In an attempt to be more active (on the internet) I'm going to ask you all a question.
If you could take any franchise (game or movie) that is either driving itself into the ground or isn't doing as well as it used to, and you could head up the next installment, what would you make?
Choosing Sonic as an example, because everyone seems to think that Sega is killing him, I'd make a game where Eggman tries to transform the world into Eggtopia by going into the past with the Chaos Emeralds and changing it. If you collect all the Chaos Emeralds, you can turn into Super Sonic in any level afterwards. In the regular ending, Eggman is foiled and Sonic and his friends live happy, then in the credits Eggman finds an emerald, and at the end you see the planet turn into Eggtopia. If you have all the Chaos Emeralds, then Sonic goes super to stop Eggman, but Eggman uses his new Chaos Wave Jammer to absorb Sonic's excess energy and go into the past. Sonic makes a shield just before the timestream is affected and ends up in limbo between the paths of time, called the Chaotic Timeflux Zone. After reliving parts of his old adventures, Sonic ends up in Eggtopia Zone and fights the final battle, called Paradox.
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So what would you do with your favorite franchise?
Bring back the EXE section of the Rockman series! Actually, since most people don't like that series as much, it'd be more just for me... SFGHQ... I haven't been there in AGES. I wish MMFGHQ had stayed up...
Captain Andyman should make another Tops game with next gen graphics lol!!!! I loved that series, infact and this is true TOPS 3 was the first game i ever downloaded off the Daily Click and it was the first title i saw crowned game of the week!
I also think that »Ben« should make a sequal to Gauntlet Runner! (GR is my number one click game of all time).
Oh the irony of this post. I actually just started a Sonic "Tribute" Fangame a couple days ago. It's basically my way of trying to pay tribute to all the classics, compared to all the shitty 3D games we've got released now. A game with a half decent story to it, some original graphics, full 360' engine, the works.
I don't know how well it'll turn out, but I've been working my ass off these past couple of days, trying to get this engine right. I'm only just now adding rings into it.
I think the Sonic we all knew and love, despite the game itself being decent, died with Sonic Adventure 1. Dr. Robotnik is NOT Dr. Eggman, and even though I can accept the idea of Sonic being older... that'll never remove the image of the good old small little pudgy hedgehog with short arms and legs, a big head, billy bad ass amplitude with a golden heart, a taste for chili-dogs, and the voice of Urkle.
Please can Sonic die now. Even the 2.5D Sonic's have been less than good, reverting back to the cumbersome Master System style physics. No more new games. Just leave it for god knows how many years and release a new version to which the old fans will froth at the mouth for.
My fave franchise would be Zelda but they need a big scenery change. Ye Olde England is nice and stuff but a futuristic or steampunk Zelda could be very very good. Worked wonders for FFVII.
Originally Posted by Va1entine Captain Andyman should make another Tops game with next gen graphics lol!!!! I loved that series, infact and this is true TOPS 3 was the first game i ever downloaded off the Daily Click and it was the first title i saw crowned game of the week!
I also think that »Ben« should make a sequal to Gauntlet Runner! (GR is my number one click game of all time).
I like to think I've moved on to bigger and better things...
Anyway, franchise-wise (see my rhyming skillz) if it's not going well it's usually just as effective to start a new franchise. Since most people have lost faith in the Sonic series SEGA should really come up with something new IMO.
I never really liked the Sonic games, probably because the only one I've ever played involved only holding down the right key. Are all Sonic games like this? If so, then the franchise cannot be improved without changing the basic engine, and in effect making a new franchise.
The DS ones have the right-key syndrome too. From what I played of Heroes, Adventure I and II all you do there is hold up. I mean god I love the Mega Drive ones, and maybe Sonic Advance 1 so I'm not against the series, rather what Sega are doing to it.
My favorite series is the Seiken Densetsu / Mana series.
Sadly the series is being driven into the ground, it hasn't been good since 2000.
They can't seem to decide where they want to take the series. Recently they've done:
Sword of Mana- A remake of the first game that ditched all of the awesome magic elements from the series.
Children of Mana- A stale dungeon crawler that also has terrible magic and a dumb story.
Dawn of Mana- The first game in the series to be in 3D, beautiful graphics, innovative gameplay, but was pretty flawed and the story SUCKED.
Heroes of Mana- A real time strategy that works on a grid system... bad mix.
What I'd do with the series is take the combat back to how it was in Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3, that's when it was perfect and insanely fun.
The magic system from Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3 would be back as well. It was SO perfect, why they changed it I'll never know.
Weapons! Tons of them! Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu 1), Secret of Mana and Legend of Mana were LOADED with weapons for you to use! Being able to choose from a huge arsenal is awesome fun.
Weapon and armor creation. Legend of Mana was awesome in that you could make weapons and armor from whatever dropped off of enemies.
Pets and Golems. Catching monster eggs and getting a baddie to fight alongside you is just plain cool, and building a golem and setting up the logic he uses in his attacks? Sweet!
MULTIPLAYER My favorite thing about Secret of Mana is getting two of my friends and rampaging through the game. Three player on the SNES is way too cool. Children of Mana actually did good in this area, which is surprising cause it got everything else wrong.
RING MENUS. Just because.
