[quote name='DIMONDA85']Not trying to be a hater but it sounds like you are trying to convince yourself those games are excellent just to justify your purchases.
From what I have heard Pilotwings isn't all that hot and and games like RR are mediocre at best. Also $40 for a lego game that will inevitably be $20 within a couple of weeks on amazon.
If it were me purchasing games the only game that interests me is SSFIV. Nintendo not launching with an amazing 1st party game has confused me since the Gamecube launch.[/QUOTE]
Well see, ever since Ridge Racer on PSP, I have liked every new entry (6, 7), so this being a new game, it won't be mediocre to me.
I don't base my life off some dork who sits at a desk pretending to be a professional game reviewer. I make my own calls. I like arcade style racers, and loved Ridge Racer on PSP, as well as 6 and 7.
I am always giving Traveler's Tales my money upon each LEGO game release, since they're not only good games, but better than any other movie to game translation out there (ie POTC, SW, Harry Potter, etc). I can never get enough of the LEGO games from TT, so gotta support them with my deniro. Since the 3DS is pretty powerful, I imagine it will be a non-HD port of the console games, so gotta roll with it.
Pilotwings, I can give ya. It has been getting good reviews, and I liked the past games. However, I do not base things off reviews, but I do notice that every review said the game is short. Short games to me aren't usually worth full price, so now is the best time to get it for half off. 20 bucks for a 3-5 hour game seems about right.
I am still undecided on Steel Diver or Monkey Ball. I have always loved the Monkey Balls, and own MB

on XBOX (parts 1 and 2), as well as Banana Blitz on Wii. Steel Diver, I hear is a puzzle game at heart, and I love puzzle solving games.
Then there is Rayman 3D. Rayman 2 = epic... nuff said. I don't need to explain that one. That's a given, to have that game on the go.
See, it's not about defending games to make the purchase seem good, because if so, I would own a lot more games than I do now. However, after doing much research, video watching, plus playing past versions, it's easy to see why I would select certain games.
I mean had I listed crap like Nintendogs, or Dinosaur Battle blah-blah, then yeah, I could say I am blindly defending my purchases. However, I'm not known to buy crappy games, despite not reading reviews. My gut is what leads me to owning excellent games, and if you look at my list here -
http://backloggery.com/megax11
You will see easily that I have a very stellar game collection that is more win, than fail. None of those purchases were based off reviews either, because I don't ever let some pencil pusher tell me what I should and shouldn't like.