well.... no.

That would kind of end the whole franchise(something I can't see Shigsy doing any time soon).

No amount of wannabe marsupials or uber-fast animals (occasionally with skates...or indeed guns) would be able to fill the unfillable "rotund-plumber" shaped hole in the gaming market.

and if it did happen, just consider the effect...

Bowser, forced to hand out redundancy pay to his legion of Goombas, would be plunged into depression and

boredom, eventually being sectioned for sitting on park benches shouting at stray Bob-ombs.

Luigi, already underrated in the shadow of his (now criminal) brother, would sink out of public knowledge and

have to resort to working at one of the (now useless) power-up mushroom huts selling fire-flowers to joy-riding

Para-koopas.

Toad may then dedicate his life to creating a memorial museum, only to have his labours destroyed by a clan of

rogue Chain Chomps. The damage would never be fixed as the last of the money from Mario's pharmaceutical and

sporting endeavours would be hastily spent on a parting ceremony for the Princess.

In the general population of The Mushroom Kingdom there would be a significant emotion flatline as it is

realised that threats on the Princess and resultant celebrations when she is saved are both a thing of the past.

In the absence of a ruler, King Boo would infiltrate the late Princess' castle, (he already had some troops...

remember the interior garden in Mario 64?) fighting and endless war against BeanBean Kingdom and a resurrected

Cackletta.

In face of such disastrous consequences its barely worth thinking what Mario himself would do, never mind the

countless 2D and 3D worlds that would go unsaved as a result of his absence.

so... in short... I think Peach should be spared.

Final Fantasy X - Hands down

(that said... Deux Ex music is great)

• Deus Ex
• Fallout 3
• Half Life 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Bioshock
• Portal
• Metroid Prime
• F.E.A.R

All are gaming classics :D

Tip for PC controller users:

There is a freeware program called X-Padder(only about 1Mb in size) that allows you to assign keyboard buttons and mouse movements to gamepad buttons.

I initially bought a controller to play stuff like Resident Evil 4, but this program gives you greater control over the gamepad layout in games with more restrictive configuration options and it can also be used outside of the gamingenvironment.

Deus Ex is definitely the best of these five

It may not have as flashy graphics as other titles, but in terms of gameplay, story and music it is pretty much second to none.

here's a brief(considering the length of the series) outline of Final Fantasy from a gameplay perspective:

Every Final Fantasy game is different. different story, different characters and differing gameplay methods.
That said, each game has a number of recurring elements such as the creatures
Moogles(furry bear-like beings with a sole pom-pom antenna),
Chocobos(large yellow birds that can be ridden to travel quickly) and a character called "Cid".
The appearance and role of each of these changes between games.

Graphics

- The first six games of the series have for the most part a "birdseye view" of characters and surroundings.
- From FFVII to FFIX, graphics consist mainly of fully rendered characters on 2d, prerendered backgrounds.
- Full 3d environments were introduced with Final Fantasy X are are still in use.
- {an exception to the series trend is in FFXI which is a MMORPG and thus differs in a number of ways}

Battles

-FFI-FFIII use a basic turn-based approach to battles
-FFIV-FFVII and ffIX use a turn-based Active Time Battle system(a small bar builds up over time and when its full you can attack/cast a spell/etc)
-FFVIII makes use of a customised battle system based on summoning creatures
-FFX uses a turn based battle system based on various conditions (including player speed, status effects, etc)
-FFXI-FFXII battles take place in the game overworld and "random encounters" to not occur

Hope this helps a bit.;)

Fable

a bit of a step into the past but a fantastic game nonetheless

(or you could wait for Fable II to come out on PC)

Jade Empire

Martial Arts + RPG = Great Game

Resident evil 4

best horror game under the sun(not really a fps)

[[WARNING: dont play unless you have a Game controller

who ever was responsible for the controls port should be punished to the full extent of the law]]

I have to say that the soundtrack of ffX is undoubtedly the best in the entire series.

title song in kingdom hearts is cool too.