And the main thing the series needs to get back to is a good storyline. They've been too childish lately. They need to go back to the way they were in Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3. They were gripping and had lots of twists that kept you wanting to see what happened next.
I won't subject y'all to what I think a good storyline would be, I've already written so much x_x;
Yeah, so I love this series a lot. Is it any wonder I run the best fansite for the series on the net? www.seikens.com *shameless plug*
I chose the METROID series. I understand that the Metroid Prime games are highly popular but they just don't sit right with me. I love some FPS games like Duke Nukem 3D, Serious Sam, Halo etc etc etc but even though I'm a big fan of the old 2D Metroid games Prime wasn't my cuppa tea. I think it's because I'd always end up being stuck and just searching around aimlessly until I ask someone what to do. I prefer not to be slowed down like that in an FPS - I just want to shoot stuff.
So yes I say don't abandon Metroid Prime - It's doing well but please bring a traditional Metroid game to the DS or something of the sort!
I was discussing this the other day with Nick and Slink: Croc. I think they should make a new croc game. I adored the 1st for the PS1, then they just seemed to stop after the second, probably because it wasn't as popular as the first Croc had a good feeling to it though, the music and gameplay was great.
Also, they need to do something about the Spyro series. Don't know what the new game's like, but pretty much after the first game it went downhill IMO. They introduced crappy, poorly designed characters like... a cheetah and other various crappy animals, and gave Sparx his own mini games/levels and made him more of a character, which I don't really like much. Sometimes I think these gaming studios just give in to a bunch of unimaginative nerds, who can build up 3d models, animate them and code, but can't actually design very well, which is equally as crucial. The companies play safe by letting them spew out crap that would perhaps only please 6 year olds. It's either that or they're rushing to make money... Probably the latter
OH ALSO, even though it's not dying, and I adore it a great deal: Animal crossing. If they're making a new version for the wii, I do hope they update the style of it a little. I love it, but it's come to the point now where I think it's time for a stylistic change. Perhaps still funky and cute, but maybe slightly more realistic?
Im hoping they'd put more features in too, and not just the usual couple of shops, museum and town hall, but perhaps also other shops, places to visit etc, and animal families would be cool, too.
Edit: Downloadable items for Animal crossing Wii would be cool, too.
For the record... Dr. Eggman is Dr. Robotnik. I was insulted that they changed the name to such a pathetic thing. But then I researched it a bit. The Japanese name was Dr. Eggman-- They changed it to Robotnik for the US. Then we decided to switch it back. So he is the same... but I think Robotnik is infinitely more evil-sounding. I think a modern Zelda adventure would be AWESOME. Hey, you never know, with e3 comin' up... Aside from the series' that are obviously getting a follow-up on wii, (Kid Icarus, Pikmin, WarioWare, Animal Crossing... yaddahyaddahyaddah) there are a few nintendo franchises that could be revived.
Yea EAD have got a few projects to announce apparently. Hoping for a new Animal Crossing, Zelda, F-Zero for Wii and hopefully F-Zero DS. Along with Golden Sun on either system plz.
Originally Posted by -Adam- I was discussing this the other day with Nick and Slink: Croc. I think they should make a new croc game. I adored the 1st for the PS1, then they just seemed to stop after the second, probably because it wasn't as popular as the first Croc had a good feeling to it though, the music and gameplay was great.
Yeah Croc! Those were some nice games. Then he disappeared. Then Morpheme went and made a bowling game, then an actual game in the series: Croc Mobile:Jungle Rumble. It was lackluster at best. Go search it and you'll find a playable Java demo.
Originally Posted by -Adam- OH ALSO, even though it's not dying, and I adore it a great deal: Animal crossing. If they're making a new version for the wii, I do hope they update the style of it a little. I love it, but it's come to the point now where I think it's time for a stylistic change. Perhaps still funky and cute, but maybe slightly more realistic?
YES! I have so many ideas for that game. Seeing though that they don't accept unsolicited ideas.
They'd have expansions on the Able Sisters where you meet their niece or cousin Gable, or something, who lets you order custom made furniture with your patterns on them. There would be more bugs, fish, fossils, paintings, coffee flavors, you could go on dates or to parties, there would be restaurants, and if you didn't like the original position of your house, you could buy some land and have one built there instead, and you stay at a friend's house until then. There would be sleepovers, and you could actually have dinner with the people in town, and there would be a movie theater. The gate/train station would become an airport, and there would be an island somewhere where anyone can meet anyone, like a vacation.
I don't remember the rest of the features I came up with.
Also in Animal Crossing, it would be nice if the only goal was not to get the biggest house, but something else. Also, a garden feature would be awesome, for the houses. There's so much potential, I really hope Nintendo realise this and do something about it.
Also perhaps a town editor. I like the random town creation at the start, but my current town on Animal Crossing: Wild world is really annoying, I have to cross lots of bridges to get places.
Originally Posted by ~Zigzag~ I never really liked the Sonic games, probably because the only one I've ever played involved only holding down the right key. Are all Sonic games like this? If so, then the franchise cannot be improved without changing the basic engine, and in effect making a new franchise.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles didn't have this issue. Sonic 2 did to an extent, but not Sonic 3.
Also, I still am offended by the name change from Robotnik to Eggman. I don't care about stupid transitions, it sickens me to see people calling him that. Dr. Ivo Robotnik is his name. This 'nickname' is beyond stupid... just because he's egg shaped.
