What did you buy in 2009 for video games?

[Spider-Man]

This year was the first real year for me in gaming. I've had the Wii and the PS2 (and countless others) before but this year, but this seemed like the first year where I really started playing video games. I made lots of purchases during 2009. What did you buy this year for video games?

[Wonderwall]

Let's see, I only have a PS3 so that narrows it down. My brother bought Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5, Dynasty Warriors Empires 6, and Uncharted 2. I bought Batman Arkham Asylum( with batarang ) and inFAMOUS. For PSN my brother also bough Fat Princess for my sister, Resident Evil DC, and Blood Omen. Had the job front not been so rough we probably would have bought more but writing it down, it wasn't too bad a haul.

[Classic Speedy]

Hoo boy, this is gonna be a big list. I bought a LOT of games in 2009, thanks to getting two new systems (Wii and slim PS3).

GameCube: -F-Zero GX
-Mario Kart Double Dash
-Sonic Adventure DX
-Sonic Gems Collection
-Super Mario Sunshine
-Wave Race: Blue Storm

Nintendo 64: -Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

PS1: -Darkstalkers
-Dead or Alive (buy back)
-Fear Effect 1
-Need For Speed 1
-You Don't Know Jack

PS2: -Downhill Domination
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare

PS3: -Astro Tripper
-Burnout Paradise (download version) + Big Surf Island add-on
-Fighting Force [PSOne Classics]
-Gex 1 [PSOne Classics]
-Jumping Flash 1 & 2 [PSOne Classics]
-Marvel vs. Capcom 2
-MediEvil [PSOne Classics]
-Metal Gear Solid [PSOne Classics]
-Motorstorm
-Pandemonium 1 [PSOne Classics]
-Q-Bert
-Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
-Street Fighter IV
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
-TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
-Tomb Raider 1 [PSOne Classics]
-Wipeout 1 [PSOne Classics]
-Wipeout HD + Fury add-on

Wii: -1080 Snowboarding [Virtual Console]
-Actraiser [Virtual Console]
-Adventure Island [Virtual Console]
-Adventure Island: The Beginning
-Axelay [Virtual Console]
-Blaster Master [Virtual Console]
-Boogerman [Virtual Console]
-Boulder Dash [Virtual Console]
-Castlevania 1 & 3 [Virtual Console]
-Castlevania The Adventure: Rebirth
-Clay Fighter [Virtual Console]
-Contra III: The Alien Wars [Virtual Console]
-Contra: Rebirth
-Cruis'n USA [Virtual Console]
-Donkey Kong & Jr. [Virtual Console]
-Donkey Kong Country 1-3 [Virtual Console]
-Double Dragon [Virtual Console]
-Dr. Mario Online Rx
-Dynamite Headdy [Virtual Console]
-Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 [Virtual Console]
-Excitebike [Virtual Console]
-F-Zero [Virtual Console]
-F-Zero X [Virtual Console]
-Final Fight 1 & 2 [Virtual Console]
-Gaplus [Virtual Console]
-Indiana Jones's Greatest Adventure [Virtual Console]
-Kirby's Adventure [Virtual Console]
-Klonoa
-Legend of Zelda, The [Virtual Console]
-Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past [Virtual Console]
-Mario Kart 64 [Virtual Console]
-Mario Kart Wii
-Mega Man 9
-Metroid [Virtual Console]
-New Adventure Island [Virtual Console]
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii
-Ninja Gaiden 1-3 [Virtual Console]
-Pac-Attack [Virtual Console]
-Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure [Virtual Console]
-Pulseman [Virtual Console]
-Revenge of Shinobi, The [Virtual Console]
-Rolling Thunder 2 [Virtual Console]
-Samurai Shodown Anthology
-Star Fox 64 [Virtual Console]
-Street Fighter 2, Turbo, and Super [Virtual Console]
-Streets of Rage 1-3 [Virtual Console]
-Super C [Virtual Console]
-Super Castlevania IV [Virtual Console]
-Super Mario 64 [Virtual Console]
-Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Lost Levels, World [Virtual Console]
-Super Mario Galaxy
-Super Mario Kart [Virtual Console]
-Super Paper Mario
-Super Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi [Virtual Console]
-Tecmo Bowl [Virtual Console]
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Virtual Console]
-Tetris Party
-Toe Jam & Earl [Virtual Console]
-Tomb Raider Underworld (but I sold this)
-Tower Toppler [Virtual Console]
-Wave Race 64 [Virtual Console]
-Wii Sports
-Wii Sports Resort
-Yoshi's Story [Virtual Console]
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors [Virtual Console]

