Which series do you believe is in much need of a revival?
On my list, it's:
Star Fox and F-Zero
F-Zero, there hasn't been one in years.
I'll also say F-Zero
I also say F-Zero there last game was for GBA or GCN don't know. I played 2 out the series. quite addicting
We are getting a new star fox game next year (64 3D) but it isn't a new game )hopefully they add wifi to it. But intentionally it isnt a new game. (hope there was one for wii)
What about EarthBound/Mother
EarthBound definitely. Wario World needs a sequel, and Yoshi hasn't had his own game since N64 (not counting Yoshi's Island DS or the crappy side-series). Also Mario Party, though I think that one's in the trash.
Star fox is getting star fox 64 3d at least
Mother, Yoshi's Island, F-Zero
I think Star Fox 64 maybe an attempt to revive the series. If it does well, then i hope it tells Nintendo that We (the fans want of Star Fox, that is) want more.
I am also in agreement that the Mother series, F'Zero, and a little "eh" about Mario Party. Mario Party (game) was very good, but one-a-year is milking it to the point of exhaustion.
I haven't seen a good Wario platformer in years for handhelds. Yes, it's not exactly the most "in need of" game, but it's one of the only series I like that's from Nintendo.
Ice Climbers - I luved that game :'(
I wanna see them make a new Balloon Fight for some reason.
Quote from: Aiko Heiwa on December 27, 2010, 12:40:39 AM
I wanna see them make a new Balloon Fight for some reason.
I would like one, just so i can play it for once.
While we're on the mood, I'd like to see them revive the pinball spinoffs of the series.
F-Zero: Pinball Adventures!
Ice Climbers: Snowball Extravaganza
Star Fox: Do a Pinball Roll
A sidescroller game starring R.O.B. (in-game, that is, not as a peripheral).
I'd buy "Gyromite Adventures" for Wii.
While not really a "revival", I'd like to see an Excitebike on the DS.
We need another game where luigi is the star.
We also need a mario tennis and golf (only remakes for wii)
Mario is Missing and Luigi's Mansion are enough.
Quote from: Miles of SmashWiki on December 28, 2010, 01:06:43 AM
A sidescroller game starring R.O.B. (in-game, that is, not as a peripheral).
OMG R.O.B. has to save the world from Villain X who has hacked the systems of Land Y and enslaved the other R.O.B.s, forcing them to fight him. That provides an enemy force, a goal and a setting which makes a game! Nintendo should totally do that.
Anyways, yes, R.O.B. needs a revival. Like that *points up*
Quote from: Aiko Heiwa on December 28, 2010, 01:58:49 AM
Mario is Missing and Luigi's Mansion are enough.
Luigi needs more time as a central character! He is more than a Pallete-swapped Mario!
Also, last i checked, Mario is Missing is officailly non-canon....so i'm not sure it counts.
Quote from: tacopill on December 28, 2010, 03:06:05 AM
Quote from: Aiko Heiwa on December 28, 2010, 01:58:49 AM
Mario is Missing and Luigi's Mansion are enough.
Luigi needs more time as a central character! He is more than a Pallete-swapped Mario!
He's a taller pallete-swapped Mario.
Edit - Battletoads 8)
Startropics and Clu Clu Land
Ice Climber - I would love to see a new Ice Climber game on the Wii/3DS. It only had three games, Ice Climber [1985] (NES), Ice Climber-e (E-Reader/GBA) and available as one of the "classic NES GBA games" (I cannot remember the title), all are based on the original NES game.
Startropics - I don't know much about this game and have never played this or the sequel; the last title was in 1994 - Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II.
Clu Clu Land/Devil World - These were basically Pacman style games, I've played Clu Clu Land, but not Devil World. Of course, some elements from these games were incorporated into the Super Smash Bros. series; the unused Tamagon trophy in SSBM (which was removed in the PAL release), a Bubbles trophy and the inclusion of the Unira item and Devil assist trophy in SSBB. Neither Clu Clu Land or Devil World went relatively far, with the NTSC Devil World suffering partly because of religious concerns. Clu Clu Land has had three games; the original NES game (1984), Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land (1992) - a Super Famicom game (JPN only, but available on Animal Crossing as Clu Clu Land D) and a port "Clu Clu Land-e" of the original Clu Clu Land available for the Game Boy Advance as an E-reader game (2003). Bubbles is an unlockable character in DK King of Swing. Devil World has only had one game released in Japan for the Famicom in 1984 and Europe for NES in 1987. It was never released outside of Europe and Japan because of strict religious guidelines; RE: its inclusion of the Devil, the Bible and Cross. I don't even recall it making one small, minor cameo appearance except for the unused Tamagon trophy and Devil assist trophy in the SSB series.