Ivo Robotnik! I forgot his first name but it's all come flooding back. Used to read them mad little comics too. Not the super serious ones, the one they based the silly cartoon off. The one that was Big Breakfast
Originally Posted by ~Zigzag~ I never really liked the Sonic games, probably because the only one I've ever played involved only holding down the right key. Are all Sonic games like this? If so, then the franchise cannot be improved without changing the basic engine, and in effect making a new franchise.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles didn't have this issue. Sonic 2 did to an extent, but not Sonic 3.
Also, I still am offended by the name change from Robotnik to Eggman. I don't care about stupid transitions, it sickens me to see people calling him that. Dr. Ivo Robotnik is his name. This 'nickname' is beyond stupid... just because he's egg shaped.
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Hmm i wouldnt say Sonic 2 suffered from that. The only level i can think where you actually move fast a lot if Chemical plant zone, and that wasn't even that bad since you were changing direction quite a lot instead of holding right.
Nah the invention of grind rails is what causes the most problems in recent sonic games. Probably Sonic advance 2 onwards.
Originally Posted by -Adam- Who really gives a flying crap? He could be called Susan and my opinion on him wouldn't change.
Holy shit, shut the hell up, I wasn't even talking to you. Just because my post came after yours, doesn't mean anything. Who cares what YOUR opinion on him is, no one asked you. Maybe you should consider that there are multiple conversations going on in the same thread. Hence the quotes. Ah-Duh!? Anyway.
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Originally Posted by BrandonC
Originally Posted by ~Zigzag~ I never really liked the Sonic games, probably because the only one I've ever played involved only holding down the right key. Are all Sonic games like this? If so, then the franchise cannot be improved without changing the basic engine, and in effect making a new franchise.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles didn't have this issue. Sonic 2 did to an extent, but not Sonic 3.
Also, I still am offended by the name change from Robotnik to Eggman. I don't care about stupid transitions, it sickens me to see people calling him that. Dr. Ivo Robotnik is his name. This 'nickname' is beyond stupid... just because he's egg shaped.
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Hmm i wouldnt say Sonic 2 suffered from that. The only level i can think where you actually move fast a lot if Chemical plant zone, and that wasn't even that bad since you were changing direction quite a lot instead of holding right.
Nah the invention of grind rails is what causes the most problems in recent sonic games. Probably Sonic advance 2 onwards.
Now that I think about it, you're absolutely right. The entire Genesis series was pretty awesome, hands down. It's all because Sonic is SO FAST that people feel the need to enforce that with mindless stunts, ramps, loops, and entirely linear tracks. No one ever stops and sees that Sonic was none of that.
The only thing that made Sonic fast in the original games, was running up walls and around loops occasionally. The rest was controlled chaos and speed through excellent level design, all at the fingertips of a player who if they didn't know what they were doing, lost their rings and had to recollect them. It had nothing to do with holding down right the entire time, and make the occasional jump here and there.
"Holy shit, shut the hell up, I wasn't even talking to you. Just because my post came after yours, doesn't mean anything. Who cares what YOUR opinion on him is, no one asked you. Maybe you should consider that there are multiple conversations going on in the same thread. Hence the quotes. Ah-Duh!? Anyway."
Uh.. so I'm not allowed to reply to your comment? I'm not allowed to EXPRESS my opinion, but you are? If you're wanting a private conversation with someone, an open forum thread with lots of people talking in it isn't really the place to have it, grow up and stop over reacting.
PS: WTF IS "Ah-Duh"? Didn't really work in text form.
Originally Posted by -Adam- "Holy shit, shut the hell up, I wasn't even talking to you. Just because my post came after yours, doesn't mean anything. Who cares what YOUR opinion on him is, no one asked you. Maybe you should consider that there are multiple conversations going on in the same thread. Hence the quotes. Ah-Duh!? Anyway."
Uh.. so I'm not allowed to reply to your comment? I'm not allowed to EXPRESS my opinion, but you are? If you're wanting a private conversation with someone, an open forum thread with lots of people talking in it isn't really the place to have it, grow up and stop over reacting.
PS: WTF IS "Ah-Duh"? Didn't really work in text form.
Shitting on someone else's opinion is not the same as expressing your own. Nice try.
I wasn't asking what you thought, nor do I care, or even talking to you. You had no right, other then making yourself look like an idiot, by saying that. Now I could imagen if I was talking to you saying "Yeah well, his name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik", then I can see why you would say you don't care, but you weren't absolutely anywhere in the conversation. You act as though I ripped a baby out from your hands and started spewing shit out of my mouth, in my defense, as to why I'm allowed to. For crying out loud, get the fuck off my case. I don't even know what the hell I did, for you to suddenly single me out.
Originally Posted by -Adam- You totally over reacted? Like changing a character's name makes a vast difference to the gameplay?
I think thats entirely unrelated to the fact that you entirely unnecessarily came in and bragged about the fact that you didn't care, directly to me. As though what I said was some way a hazard to your existence.
And no, not to gameplay. That already sucks, in just about every new Sonic game. But to a true fan of Sonic who's been one since Sonic 2, read the comics, watched the show, and so on. It truly does piss me off to see that Dr. Eggman is the name replacement for an otherwise more mature Dr. Robotnik. Something of which has absolutely nothing to do with you, so why don't you just let it go and leave the entire subject alone. I don't think I in any way proposed a comeback in this post, so I don't think it qualifies for one. Thanks.