XBox: -XBox Exhibition Disc 3

...Jeezus.

[Desensitized]

I'd love to list it, but I got so many games for under $20 that the list would take forever to compile. :sweat:

[evildevil97]

Tomba! (PS1)
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii)
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Wii)
A Boy and His Blob (Wii)
Metroid Prime: Trilogy (Wii)
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)

...And a bunch of downloads:
Breath of Fire II (Virtual Console)
Kirby's Dreamland 3 (Virtual Console)
Super Punch-Out!! (Virtual Console)
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 (Virtual Console)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Virtual Console)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Virtual Console)
Sonic Chaos (Virtual Console)
Puyo Puyo 2 (Virtual Console)
Wario's Woods (Virtual Console)
Mega Man 2 (Virtual Console)
Mega Man 3 (Virtual Console)
Super Mario Kart (Virtual Console)
Blaster Master (Virtual Console)
Super Smash Bros (Virtual Console)
Bit.Trip.Beat (WiiWare)
World of Goo (WiiWare)
Bust-a-Move Plus (WiiWare)
Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (WiiWare)
TV Show King 2 (WiiWare)

[ensatsu-ken]

Well, let me see, I got....

....Stranglehold, F.E.A.R., and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origing (which I only just started playing, today) all for the XBOX360. I would also have listed X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but then I remembered that I only rented that game, since it was not worth buying at full-price (or even for anything more than $10, IMO).

Yeah, being in a bad financial situation sure sucks, especially for someone like me who really would have bought a ton of games if I had the money (I have the spirit to play a lot, but the not the cash to back-up by gaming hunger :p ).

Oh well, even if I did have a lot of money, I'd hardly have the time to play that many games this year, anyways, thanks to how busy my college has been keeping me.

[Light Lucario]

Most of the games that I got this year were gifts. Those were Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009 Stardust Accelerator, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and The Secret Saturdays Beasts of the 5th Sun for the DS.

Of course, I bought Pokemon Platinum back in March, which surprised me when I looked it up since my team got to level one-hundred and got all of the Silver Prints in the Battle Frontier in record breaking time. I also bought Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon for the DS. I didn't like Fire Emblem as much as I wanted to, but it was a free game that I got during that Toys R Us video game sale back in October. I would like to get a Wii with Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Pokemon Battle Revolution one day, but I'm content with just playing my Nintendo DS right now.

[Beefy]

I normally wait until games fall around $20 before buying.
This can be risky because instead of going into a "Greatest Hits" value line, some games simply go out of print which causes the price to go back up.
It's all about buying at the right time.


PC
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year Edition
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory


Xbox 360
Afro Samurai
Battlefield: Bad Company
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Commander's Challenge
Dead Space
Destroy All Humans! Path of The Furon
Devil May Cry 4
Dragonball Z: Burst Limit
Halo 3: ODST
Halo Wars
Infinite Undiscovery
The Last Remnant
Left 4 Dead - Game of the Year Edition
LEGO Batman
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Lost Planet Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition
Mirror's Edge
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Overlord
Overlord II
Prince of Persia
Resident Evil 5
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Soul Calibur IV
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Unreal Tournament III
Wanted: Weapons of Fate


PS3
Heavenly Sword


Wii
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers

[Daxdiv]

Damn, this is going to be one long list folks


January

Game and Watch Gallery (NDS)

Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360)

Gamecube Controller

Chrono Trigger (NDS)

Left 4 Dead (X360)



February

Pokemon Emerald (GBA)

