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The Nintendo Sequels We're Still Desperately Missing

Posted by Soulskill on from the mario-2-that's-not-an-awful-rebrand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While the Wii U struggles, Nintendo's been raiding the archives and resurrecting some of its lesser known stars from yesteryear, including Chibi Robo, Steel Diver, and yes, Mario's oft-ignored brother himself — the company is going so far as to call 2013 the "year of Luigi". But as an article published today points out, there are still many more forgotten heroes in Nintendo's IP back catalogue. Series like Excitebike, Waveracer and 1080 used to be trusted to launch a new console, while NES classics like Ice Climber have all but been forgotten, alongside some of GameFreal's lesser known creations. Will they be enough to save Nintendo this generation?"

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  1. Excitebike? Do your homework. by medv4380 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look, if you're going to make a claim that they should resurrect old and dusty IP you might actually bother to look to see if they haven't already re-released it on prior systems.
    Excitebike - 1984
    Excitebike 64 - 2000
    Classic NES Series: Excitebike - 2004
    Excitebike - 2007
    Excitebike: World Rally - 2009
    3D Classics: Excitebike - 2011
    1080: TenEighty Snowboarding - 1998
    1080 Avalanche - 2003
    1080: TenEighty Snowboarding - 2008

  2. Can you mention NES sequels without by TheModelEskimo · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...mentioning Megaman Sequelitis? Not sure. Anyway be careful where you play this because IIRC there is lots of swearing. But pretty amazing game dissection.