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Zoot’s 2025 Completed Games List (57 games):
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Captain Toad Treasure Tracker review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker review
Toad is finally in his own 3D puzzle adventure, with diorama-sized levels full of fun, easily digestible challenges that can be played comfortably at home or on the go.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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The Exit 8 review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
The Exit 8 review
This unsettling, semi-horror, semi-puzzle, (but mostly) walking simulator has you a stroll down an endless underground passageway in Japan, searching for anomalies to help discover the true way to the...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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Sand Land mini review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
Sand Land review
Sand Land is a manga by acclaimed writer and artist Akira Toriyama, and brought to life as an action RPG decades later.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Donkey Kong Bananza review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
Donkey Kong Bananza review
Donkey Kong is back in a new 3D adventure for the first time in ages.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Dispatch review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
Dispatch review
If you can only play one superhero episodic, make it Dispatch!
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January 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Still Wakes the Deep review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
Still Wakes the Deep review
This first person, psychological horror/narrative adventure taking place in the 1970’s on an oil rig out in the middle of the ocean is hauntingly beautiful, addictively grotesque, and had me coming ba...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Zoot’s 2025 Completed Games List (57 games):
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
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2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL
This point-and-click cyberpunk adventure is a thrill a minute, as you escort your ROM pal around town to solve an abduction mystery.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Mega Man 6 (via Legacy Collection) review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...
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Mega Man 6 (via Legacy Collection) review
This is the end.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Mega Man 5 (via Legacy Collection) review: open.substack.com/pub/minirevi...

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Mega Man 5 (via Legacy Collection) review
Once again Mega Man is on the hunt to stop 8 sinister robots, but this time they’ve been sent loose from Proto Man?
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December 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Mega Man 2 (via the Legacy Collection) review:
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Mega Man 2 review (via Mega Man Legacy Collection)
The first Mega Man for NES was brutally difficult, and for me unbeatable without the rewind feature implemented in the Legacy Collection.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Mega Man 3 (via Legacy Collection) review:
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Mega Man 3 review (via Mega Man Legacy Collection)
Much like Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3 adds just enough for the game to feel fresh, while opening up to being even slightly easier than the previous game.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Mega Man (via Mega Man Legacy Collection) review:
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Mega Man review
Yes, I’m a few decades late to the party.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review:

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review
Samus Aran is back in the Prime universe from a long absence, and she brought a few friends with her.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS REVIEW:
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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks review
This follow-up to the experimental touch Zelda “Phantom Hourglass” on Nintendo DS is an overall improved experience, but at what cost?
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December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition review:
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Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition review
“A Final Fantasy for fans and newcomers…” but mostly fans, as the fifteenth entry enters new territory for the franchise— being the first mainline FF to be an action RPG and leaving the turn-base behi...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Fallout 4 GOTY Edition review:

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Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y. Edition review
It’s been 10 years since Fallout 4 debuted, and for better or worse it’s still the same game.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Disney Illusion Island review:
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Disney Illusion Island review
There's something magical happening in this 2D side-scrolling platformer, and Mickey & the gang have to solve the mystery and find the three times to stop the villains.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 review:

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Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 review
Still a masterclass of originality in the classic Super Mario Bros.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Sword of the Sea review:

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Sword of the Sea review
This third-person adventure weaves a tale of great strength with minimal dialogue, and it has you surfing a sword!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! review:

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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! review
After the tremendously difficult (nearly impossible) DKC2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, the Kongs are yet again back with a third outing.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Journey review:

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Journey review
In this mini third-person adventure game, the little protagonist must make its way across barren lands, forever onward to the distant mountaintop.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM