Game Series That Never Were...

[Kamino]

remember games that had 1 or 2 games in the old days, and just DIED, and we're sitting here thinking, "Why the heck arent there more Golden Axe games instead of endless garbagy games like the nickelodeon rugrats games?"
Some games i wish we'd have seen more sequels to:
Golden Axe
Contra(they made em but they reek of suckitude..aside from Shattered Soldier there hasn't been a quality contra since operation C and contra 3)
Bonk! (bonk had 4 great games but bonk is dead...long live bonk)
Toejam and earl(the xbox game brought a 10 year gap to a close...)
and the top of my wish-there-were-more list... PUNCH-OUT!!!!! Lately i've been sitting here thinking how cool a new punch-out would be on the GBA....whether they made it on the nes or snes standard, it would be one hell of a game, although i'd much prefer a "mike tyson's punch out 2" over a "Super punch out 2".

[Kevin Listwan]

How about Vectorman (Gen) or Guardian Legand (NES)!

[Damon Plus]

River City Ransom, Bionic Commando and Kid Icarus for Nes?
WonderBoy for Master System?
General Chaos for Genesis?

[Jasoco]

StarTropics! I'd kill for a 3D version, whether it's a remake of the original or a new game. I'd settle for a GBA Classic port. Damn, that'd be sweet.

That is all.

[Crush Crawfish]

As far as I'm concerned, It's a crime that Spanky's quest, Smartball, Monster Party, and Earthbound never got sequels.

[StartTheBiddingLow]

Some games i wish we'd have seen more sequels to:
Golden Axe

Can't move for Golden Axe games, even if you don't count The Duel or that semi-RPG thing.

What about Vib Ribbon... maybe another music game but this time with better variety?

[portnoyd]

Kid Icarus. A SNES version probably would be as great as Super Metroid was. Totally a series that never was.

dave

[Alex Kidd]

StarTropics! I'd kill for a 3D version, whether it's a remake of the original or a new game. I'd settle for a GBA Classic port. Damn, that'd be sweet.

That is all.

Only if they promise to include all the goodies that let you beat the game rather than recoding it so the info is just given in gameplay.

I think that is somehting that should be done SO much more often, interactivity with REAL things while playing a game; I'm surprised it hasn't been done more often, aside form StarTropics and Leisure Suit Larry 7 having scratch n sniff cards for certain places in the game, I can't think of any pther that does it.

Alex Kidd

[E Nice]

Power Blade, from the NES. First one was pretty average but I liked it. Power Blade 2 changed the game over and was much better, different suits useful for different environments or enemies. I would like to have seen that series go on.

[Kamino]

i'm sort of hijacking my own thread here but why can't the big N get it together and give us a REAL kirby 4 instead of crap like kirby's air ride???

[zmweasel]

How about Vectorman (Gen) or Guardian Legand (NES)!

SEGA was talking about a next-generation Vectorman at last year's E3, to be programmed by Pseudo Interactive, but there wasn't any info about it at this year's E3, so it's likely been snuffed.

-- Z.

[Melf]

Contra(they made em but they reek of suckitude..aside from Shattered Soldier there hasn't been a quality contra since operation C and contra 3)

Contra Hardcorps for Genesis was awesome, and Neo Contra is coming for PS2.

Bonk! (bonk had 4 great games but bonk is dead...long live bonk)

Bonk was recently rereleased on GC. It was a remake, but if they're willing to do that, then maybe a sequel isn't an impossibility.

River City Ransom

It's coming for GBA.

As far as I'm concerned, It's a crime that Spanky's quest, Smartball, Monster Party, and Earthbound never got sequels.

Supposedly, Nintendo is going to release Mother 1+2 on GBA. Whether they come stateside is something else.

What about Vib Ribbon... maybe another music game but this time with better variety?

Game Science registered the name Vib Ripple, so maybe that could be it? I don't know.

SEGA was talking about a next-generation Vectorman at last year's E3, to be programmed by Pseudo Interactive, but there wasn't any info about it at this year's E3, so it's likely been snuffed.

Vectorman was canned, that's why there's been no info.

[Jorpho]

Supposedly, Nintendo is going to release Mother 1+2 on GBA. Whether they come stateside is something else.

Didn't that happen months ago? (They also re-proposed Mother 3 at the time, but there's been nary a word since, I think.)

