Games you really wanted to play as a kid but still haven't got around to

[snes9x]

This doesn't include games you wanted to play but lost interest in. Rather those former must-haves that either slipped your mind or fell into your cavernous backlog.

For me it's WarioWare Touched, which was half the reason I wanted a DS as a kid. Even though I got one in October the same year (2005) for my birthday for some reason I just never played it for 20 damn years. I played Twisted, Smooth Moves and DIY however.

 

[Segadude113]

Wario World. Used to watch the trailer on that bonus disc but never got the actual game. Never found it back then. I should get around to it. It looks fun!

 

[snes9x]

Wario World. Used to watch the trailer on that bonus disc but never got the actual game. Never found it back then. I should get around to it. It looks fun!

I have that loaded up on Dolphin but never took the plunge. It's really funny they got Treasure of all people to develop it. I'm sure it's a fun time. I'd really like to play that Wario game on Wii though, Shake It or something.

 

[Segadude113]

I have that loaded up on Dolphin but never took the plunge. It's really funny they got Treasure of all people to develop it. I'm sure it's a fun time. I'd really like to play that Wario game on Wii though, Shake It or something.

that's like how they got the Yakuza team at Sega to make F-Zero GX/AX.

 

[snes9x]

I honestly think half the reason Nintendo abandoned F-Zero is because they realized anything they do is just gonna be mogged by Sega's work on GX lol.

Edit: I forgot they did a few GBA games and F-Zero 99 after GX but that makes my argument invalid so they don't count

 

[Heidegger22]

Vagrant Story for me. It's been on my radar since I saw the preview in PlayStation Magazine back in 2000, but for some reason I never picked it up.
I tend to play RPG's in my downtime (when I'm too tired for anything else), maybe learning a radically different combat system seems too daunting in those moments.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Mario Kart 8 and Mario 3d Land

 

[Anoobis]

The Adventures of Batman and Robin. It looked like the show, looked fun, and I had an issue of, I believe, GamePro that had a full walkthrough that I read many times.

 

[thrmntr]

I remember seeing in a magazine in Brazil Resident Evil 0, I was like 12 at the time, I'm 33 now and never got to play the damn game...

 

[snes9x]

Vagrant Story for me. It's been on my radar since I saw the preview in PlayStation Magazine back in 2000, but for some reason I never picked it up.
I tend to play RPG's in my downtime (when I'm too tired for anything else), maybe learning a radically different combat system seems too daunting in those moments.

Yeah that's been on my radar ever since I knew it existed lol, but the complexity of its gameplay is something I think I would really have to buckle down and learn. Same goes for the SaGa games. Maybe not ideal for playing at 2 AM when I cant get to sleep.

 

[thrmntr]

Vagrant Story for me. It's been on my radar since I saw the preview in PlayStation Magazine back in 2000, but for some reason I never picked it up.
I tend to play RPG's in my downtime (when I'm too tired for anything else), maybe learning a radically different combat system seems too daunting in those moments.

I've always wanted to play Vagrant Story too, picked it up one time, didn't like the combat system and dropped it sadly

 

[solnK!]

The home console versions of Spiderman 2

 

[Turbo Kid]

None.

There was no such thing as a "backlog" in my life until I became an adult

 

[Raindrop]

Resistance 1-3 on PS3 was on my list, never got to it. Was hoping PS4 had backwards compatibility for PS3, but no luck and I don't want to pay for their PSN Subscription to play it.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

Growlanser series
Literally one of my favorite RPG series, but aside of Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness I still have yet to play the others due to the first still being in Japanese.
Final Fantasy VII as well, halfway thru Disc 2 as a kid right before THAT scene I just lost interest and yet to pick it up again.

 

[jon2]

Power Rangers the Movie (GENESIS)

Played the SNES release of that movie; when I was told that the GENESIS version was better (even had mech battles), really wanted to try it but the console wasn't very available at that time near my place. Then PSX came and GENESIS was locally phased out

Now, decades later, saw the ROMs but really not keen on finding a good and compatible emulator to set up and play it with...

Blame my laziness

 

[PSVitaForever]

Tried both, left them there for a reason or another, and not really childhood but still:

"Magna Carta" for ps2, mostly because the gameplay is quite complicated (timed pressing buttons, 8 different elements to keep track off); though I would love to play it.

"Fantasy Life" in the 3ds version (tried the new game but it does not have the same charm, for me)

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Shadow the Hedgehog

 

[qw90700]

If we can stretch it to teenage I can say Mad Max's NES game. Always wanted to play it but never made any attempt. I didn't even learn anything about the game to see if it's just pew pew car combat game or it is more than that like the Sega Genesis game "Outlander".

 

[thatguynamedxel]

For me, It's gotta be Kingdom Hearts 2.
I remember buying it back in the day, but my PS2 literally stopped working minutes after I bought it. A very unfortunate coincidence.

One day I'll play it, and it will be awesome.

 

[Sumea]

For me, one I can say for very clear is Zelda Minish Cap. Though it is only half true: I have played it, started out a save and done at least the first if not first two dungeons couple of times, but never more than that. So, I have played it and I have not cleared it. Another one might be Shadow Hearts Covenant since the pretty (main character) lady is about all the reason 14 old me had to want to at least try it. My playthrough of first SH is on pause actually still.

 

[Yousef]

Probably maybe a few more Nintendo games. Considering how nostalgia dependent the company is, it’s easy to feel detached when playing the games decades after the fact. But being fair, that could be said about so many old games. Only exception is probably JRPGs. I’ve played zero rpgs as a kid due to language barrier but when I turned somewhere around 17 or 18, I played an insane ton of them and fell in love and still love them. Same with visual novels and point & click games. So yeah, those are my answers.

 

[Tonberry]

Myst 3 probably, but might have better examples once I think of them.
A childhood friend’s dad had it and we sometimes watched him play it because it was cool and mysterious.
I’ve never gotten around to actually trying it for myself even though it had me spellbound.