shooter that relies mostly on a storyline with an immense twist.

Bioshock Infinite is like the Twilight series, minus the scruples: Its third act becomes as convoluted and incredible as Bella becoming impregnated by a vampire baby that wants to eat her from the womb.

Bioshock Infinite is what Proteus wouldve been if they had forced traditional gameplay elements in it: Simply being present in its universe is more consequential than any other, lesser element of the game.

Bioshock Infinite is Far Cry 3 with opposite priorities: A gorgeous shooter with unnecessary ultra-violence that is accepted because of the overall products excellence.

There are bound to be a few more succinct comparisons to be made in a snappy one-liner. If you have one, feel free to leave a comment!

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This is a landmark artistic statement from the group in my personal opinion. I need to fully listen to the album several more times to grasp all of its wonderful details, but trust me when I say this is some of the best music from the golden Indie era of the late 2000's and early 2010's. You will not regret it.

Highlights (Well, the whole album is a highlight)

Unbelievers

Step

Hannah Hunt

Hudson

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Not too many updates really.Far Cry and Crysis 3 are both yet to fall beneath me(not something I'm very proud of).School work's been a real mother lately, haven't even had a chance to peep Iron Man 3 (the reviews it's getting aren't helping much either) 

So that's me back..maybe some reviews if I get round to it.

IMPORTANT!:Keep mashing those buttons!

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POKEMON

CHANGE HAIR COLOUR AND SKIN COLOUR FOR YOUR TRAINER

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"So, you think you know everything about Kitty, right? You think you can just scoop her up just like that without any kind of worry? Without ever knowing everything you can about her and her feelings? Oh, I see exactly how this will turn out."

"What are you saying?" Melanie said.

"You have no idea what you are doing do you? Have you ever been in love with someone? Someone of your own gender?"

"In fact I have." She retorted.

"And how did that go?" She said with a smirk.

"...There were circumstances I could not prevent."

"And do you think you could also prevent them from breaking you and Kitty apart? Do you think you are prepared for everything and anything that would split you both up? And should the time comes where your decision would show if you could keep her or not, would you be able to pick the right choice?"

"S-stop this! What are you going on about? You lost Kitty yourself."

"I admit, I was foolish in my actions. But I have learned from my mistake. In fact, I've improved myself in every way. You on the other hand I doubt has done anything to improve upon your past failures." She said, still with the same smirk.

"Melanie....let's go." Kitty said, nudging her.

"I'm sorry Kitty, I know how insecure you must feel with her. I bet you both have already hit some bumpy roads along the way."

"That's none of your business!" Melanie shouted.

"Am I wrong?"

Melanie could not form any words. Because she was right, they had hit a snag once before. But they had patched it up, with no sign of them ever splitting apart. There was no way she was going to ever lose Kitty. And yet, this woman was making her paranoid. Her determination and her ability to dig under her skin was getting to her. She had to break off before she lost her composure.

"Common Kitty, we're leaving. I've had enough of this."

She grabbed Kitty by the hand and dragged her along, Suzy sitting there, grinning.

"You can go, but I'll be waiting for when you screw up. But don't worry Kitty, I won't let you fall. I'll always be here to catch you when you need me."

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Leonard was still writing. He really hated stumbling over words so carelessly. It wasn't so much the spelling, rather it was words that looked similar to him. He continued to groan to himself as he grew angry. He was tired of his brain constantly telling him the wrong things.

"What's a guy to do? This is driving me so....AAAAAHHH I CAN'T TAKE IT!"

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A loud thump was heard while Mischa and Debora were outside of the room.

"What was that?" She asked.

"I think Leonard just threw something. I hope it wasn't electronic. Or contained glass."

"Why do you let him have his temper tantrums?"

Mischa gave her a look as if she was out of her mind. "I'm smart enough not to stand in front of a stampede. Leonard does not think logically when he loses himself to anger. He's controlled by rage at that point. Otherwise he's a bright mind, just quick to explode."

"Anyway...." Debora said, changing the subject. "Why don't we use this time to beat it. You know, actually do something together?"

"While Leonard is focusing on his writing? I suppose we could, he's probably going to be a while."

