thirty gaming questions answered (some with pictures)

okay, Kyu found this and figured it's something that i'd really enjoy doing, so he passed it along. i realize that a lot of you aren't really gamers, but i am- so i'm totally embracing this. i am condensing it to one post though to make it marginally easier on all of you.

1: Very first video game.
the first i remember are Super Mario Brothers 3, and Dragon Quest/Warrior on the NES
2: Your favorite character.
Luigi, i adore the gangly coward
3: A game that is underrated.
Myst (PC)
4: Your guilty pleasure game.
Pokemon. or Harvest Moon- which i tend to abandon before much happens, it's just fun to run a farm into the ground in a matter of days. without needing a social network to play.
5: Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were).
Luigi. kinda easily spooked, and on the lazy side, but i get things done when they matter, and i don't let people mess with my family.
6: Most annoying character.
Navi from Ocarina of Time. Aeris from Final Fantasy 7.
7: Favorite game couple.
Mario/Peach
8: Best soundtrack.
Zelda as a franchise.. which explains my efforts to design a Zelda's Lullaby music appreciation tattoo
9: Saddest game scene.
in Dragon Quest 4 (DS) when your hero's best friend transforms into your doppelganger and goes to die in your place and you read the dialog as the monster army slaughters her off-screen and you're unable to move at all until they leave the scene of the crime. you emerge from the hidden basement to see the once idyllic villi age decimated, heaps of rubble and poisonous swampy puddles mar the landscape and you have to leave the only home you've ever known as your journey begins.
10: Best gameplay.
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass worked particularly well with the DS touch controls
11: Gaming system of choice.
Nintendo DS. it's just so convenient!
12: A game everyone should play.
Dance Central on Xbox 360's Kinect peripheral. it's astoundingly fun and impossible to fail. it's possible to do badly, but you can't actually fail out of a song.
13: A game you’ve played more than five times.
Dragon Quest 4. Pokemon (most of them actually, but Ruby/Sapphire in particular).
14: Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
cutesy FF13 fan art of the characters in their vehicles

15: Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Dragon Quest 6 (DS)

16: Game with the best cut scenes.
best-integrated visually? Blue Dragon (360). most emotionally impressive? FF13 (360). most amusing? Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
17: Favorite antagonist.
Bowser (playable in the aforementioned M&L:BIS
18: Favorite protagonist.
Luigi/Link
19: Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Lego Batman (360)

20: Favorite genre.
RPG/Adventure. battle-parties, Mario & Zelda are my mainstays
21: Game with the best story.
Dragon Quest 8 (PS2) is nice in that it gives you more story if you put more into it. there's levels of story you can get from it that are entirely hidden if you just push though blindly, exploring the world makes the whole thing SO much deeper.
22: A game sequel which disappointed you.
i suppose comparatively speaking since Final Fantasy 2 is the only one i don't like it could count, but it's not a sequel strictly speaking. more accurately FF12: Revenant Wings wasn't great. i still prefer it to some other games though.
23: Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Zelda as a franchise has innovated the medium time and again. i adore Wind Waker/ Phantom Hourglass/ Spirit Tracks and Minish Cap- the cute cel-shaded cartoony look of them is fantastic. the painted impressionistic design being used for Skyward Sword looks fantastic too though.
24: Favorite classic game.
Super Mario World (SNES)
25: A game you plan on playing.
Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii)/ Ocarina of Time (3DS)
26: Best voice acting.
most of my games don't have voice acting.. i suppose Kingdom Hearts? (PS2)
27: Most epic scene ever.
most of God of War (PS2) feels like this the first time you see it. for sure the Chernobog fight in Kingdom Hearts since the Night on Bald Mountain segment of Fantasia used to give me nightmares.
28: Favorite game developer.
umm.. i have a few. publisher would be Square/Enix or Nintendo. developer.. i don't really know? Arte Piazza did great with the DS versions of the DQ games, basically the groups that put out the games i play most.
29: A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
the Shin Megami Tensei games, which Kyu initially bought. they seemed a bit dark for me at first, but ended up a little more optimistic than first impressions would suggest.. kinda like a demonic version of Pokemon.
30: Your favorite game of all time.
Dragon Quest 4.