I went all in this year with retro gaming on RA for 2025. The only game I played that wasn't on RA was HK: Silksong. Gamecube was my huge focus during the second half of the year. When Wii rolls out in March, that will be the new fixation and multiset after the beta! Happy New Year my fellow gamers!

Mastery #131 - Cocoto Funfair (Gamecube) Weird yet wacky arcade/gallery shooter. Points and accuracy don't matter in this, so feel free to go ham on the shoot button during these quick paced minigames. (Besides the 1 shot minigame and 100% accuracy cheevo for a specific one!) #RetroAchievements

Today marks the 18 year anniversary of @ncaprisun.bsky.social's first Let's Play upload on Youtube! Congrats Tim, thanks for giving it a try all the way back then, and still going strong with it to this day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wli-...

Mastery #130 - Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (Gamecube) Never watched the show. After playing this, my interest has been piqued. Decently short mastery, played on Hard right away to finish in 1 playthrough. Game has simple combat and you can abuse mechanics to stunlock enemies. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #129 - Pikmin 251 [Hack] (Gamecube) Main game was very interesting, areas were remade and enemies were a lot harder/quicker. Challenge mode in this is no joke, you can get screwed whether its RNG from enemy spawns or Pikmin pathing AI forcing you to reset. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #128 - Pokemon WaterBlue [Hack] (Gameboy Advance) A very fun and straightforward hack. You play the rival in this adventure so you are always trailing behind Red. This is probably the least grindy pokemon game to complete the pokedex. You can catch 95% of them in the wild. #RetroAchievements

Not as much listening this year compared to last year. EDM is still my favorite genre. Drum & Bass hits so good and I love upbeat songs! Listened to Dandelion Rain 1,174 times this year so almost 4 times a day! \(^-^)7

Mastery #127 - Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights (Gamecube) This game is spooky, mysterious, and jinkie-, I mean janky. Love hearing the compression of audio in games like this. The recreation of the intro song with in game animation was pretty neat. Fun metriodvania style game! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #126 - Pokemon Sweet [Hack] (Gameboy Advance) Mixed feelings about this one, probably would say this hack is bad but somewhat mid. I like the concept of mons being turned into various sweets and desserts. There are quite a few areas and items that can cause you to crash. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #125 - LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Gamecube) Next LEGO set down! This game is a big step up from the previous! The deathless achievements soured this set a bit for me. It added about 8-10 hours, but the rest was a grand ole time! =^] #RetroAchievements

Mastery #124 - Pokemon Dark Violet [Hack] (Gameboy Advance) Very enjoyable with a few minor bugs here and there. This is a very nice reimagining of the Kanto region with a more fleshed out story for Team Rocket. Overworld was redesigned in a very charming way! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #123 - LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Gamecube) Very easy and straightforward set for a LEGO game. Never played this version as the 1st one I played was Complete Saga on Wii. It was very weird to find out the only thing in terms of collectibles are just the minikits. >=[ #RetroAchievements

Mastery #122 - Mario Kart: Double Dash Extended [Hack] (Gamecube) Adds 32 tracks from previous games for a total of 48 tracks. The time trials were very forgiving, only had trouble with Mushroom Bridge. 12 rounds of All Cup Tours bites! Wii Daisy Circuit final lap music slaps! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #121 - My Health Coach: Stop Smoking With Allen Carr (Nintendo DS) Was looking through Ubisoft hub and noticed a game I never would of expected them to make. I don't smoke myself, but I thought it would be interesting to check out. Addiction sucks and so does this game. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #120 - Pikmin 2 [Subset Bonus] (Gamecube) Messing around with the Napsack mechanics and other glitches was fun. As for doing each cave, you can reset a floor if a Pikmin dies, make use of the captains attacking to deal with enemies when doing the sprayless/deathless run. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #119 - Luigi's Mansion (Gamecube) What a wonderful journey! Playing this game again was a lot of fun. First time going thru the Hidden Mansion and let's just say I was not prepared for the way the Boolossus fight was done! Very good challenge and set! =^] #RetroAchievements

Why can't you be normal?

Mastery #118 - Luigi's Mansion Beta Restoration [Hack] (Gamecube) Glad this set came back as I initially missed it during the GC launch event. Very interesting to see how much was changed in the final game compared to the Beta! Luigi looking very spoopy! =^] #RetroAchievements

Mastery #117 - Piglet's Big Game (Gamecube) Wow, I really liked the part where Piglet was really brave and showed those scary monsters who the real deal is. Cute game about Piglet chasing out the nightmares with the fan favorite QTE's and helping his friends in their dreams! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #116 - Luigi's Mansion: Sweet Home [Hack] (Gamecube) This was a lot of fun! Nightmare Mode took 5 tries. I would check every object after clearing each room and do a round to previous rooms to make sure I keep my health up. As well as find enough money for the 75 million! #RetroAchievements

Been playing a lot of GC games lately, trying to get to the top of the GC mastery leaderboard. Currently playing a Paper Mario TTYD hack called Tower of Trails. It's a roguelike Pit of 100 Trials style game in Hooktails Tower. It's very fun and all of the changes you can make for each run are neat!

