#8: Super Mario Run

Hello again I'm talking about a mobile game that I unceremoniously dropped $10.00 on as soon as it came out back in DECEMBER!!!!! Ok, for real though, I actually do like this game a lot, it is fun to play the main game and I like to vs other people in the world in order to obtain more Toads for my Kingdom. However, this is sort of in the same vain as Miitomo and Pokemon Go (Both games which I had at one point and now I don't have) in that there isn't really a whole lot going for it. Sure, it is fun to play, which is a leg up on Miitomo, and it isn't consistently broken, like Pokemon Go. But there isn't a lot to do in the game. I have all of the coins (Pink, Purple, and Black) collected for each level of each World, as well as having beat and collected all coins in each of the special pipes (which sucks because they don't mark that in your records). As well, I have all of the characters unlocked now, so whats left to do? Well, continue versing other players in order to max out your Toad count and unlock more decorations for your Mushroom Kingdom along the way. But although versing people is fun, like I said, I'm starting to, once again, not really care. Is it worth maxing out the Toad count and unlocking decorations if that's all they are. This argument has been used to undermine the purpose of playing video games as a whole plenty of times in the past, and while I understand that, that isn't where I'm coming from. Perhaps its just a matter of personal goals, what one hopes to get out of a game, because my progression along with the actual game was pretty specifically skill based, as you needed to collect certain coins in the game, and I care about the character unlocks because for the most part, they all play a little differently. But I don't care about getting 10 more blue toads to unlock a different Luigi-specific flagpole, because what's the point. Again, I guess, what is the point in playing games anyways unless its a reasoning specific to you. That's my case though, and with a drive to sort of see it through, I don't think I'll be playing the game consistently, but maybe I'll keep this one around compared to the other two aforementioned Nintendo products, and complete it slowly over time. Not really because I care for the collection of these "decorations" for the kingdom, but rather in order to keep having fun playing what I'm playing, and to see it through. Because although the main reason I play games isn't for fun, I'm driven by different motives, it certainly isn't something to lose sight of, because if you don't at least slightly enjoy what you're doing, then what's the point?