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (NDS)

The Lost and the Damned (X360)

Advannce Wars: Days of Ruin (X360)

Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection (X360)

Braid (X360)


March

Onslaught (Wii)

Halo Wars (X360)

Pokemon Platinum (NDS)

New Play Control!: Pikmin (Wii)

Call of Duty WaW Map Pack (X360)

Samba De Amigo (Wii)

Dragon Quest V (NDS)

Mad World (Wii)

April

NPC!: Mario Power Tennis (Wii)

House of the Dead, Overkill (Wii)

Guitar Hero: World Tour (X360)


May


Banjo-Tooie (X360)

Banjo-Kazooie: N&B LOG Lost Challenges (X360)

Repairs towards my wii

Punch-Out!! (Wii)

June

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii)

Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (Wii)

July

Conduit (Wii)

3 Stories in FFIV:TAY (Wii)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Wii)

Pulseman (Wii)

Mirror's Edge (X360)

CoD:WaW Map Pack 2 (X360)

Wii Sports Resort (Wii)


August

Gears of War 2 Map Pack (X360)

TMNT: Turtles in Time ReShelled (X360)

Splosion Man (X360)

Marvel vs Capcom 2 (X360)

Trials HD (X360)

Shadow Complex (X360)

WaW Map Pack 3 (X360)

Fable 2 (X360)

Ninja Gaiden 2 (X360)

Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1 (Wii)

The Three Musketeers: One for All (Wii)

Professor Layton 2 (NDS)

Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station (X360)

Batman Arkham Asylum (X360)


September

Army of Two (X360)

Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (NDS)

deBlob (Wii)

Scribblenauts (NDS)

Halo 3 ODST (X360)

Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (NDS)

Guitar Hero 5 (X360)

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (X360)

12 Month Xbox Live Card


October

Wii Fit Plus (Wii)

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Brutal Legend (X360)

ExciteBots: Trick Racing (Wii)

NPC!: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii)

Call of Duty: World at War (Wii)

Galactic Wrestling (PS2)

Team Fortress 2 (PC)

Hotel Dusk Room 215 (NDS)

Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)

Guitar Hero II (X360)

Guitar Hero Van Halen (X360)

Final Fight 2 (Wii)

Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Wii)

Secret Agent Clank (PS2)

Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (Wii)

Ballad of Gay Tony (X360)

November

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (X360)

Left 4 Dead 2 (X360)

Dragon Age Origins (X360)

Pokemon Rumble (Wii)

Excitebike: World Rally (Wii)

Super Mario Kart (Wii)

Assassin's Creed (X360)

Forza Motorsport 2 (X360)

December

Tales of Monkey Island Episode 2 (Wii)

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury (Wii)

New Headset (X360)

I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 (X360)

New Super Mario Bros Wii

Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (Wii)

A Boy and his Blob (Wii)

Legendary Starfy (Wii)

Assassin's Creed 2 (X360)

Super Smash Bros (Wii)

Monkey Island: SE(X360)

All 5 Fallout 3 DLC (X360)

The Maw (X360)

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2)

Lego Batman (X360)

Battlefield 1943 (X360)


Damn, I don't even know how much money I spent on all of that.

[Storm Eagle]

Not a big haul, but here it is:

Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii)
Blaster Master (Virtual Console)
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)

I still haven't opened Spirit Tracks yet. I bought it on the 14th because it would get me 150 points on my Reward Zone account as long as I got it by the 20th, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it at the time. I guess I might as well keep it now though.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Wii

Excite Bots Trick Racing
Klonoa
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Punch-Out!!
Sam & Max: Season One
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
TMNT: Smash-Up

Wiiware

Bust-A-Move Plus!
Excite Bike World Rally
World of Goo Demo

Wii Virtual Console

Earthworm Jim 2 [Genesis]
Ninja Gaiden [Arcade]
Pulseman [Genesis]
Punch-Out!! [NES]
River City Ransom [NES]
Space Harrier [Arcade]
Super Smash Bros. [N64]
Super Punch-Out!! [SNES]

Nintendo DS

Kirby Super Star Ultra
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
TMNT 2007 (terrible game, DON'T BUY IT)
TMNT: Arcade Attack

Gameboy Advance

Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Mega Man & Bass
Pokemon Emerald Version
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. NES Classics
Sword of Mana

Gameboy (all bought on used of course)

James Bond 007
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of the Ages
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Pokemon Gold Version
Pokemon Yellow Version
Space Invaiders
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Gamecube

Paper Mario
Rave Master
TMNT 2007

Pretty sure that's all this year.

