Think of TWO numbers between 1 and 100 before entering this topic

You are now challenged to play (and beat if possible) at least one game in either of the two series that are represented by your two numbers below at some point during 2023, regardless of whether you have ever played a game from that series or have already played all the games in that series.

You can choose between either series based on the numbers you chose and are not challenged to do both (though you can should you wish). If you only thought of 1 number (or picked the same number twice), then you're stuck with that one series.

Example

• You picked Numbers 11 and 60
• You check to see which two gaming series are listed next to those numbers in the list below.
• You can choose which of the two series you would like to try playing an installment from at some point within the next year.

In some cases, I have split up several of the bigger series into sub-series (for example, the Mario franchise has been split up into several subseries for the purposes of this list).

Obviously, availability can be a problem if certain titles are no longer (or not currently) available to play/purchase in your region for whatever reason (or any possible methods to still play a title in said series are overpriced), so in the event you are unable to play a game from said series (or find a way you feel comfortable playing it), you are free to watch some sort of playthrough of it online (either through a Let's Play, someone streaming, or just a playthrough with no commentary) if you can find one.

You are also not required to play/watch the entire game if you obviously cannot get into it after a certain amoutn of time. If you're not feeling it after roughly an hour of gameplay you can quit.

There is no reward/prize in you actually doing this. It's just a fun challenge for the new year , and one that could perhaps introduce people to a series that they have never played before or have only played one or two games in the seies.

The numbers (and the gaming series associated with them) are listed below.

1 - Danganronpa
2 - NES Remix
3 - Banjo-Kazooie
4 - The Ori Series
5 - Silent Hill
6 - Prince of Persia
7 - 3D Sonic
8 - Fallout
9 - Mainline Pokemon (Red/Blue, Scarlet/Violet, etc)
10 - Splatoon
11 - Call Of Duty
12 - Wolfenstein
13 - Spyro The Dragon
14 - Assassin's Creed
15 - Luigi's Mansion
16 - Shin Megami Tensei (Not Including Persona)
17 - Star Ocean
18 - Mega Man X
19 - Fire Emblem
20 - Yakuza
21 - Devil May Cry
22 - The Last Of Us
23 - Zero Escape
24 - Soul Calibur
25 - Xenosaga
26 - 2D Mario Platformer
27 - Bayonetta
28 - Hitman
29 - Super Monkey Ball
30 - Mother/Earthbound
31 - Ys Series
32 - Layton Series
33 - Pac-Man (Whether its the arcade games, or a console game)
34 - XCOM
35 - Undertale or Deltarune (the first two chapters)
36 - Rayman (not including the Rabbid spinoffs)
37 - Red Dead Redemption
38 - Kingdom Hearts
39 - Shantae
40 - Any Mario RPG (Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, etc)
41 - Mass Effect
42 - Street Fighter
43 - The Walking Dead
44 - Double Dragon
45 - Animal Crossing
46 - Far Cry
47 - God Of War
48 - 3D Mario Platformer
49 - Metroid
50 - Tomb Raider
51 - Ninja Gaiden
52 - Xenoblade
53 - Metal Gear
54 - Dark Souls
55 - Mario Kart
56 - Dragon Quest
57 - Super Smash Bros.
58 - NieR
59 - Monster Hunter
60 - Dragon Age
61 - Harvest Moon
62 - Resident Evil
63 - The Witcher
64 - Gears Of War
65 - Suikoden
66 - Crash Bandicoot
67 - Deus Ex
68 - Doom
69 - Batman Arkham Series
70 - Mega Man Battle Network
71 - Final Fantasy
72 - Grand Theft Auto
73 - Castlevania
74 - Bioshock
75 - Tales Of Series
76 - Mario Party
77 - Five Nights At Freddy's
78 - Mega Man (Classic Series)
79 - Uncharted
80 - Mortal Kombat
81 - Any Mario Sports Title (Not including Mario Kart)
82 - Ace Attorney
83 - Persona
84 - Half-Life
85 - Shadow Hearts
86 - Chrono (Trigger, Cross, Radical Dreamers)
87 - Halo
88 - Civilization
89 - Life Is Strange
90 - Kirby
91 - Any Pokemon Spinoff (Stadium, Mystery Dungeon, etc)
92 - 2D Sonic
93 - Warcraft
94 - The Elder Scrolls
95 - The Legend Of Zelda
96 - Shenmue
97 - Donkey Kong Country
98 - Borderlands
99 - Star Fox
100 - Tekken

42/69

42 - Street Fighter

well that was easy

17/34

Star Ocean and XCOM. Never played either but somewhat interested in both!

