Games released on October 12
Eight games that still hold up, from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in 2001 to Luigi's Mansion in 2018
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2001
Turned 25 this year Nintendo DS
Phoenix Wright, a rookie defense attorney, investigates each case and then defends his client in court, finding the evidence that contradicts the witnesses. It is credited with helping popularize visual novels in the West.
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Championship Manager: Season 01/02 2001
You take any club in about a hundred leagues across 27 countries, in a football management game that was released as freeware in 2008.
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Mushihimesama 2004
Turned 22 this year Arcade
Princess Reco rides a golden beetle through forests of giant insects and dense patterns of pink bullets, with modes that run from one built for newcomers to one the game warns you about.
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The Blackwell Deception 2011
Rosa Blackwell, a medium, and Joey Mallone, her spirit guide, help ghosts move on to the afterlife, in a case that starts with a call from a former co-worker.
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Chaos on Deponia 2012
Turned 14 this year
Rufus is still trying to escape the planet Deponia, and now Goal, whose brain implant is damaged, has split into three personalities, in a point and click adventure of objects to combine and machines to work.
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Pokémon Y 2013
Turned 13 this year Nintendo 3DS
A 3DS Pokémon, the first in the main series drawn in full 3D, set in Kalos, a region modeled on France, with 72 new Pokémon and Yveltal as the legendary of this version.
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Pokémon X 2013
Turned 13 this year Nintendo 3DS
A 3DS Pokémon sold with Y, the first in the main series drawn in full 3D after fifteen years of sprites, with the Fairy type as the first new type since Gold and Silver.
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Luigi's Mansion 2018
Turned 8 this year Nintendo 3DS
Luigi walks into a haunted mansion with a flashlight and a vacuum cleaner to rescue Mario, in this 2018 remake for the 3DS. A second player can join in as Gooigi, a copy of Luigi.