R.O.B - "R.O.B games" included Gyromite and Stackup. I never played any of those games and never got a R.O.B, but it would be interesting to see remakes of the original games.
Balloon Fight - There was Tingle's Balloon Fight as late as 2007 but it was only available to members Club Nintendo [JPN], other than that the last game was Japanese exclusive Balloon Fight GB (2001), a graphically enhanced version of Balloon Kid (1990-1991). I've only had the chance to play Balloon Fight and Balloon Kid. Balloon Kid unlike the original Famicom/NES Balloon Fight was a side-scrolling adventure style game instead of an arcade-style game like the original. It was only released outside of Japan until the release of special edition Balloon Fight GB though there was an earlier Famicom version Hello Kitty World (1992), which replaced all the original Balloon Kid characters and some of the objects/enemies =/.
Drill Dozer - Released for the GBA in 2005 (JPN) and 2006 (US). It was never released in Europe. Rather nice gameplay, developed by Game Freak.
Duck Hunt - I'd like to see a Duck Hunt game on the Wii, but I don't know whether it would go too far.
Space Fever - A very early game series based on Space Invaders released by Nintendo in 1979 (JPN) and 1980 (NTSC). It would be interesting to see a revival of the series but it would probably be too similar to Star Fox and X. The series included a special edition "SF-Hisplitter" and there was one cameo appearance; a game called "Space Fever II" built into the Game Boy Camera (1998) and at the end of each 'stage' you would face a boss with one of the GameBoy Camera developer's faces or your own.
Probably deserves more attention outside of Japan
Starfy - There hasn't been even one Starfy game released here in Europe, not even the only NTSC title in the series, "The Legendary Starfy". Starfy has had three Game Boy Advance games and two DS games, with only the latest DS game being released outside of Japan (in fact even before the Japan release itself). Apparently the other games were rejected by Nintendo of America for being "too Japanese".
Earthbound - Last game was a port of Mother and Earthbound released only in Japan, June 2003 and re-released as a Value Selection game on February 2003. I'd love to be able to play at least one Earthbound game =[.
Captain Rainbow - Only released in Japan for the Wii (2008), is an adventure/action game.
Shin Onigashima - I don't know much about this game but it was rather successful, albeit a little hard apparently. Series has made various cameo appearances,
Sennen Kazoku - A life simulation game only released in Japan for the GBA (2005). Basically, by orders from God, Cupid watches down on a family. They will live on independently but their actions can be changed by firing arrows to change their emotions. The aim of the game is to keep the family going on for many generations to come. Rather strange, but I like the concept.
X - The original X was released for Japan in May 1992, gameplay is similar to Star Fox. A spiritual sequel, X-Scape was released in May 2010 for DSiWare. It is called X-Returns in Japan and 3D Space Tank in PAL regions.
Tomato Adventure - Developed by Alpha Dream and released for the GBA in Janurary 2002. The Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga game engine is based on this game IIRC.
Doshin the Giant - Released for the 64DD only in Japan with an expansion and later for the GameCube in 2002. A GameCube version was released in Europe but never localized for the US. A life simulation game with potential but reviews were mixed, it was a hit game in Japan but not so successful in the UK.
I agree with of these except Earthbound/Mother, that franchise is overrated.
Quote from: Aiko Heiwa on December 28, 2010, 06:52:28 PM
I agree with of these except Earthbound/Mother, that franchise is overrated.
I take it, that mean's you've played it? ;D
Wave Race, Custom Robo, and Game and Watch (not just compilations) need one.
Quote from: Torchickens on December 28, 2010, 03:19:38 PM
Earthbound - Last game was a port of Mother and Earthbound released only in Japan, June 2003 and re-released as a Value Selection game on February 2003. I'd love to be able to play at least one Earthbound game =[.
*cough*Mother 3 in 2006*cough*
I'm agreeing with a lot of these points-- especially things like F-Zero, where it had a good amount of games and then just kind of stopped. Not too sure about the different franchises that had like, 2 games in the early 90s and didn't continue, though.