Originally Posted by -Adam- Oh please. Stop making a mountain out of a molehill. What does this thread have to do with comics and shows? Back on topic, please.
Yeah, because that means that you're never the guy who started it. You know what? Fuck you. Yes, get back on topic. But stop thinking of yourself so highly that you can slap me, then think that because I have the balls to actually say 'wtf', and still think your innocent.
And this would be me bringing it back on topic... another word in edge wise about this puss argument, is going to be you taking it back off again.
I think a lot of the aspects that made Sonic awesome were stripped. At the time, it was more so mature and a less of a little kid thing. Which is the exact opposite of what series like oh say Sonic X are doing to it. I remember reading the comics and the older TV shows and loving it. What ever happened to Sonic living in a forest with his friends, and the only humans were Dr. Robotnik and whoever worked with him. I miss those days. Now it's all like futuristic tech and stuff, sort of like Pokemon.
I guess unless we want to be disappointed, Sonic is just something we need to let go in our minds, and remember him for what he was.
Stop harsh swearing excessively, absolutely no need for it what so ever.
Back on topic
Id also like Nintendo to buy the writes to Parappa the Rapper, and make a wii game out of it. Would be amazing, using wii balance board and wiimote to actually perform the dance moves to Master Onion's song.
As far as eggman/robotnik whatever, sonic was created sort of as a generic character that could be popular all over the world. They put a general concept of him fighting robotnik behind it and then he was further defined for each territory. Eggman might work as a name in japan's culture, but they made it robotnik in north america for good reason. Look at all the rediculous dating games and randomness that is popular in japan as compared to here. The whole eggman thing just doesn't work. Using it as a nickname to make fun of him in the first sonic adventure was kinda creative but after that I think it just got changed permanantly because of all the nerds over here who are obsessed with anything that comes from Japan.
I'll go out on a limb here and changed the subject to movies that need reinventing. . . Batman. No not yet. The begins series started off awesome and I'm sure it will continue to be awesome with The Dark Knight and whichever comes next. But you can only go so far with the tone that they've set. And I have a feeling it won't work after 3. So when that series wraps up I'd say wait 3 or 4 years and then have frank miller come in and direct a black and white version similar to sin city. Of course if his new movies sucks I'd say maybe let robert rodriguez direct a verion of the dark knight returns.
My other idea for batman (and superman) is to go back to the era they were created in and do a movie based on that. I'd love to see a realistic take on Batman or Superman during WWII and how they deal with crimefighting in their respective cities when their country is involved in a war. That was never able to be realized back then since comics were mostly considered for kids, not to mention that they felt compelled to make those characters into war heroes, going over and beating up yellow inked japanese soldiers (or maybe not compelled, but persuaded by the government).
What there should be is Lego Spiderman for Nintendo DS. But Mega Bloks has the rights to Spider-Man 3, so that won't be happening. Somehow, Mega Bloks Spiderman doesn't have the same ring to it.
However, no one said Spiderman was dying, so what if there were a full budget animated Super Mario Bros. film. I should hope that such a thing would be cool and full of action with a good plot that doesn't bore you, and leaves you wanting a sequel because you want more goodness, not because you want to see it done better the second time. If Mario and Luigi never said anything more than they usually do, (no "Let's go to Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom to save the entirety of the known living world from the tyranny of the evil Koopa King Bowser!") that would be amazing. They don't need to talk just for the sake of talking.
Wow this thread went crazy... This is a forum - a public forum no less; the entire point is to express your opinion, why bite Adam's head off for a perfectly sensible post?
Anyway, as mentioned by Slinky I would LOVE another 2D Metroid for the DS - there's a charm about 2D exploration games that I think just isn't quite the same in 3D.
Only a short while after posting earlier, I came up with another idea. It's actually an idea that I came up with earlier, but only just now remembered. New Super Mario Bros. was a nice game, but far too easy, and in my opinion, too short. So what they need to do is make New Super Mario Bros. its own series, with New Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3 being super cool DS games with endless replay value. Not so much the replay value, but they do have new 256 megabyte DS cards, so that leaves room for a lot of work.
Crash Bandicoot also seems to have gone the wrong way as well. Here I was hoping for a cool new platformer that was unstale and stuck to its roots, and we get Crash of the Titans and Crash: Mind over Mutant. I liked the GBA games because they were still about the boxes, gems, crystals, and good gameplay. Heh, but I haven't even played Titans.
Smash Bros. on DS.
I seem to never only post about one game.
Also, there seems to be a lack of movie discussion on this thread. Come on people, there must be some dying movie properties out there!
I played a demo of whatever that crash bandicoot game on 360 was where you could control monsters. It was terrible. I don't think crash has really been on the ball since the 3rd game. I liked how they just kept him on a track and it was about timing like classic mario or other platformers. There's already enough games out there that focus on exploration. The concept of just taking a 2D platformer and turning it 90 degrees and adding perspective was a good one. They also redesigned him for some reason making him look "punk" or something. Blech.