[Vyse]

To remind people: we have those "What Did You Buy This Month?" threads here. I'll probably go back and tag 'em all, but do a search for these threads if you need your memory jogged.

As for me, I bought a PSP in April. I always said that I would get one if they have something I want. Beating out good portable renditions of my favorite game series - Burnout, Guilty Gear, and Street Fighter - as deciding factors was the existence of Rock Band Unplugged - a game whose play style and control scheme will remind some like me of PS2 cult games Frequency and Amplitude. I have amassed enough games - via physical UMD games and games downloaded from PSN - to last me for a long time.

Meanwhile, this may be the first year I haven't bought/asked for a game for a Nintendo system. And, I pre-ordered a bunch of games: SF4 collector's edition, Rock Band Unplugged, BlazBlue, Beatles Rock Band, and Left 4 Dead 2.

[Marvin Tikvah]

Off the top of my head, I recall receiving or purchasing these games during the year:

Wii
- Punch-Out!!
- Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles
- Madworld
- New Super Mario Bros Wii

PS3
- Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
- Street Fighter IV
- Resident Evil 5
- Valkyria Chronicles

DS
- Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns
- Chrono Trigger

Older Titles
- Capcom vs SNK 2
- F-Zero GX
- MegaMan X Collection
- Viewtiful Joe
- Street Fighter Anniversary Collection

There's some older titles and downloads I'm currently forgetting as well. I might have to re-check. Needless to say, I got more games than I thought this year, still missing a few I really want and yet don't have the time to play them all. I really wish I could take my consoles back to college with me.

[KPTitan]

- Pokemon Platinum. I had boughten this a couple weeks after it's release...it's probably my most favorite game that I have from this year.

There's two racing games that I had bought, NFS Nitro and DiRT 2. Both games are okay for me, but I'm always choosing to play NFS Hot Pursuit 2 over those games because it has more options for tracks, number of laps, and creating your own tournament.

[Toxic Decay]

Xbox 360:
COD MW2
COD 4
Fallout 3
Oblivion
Gears of War 2

Xbox Original:
Star Wars KOTOR II
Star Wars Jedi Outcast

PS3:
Killzone 2
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Mirror's Edge
Tomb Raider Underworld

PS2:
Ratchet: Deadlocked
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

DS:
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
The World Ends With you
Pokemon Platinum
Kirby Super Star Ultra

Gamecube:
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door
Vexx
Animal Crossing
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Super Mario Sunshine
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

N64:
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Pokemon Stadium
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

I don't think I bought any PSP or Wii games this year...

[Grave]

Bought near the beginning of 2009
Dragon Quest 8: Journey to the Cursed King (traded in, need to rebuy)
Final Fantasy Chronicles (traded in)
Final Fantasy Anthology (traded in)
Final Fantasy 9 (traded in)
Devil May Cry 4

Just recently bought
Devil May Cry 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

Yeah, I really need to increase my game collection since I only own those four games at the moment.

[Eddy]

I have to try to think back here. I'm sure I'm going to miss at least a couple, but here we go.

360:
Resident Evil 5
Fallout 3
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Mirror's Edge
Dead Space
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Borderlands
Wet
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Splosion Man
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic & Knuckles

PS3:
120GB PlayStation 3
LittleBigPlanet: GOTY Edition
Uncharted 2
Silent Hill (PS1 Classics)
Um Jammer Lammy (PS1 Classics)
Resident Evil 3 (PS1 Classics)

Wii:
Punch-Out!!
Dead Space Extraction
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

DS:
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Rhythm Heaven
Super Princess Peach

PS2:
Parappa the Rapper 2

PS1:
Um Jammer Lammy

I think that about covers it... and yes, I bought an actual physical copy of Um Jammer Lammy to own despite having it downloaded on the PS3. Why? Because I'm crazy like that. Besides, it was only $1.99 and brand new.

