I got OoT and FFVII around release date too. I really really like both games. OoT has been at the top of my list for quite some time, FFVII has slowly fallen out of grace though.
I remember I had just beated Skyward Sword and was like "...that was kinda average." so just to make sure I wasn't crazy I popped in OoT and played through the game in around 3 days... and it was 10000x more fun than skyward sword, and I've beated OoT like 100 times by now. (okay probably more like 20)
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