Yes, I saw the advert for Crash of the Titans or w/e a while back and thought "wow that looks bad" Crash Bandicoot was really awesome on the PS1, then I got a game for the PS2, and the loading time was ridiculously long. I had to wait like literally 5 minutes for a level to load ;__; not cool, Naughty Dog, not cool at all
Actually I don't think Naughty dog made any of the PS2 crash games. They moved on to bigger and better things with the Jak games. I'd like to see what they'd do with crash if it was given back to them.
Oh, Oh! Now there's a game I loved. Jak and Daxter. That was great, but like many other games, the sequel just didn't appeal to me :/ Also correct, I think it was Konami who made Bandicoot for the PS2, however Naughty Dog were not cool for giving it up
Id really really love a new crash game, but just like the 1st one for the ps1. Simple, and cute and fun, and about 4 or 5 characters in the storyline, none of the characters from Crash Team Racing, although I adored that game too, for the PS1
Goodness Gracious! Temperamental, aren't we? I agree with the excessive swearing... we wouldn't want to scare away all the old grannies inhabiting this site. You're really terrible about arguing, you have holes in your argument everywhere... No need for it at all anyway. Anywho... I never tried Jak and Daxter, and everyone says it's good. Mayhaps I oughrt to pick it up?
Edit: the temperamental part was directed at BrandonC
Yes definitely. You can get all 3 jak games for under 30 bucks if you buy em used. The first one I played was actually the 2nd. And I prefer the last 2. The first feels mostly like a banjo kazooie type game (a lot better though).
I own Jak and daxter and Jak 2. I must say i prefer the 1st one. You can tackle the levels in almost so long as you can actually get to them. If i recall Jak 2 tried to be like GTA3 with missions and a huge city to walk around. Sadly it was too limited to be interesting.
It's for the PS2 right? I think I will pick one up next time I swing by Game Crazy... Oh yea! Back on topic, sorta... I don't know if I already said this, but Sly Cooper would be AWESOME on Wii if it weren't Sony's. I know it's developed by suckerpunch but I think Sony owns the rights. I even wrote out the control schemes... Plus, you know all the mini-game missions could be awesome with wiimoteness.
Jak 3 was much more awesome than Jak 2, with each of the original weapons getting expansions, new dark powers, Light Jak, new places, more vehicles, and overall much more fun. If you haven't played it, you should at least rent it. Jak 1 is more like a traditional adventure platformer, but 2 and 3 are more combat focused. Jak X (the racing game) is just decent.
Also, while the series has ended, Naughty Dog has expressed interest in continuing it with the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune engine.
Sly Cooper needs revival on Wii, I agree with that.
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They probably could get away with making a good new pokemon game that didn't use the exact same formula as the last hundred games. Like if they went down the FFT route of RPG style. Or you know, anything besides picking a strong attack and hope it turns out okay in the big rock-paper-scissors formula.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
Yes indeed. Pokeemans is surprisingly fun, even though everyone on earth claims to abhor it (though they all secretly love it). It could use some sort of revamp. These discussions really make me wish I had some sort of power in the industry.
Originally Posted by -Adam- Is Pokemon Gale of Darkness no good then? Ive never played that.
It's semi-good. It represents the engine well, but there are only 83 shadow pokemon to catch, and a small amount of regular pokemon. There are 18 shadow moves that all disappear with the purification, and... I don't feel like going on.
If Nintendo ever decides that they are only going to make one more Pokemon game, it should have every region, badge, pokemon, side quest, essentially an amalgamation of the other games, except with even more stuff. And MMO style. The game gets blown to huge proportion so people can be hanging out with others like the kids in the show.
Pokémon really needs to take advantage of next-gen. MMO would be fantastic. Pokémon AI action-based battles would be fantastic (giving them orders, seeing their little faces all full of pain! marvellous!)
Ah, if only.
Franchises I'd like to see resurrected? Carmageddon needs an actual good sequel. The first game was brilliant! The other games just didn't work at all. It needs to have moddable cars, and hoardes of zombies to rip through. And competitors to wreck. Big sandbox game, hours of fun slaughtering and crashing.
I really liked the Spyro the dragon games for the psone. The first game was a bit of a collect em up with two or three well hidden gems, and thats about it.
I missed out on no.2
But Spyro year of the dragon was absolutely epic. The amount of mini games they packed into that game was amazing. I most fondly recall chasing after mini dinosaurs on a skateboard. The music was really funky too.
Apparently the series went downhill after no.3 I guess Insomniac moved on to the Ratchet and clank games.
It would be nice to have another spyro 3 on current gen consoles.
Originally Posted by Captain Andyman I really liked the Spyro the dragon games for the psone. The first game was a bit of a collect em up with two or three well hidden gems, and thats about it.
I missed out on no.2
But Spyro year of the dragon was absolutely epic. The amount of mini games they packed into that game was amazing. I most fondly recall chasing after mini dinosaurs on a skateboard. The music was really funky too.
Apparently the series went downhill after no.3 I guess Insomniac moved on to the Ratchet and clank games.
It would be nice to have another spyro 3 on current gen consoles.
I agree, Year of the Dragon is my favorite of the entire series. I just can't remember where the hell I put my disk. I loved that game though, and I'd love to have a current gen port with better graphics.
They need to make more Darkstalkers. I don't think Capcom realises what fantastic characters they created. They took worn out cliches and somehow made them interesting by throwing them all in a fighting arena.
