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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
Best Megadrive/Genesis Strategy Game
YIPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! This is a great strategy game. Although the one-player element may have a limited lifespan, it really comes into it's own in two-player. As all games of this style should be, it is easy to get into, but allows for a fair amount of mastery for such a simple concept. The satisfaction factor gained from having set up a massive chain of beans, or from thwarting someone else's plans, is hard to overstate. Tying it in as part of the Sonic franchise was always going to be about shifting more copies, and provides a wafer-thin plot for the Story mode, but that's not what these sort of games should be about, they're about fun and addictiveness. YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA!
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004)
The Best Cartoon Around
In my opinion Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends is the best cartoon made in at least the last decade.
I think what's most impressive is the fact they have managed to create a main character (Bloo) who is entirely selfish, unsympathetic to the feelings of others, self-centred and still likable.
There's a good variation of other characters too, from the brilliant regulars, to the slightly more hit and miss one off characters. Some of these are so good, however, that they make it back for future episodes; Cheese being so funny in the episode "Mac Daddy" in season 2 that he was brought back in season 4 in "The Big Cheese"
There's also a brilliant range of props in it, which it generates a huge appeal for. Having seen them starring in Foster's, I've had urges to play paddleball and to get a pink squeaky elephant - well who doesn't want one of those?
"Pfft! Secret doors, who needs 'em? What do I care about secret doors?... and the unparallelled delights they keep hidden from the world!"