If you look at my Backloggery, you’ll probably notice a really really bad habit of mine.

There’s only a handful or so games that I actually do finish; Midway through one game, I find myself jumping to another newly acquired game.  It’s been something that’s been happening since the days of the GBA for me.  Games for me come and go way too quickly and I find myself changing games faster than some of my friends change girlfriends. (I seriously wish I was joking about that… Fortunately those people don’t visit my blog… yet.)

So, let’s very quickly go over 10 games that I haven’t beat and should go back and finish.

10. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
I loved Pokémon. I loved it so much it was almost like a disease. My red version logged countless hours, well over 100, of playtime and my gold version even more.  Ruby didn’t go so well; I got right up to the end and I just lost interest.  Diamond took even shorter to fizzle out.  I’ve had this game since release and have only gotten about halfway through it.  I keep telling myself that I’ll get back to it if I ever find myself not wanting to play anything else on my DS, but I never had.  One day this will get beat. Once you’ve caught ‘em all, you don’t go back.

9. Megaman 9 (WiiWare/XBLA/PSN)
As a retro gamer, I feel ashamed that I had never played through an old Megaman game. It wasn’t until the crappy GBC Megaman X games that I really got a taste of how the series was like.  I had played some of the later ones (and of course Megaman Battle Network and Starforce) and had my fair share of frustration over the difficulty.  I decided that with Megaman 9 I was NOT going to miss out on.  After a lot of practice I managed to make it up to the third Wily stage, and then I just stopped.  I haven’t really touched the game all that much since except to do a quick endless mode run.

8. No More Heroes (Wii)
You can probably count the number of hardcore games on the Wii with two hands, but make sure you count No More Heroes in that count.  Not only does it feature some good waggle usage, a storyline that will make your brain implode, and a protagonist that is pretty much the king of otakus, it caught me off guard when the game’s first F-bomb occured not even three minutes into the game. (On a NINTENDO console, even. Moreso that a lot of people think that Travis’ “F**khead!” line is the best in the game.)  Sadly, I dropped this game just before the rank 3 stage and have yet to beat this game and its absolute greatness.  I guess Bishop really was telling the truth when he said that “a lot of gamers out there don’t have much patience.”

7. At least one Fire Emblem
At one point or another I’ve owned every Fire Emblem game to have come out on American soil… but have I beaten any of them? Nope.  I guess part of it is the fact I’m not that much of an SRPG buff, and also the sheer difficulty that this line of games is known for.  I definitely do have a thing about Fire Emblem though… It’s too bad one of those things is actually beating one of them.  Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon or Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword would be the two I would likely go after.  Maybe I outta take on this instead of Pokémon.

6. Megaman 2 (NES)
Just a bit before Megaman 9 hit WiiWare, I acquired Megaman 2 on the virtual console.  With 2 being called the definitive point of the whole Megaman series, I had to take advantage of it when it came around.  To be honest, I found the game to be quite simple for the most part (Heck, I even beat Airman with the megabuster.) until I got to Wily’s castle.  I had gotten all the way to the boss on Wily’s fourth stage but hadn’t taken it any further than that.  Maybe I should dedicate some time to finishing off both 2 and 9 on the same day? Who know.

5. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS)
Ah, Kirby.  Kirby’s Dream Land was the first game I ever finished; And then after that I finished it again… and again… and again. All in all it only took about 15 minutes to beat KDL… Or about 5 minutes if you’re playing Spring Breeze, the abridged version of the original game as it’s seen in Kirby Super Star. Now, take note of the fact that I said Kirby Super Star Ultra. Having passed Milky Way Wishes, I’ve practically beaten the original KSS; Now I just need the motivation to get through the last few games.  Let me tell you, though: The arena is pretty tough.

4. At least one Grand Theft Auto game
I use to be a bit skeptical about the GTA games, as I might have said in my GTA Chinatown Wars impressions, and so I stayed away from them for a long time.  One day though I bought GTA: Vice City Stories on the PSP and thought it to be okay.  I was lucky enough to find out that I could get a good chock of the GTA series at the time (1, 2, 3, Vice City, and San Andreas) on Steam for 30 bucks, and so I went for it. I definitely wasn’t disappointed after all the time I spent playing Vice City and San Andreas, but I never really finished them.  It’s true that I’m still working on Chinatown Wars but not as fast as I want to be.  Maybe I’ll pull through eventually and get to finishing at least one of those.

3. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
What is wrong with me? Seriously.  I’ve had this game nearly as long as I’ve had my Wii and I’ve only completed… two galaxies?!  Super Mario Galaxy is said to be one of the best if not THE best mario game to have hit since Super Mario 64 and it just sits there on my shelf collecting dust.  It’s not like I have anything else to play on the Wii that I haven’t beat, other than No More Heroes of course, but if anything finishing this game at least once should be mandatory.

2. Mariokart DS
I got so close to finishing this… and then I just stopped.  I don’t know why but 150cc got really frustrating once I got to the Special Cup.  I only have two more cups to go (I can’t remember if there was a mirror class) but I just cant get around to finishing things up.  Ah well. I’ll get it done some day.

1. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Probably the most sacrilegious thing in the video game industry; I had this game when I was a kid. I could get up to Bowser’s castle and for whatever reason, I never wanted to finish it!  Man… I was a weird child.  I would seriously just waste my lives on the first status because I didn’t feel like fighting bowser. Even in later days, when I had Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and even today on the virtual console, I can’t see myself to beat it. (Although this time I’d actually do it if I could.)  One day, Bowser. One day…

So, those are only a few of the games I have yet to beat.  I can name off a whole bunch that in my collection that remain unfinished to this day.  Will I be able to get through this eventually? We’ll see.