Game #17 Complete - Jackie Chan Adventures

Jackie Chan Adventures is a side scrolling beat em up in the style of classic games like River City Ransom or Streets of Rage. It's based on an early 2000s cartoon named (guess what) Jackie Chan Adventures.

I have somewhat fond memories of the cartoon, but never played the game.

Game #16 Complete - Egg Mania

Egg Mania is an arcade puzzle released on the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube, and of course the GBA.

This is another one that I'd never heard of and probably never would have played outside of the challenge.

Game #15 Complete - Mega Man Zero 4

The Mega Man series is a very long running Capcom series, appearing mostly on Nintendo consoles. The Mega Man Zero sub series follows the eponymous Zero, a humanoid robot with fabulous hair who fights for a human resistance against evil "maverick" robots. I believe this all fits in with the somewhat confusing overall plot of the Mega Man series. They are side scrolling action/platformers

Mega Man Zero 4 took a long time for me to complete, but for once it was not the game's fault. Rather I was quite busy changing jobs and didn't get around to play it for a few months. Although it's the fourth game in the (sub-)series, I'm happy to play these out of order as I don't think the story's very important.

Game #14 Complete - Metal Slug Advance

Metal Slug Advance is a portable entry in the classic series of run-n-gun arcade games. The title is named after a tank that appears in every entry for the hero(es) to hop in and blast through the levels. I've never played much Metal Slug before, so I can't comment on how this fits in with the series.

Story wise, this is a spin-off, (I think) following some new recruits who start training and then find the island they are training on invaded by real enemies. At least I think that was the plot, it's not very well explained in game. Metal Slug games have never really been about the deep story though.