What I’m Playing #19 – (I)REM Sleep(er Hits?)

You try coming up with fun names for these posts. The time for Tetris Forever is almost here, but I have enough time to squeeze in one more game, and I’m struggling to pick it. I can tell you that, right now, it won’t be Irem Collection 2. I was generously offered a review code by ININ, but I don’t have the time for it. So, here’s what I’ll do instead: I just bought both collections for Switch instead of taking a review code. They look hella fun, and at some point in 2025, I’ll catch up to them and do both. Sound good? No? Well, there’s going to be five of these bad boys total. So far, only the first two have been released. I will do the whole collection in 2025. All five volumes. We cool? Cool.

So, what AM I playing? I honestly don’t know. Nothing right now. Could be Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear for the Game Boy. Apparently I have played it, but I don’t remember a thing about it. Not a lick. Wizards & Warriors did okay at IGC, and the brand new Ironsword review is doing fine. Another option is the final game of the NES trilogy. I did sample it a bit and..

THE GUY IN THAT PICTURE IS GETTING HIT BY MY SWORD! LOOK HOW FAR AWAY HE IS! HO..LY.. SH*T!

Okay, maybe I should hit the randomizer. Let’s do that. Ooh, this game came up just a few weeks ago and I re-rolled. I won’t re-roll this time. Twice in a month’s span, when the pool is nearly a thousand games? Sounds like fate to me. Let’s do it!