The poll is now live; participants are encouraged to discuss their vote. I am leaning towards Alien Star Menace myself.
Voting Stormblades. I love IB's combat system, but the levelling up got a bit tiring. Stormblades got rid of the slower parts of IB, and cranked up the pace to make a more arcade take on the IB battle system, which got me hooked.
Wanted to vote for Patchmania, but it didn't make the poll, it's a girl game I know, but I like girl games Ha Ha Ha.
Ha! Well, your second choice was a good one. I couldn't put Mr Jump down until I beat it. Looking forward to more punishment with the (hopefully) new content.