{"id":24618,"date":"2025-12-31T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24618"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:00:37","slug":"au-deals-new-year-same-problem-too-many-great-games-on-sale-and-these-are-the-must-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24618","title":{"rendered":"AU Deals: New Year, Same Problem, Too Many Great Games On Sale and These Are the Must Buys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I always like to think New Year\u2019s Eve is for reflection, but in practice it is also when my willpower collapses and my wishlist wins. While everyone else is arguing over fireworks positions and sparkling wine, I am quietly locking in deals I will absolutely be playing into January. This batch feels like a proper end of year send off, stacked with games that reward long nights and bad sleep decisions.<\/p>\n
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This Day in Gaming \ud83c\udf82<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
In retro news, I’m using this fire flower to ignite a 30-candle cake baked for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island<\/strong>, a SNES must-own. If it were any other series, Yoshi\u2019s Island would just be a long-forgotten spin-off. But since this is Nintendo we\u2019re talking about, this SNES game made a much bigger impact on the wider Mario universe, with the features Yoshi\u2019s Island introduced still influencing Nintendo games of today.<\/p>\n
I can remember being thoroughly delighted with Yoshi’s moveset expanding him from being a simple steed to a flutter-jumping, ground-pounding, and egg-chucking hero in his own right. Likewise, the shift from obstacle course platforming to collectathon progression was right up my kleptomanic alley. Throw in a bold crayon-based art style, and I was coloured Tickled Pink with the entire package.<\/p>\n