A Darkstalkers RPG would be epic, as well as a 2.5D fighting game.
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Wouldn't it be crazy if when talking about all this, some secret research group came, hovered over this thread, gleaned all these ideas from it, and gave them to the respective companies?
I want to play Megaman Legends 3. The only problem is someone has yet to make it.
Earthbound has an E rating for Wii on the ESRB website.
They should make some sort of DS player channel that lets you view either the top screen alone, the bottom screen alone, or both screens together. It'd save battery power because only the screen(s) not in use would have to be on. There could be some sort of transparent indicator on the screen so you know where you have your stylus on the screen. Yep, I'd even pay for that. It would come with some sort of connector that goes in either the Gamecube controller sockets, or the Gamecube memory card sockets.
Getting back on topic, and this time with movies, what if they finally produced sequels to the Who Framed Roger Rabbit movie? Anyone else like that movie?
Tee-hee. I've got a DS cable that lets me play games on an EDTV, shipped over from a games journalist I'm pally with. Surprised a 3rd party hasn't made their own yet. Probably mega illegal.
Don't forget though - the wifi is going to seriously drain the battery too! There's a Stereo Channel coming out for the Wii that throws DS audio through the Wii
Perfect Dark. The original was innovatve and has the best multiplayer any game has yet to offer (on console, at least). Perfect Dark Zero refined the gameplay and made a great game, aside from all the stale voice acting, cutscenes, and anything else character (persona) related.
Why? The original PD had bots in multiplayer. You could set each one to do a different task, like holding your current position, securing your general area, going after the objective item... And the bots were customizable in appearance and general behavior! PDZ dropped the ball on bots by making them all be generic character models and stripping the AI; The only thing kept was difficulty modifiers. Also, Perfect Dark has been a perfect game for playing co-op with my pals. I do love me some co-op.
Heck, I'd go for the original Perfect Dark on the Xbox Live Arcade, with online functionality, of course.
One more off-topicness. Awesomest Haiku EVER written:
I enjoy haikus
But sometimes they don't make sense
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But anyway, did you read my page Jon & George Lambert? I had that screen thinkgy... Plus I do believe something in nintendo power said the cables were only licensed for game review... thingies...
Back on topic... I'd love a revival of the Mario brothers series... in 3d. That was a good one. (I intended this as a joke at first... but now it makes sense... I'd like Super Mario galaxy 2 and Super mario Brothers 3d on Wii. )
Originally Posted by Captain Andyman I really liked the Spyro the dragon games for the psone. The first game was a bit of a collect em up with two or three well hidden gems, and thats about it.
I missed out on no.2
But Spyro year of the dragon was absolutely epic. The amount of mini games they packed into that game was amazing. I most fondly recall chasing after mini dinosaurs on a skateboard. The music was really funky too.
Apparently the series went downhill after no.3 I guess Insomniac moved on to the Ratchet and clank games.
It would be nice to have another spyro 3 on current gen consoles.
Commenting on this statement made earlier, Spyro did go downhill. The first non-Insomniac game, Spyro:Enter the Dragonfly (which I own on Gamecube) only had nine levels and they were boring. Yes, a dull game, except for the slide levels.
In the next game, the last in The Legend of Spyro series, Spyro will be able to fly freely at all times in the game, which I think takes out the challenge there used to be in hovering to barely make it over the edge, timed jumps & glides, and using superfly wisely and quickly.
Originally Posted by OldManClayton But anyway, did you read my page Jon & George Lambert? I had that screen thinkgy... Plus I do believe something in nintendo power said the cables were only licensed for game review... thingies...
I did read your list, they were all very good suggestions. If only Nintendo would use all of them. One time, I thought, what if there were some sort of platformer or adventure game where your Mii is your character? An RPG even, I just want a game with the Miis as the central characters.
That's a good Mario idea as well.
On Pokemon, it would be cool if the battles were more like the ones in the show and manga, in that they were real time, and you could order your pokemon to climb a tree, jump, dodge, combine moves, etc.
I would like to play a new The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords game.
Bring Pikmin to the Wii! And a Rayman platformer! And a good platforming Donkey Kong game!
On Pokemon, it would be cool if the battles were more like the ones in the show and manga, in that they were real time, and you could order your pokemon to climb a tree, jump, dodge, combine moves, etc.
Yes! Though I don't think we'll be seeing environmental moves in Pokemon, they've managed to squash them all onto that Pokemon Ranch Wiiware title. They'd look fantastic on the small screen. Next one needs to have 3D battles and a proper 3D world. They could have done it on the DS but meh.
So long as they make battles as fast as they were on the GBA versions. Put the 2 together! It's mad how much they've slowed down the DS version.
The chances of WB and Disney ever getting together again to make a Roger Rabbit movie are really really slim. Maybe once everyone who was involved in the first one is dead they will, but there were too many internal fights over the sequel.
Pikmin is being done, I'm sure. I've had Four swords for quite awhile now and just got to playing it. FUN-O-RAMA. I can only play it with sis though cause I gots no gamer friends. There are tons of games I'd love to see on wii. I think I actually made a blog post about it... http://www.tcentertainment.webs.com/newsandupdates.htm?blogentryid=3518844
EDIT: apparently I didn't have a very big list. I know there were more...
Four Swords, though expensive to play it properly, was one of the best gaming experiences last gen. I'm sure I heard that a new version was coming to WiiWare or something.
No kidding? Awesome. Someone actually told me that four swords wasn't so great. Once you get past the hyrule thing, it's pretty fun. I already had two gameboys (because I'm an awesome brother and scored one from sis) so all I needed to buy was used game link cables. I'm sad they didn't use gameboy linking more and I'm worried they won't use DS-Wii connecting enough.
Originally Posted by JustinC The chances of WB and Disney ever getting together again to make a Roger Rabbit movie are really really slim. Maybe once everyone who was involved in the first one is dead they will, but there were too many internal fights over the sequel.
You'd be surprised. I mean they#re making new EWJ...
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I had Four Swords before my brother traded it and Link's Awakening for Rayman 3. Anyway, my brother owns Four Swords Adventures on Gamecube and I played through that because you can play with just one person. It's fun too.
Oh, I thought you meant the gamecube one. I never got to play the GBA one because nobody but my brother has it. And, as I said, I gots no gamer friends.
Hey, JG... I was reading the first post again... I don't know if somebody aleady said this but that storyline's been used. In Sonic CD (believe that was the name...) Sonic can travel through time and see the effects of robotnik's conquests or something like that... It's been quite a few years so I don't remember the exact details.
In that game, Sonic travels to Little Planet, a planetoid attached to his planet by a long metal chain. Sonic uses time travel by going past posts fast enough to see a good or evil future or see the general past. Then he could destroy machines to save the future and see the good future, or leave them behind to see the bad future.
While in both stories Robotnik desires the ability to control time, the difference occurs in the fact that in my story, Eggman has a machine to utilize the Chaos Emeralds for time control to change the timeline. Sonic and Robotnik race to get the Chaos Emeralds. If you don't get any, he changes the world into Eggtopia. If you get between 1 and 6, he fails. If you get all 7, he succeeds, but you go after him to fight him and change the timeline back to normal.
I guess the main difference is the fact that it takes place outside Little Planet, involves the Chaos Emeralds, and no time travel occurs outside of the ending.
Also, in my mind, Robotnik is very aggresive in this story, decimating cities, islands, everything to get the Chaos Emeralds because none of this will have happened once he changes the timestream.
In the perfect ending, Sonic uses Robotnik's time machine to repair the world.
At least we know you're good at coming up with sellable storylines! Either that or you're good at subconsciously digging up old memories... But I think it's the first.
I already commented on that story. Took them long enough to pick it up. Ever read Protodude's Rockman Corner? IGN also says there are two unnamed capcom projects for e3. As I've said a million times: Here's hoping for MML3 or SF Wii.
I'm busy working on a secret project right now. When I get done, the community will know.
In the meantime, I want to play a new Mario & Luigi RPG, or a new Mario RPG in general. They could make a Mario & Luigi 3, put it on Wii with 3D cel-shaded graphics, but it would still play on a 2D eight directional plane. I think that would be cool.
Originally Posted by Jon & George Lambert I have thinker's block right now...
I'm busy working on a secret project right now. When I get done, the community will know.
In the meantime, I want to play a new Mario & Luigi RPG, or a new Mario RPG in general. They could make a Mario & Luigi 3, put it on Wii with 3D cel-shaded graphics, but it would still play on a 2D eight directional plane. I think that would be cool.
Trying out the other emoticons.
I'd be happy if it went back to being Mario RPG. They've been getting far away from the RPG lately.
Frankly that sounds like a story idea for a sonic game, not a way to save a series that has been failing in the gameplay department. I don't think anyone ever played sonic for the deep plot. You could go back in time and have Mark Twain write Sonic Ye Olde Hedgehog for 700 pages but if they don't do something about how it plays there's no point.
Originally Posted on Wikipedia A sequel to Crank, titled Crank 2: High Voltage has been confirmed by the writers and directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine.[3] In Crank 2, Chelios will face a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered heart that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
For a good Sonic game, maybe it could be on a 2D plane at all times, with only things found in the first Sonic games, i.e. loops, corkscrews, hills, caves, breakable blocks, play as Super Sonic in any stage, accurate camera, good physics and platform engine...
Oh god why have i not said Dizzy yet? The last games came out in 1993!
However i think time wont have been good to the series.
It's one of those series that wont transfer well to 3d. It would have to stay 2d so i guess the DS would be the only option. I guess the touch screen could be a real time inventory instead of the cumbersome menu's of the original games.
The new Sonic game looks kinda similar to that. It does break into the 3rd dimension but it looks like most of it is sidescrolling. Unfortunately it looks more like Sonic Rush than the old Sonic games. I think at some point everyone forgot sonic was about platforming first and loops and stuff 2nd. They keep trying to adapt it to where you do all this platforming and enemy fighting but you never stop moving. But it doesn't work. All the sonic games on the genesis had more of an alternating pace. Platforming section, high speed section, platforming section, etc. Sonic Adventure had that but somewhere along the way it started dissapearing and gave way to nothing but speed. Sonic Advance 2 was the first 2D game to do the all speed theme. . . they went back to the old way for Sonic Advance 3 though.
