robio said:

#93. Bit.Trip Beat

Bit.Trip Beat can either be described as the ultimate evolution of Pong or simply Pong on acid with some really good music in the background. Tough to argue against either description. Basically it starts out as something very similar to Pong. A ball approches from the right side of the screen, and you line up your paddle to bounce it back. However it turns into something else quickly. The balls start to change and they approach with their own rhythm patterns, and when you bounce them back at the correct moment the noise it makes synches up with the game's soundtrack to create as it was intended to be heard. So basically it's a crazy music based rhythm game. And all the while the background starts flashing, with different shapes ranging from basic cubes to DNA double helixes floating in the background. Even with it's basic look and sound, it's a hell of an audio/visual experience. Despite the simple basic idea the game is tough as nails and probably could have been a touch easier. Oh and if you can, try and track down a Wii version of the game. It was since ported to the 3DS, iOS and PC, but none of them match using the Wiimote's motion control and tilt feature to move the game's paddle.

I bought this on Wii when it first released and loved it.  It was also pretty fun in multiplayer, as your unknowing friends would start off joking about pong, before getting all worked up over how psychadelic and hard it suddenly became.

I also bought Bit Trip Void, which had a great concept as well.  It's quite the pitty that the only Bit Trip games we get nowadays are nothing more than brainless endless runners.  It all started out so promisingly.

#92. We Ski & Snowboard

Screw Wii Fit. If someone needs an arguement about why we need the Balance Board back in our lives, We Ski & Snowboard is it. Gliding down a mountain peak at sunset, or just screwing around on some lower hills at night while fireworks are being shot off, there was no open-world game like this. It might have been hurt for the lack of any kind of story or major goals, but just exploring the mountains and discovering photography spots while pulling off tricks on my board was more than enough fun for me. And for an SD game, it really did a great job of capturing the motion and feel of skiing thanks to the balance board. If you were leaning just right your character would hit high speeds and you really did feel like you were there. On more than one occasion while I was a little too focused on the TV I would even get slightly motion sick (in a good way if it's possible to mean it in a good way) from playing. Sadly, until VR takes off (if it ever does), we're probably never going to have a game like this again and that's a damn shame.

I really loved that game back in the day.