"Then it's a date." She said with a smile.

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I smell bad news, and it's not the eggs Leonard forgot to throw out. What is Kitty's ex planning? What naug- er....loving things does Debora have planned? And can someone get Leonard an aspirin? Until next time!

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Hello all, I'm back once again from another unnecessarily long hiatus, and this time, with updates!

By the way, sorry for the wait, but I've actually been pretty busy with school, as this is my last year of high school before I graduate. Stuff needs to get done, and I have to do it, y'know. (Also, I've been pretty lazy about blogging as well).

Back to the main topic at hand, my 18th birthday was two weeks ago, on April 25. Yep, now I can officially go to prison.

For my birthday I got Bioshock Infinite, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, and Pandora's Tower.

I've actually completed Bioshock Infinite between the time I got it and now, and it was pretty damn great. I love the aesthetics, the story, and the characters; honestly, the worst part about the game is the gameplay itself, and while it plays perfectly fine, it's just not very unique (especially if you've played the first two Bioshocks). With that said, however, I still think the game is worth trying out.

I have played a bit of Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon and Pandora's Tower, but not really enough to form a decent opinion on either of them. From what I've played though, their both pretty fun so far.

Aside from that, I've also been playing Far Cry 3, as it was recommended by a friend. So far, I'm having a lot of fun with it.

I'd also like to say that I am still working on my top whatever games of all time list, actually. It's taking quite a bit longer than anticipated. I'm probably going to release 1 or 2 more top 10s before I release that list.

Alright, that's all I really had to say. Thank you all so very much for reading, and I hope you're having a fantastic day.

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Well, that is all. Thanks for reading this and understanding that we all need a break from things. Feel free to leave a comment below and I'll see you all later.

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10. The World Ends With You

After you defeat the Game Master of the third and final Reaper's Game, you come face to face with the Conductor of the game, Megumi Kitanji. He's passionate about what he's trying to do (spoilers aside) and he's going to do his best to stop you from beating him which would result in his objective not being met. He confronts you himself, and after beating him once, he transforms into his Noise form, a giant serpent called Anguis Cantus.

After defeating HIM, he transforms AGAIN after transforming with someone else (spoilers withheld), to a more dangerous serpent Noise called Draco Cantus. The entire last day builds up to this climactic fight, and it has a few small twists to the battle formula and is one of the only fights in the entire game you'll mostly be tackling with just Neku by himself. Needless to say, it is one epic fight and I can't say much more without giving away very important story elements. 

9. Pokemon Black/White

Normally, Pokemon games end at the Pokemon League of a given region, and your journey ends when you defeat the Champion. BUT NOT THIS TIME. After defeating the Elite Four, a castle comes out of the ****ing ground and surrounds the Pokemon League. It's N's castle. you have to confront him one last time, in what is an epic fight between truth and ideals. After that, his own father and a member of the Seven Sages of Team Plasma, Ghetsis, flips out at N's defeat and fights you himself after revealing the full intention he had for Team Plasma, and you take him down and bring an end to Team Plasma for the time being. 

This endgame blew my mind despite being 19 years old at the time I played it and having been into Pokemon for over 11 years. I thought Pokemon was falling into a routine, and while I really liked Cynthia in Diamond/Pearl, I was waiting for when there'd be a twist to the plot somehow. And in Black/White, N's success with the Pokemon League up until you beat him was a welcome change and not actually fighting any sort of Champion for a final boss with Ghetsis was really cool too. N having a legendary Pokemon helped crank the intensity up to eleven.

8. Kingdom Hearts II

HOW OVER-THE-TOP CAN YOU MAKE ONE STRING OF FINAL BOSSES? First you go through a strange city, then you fight Xemnas in a weird knight form. Then you have to fight him on a giant Nobody dragon. Then you fight him in the knight form AGAIN but you're falling from the sky but you look like you're flying and you have to make your way to him. THEN you fight him finally in his usual form but in a different white/black cloak in a strange void of nothingness. AND I MIGHT BE MESSING UP MY ORDER BECAUSE THE ENDGAME JUST CONSISTS OF SO ****ING MUCH.

