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The Minish Cap didn’t hurt me when I was a kid. It hurt me later.
When I first played it, I didn’t have the language for what that ending did to me. I was just a kid with a Game Boy Advance, lying somewhere between homework I didn’t want to do and a world that already felt a bit too loud. Ezlo was there the whole time, bitter, sarcastic, constantly…
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Ocarina of Time: The Moment Navi Left
At the very end of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, after the world is saved and time itself is put back where it belongs, something quietly breaks. It is not the land, not even Hyrule, it was me, when Navi left. There is no speech. No explanation. No dramatic farewell. No promise that you’ll…
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Chrono trigger – the moment frog left
I didn’t understand Chrono Trigger the first time I played it.I was too young, too impatient, too focused on fights and leveling. I treated it like another RPG and just another cartridge, another world to pass through and move on from. I finished it, liked it, and shelved it.Years later, when I came back, it…
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Pokémon Red: The Game That Gave Me a Place to Hide
Pokémon Red was never just a game to me. It was a shelter and safety. Back in elementary school, when I didn’t have control over much. Hallways felt hostile and scary, breaks were long, and silence was often safer than talking. There was bullying, hiding, and that constant feeling of waiting for the next class…