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Post by Cervantes on Oct 13, 2017 2:05:21 GMT
Guys, a bunch of those (specially the ones you repeat the most) are super alive. Maybe you guys shouls re-think the idea of the topic? Metal Slug only had that "tower defense" mobile game; the last main game in the series is from 2008 (that's almost ten years ago). Mega Man used to have annual or biannual releases; the last game is from 7 years ago, with Legends 3, Universe and Rockman Online being cancelled in quick succession and Inafune quiting. I don't think they'll stay dead forever, but sure as hell SNK and Capcom made an effort to bury these series for a few years. Luckily, the new SNK owners made announcements about their intention of reviving their franchises as they turn the company away from pachinko and back to video games; Mega Man had all the recent rereleases and the inclusion of X in MvsC, so I think we'll be getting a new game sometime. Maybe we should consider these two "dormant" instead of dead. But their bodies are cold, man! |
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Post by fsfsxii on Oct 14, 2017 19:08:24 GMT
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 21, 2017 7:57:46 GMT
In no particular order:
Contra
F-Zero
Metal Slug
Castlevania
Mega Man X
Gradius
Virtua Tennis
I consider Double Dragon still alive, Double Dragon IV is a fine game despite what the mainstream media claims.
I also want back the entire on-rail shooters genre on consoles, but even in arcade they only come out in Japan.
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 21, 2017 9:04:46 GMT
I also want back the entire on-rail shooters genre on consoles, but even in arcade they only come out in Japan. Oh man, I just remembered Virtua Cop.  |
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Post by Balder on Oct 21, 2017 10:25:05 GMT
In no particular order: Contra F-Zero Metal Slug Castlevania Mega Man X Gradius Virtua Tennis I consider Double Dragon still alive, Double Dragon IV is a fine game despite what the mainstream media claims. I also want back the entire on-rail shooters genre on consoles, but even in arcade they only come out in Japan. Castlevania has had a steady income of games. That series isn't dead. Maybe you don't like the newer installments. But that's like me saying Halo is dead because I despise Halo 5. |
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 21, 2017 11:43:37 GMT
Balder - Also, the well deserved good reception of the animated series may lead to new games - they'll probably ditch the "Lords of Shadow" continuity, but I bet they'll do something with the franchise. Though it's a Konami series, so BE AFRAID, EVERYONE. 
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Post by Balder on Oct 21, 2017 11:54:14 GMT
Balder - Also, the well deserved good reception of the animated series may lead to new games - they'll probably ditch the "Lords of Shadow" continuity, but I bet they'll do something with the franchise. Though it's a Konami series, so BE AFRAID, EVERYONE. I wish they would go back to their roots and make something similar to the 1st of 4th game. Most of them copies SotN, which is fantastic, but we've got so many of them now. Not all Castlevania games have to exclusively be inside the castle. AVGN makes a great point of this in his 4-part review of the franchise. |
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 21, 2017 12:10:04 GMT
Balder - Interestingly, the last "main" 2d game, Order of Ecclesia, was trying to distance itself a bit from SotN, going for a level structure, having a village with sidequests... It actually looks like how the series would be if it evolved from a mix of SoTN and Simon's Quest, so I think they were trying to recover some of the series' roots. Too bad that, instead of evolving from there, Konami went for the Lords of Shadow games (although I heard they aren't really bad; it just seems they aren't very "Castlevania" themselves).
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Post by Balder on Oct 21, 2017 12:39:34 GMT
Balder - Interestingly, the last "main" 2d game, Order of Ecclesia, was trying to distance itself a bit from SotN, going for a level structure, having a village with sidequests... It actually looks like how the series would be if it evolved from a mix of SoTN and Simon's Quest, so I think they were trying to recover some of the series' roots. Too bad that, instead of evolving from there, Konami went for the Lords of Shadow games (although I heard they aren't really bad; it just seems they aren't very "Castlevania" themselves). I guess they tried to recreate the N64 games with Lords of Shadow. |
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 21, 2017 22:17:11 GMT
I wish they would go back to their roots and make something similar to the 1st of 4th game. Most of them copies SotN, which is fantastic, but we've got so many of them now. Not all Castlevania games have to exclusively be inside the castle. AVGN makes a great point of this in his 4-part review of the franchise. It doesn't feel that way because all those came out on handhelds, on consoles Symphony Of The Night was the only one. I would love console remakes of all of those handheld ones, I will be happy with that. |
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Post by scipioafricanus on Oct 21, 2017 22:50:49 GMT
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Post by Balder on Oct 21, 2017 23:55:37 GMT
I wish they would go back to their roots and make something similar to the 1st of 4th game. Most of them copies SotN, which is fantastic, but we've got so many of them now. Not all Castlevania games have to exclusively be inside the castle. AVGN makes a great point of this in his 4-part review of the franchise. It doesn't feel that way because all those came out on handhelds, on consoles Symphony Of The Night was the only one. I would love console remakes of all of those handheld ones, I will be happy with that. Lords of Shadow came out on consoles and there are a bunch of handheld games--> not a dead series. |
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Post by Balder on Oct 21, 2017 23:56:09 GMT
You don't count any Metal Gear Solid games? |
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 22, 2017 3:32:47 GMT
I don't think Konami will let it stay dead. They'll keep it alive, as a zombie franchise. It's very apt that the new game is a zombie shooter... |
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 22, 2017 5:57:18 GMT
Lords of Shadow came out on consoles and there are a bunch of handheld games--> not a dead series. That's not what I was talking about. You said there are too many Castlevania games like Symphony Of The Night, but there are none on consoles, so it doesn't feel that way, the Symphony Of The Night alike games are all on handhelds. That's what I said it would be nice to get a remake of all of those on consoles. Harmony Of Despair came on consoles, but it was more like Dracula X. Castlevania is at least dormant considering there hasn't been a single game on this generation, other than Bloodborne and the upcoming Bloodstained, but when know those are not official Castlevania titles. The same goes with Contra, the last one was Hard Corps Uprising which was an Arc System Works title, and it was still on the 7th gen. Gradius Rebirth was on Wii and that was 7th gen also. Then Mega Man X and F-Zero we haven't seen since the 6th gen. |
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