The first Kingdom Hearts almost made it to this list too because of how over the top it was, but few endgames can boast being that exaggerated as Kingdom Hearts II. And you get the epic partnership of Sora and Riku, who was reformed from falling into darkness in the first game and now a sweet dark hero type character. It just screamed awesome for me. Cheesy admittedly, but still a great way to wrap up the game.

7. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

I love NMH2. I really do. It took the solid foundation of the first, and made it better. It did away with the unnecessary hubworld fluff (as novel as it was), and polished up the rest of the game. And the entire game revolves around Travis' thirst for vengeance against Jasper Batt Jr. and how he killed a good friend of his. Travis relunctantly assassinates his way through the top ranked assassin's a SECOND time, and learns that Jasper Batt Jr. himself is the top ranked assassin. He confronts him. After learning what his identity was (which surprised him), you begin the epic final boss fight with him.

And that boss fight ends up with three phases. You first fight him inside a small car and have defend yourself and make openings to hit him. After that, he makes himself buffer though some power and larger, and you fight what essentially is an evil superhero (looks like a superhero, but really isn't). After warding off attacks and knocking him down again, he increases in size AGAIN, in a parody to how final bosses progress in other games, and he's literally this giant balloon version of himself, and you fight him on the top of his destroyed office building. It's a challenging fight, but it's soooo satisfying when you finally bring him down.

6. Dark Cloud 2

Few games are beloved to me as Dark Cloud 2, and the game did a great job of wrapping up its story. You fight Emperor Griffin in his palace, only to learn that a dark creature had parasitically taken over his body and controlled him to do everything that he did. You then go through a weird dream realm and fight a bunch of bosses, and you confront the Dark Element, the real "Emperor Griffin", while it threatens to DROP THE FREAKING MOON ON THE PLANET. No, I'm serious, Majora's Mask is not the only game to have the threat of the moon being used as a weapon. Dark Cloud 2's world also had 2 moons, 1 of which was to be used to destroy the planet by the Dark Element.

You have a pretty good view of the second, fake moon and you have a tense countdown of 5 minutes to kill the Dark Element. The battle takes place on a small space of floor inside the strange colorful place near the top of the long spiral that you climbed up on the way. It's pretty atmospheric and the fight itself, which has the Dark Element switching its cloak coloring to grant immunity to long-ranged or close-ranged weapons (since the two main characters get 1 each) was a nice twist and added strategy. 

5. Sonic & Knuckles

I have a hard time loving bosses in platformers because they tend to lack the intensity of a well-established RPG fight. But Sonic & Knuckles, which wraps up the Death Egg saga of the Sonic game timeline, ends beautifully. First you have an ordinary boss fight in the Death Egg Zone, which following that you chase Eggman before he jumps into his Death Egg Robot, and you have to hit the fingers of the hands he's using to try to crush you.

When that fails, he destroys pieces of the Death Egg as he follows you and attacks you with fire from his robotic nose (I'm serious), and a charged laser beam from the Master Emerald he's using for energy for the robot. In order to damage him you have to hit the Master Emerald's holding machine carefully and bounce off it before you fall from the platforms the robot's knocking down in its wake. And if that's not enough, destroying the robot doesn't end the game. Eggman tries to get away with the Master Emerald riding his little ship, and you get to chase him down and hit him while the rest of the Death Egg falls apart behind you. 

Leaving out the Doomsday Zone which is a whole 'nother layer added on entirely, this is one of the most epic endgames I've ever gotten to experience in a platformer, and while I tend not to give Sonic & Knuckles enough credit, it did wrap up the Death Egg saga in a very cool manner.

4. Touhou Shinreibyou ~ Ten Desires

Not all of you know Touhou so here's a video link to the boss fight, because this might be hard to imagine what I'm explaining otherwise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZG7Rb8yMk. Good? Okay. So the plot here is Reimu found a weird disturbance and had to find out why spirits were flying around everywhere. She finds Toyosatomimi no Miko and a small group of people who practiced Taoism and tried to become immortal (and had people stop believing in them, sending them to Reimu's world, Gensokyo), and then Reimu (or whatever girl you pick) confronts Miko. After this, an Extra scenario can be unlocked, where Reimu goes to the Moriya Shrine and is intercepted by the playful tanuki girl Mamizou. And this fight happens.