Surprisingly, I'm not sure on how much I agree with reviving Mother, though. I... kind of like it the way it is. No dead horse beaten. Don't get me wrong, I would squeal like a baby pig if they announced more Mother things, but I think I'm pretty okay with how things are now. There's just no topping Mother 3. :V
Quote from: RamblinEvilMushroomDS on December 28, 2010, 07:04:21 PM
Wave Race, Custom Robo, and Game and Watch (not just compilations) need one.
I forgot about Wave Race and Custom Robo, also 1080 Snowboarding.
No topping Mother 3? I reckon it could be topped, and then some. It was good, but it wasn't that good.
Quote from: Maxite on December 29, 2010, 04:28:24 AM
No topping Mother 3? I reckon it could be topped, and then some. It was good, but it wasn't that good.
Keep in mind that this it's also my favorite game of all time, and it's pretty much everything I love rolled up in a 32MB GBA cartridge. So I'm definitely biased. :I
Quote from: Tina on December 29, 2010, 04:31:23 AM
Quote from: Maxite on December 29, 2010, 04:28:24 AM
No topping Mother 3? I reckon it could be topped, and then some. It was good, but it wasn't that good.
Keep in mind that this it's also my favorite game of all time, and it's pretty much everything I love rolled up in a 32MB GBA cartridge. So I'm definitely biased. :I
What if it were REMADE? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!
...Didn't mean to sound like a mega fangirl on crack there.
Mother 1+2+3 for the 3DS would make fanboys and fangirls everywhere swoon, I'm sure.
Or they could just lampoon the whole thing and create the Father series.
Quote from: Maxite on December 29, 2010, 05:01:10 AM
Or they could just lampoon the whole thing and create the Father series.
...
Quote from: Maxite on December 29, 2010, 05:01:10 AM
Or they could just lampoon the whole thing and create the Father series.
XD
Quote from: RamblinEvilMushroomDS on December 28, 2010, 07:04:21 PM
Game and Watch (not just compilations)
So do you mean that they should re-release more original Game and Watch games, or make new ones in the same style? I think that G&W has got plenty of re-releases - they have Game & Watch Gallery along with DSiWare (then there's single G&W games in other places like the e-Reader and
Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?). I wouldn't object to them releasing more DSiWare games (or even compilations) for games which haven't yet been re-released.
I'd like see them revive Tetris for the 3DS. It was a classic on the Gameboy, but it'll be even better in 3D.
Quoterevive Tetris
You can't revive something that never died.
did they try a 3D tertris on the Virtual Boy? Although, the flaws there were of the system, not the game.
Who cares, I want my 3D Tetris! And Princess Peach with jiggle physics!
Quote from: Maxite on December 30, 2010, 07:01:56 AM
And Princess Peach with jiggle physics!
..................................
Not really a revival, but I want another Endless Ocean... and a new F-Zero. I never had a chance to play those... and I have no money for the VC version...
Quote from: Dragonfree97 on December 30, 2010, 06:59:58 PM
Not really a revival, but I want another Endless Ocean... and a new F-Zero. I never had a chance to play those... and I have no money for the VC version...
If you have no money for the VC version, how would you afford a new version?
Nintendo needs to buy back Rare so they can make more DK!
And give Perfect Dark a good sequel/prequel. :D
Perfect Dark isn't owned by Nintendo. Rare took it with them when they were bought by Microsoft, and they released a prequel named Perfect Dark Zero for the XBox360 when it came out.
Perfect Dark is gone, and that disappoints me as I enjoyed that game.
Quote from: Maxite on December 31, 2010, 06:48:53 PM
Perfect Dark isn't owned by Nintendo. Rare took it with them when they were bought by Microsoft, and they released a prequel named Perfect Dark Zero for the XBox360 when it came out.
Perfect Dark is gone, and that disappoints me as I enjoyed that game.
Did they say perfect dark was owned by nintendo?
Quote from: RamblinEvilMushroomDS on December 31, 2010, 06:14:27 AM
Nintendo needs to buy back Rare so they can make more DK!
Quote from: Aiko-chan on December 31, 2010, 08:00:12 AM
And give Perfect Dark a good sequel/prequel. :D
I would read this as: Nintendo needs to buy back Rare, so [Rare] can give us a (good) Perfect Dark prequel/sequel and more DK games.
Sorry, I skimmed through the thread before responding. I missed the "Nintendo should buy back Rare..."
Frankly, if Nintendo should buy anything, they should buy Bungie Studios and take Halo. Nintendo needs a good "modern" FPS series, and considering how many games are in the Halo series, it'd fit in nicely with Nintendo's philosophy of a game release for major franchises every few years.