Mastery #115 - Samus Goes to the Fridge to Get a Glass of Milk 3D [Hack] (Gamecube) 🥛 #RetroAchievements

Fallen nuggies (2025)

My friend came over last weekend and wanted to play some Pokémon. I go to pull out my Switch and find out it doesn't turn on anymore. Haven't played it in over 8 months and I guess the battery just decided it had enough! -.-

The slap

happy friday🫶🏻 here’s some more Ghost of Yōtei foxes because i love them so much 🥹🦊

Mastery #114 - Super Mario Sunshine Arcade 2 [Hack] (Gamecube) This has 96 levels with each containing a Blue Coin. The challenge achievements were not that bad except for a few. 1 level was invisible due to beta block stuff, otherwise a very neat experience! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #113 - Shrek Extra Large (Gamecube) A bit laggy and choppy, as well as being janky and fun. Ran into many glitches while playing where people and objects would just despawn on me. Even during the final fight, the boss despawned on me and I had to redo the last level. #RetroAchievements

No matter where you look online, there is always drama and fighting. It makes me sad seeing people ruin experiences for others by bringing real life problems into spaces where most people are just trying to enjoy a hobby/activity. I don't engage in it, but it still gets to me if I see it.

I wish I was better at fighting games, been trying to play Melee and DBZ: Budokai on the Gamecube. I keep spending hours trying to beat a tournament for a character on the harder difficulties with no results to show. I really enjoy playing them, but my skills are god awful. 🙃

Mastery #112 - Disney's Hide & Sneak (Gamecube) This game felt more like a demo since it was only 3 levels and can be easily beaten in 30 minutes. It takes quite a bit of assets from Magical Mirror. The game itself isn't bad, just too short. =/ #RetroAchievements

Mastery #111 - Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (Gamecube) This was the first Point and Click adventure game I ever played. Has a lot of charm and humor in it. It does feel a bit slow having to watch mickey take his time walking across rooms. Still a fun game overall! =^] #RetroAchievements

Mastery #110 - Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (Gamecube) A short Edventure joining the Eds on their Edscapes through the Cul-de-Sac! I love this era of third party games where some games get a GC and GBA version. Its neat to see the differences and the direction the devs took. #RetroAchievements

Mastery #109 - Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure (Gamecube) Short, sweet, and adorable game! You join Pooh on a quest to help and celebrate the birthday of his dear friends. A nice trip down memory lane! Gotta kick more objects in hopes of pots of honey flying out! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #108 - Pokemon Blue (Gameboy) Gen 1 core sets are once again done with the unmerge. Very fun set to do, some nice E4 challenges that gets you to mess around with some mons you may not normally try. Pretty standard Pokemon set otherwise! =^] #RetroAchievements

Mastery #107 - Pikmin 2 (Gamecube) Has some great challenges and is very fair in what it asks for. A wonderful sequel with many new mechanics and changes compared to the first game. Challenge mode was a lot of fun with only a couple missions that have tight point requirements! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #106 - Pikmin 1² [Hack] (Gamecube) Very fun hack, has the base game of Pikmin 1 running on Pikmin 2 which brings many nice QoL features. It also has a mode that remakes all areas which look amazing while playing as Louie! There is also a randomizer mode built in! =^] #RetroAchievements

Seeing all the Wii game set claims rolling in over on RA since last night is getting me very excited. So many good titles, it will be hard to pick which game to master first! Gotta start cleaning up all the sets I have already started over the last year. Time to lock in before March arrives. =^]

Mastery #105 - Pokemon FireRed [Professor Oak Challenge Subset] (Gameboy Advance) All of Gen 3 POC's are now complete! Having the VS. Seeker made grinding exp. so much better than having to only battle wild mons. Just gotta knock out the new Blue set, then Gen 4 is on the horizon! #RetroAchievements

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Mastery #104 - Pokemon LeafGreen [Professor Oak Challenge Subset] (Gameboy Advance) Only have to get 6 badges since this excludes post game. Pre-Badge 1 grind is the worst part. Need to steal Moon Stones from wild Clefairy before leaving Mt. Moon. Smooth sailing afterwards! =^] #RetroAchievements

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Mastery #103 - Pokemon Emerald (Gameboy Advance) Gen 3 core sets are finally finished! After beating the game for AotM earlier this year and taking on the beefy revision, I have to say I really enjoyed the set! It combines everything from the Ruby and Sapphire sets PLUS MORE!!! #RetroAchievements

Mastery #102 - Pikmin 2: Caveless Edition [Hack] (Nintendo Gamecube) All of the caves were removed from the game. The hardest part of this is getting all treasures in 9 days. I suggest spending a day scoping out each map with its obstacles, enemies, and treasures, then resetting. #RetroAchievements