Shinobi is good but I wish it had the level structure of Ninja Gaiden, which I've only played the demo off, but I am pretty sure I'll prefer to Shinobi overall. They can keep everything, including the really fun combat I just got a bit tired eventually of revisiting the Metroidvania map segments to get more stuff and even if you ignore that stuff the levels are pretty long with quite a bit of dead space that doesn't really show the level design in the best light IMO.
It might be a me thing though, @BeanyFGC has also beat both and both prefers Shinobi a lot more and also thinks the semi-metroidvania elements are what make it good in the first place. It didn't help that I was playing the PS2 Shinobi around the same time and it was what I wanted from this, shorter levels, more difficulty, more focused approach…also it's a damn good game with the best scarf in any game ever.
I thought Azure Striker Gunvolt 1 was 'okay' to play, everything else I liked, I like the character and boss design and all that, all very much me type of things I played a bit of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 and it does seem better so far, and I think Copen is more fun than Gunvolt to play, less tagging and holding a button down to burn people down and more just flying into them and hitting them with your sub weapons. (He does kinda' tag people though)
Good news if like me you bought the entire enhanced trilogy set and Copen's two standalone games on a whim 
With the announcement of an expansion for Granblue Fantasy: Relink I want to say that even if you didn't play the gacha or the fighting game, and especially if you like Monster Hunter then you'll probably enjoy Relink. It doesn't really become Monster Hunter til' the endgame but it's still a fun action RPG with a dozen characters before that, post game has a lot of stuff to keep you busy too, mainly a MH style gearing loop where you farm fights except it's a lot more chill than triple carting to Rathalos every time.
What's your take on Spirited Away? It used to be my favourite Ghibli movie but I'm not sure it is anymore, but that worldbuilding and yokai stuff is still fantastic. I just looked up Natsume and I was not expecting the '7 seasons' nuke to the face, whoa. It's nice to have something you can just dive into like that though.
I'm buzzin' because the bluray OVAs for 'You're Under Arrest have been released and it looks niiiiice
There are two kinds of people in this world, a Natsuki Guy or a Miyuki guy!
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Well I said this a while back but this is a big leap ahead of GTA3 in pretty much every way. I have to say though, it feels kinda rushed/unfinished exactly after you kill Diaz and take his mansion, partly because I didn't sandbox the shit out of it this time like I did when I was younger but also because the structure takes a slight turn for the worse….actually scratch that, if you don't play as intended and accrue cash whilst mooching around (what that entails in 2026 I have no idea, it's fun but it's not THAT deep) you're in for a pretty boring, grindy un GTA-like time as you scrounge cash for businesses to trigger the final mission, as in as soon as you do it the game is pretty much done. If I'm being honest it soured the final hours of the game for me and it's quite shocking how boring it was even if the Asset missions were all on par with the rest of the game's, that is to say: pretty damn fun.
Seems like unless I've also memory holed San Andreas having a stinker arc in there it's pretty much going to claim the 'Best PS2 GTA' title pretty easily, even better mission variance, more side activities like gang wars and I think as legendary as Vice City's OST is San Andreas' might have more for me personally?
Alastor