3D platformer- Super Mario Galaxy, hands-down

2D platformer- Super Mario Bros 3 tied with Super Mario World

RPG- Don't care much, i suppose the Mario RPG series is pretty awesome (Superstar Saga, Paper Mario, Thousand Year Door,etc.)

FPS- Metroid Prime 3 tied with Halo

TPAA- Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess tied with Ocarina of Time tied with Phantom Hourglass (inovation)

racing-any Burnout game or Mario Kart DS

fighter- Super Smash Bros Brawl or any Tekken

party- Wii Sports hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!

I know there are more genres, but the others dont really interest me

this i think is a good discussion. Zelda games are always the pinnacle of action adventures when they are released, and they almost never have huge flaws. I however have found some. you may ask why this is in the DS section when only one zelda game has come out for the DS, but that is because the biggest flaw I ever found in a zelda game is on the otherwise fantastic DS iteration, Phantom Hourglass. I despise how you must replay each previous level of the Temple of the Ocean King to get to each subsequent one. this is made even worse by the fact that the Temple of the Ocean King is arguably the hardest dungeoun in the game. But thats my opinion. I wanna hear yours! pls reply.

Star Wars: the Force Unleashed without question. As a HUGE Star Wars fan, I have been dreaming of right, left, up, down, forward motion control saber fighting, and the game also promises a new chapter in the saga between episodes 3 and 4.

is it just me, or has the standard for gaming excellence gone down because of the poweful new systems? for example, in only the past 6 months, Gamespot has given out two perfect scores to games that, while very good and worthy of a 9.3 or 9.4, have been overhyped for small reasons. Yes, yes, GTA4 and MGS4 were awesome titles and some of the best this year, but I highly doubt that they were worthy of the same legendary score that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the original Soul Caliber recieved. And if you look at IGN, you find more problems. For instance, on IGN, every game in the Ratchet and Clank series with the exception of Secret agent Clank recieved 9 and above. Yes, all of them were solid action platformers, but they did not deserve those high hype scores and those editor's choice awards. I beleieve that lately, video game reviewers have been blinded by new, improved audio visuals which, while part of the score, is far from all of it. In fact, I still find it more fun to play in the classic Tick Tock Clock world of the aging Super Mario 64 than to play infection multiplayer on the beautiful to watch Halo. SMB3 still appeals to me more than the average high tech, 3D game, and yet 2D reviews pale in comparison to the ones many 3D games like Gears of War and COTD4 recieve. Please post your opinion.