[thenewme93]

Call Of Duty: MW 2
Street Fighter IV
Tekken 6
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Dragon Ball Z : Tenkaichi 2
Dragon Ball : Raging Blast
Sonic : Mega Collection Plus
Sonic UNLEASHED
DJ Hero
Guitar Hero : World Tour
Left 4 Dead
Bleach: Blade Of Fate
Kirby: Squeak Squad

[Rho]

Not much.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
Napoleon Dynamite
Lux-Pain

All DS.

[Desensitized]

Only 3 people bought Klonoa and A Boy & His Blob?

I guess the genre really is dying.

[Eddy]

I kept meaning to buy A Boy and His Blob but I either didn't have the money, another game came up, or I was too busy holiday shopping. I'll try to pick it up one of these days, though.

[Marvin Tikvah]

Only 3 people bought Klonoa and A Boy & His Blob?

I guess the genre really is dying.

To be honest, I've never seen a single retailer in my college town carrying either game. Even the Gamestops, the closest of which has a huge wall of Wii games, didn't seem to have both.

[Desensitized]

To be honest, I've never seen a single retailer in my college town carrying either game. Even the Gamestops, the closest of which has a huge wall of Wii games, didn't seem to have both.I can't blame you there, A Boy & His Blob is almost non-existent here, too. Such a shame.

[Daxdiv]

I can't blame you there, A Boy & His Blob is almost non-existent here, too. Such a shame.

It was quite the opposite for me. I kept seeing this on store shelves in Toys R Us and Gamestop, a whole lot of them. Even the store my brother works in had quite a few of them. Really the fact that the games aren't selling that much is quite a shame as well.

[J!!!]

I kept meaning to buy A Boy and His Blob but I either didn't have the money, another game came up, or I was too busy holiday shopping. I'll try to pick it up one of these days, though.

I saw it a Best Buy for $20 dollars yesterday.

I didn't pick it up though because I'm saving my money (Or a better word : Allowance) to purchase Tatsunoko vs Capcom for Wii.

Just thought I'd let you know about the price reduction~

[Dogasu]

Compiling this list has been an eye-opening experience:

Wii Downloads (American)
Final Fantasy IV The After Years
Final Fantasy IV The After Years - Rydia's Story
Super Punch-Out!
Mega Man 9

Wii (Japanese)
Wii Sports Resort
Super Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Wii Downloads (Japanese)
Dracula II Noroi no Fuuin
Super Smash Bros.
Final Fantasy II
Muscle de Koushinkyoku
Dracula Densetsu Rebirth
Super Mario Kart
Ransen! Pokemon Scramble
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu

Playstation (Japanese)
Chrono Cross

Playstation 2 (Japanese)
Battle Stadium D.O.N.
Final Fantasy XII

Playstation 3 (Japanese)
Playstation 3 (system)
Final Fantasy XIII

Playstation Network Downloads (Japanese)
Saru Getchu!
Final Fantasy VIII
Umjammer Lammy

PC
Plants vs. Zombies
World of Goo

Nintendo DS (American)
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Nintendo DS (Japanese)
Pokemon Ranger Battnage
Dragon Quest IX

Nintendo DSi Ware (Japanese)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini Mini Saikoushin!
Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damashii
Nintendo DSi Calculator
Chotto Panel de Pon
Hobonichi Rosenzu 2009 (I mistakenly thought this would be useful)
Solitaire DSi
Chotto Dr. Mario

Virtual Boy (Japanese)
Red Faction
Teleroboxer

Game Boy
Super Mario Land 2 (picked it up for 105 yen!!)



My New Year's Resolution for 2010: STOP BUYING SO MANY GAMES.