Well, this was quite a year, wasn't it, friends" Pokemon lit the mobile world on fire, Nintendo jumped in feet-first, headphone jacks courageously became a thing of the past, and the real world gave us a whole lot of reasons to escape to our hobbies. As usual, many of the biggest games of the year kind of came out of nowhere, but we saw a lot of established franchises make the rounds as well. Given my role at TouchArcade, I've probably played more RPGs and fewer non-RPGs than the rest of the crew, so I hope you'll forgive me if there are some cool things missing from my list. This was another satisfying year of releases all around, with a wide spread of indie gems and excellent ports to keep our fingers busy. Here's hoping 2017 will be just as great for gaming. In no particular order, here are my top ten iOS games of this year.
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FINAL FANTASY ?, $16.99 I could have filled almost half of my list with Square Enix's offerings this year, but I decided to limit myself to just one. While Adventures of Mana and Romancing SaGa 2 are both great games in their own right, I have to give the nod to Final Fantasy 9. It's an outstanding port of an excellent game, going miles beyond the comparatively shabby job done on Final Fantasy 7. For me, this game represented the end of an era, so it's great to have such an excellent version of it on my mobile phone. Now, bring on Final Fa...