IT ****ING HAPPENS. I love the playful music, and the entire theming of Mamizou's attacks is just bizarre in the coolest way possible. Her normal, non-spellcard attacks, she doesn't fool around with and literally just hurls large orbs every ****ing direction, but her spellcard attacks feature her bullets TURNING INTO LIVING THINGS, including gingerbread man looking humanshapes, frogs, birds, and dog-things. Land, sea, air, human. And to turn it up to 11, one of her spellcards has her transform into REIMU HERSELF and shooting trademark amulets at you, as well as leaving behind frogs which explode into amulets (as opposed to the feather-like bullets they normally explode into). 

I've only ever beaten her one time, but fighting her is so satisfying. And I have a thing for tanukis ever since Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario and Luigi being able to turn into them through that power-up. And Mamizou delivered.

3. Chrono Trigger

After going through time many many times you finally get to fight Lavos in the Black Omen, and you learn that there's more to Lavos than that exterior meteor monster you've seen all game. Not only do you fight a boss rush of a lot of the game's bosses with Lavos as the proxy, you get to fight Lavos itself normally, then you fight a strange Cell-like creature inside of Lavos. You go INSIDE OF LAVOS when you finish this beast off because its head retreated into its body. And then, after THAT, you fight its core: a weird alien being and 2 small bits accompanying it...

Until you learn the twist that ONE OF THE BITS IS THE CORE AND THE ALIEN ISN'T THE REAL TARGET. Many gamers who are genre-savvy get thrown for a loop when they learn Lavos' last form isn't the unique alien creature, but actually one of those bits. And until you start throwing attacks around, you have no way of knowing, adding to the tense challenge of finally ridding the planet of the horrible beast. To accompany it, the background spans through space-time and you get to see the various settings you've been to, which influence some of the core's attacks. Really cool indeed.

2. Final Fantasy VII

You dive deep inside the earth through the North Crater to fight Sephiroth for real. You defeat JENOVA for the 4th and final time, and then you face Sephiroth, who was turned into some strange monster. You get to tackle the fight with multiple parties if you want to. Then when you think Sephiroth's defeated, he becomes an angellic god-like... thing, with epic latin choir accompanying this. It's one of the coolest final bosses I've ever gotten to play, and while a lot of people like to mock it nowadays, I like to give credit where its due; if not for this game, I wouldn't have played any other Final Fantasy titles, and Sephiroth is an awesome villain. I found the final boss fight with him highly dynamic and entertaining. It helps that his forms gain stats depending on whether you used the gamebreaking summon on JENOVA before him or if you have any Lv.99 characters.

1. Pokemon Gold/Silver 

Yes, wrapping up our countdown is another Pokemon game. And no I'm not talking about Lance here. I'm talking about the game's TRUE final boss. You've collected Kanto's badges after defeating the entire Johto region, and been given permission to venture to Mt. Silver. You traverse the eerie, dark cave. You reach the last room of the final dungeon of this 60+ hour Pokemon game, and you see nothing but a single path forward and black void surrounding you (assuming the original here, for atmosphere). You reach the other side to see a trainer standing there, and approach them. All they say before you're rushed into a fight is "..."

This is how the epic final battle of Gold/Silver pulls you in. You fight not just any trainer, but the hero of the entire Kanto region from 3 years ago. You're fighting a former champion that stepped down in order to continue growing stronger. You're fighting a trainer that was the FIRST to mess with and successfully defeat Team Rocket. And you get that epic Champion Battle music that Lance got along with Red holding nothing but Pokemon obtained through events in Yellow (Espeon implied to be the Eevee from Celadon). You get to know why there's only 1 Snorlax in Kanto. He has the second one.

Red is in himself an epic character in Gold/Silver for being a hero 3 years before you began your journey in Johto. And you get to fight him. Not many games can make a new installment and have the game wrap up by BEATING THE FIRST GAME'S PROTAGONIST. But to this day Gold/Silver are my favorite games in the series, and not only was the pacing of the game great, but having Red as its final fight just makes it that much more awesome. 

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