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a2uj/

[Predatorxs]

I was, waiting for starfox2 (snes) and then got the "good " news it wasn't coming..

(Snes) Games i wanted but never got

Turrican 3 and 4..
Actraiser 3
Axelay 2
Plok 2
Super Bomber man 3, 4, 5, etc, etc
Secret of Mana 2
NBA JAM 3
F-Zero 2..

Just to name a few!! i Could go.. Secret of mana 2 (Us version) from what i have heard was pulled at the last minute, and it was pretty much complete!

[RCM]

I would like a "real" 3D mario bros title. I love the challenge stages in Mario Sunshine that play like the old Mario titles in 3D. I am really sick of most 3D platform titles that make you hunt for "treasure." Fuck that, bring me an old school Mario title in 3D! DO it now Nintendo!

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[Jasoco]

I would like a "real" 3D mario bros title. I love the challenge stages in Mario Sunshine that play like the old Mario titles in 3D. I am really sick of most 3D platform titles that make you hunt for "treasure." Fuck that, bring me an old school Mario title in 3D! DO it now Nintendo!

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

I said that many times, Hell, I even emailed Nintendo complaining about them ma,king Mario a Janitor and Luigi a Ghostbuster and how they should concentrate on making a NEW Mario game.

I got a reply. It told me to try Sunshine first. I did. It sucked. Now bring me a real Mario game!

I want a mario game in 3D set in the original worlds from the first three games. As if the Mushroom Kingdom and Mushroom World were real, and now we're seeing t for the first time in 3D. Mario 64 was so different. It made no sense. Nothing from the original games was present short of a few enemies. No ? blocks. No breakable bricks. None of the signature red Girder platforms. It was all different. Bullet Bill was in the game once and was boring. Bowser was a good fight, and unique, but nothing was what it should be. I'd love to have traversed Bowsers castle with white bricks, lava pits, platforms, fireballs coming down the hall, fire snake bars, all the signature stuff. Or an underground cave with blue rocks and bricks. Completely dark. Blue goombas. Everything the way it was.

But no. Will we ever get a good 3D Mario? NEW SMB is nice looking, but it's 2D made to look 3D. Nice start, but not what I'm hoping for.

SuperStar Saga seems to be the closest to a "3D" SMB game we'll get for a while.

[Crush Crawfish]

(Snes) Games i wanted but never got

Turrican 3 and 4..
Actraiser 3
Axelay 2
Plok 2
Super Bomber man 3, 4, 5, etc, etc
Secret of Mana 2
NBA JAM 3
F-Zero 2..

Actually, Super Bomberman 3,4, and 5 were made, just never released outside of Japan.

[shai hulud]

I want
Bubble Bobble 3
Jackal 2
Tetris Attack 2 (without Pokemon)
Tecmo Super Bowl (same game, just new rosters)
Baseball Stars 3

[Dangerboy]

Alex Kidd wrote: I'm surprised it hasn't been done more often, aside form StarTropics and Leisure Suit Larry 7 having scratch n sniff cards for certain places in the game, I can't think of any pther that does it. "

Metal Gear Solid required you to flip the real life jewel case over to get Meryl's Codec number (or flip to the manual for those that rented it).

They're releasing a new Carmen Sandiego in June I think...wonder if it will come with the Encyclopedia Thing-a-ma-bob like the old days?

As for sequels/series I would kill for:
- Kaboom (mostly just updated graphics, I guess)
- Intelligent Qube (I don't count IQ Remix...that was....shit on a disc)
- Riot Zone
- Gates/Winds/Lords of Thunder
- Ninja Spirits
- Guardian Heroes / Gunstar Heroes (give me SF3:3i animation with a 4 man side scrolling game, you'd never see me again....)
- UN Squadron
- Quartet
- Magical Chase
- Among Others....

[Funkenstein]

Personally I feel the Splatterhouse franchise needs to be brought to the current generation of consoles, but it needs to be done well.

SquareEnix needs to get off their duff, stop pumping out the typical fmv-bloated FF-esque eye candies, and make a sequel to Valkyrie Profile already, if not a direct sequel, something like Disgaea/La Pucelle where the gameplay is similar.

The Deception, Klaymen, and Ace Combat series all deserve new games.

I'd also like to see Sewer Shark and Ring of Red continued, but I'm probably alone in those two.