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4: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
If Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are the Bob Dylan of fighting games, Super Smash Bros. is the Jimmy Buffett. Nobody expects it to be deep or meaningful or to inspire emotions in anyone, but it’s simple, unadulterated fun with the odd satisfaction of seeing Princess Peach take her final revenge against Bowser. While you’ll at no point hurl your controller across the room, it’s worth every moment to get three friends round and work your way through difficult issues by way of gratuitous violence.
The one glaring omission for me is Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Ridiculously easy to play, impossible to die, and so charming I didn’t need difficulty to keep my attention.
I remember back when Luigi’s Mansion came out, EGM thought its dual-stick control scheme wasn’t intuitive because it was odd moving with one stick and aiming the vacuum with the other. Years later CoD is the biggest franchise in the world and LM 2 would have controlled even better with a second stick. Smh…