In my opinion, the Donkey Kong series doesn't have to be made by Rare, and frankly I trust Nintendo to handle who develops it. From what I've heard, Donkey Kong Country Returns fared pretty nicely with its predecessors, so the series is in good hands, even if we aren't as familiar with them as we are with rare.
Problem is, that will never happen.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 01, 2011, 05:09:24 AM
Problem is, that will never happen.
:'( .... it's so true....
Well we're already talking about the improbable with Nintendo buying back Rare, might as well talk about what would be a better business decision.
Quote from: Maxite on January 01, 2011, 06:00:12 PM
Well we're already talking about the improbable with Nintendo buying back Rare, might as well talk about what would be a better business decision.
Which decision would that be?
Buying Bungie and taking Halo with it, rather than buying Rare so it can do... Donkey Kong, even though someone else is doing Donkey Kong just fine.
Quote from: Maxite on January 01, 2011, 07:47:44 PM
Buying Bungie and taking Halo with it, rather than buying Rare so it can do... Donkey Kong, even though someone else is doing Donkey Kong just fine.
Ah, ok. That makes sense.
Quote from: Torchickens on December 28, 2010, 03:19:38 PM
Ice Climber - I would love to see a new Ice Climber game on the Wii/3DS. It only had three games, Ice Climber [1985] (NES), Ice Climber-e (E-Reader/GBA) and available as one of the "classic NES GBA games" (I cannot remember the title), all are based on the original NES game.
Startropics - I don't know much about this game and have never played this or the sequel; the last title was in 1994 - Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II.
Clu Clu Land/Devil World - These were basically Pacman style games, I've played Clu Clu Land, but not Devil World. Of course, some elements from these games were incorporated into the Super Smash Bros. series; the unused Tamagon trophy in SSBM (which was removed in the PAL release), a Bubbles trophy and the inclusion of the Unira item and Devil assist trophy in SSBB. Neither Clu Clu Land or Devil World went relatively far, with the NTSC Devil World suffering partly because of religious concerns. Clu Clu Land has had three games; the original NES game (1984), Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land (1992) - a Super Famicom game (JPN only, but available on Animal Crossing as Clu Clu Land D) and a port "Clu Clu Land-e" of the original Clu Clu Land available for the Game Boy Advance as an E-reader game (2003). Bubbles is an unlockable character in DK King of Swing. Devil World has only had one game released in Japan for the Famicom in 1984 and Europe for NES in 1987. It was never released outside of Europe and Japan because of strict religious guidelines; RE: its inclusion of the Devil, the Bible and Cross. I don't even recall it making one small, minor cameo appearance except for the unused Tamagon trophy and Devil assist trophy in the SSB series.
R.O.B - "R.O.B games" included Gyromite and Stackup. I never played any of those games and never got a R.O.B, but it would be interesting to see remakes of the original games.
Balloon Fight - There was Tingle's Balloon Fight as late as 2007 but it was only available to members Club Nintendo [JPN], other than that the last game was Japanese exclusive Balloon Fight GB (2001), a graphically enhanced version of Balloon Kid (1990-1991). I've only had the chance to play Balloon Fight and Balloon Kid. Balloon Kid unlike the original Famicom/NES Balloon Fight was a side-scrolling adventure style game instead of an arcade-style game like the original. It was only released outside of Japan until the release of special edition Balloon Fight GB though there was an earlier Famicom version Hello Kitty World (1992), which replaced all the original Balloon Kid characters and some of the objects/enemies =/.
Drill Dozer - Released for the GBA in 2005 (JPN) and 2006 (US). It was never released in Europe. Rather nice gameplay, developed by Game Freak.
Duck Hunt - I'd like to see a Duck Hunt game on the Wii, but I don't know whether it would go too far.
Space Fever - A very early game series based on Space Invaders released by Nintendo in 1979 (JPN) and 1980 (NTSC). It would be interesting to see a revival of the series but it would probably be too similar to Star Fox and X. The series included a special edition "SF-Hisplitter" and there was one cameo appearance; a game called "Space Fever II" built into the Game Boy Camera (1998) and at the end of each 'stage' you would face a boss with one of the GameBoy Camera developer's faces or your own.
Probably deserves more attention outside of Japan
Starfy - There hasn't been even one Starfy game released here in Europe, not even the only NTSC title in the series, "The Legendary Starfy". Starfy has had three Game Boy Advance games and two DS games, with only the latest DS game being released outside of Japan (in fact even before the Japan release itself). Apparently the other games were rejected by Nintendo of America for being "too Japanese".