I loved the first Mario & luigi superstar saga... never got around to playing the second. It would make a good wiiware game. Everyone always brags about Super Mario RPG, I'll probably buy it on VC. Dang! JustinC beat me to the Sonic comment. Where are you getting these emoticons?
You mean these? It turns out that they are all listed at http://www.create-games.com/smilies.asp I noticed it today. Seriously, the waving one needs some work on that hand animation. Maybe it should be smaller and better drawn to match the smile.
On a side note, there should be a preview post button when you're posting on threads.
I agree with JustinC on the Sonic bit.
I've heard rumor of Paper Mario being rereleased on DS, after I already went and bought it on VC. That was a fun game until I ran out of things to do, and it isn't like Paper Mario:The Thousand Year Door, where you can play the story after the game is beaten. You always have to load up your file to before Bowser loses.
When I went to post, the review box at the bottom said this:
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Last I checked, I was connected to the Internet. I didn't type in the address, so it must be... gasp! the third one!
Let's bring Rare back to Nintendo. Then I can play a Conker game besides Conker's Pocket Tales for Game Boy Color. That's a fun game.
Originally Posted by Jon & George Lambert Last I checked, I was connected to the Internet. I didn't type in the address, so it must be... gasp! the third one!
I think your connection temporarily failed.
Also nothing good came out of Rare going to Microsoft.
I've wanted a paper mario DS forever. Not a port though, since I already have it for 64. I'm having a psychic prediction that Conker will return soon... perhaps for Wii, perhaps not. I also think the 64 Conker may come to VC. I've been having trouble with the site as well. It takes forever to load and I get "service unavailable" alot.
Yes, I'm bringing this thread back. I would fix the Mana franchise, It seems like in every new addition, Square Enix tries to make a unique and new game. Like Dawn of Mana, it doesn't use the normal Mana battle system, it uses a different style, it's split into chapter, and your levels reset every chapter(WTF?!). Heroes of Mana, tried to make a real time strategy control the armies style game. Children of Mana changed the battle system by using a simple press A continually combo, that took away from the strategy. Don't even get me started on Children of Mana's weird dungeon set up!
All square enix has to do to bring back the old strategy of attack, fall back, and all of the other traditional aspects that made the originals so great, to have the mana series make a comeback.
Nintendo should really make more 2D Zelda games. They just seem so much better than Twilight Princess or Wind Waker. I was hooked on the Virtual Console Link to the Past for a while.
Originally Posted by OldManClayton I loved the first Mario & luigi superstar saga... never got around to playing the second. It would make a good wiiware game. Everyone always brags about Super Mario RPG, I'll probably buy it on VC. Dang! JustinC beat me to the Sonic comment. Where are you getting these emoticons?
The sequal is about half as long as Super Star Saga. Super Star Saga is one of my favorites though!
Originally Posted by X_Sheep They have 2D Zelda games for the DS, right? (although they're rendered 3D)
I don't know if they're good though, I haven't played them.
Phantom Hourglass looks pretty cool but I've never played it. It has the same stylings of The Wind Waker which I thought was great but a lot of people didn't (cartoony cel shading).
They don't really make 2D games for consoles anymore, just the handhelds. I know there are a few exceptions, but that's sad.
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The 2D Zeldas are all right, but I definitely enjoy the 3D ones better. I'd really like to see a Wind Waker sequel on Wii. Or even a TP sequel. Meh. What I really want is a free-roaming 3D Rockman.exe game for the wii.
Originally Posted by -Adam- OH ALSO, even though it's not dying, and I adore it a great deal: Animal crossing. If they're making a new version for the wii, I do hope they update the style of it a little. I love it, but it's come to the point now where I think it's time for a stylistic change. Perhaps still funky and cute, but maybe slightly more realistic?
Im hoping they'd put more features in too, and not just the usual couple of shops, museum and town hall, but perhaps also other shops, places to visit etc, and animal families would be cool, too.
Edit: Downloadable items for Animal crossing Wii would be cool, too.
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It's as if you can see the future! Have you seen the Animal Crossing: City Folk trailer...? The graphical style hasn't paticulary changed, but everything else you've suggested appears in the trailer.
Mainstream game-wise, a lot of games need to be severely altered to save said franchises. To name a few, Crash Bandicoot, Sonic, Billy Hatcher, Mario Party...
Originally Posted by Jon & George Lambert What there should be is Lego Spiderman for Nintendo DS. But Mega Bloks has the rights to Spider-Man 3, so that won't be happening. Somehow, Mega Bloks Spiderman doesn't have the same ring to it.
Mega Blocks is owned by Lego, or at least that's what I was led to believe.
If mega blocks are owned by lego, then I've been hating on the same company I've loved since age 4. I'm almost 110% positive that lego does not own mega blocks. Mega blocks are WAY too cheapy. They don't live up to Lego standards.
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SFGHQ... I haven't been there in AGES. I wish MMFGHQ had stayed up...
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Sometimes I think these gaming studios just give in to a bunch of unimaginative nerds, who can build up 3d models, animate them and code, but can't actually design very well, which is equally as crucial. The companies play safe by letting them spew out crap that would perhaps only please 6 year olds. It's either that or they're rushing to make money... Probably the latter 
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if when talking about all this, some secret research group came, hovered over this thread, gleaned all these ideas from it, and gave them to the respective companies?
< That emoticon needs work.
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