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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. Star Fox, Super Punch Out by cheesybagel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those seem fine. Some of the other titles mentioned here are more stale than piss.

    This is the XXIst century. People do not have a lot of time to invest in console games a lot of the time. So a shoot'em'up or boxing game sounds like a pretty good idea.

    1. Re:Star Fox, Super Punch Out by AuMatar · · Score: 5, Interesting

      And the problem is? Nintendo is still making games that are fun. Most of the others aren't. For all the super realistic graphics on the other consoles, I enjoy myself a lot more when I grab my wii. All the extra graphics on the other consoles do is bloat the cost by 300%, making game devs less likely to take chances and reducing the number of types of games we can play. I think the gaming world would be better off if 3d had never been invented.

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      I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Re:Don't forget the Elephant in the room... by newcastlejon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Speak for yourself. As far as I'm concerned the elephant in the room is "why are we still waiting for a new franchise?". I've had about as much Mario as I'm prepared to take and Zelda has already reach the point of diminishing returns.

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    If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
  5. Skies of Arcadia by failedlogic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Skies of Arcadia. I know it was originally a Dreamcast game and ported to Gamecube. I had it on my GC. That game was by far the most fun RPG (and probably video game) I've ever played.

    I'd also recommend remaking River City Ransom. I know there's been some remakes and some clones. But that game was special and deserves a proper remake.

  6. Re:Don't forget the Elephant in the room... by redmid17 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Ocarina of Time took the Zelda series to shit? You might be the only person in the world who holds that opinion.