Earthbound - Last game was a port of Mother and Earthbound released only in Japan, June 2003 and re-released as a Value Selection game on February 2003. I'd love to be able to play at least one Earthbound game =[.
Captain Rainbow - Only released in Japan for the Wii (2008), is an adventure/action game.
Shin Onigashima - I don't know much about this game but it was rather successful, albeit a little hard apparently. Series has made various cameo appearances,
Sennen Kazoku - A life simulation game only released in Japan for the GBA (2005). Basically, by orders from God, Cupid watches down on a family. They will live on independently but their actions can be changed by firing arrows to change their emotions. The aim of the game is to keep the family going on for many generations to come. Rather strange, but I like the concept.
X - The original X was released for Japan in May 1992, gameplay is similar to Star Fox. A spiritual sequel, X-Scape was released in May 2010 for DSiWare. It is called X-Returns in Japan and 3D Space Tank in PAL regions.
Tomato Adventure - Developed by Alpha Dream and released for the GBA in Janurary 2002. The Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga game engine is based on this game IIRC.
Doshin the Giant - Released for the 64DD only in Japan with an expansion and later for the GameCube in 2002. A GameCube version was released in Europe but never localized for the US. A life simulation game with potential but reviews were mixed, it was a hit game in Japan but not so successful in the UK.
Fire Emblem in the Japan section. There are 13 games in the series, with only 5 worldwide releases. Yet on still has time to come out worldwide. And I hope the Sin & Punishment N64 translate was not just a one-time thing.
Quote from: SuperAlpaca on January 01, 2011, 11:09:25 PM
Fire Emblem in the Japan section. There are 13 games in the series, with only 5 worldwide releases.
There are 12 Fire Emblem games.
Nononononononono.
Rare should not be bought back. You see....
Rare is currently short of a few key members that made DK good, such as David Wise. He's gone... :'( and now Rare's becoming a social networking and over modern Microsoft company....
http://www.rare.co.uk/ (http://www.rare.co.uk/)
Rare doesn't even acknowledge their DKC past! They've forgotten about us! Those traitors. Just browse their site. And that stupid new logo. Wtf? Random shapes in random colors? All they care about is Kinect....
[spoiler]
Retro, as excellent as DKCR was, could not fill the gap...
[/spoiler]
Now that just confirms it..... they sold their souls....
Quote from: HavocReaper48 on January 02, 2011, 06:39:43 AM
Rare doesn't even acknowledge their DKC past! They've forgotten about us! Those traitors. Just browse their site.
I browsed it, and on the first page I was on (after the home page), I found a mention of DKC. Though it's a very small mention, it's a mention indeed.
Don't forget, the original founders of Rare left. So, they're not even really Rare anymore.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 02, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Don't forget, the original founders of Rare left. So, they're not even really Rare anymore.
Where did the founder's go?
Quote from: tacopill on January 02, 2011, 06:03:47 PM
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 02, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Don't forget, the original founders of Rare left. So, they're not even really Rare anymore.
Where did the founder's go?
According to the 'pedia, neither Microsoft, Rare, nor the Stamper brothers said what they wanted to go to post-Rare, except they left to "pursue other opportunities".
Their Wikipedia page says "engineering and land development", but I don't believe it because it's not cited.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 03, 2011, 12:36:14 AM
Quote from: tacopill on January 02, 2011, 06:03:47 PM
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 02, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Don't forget, the original founders of Rare left. So, they're not even really Rare anymore.
Where did the founder's go?
According to the 'pedia, neither Microsoft, Rare, nor the Stamper brothers said what they wanted to go to post-Rare, except they left to "pursue other opportunities".
Their Wikipedia page says "engineering and land development", but I don't believe it because it's not cited.
Ah. Ok...... i guess it works. :'(
I want Wave Race and 1080 to be revived.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 06, 2011, 05:36:13 AM
I want Wave Race and 1080 to be revived.
Agreed. They would be awsome on Wii and 3DS.
I don't even think I've played Wave Race.
Only 1080 Snowboarding on the Nintendo 64.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 07, 2011, 09:39:49 PM
I don't even think I've played Wave Race.
Only 1080 Snowboarding on the Nintendo 64.
if you don't mind me asking: if you haven't played it, why did you recommend it?
It looks good.
Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 08, 2011, 12:00:15 PM
It looks good.
Ah, that's understandable.
Wave Race 64 was/is a great game.
a stanley the bugman series