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A decade ago, Wayforward was struggling to get a second game out of the series after the Game Boy Colour original vanished just as quickly as it launched, likely due to it releasing a fully year after the Game Boy Advance. I love ShantaeвЂ™s evolution over the past decade from a relatively unknown Game Boy Colour gem to an indie darling.

Platform: 360, PS3, PS4, Xbone, Wii U, PC, & Vita It looks like a blast, especially in co-op, and is going to be an absolute treat to soak in all that lovely animation. Regardless of my worries, IвЂ™m ecstatic that this game is slated for this year. Will those levels be a distraction between the boss fights, leading to pacing issues akin to the No More Heroes series? Are the boss fights going to be too frequent and, just due to the obviously high amount of work that goes into one, mechanically simple or excessively recycled? And, while it looks reassuring from the footage shown, how does the game actually feel once you get your hands on it? ThatвЂ™s such an important thing for games like this and dooms a lot of difficult platformers because the game feel hasnвЂ™t had enough attention.

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Boss battles are really all that have been shown and they look fantastic, but the developers are promising a game that full run & gun platforming experience without having shown really anything of it yet. What has me unconvinced is just how the game feels, the pacing, and how the levels work. So far, it sounds too good to be true, but thereвЂ™s still a few things that have me hemming and hawing. Taking inspiration from Contra, Metal Slug, Gunstar Heroes, and even newer gems like Alien Hominid, Cuphead is being tuned to that extra hard difficulty level people used to associate with NintendoвЂ™s earliest consoles, though it still will have difficulty levels so those that arenвЂ™t itching for that nostalgia trip can still get in on the fun. The gameplay shoots for a similar nostalgia, but back to the early days of NES Run & Gun action platforming games. I was tempted to make this entry just a bunch of Cuphead pictures and the words 'LOOK AT THIS!' Hand-painted water-colour backgrounds, hand animated animation, and character designs that have a creativity rarely seen, Cuphead is a ridiculous blast from the past to the time when Disney meant Steamboat Willie and Warner Bros. Using animation techniques that have long been replaced by computers, the developers have fully embraced the wacky, expressive, and energetic ways of classic cartoons that are damn near a century old. IвЂ™m a sucker for well animated video games, but Cuphead is on a whole other level. I have misgivings about how well the game will turn out from a gameplay and story perspective (as just not enough of either has been shared), but if the rest of the package is any indication, Hyper Light Drifter is going to expand beyond the indie scene and take this whole damn industry by storm. If the consistent developer updates and the trailer they released last fall (linked above) are any indication, that scope change was for the best, as everything about it just seems polished to an impeccable shine. The Kickstarter raised thirty times what was asked for, understandably ballooning the gameвЂ™s scope well past what was feasible by itвЂ™s promised 2014 release date. Hyper Light Drifter took the indie game scene by storm when it launched itвЂ™s Kickstarter back in 2013, sporting slick animation, a Disasterpiece soundtrack (who was coming off of industry-wide praise for his Fezsoundtrack the year prior), and action RPG gameplay hearkening back to greats like Boktai and Link to the Past. Platforms: PC, Vita, Wii U, PS4, Xbone, & Ouya

My 50 Most Anticipated Games of 2016 - Part Four (#10-#1).

My 50 Most Anticipated Games of 2016 - Part Three (#20-#11).

My 50 Most Anticipated Games of 2016 - Part Two (#35-#21).

My 50 Most Anticipated Games of 2016 - Part One (#50-#36).If you didn't catch the previous posts I made, check em out here: This is a collection of posts from my tumblr, so a few of them might contain information that is outdated and/or are about games that have already been released. Hopefully this list will get you more hyped up for the games coming out this year, remind you of a few you've forgotten about, and maybe introduce you to a few new games. Again, this is a subjective list, so don't expect something popular I have no interest in to take #1 (sorry, Far Cry Primal). I should have the final ten by the end of the week if all things go according to plan. Today, I'll be running down ten more games. Part Trois! If you didn't read the first two parts, I'm posting a quick summary of why I'm excited for 50 different video games in 2016.

Most hyped games of 2016