19 - Fire Emblem
64 - Gears Of War

I'd be willing to play Gears of War if I actually had an xbox

I have negative interest in Fire Emblem though

9/19

I intend to play both Pokemon and Fire Emblem.

11/50

Pyramid boob time

Actually not a bad selection with regard to my familiarity since I have never touched Call of Duty and played Tomb Raider 2 (I'm wanting to say) for like 30 minutes when I was 14.

I wonder how many people are going to play Batman next year.

30/100

heck it sure i should get around to more tekkens i guess, not really a fighting game i actively wanted to dive into singleplayer for but why not. don't really feel like replaying mother games maybe i'll play some clone of some sort, got a few on my backlog

2 98

what is new remix

masterplum posted...

2 98

what is new remix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Remix

Basically a collection of challenges involving NES games.

13/25

Spyro and Xenosaga. I've already beaten the OG trilogy of both of these so unless I replay Spyro 1 I'm just gonna pass. Whoops!

Five Night's At Freddy's and Persona.

I was probably going to replay Persona 3 Portable at some point next year, regardless. Freddy's.... Maybe if it were free. I've seen most of the games played.

Animal Crossing and Star Fox.

Okay, I'll see what I can do. I don't think any of the Animal Crossing games can really be "beaten."

Underleveled posted...

Okay, I'll see what I can do. I don't think any of the Animal Crossing games can really be "beaten."

Some of the games have things that can be considered "beatable" goals. GCN Animal Crossing gives you something for paying off your loan. New Horizons has the whole thing about getting K.K. Slider to your island, that leads into the credits.

Spyro and Star Ocean.

24 - Soul Calibur
80 - Mortal Kombat

Been a while since I've picked up a fighting game. At least I can easily play an MK game on the Switch.

Ugh, not Xenosaga or Far Cry.

43 and 57

Doubt Ill play The Walking Dead, but Im sure Ill play Smash at some point

46 + 91

Far Cry
Pokemon spin-off

Probably safe to say that won't happen. Certainly not for the Pokemon, because that would require buying hardware. I'll entertain the notion of playing Far Cry, I guess.

98 and 3

Banjo-Kazooie or Borderlands, huh....

17 and 22

Star Ocean and Last of Us

Having played both LoU and Left Behind, I may just settle with watching a Let's play in the background.

I know next to nothing about Star Ocean but Departure R is free on PS+, so there's no reason for me not to check it out!

Fallout and Smash Bros? Maaaaaaybe.

M

11 - Call Of Duty
43 - The Walking Dead

I do own and have previously beaten four from the former and the entire Telltale series from the latter. It is still unlikely that I will finish a game from either this year, but I wanted to play along anyway.

2 - NES Remix
55 - Mario Kart

I guess I might get MK8D finally. No promises. Not a chance of touching NES Remix.

Grand_Kirby posted...

GCN Animal Crossing gives you something for paying off your loan.

Great point! I think I'll do this!

56/79

Dragon Quest and Uncharted hm. I'll probably check out DQ sure!

I HAVE been meaning to give Star Ocean and Dragon Quest a shot for a while now....

Far Cry and The Witcher.

No thanks.

1/100

Dangon Ronpa 3 it is.

4 & 20.

Ori seems unlikely but I'm currently halfway through my Yakuza series playthrough, so that was already going to naturally happen this year.

swirIdude posted...

Far Cry and The Witcher.

No thanks.

I am woooounded!

I got Arkham and Final Fantasy. I've been meaning to revisit the first two Arkham games, but I'd rather play CT than any FF to be honest.

28 and 41

Suikoden and Mega Man Battle Network.

Well that's convenient, with both series having rereleases upcoming.

38 and 62

Kingdom Hearts and Resident Evil, lmao I can't believe I actually nailed my favorite series. And Resi is also one of my fav series' and Resi 4 remake is my most anticipated game release for this year