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[Malyse]

I'm talking spin off games of divergent genre, movies, anime, comics, books, the whole nine. Sort of like how Dragon Age and Mass Effect have a ton of tie in stuff that builds the canon.

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Or how Star Wars is this massive behemoth of a franchise that touches virtually every facet of pop culture entertainment.

Personally, I would love to see more of the world of Metroid. Samus is a pretty great character and I think that there's the potential for some really compelling sci fi storytelling there. (And if you wanna go crazy, why not make it so that the F-Zero universe and the Metroid universes are one in the same?)

 

[FinalAres]

The Bouncer

I always thought that world could be expanded upon, even though it's setting was pretty simple. I guess it was the design I liked.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Dishonered. I really like that world.

 

[Maxinas]

Pokemon. Are all the regions just medium sized islands or states, and how does the globe look like. It's never been clear, but hinted many times that the Pokemon World might just be Earth.

Edit: Forgot to mention that the coveted Pokemon MMO could solve this question.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Kirby. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'd love to see some interconnectivity between games locals beyond whispy woods always being a boss. I was convinced for a while that in Return to Dreamland, you see parts of beanstalk park from air ride on the title screen.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Final Fantasy XIII. XIII-2 should have been a prequel that took place during the War of Transgression and possibly playing as Fang and Vanille. We would see how Cocoon came to be and how Pulse was ruined. I always found these parts fascinating because the info you get is mostly Cocoon propaganda stories. Instead we got some Dr Who technobabble that doesn't respect the FNC mythos at all.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

ARMS

 

[dragonchild]

Personally, I would love to see more of the world of Metroid. Samus is a pretty great character and I think that there's the potential for some really compelling sci fi storytelling there. (And if you wanna go crazy, why not make it so that the F-Zero universe and the Metroid universes are one in the same?)

The potential's there but at this point I wouldn't trust anyone to not fuck it up.

 

[Lucc]

A true Valkyria Chronicles sequel for home console. Maybe 16 years into the future.

Or if the Dishonored team could make a Mistborn game.. damn

 

[Soul of the Beast]

Lost Planet, specifically Lost Planet 1 and 2.

It was a very interesting universe to me.

 

[Fury451]

I always wanted to see what Bioshock Infinite was supposed to be.

Obviously the world of Columbia was a bunch of shithead racists but there was such a unique potential there and hints at something more.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Metroid - Samuel being a bounty hunter having dialogue and interacting is something I love the idea on.

Finally Fantasy VIII due the history of Hyne.

More Ivalice in the style of XII, loving Vaan again and wanting to see some more adventures with his Air Ship.

Devil May Cry with Trish globe trotting and fighting devils and interacting with Angels.

 

[RoseBell69]

Star Fox Adventures game universe.

I am certain that there are other solar systems with dinosaurs in desperate need of help from a tyrant of some nature that need saving from

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Fox & Krystal, working together that could bring out a wonderful local/online multiplayer co-op into play.

That or...

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Fox & Krystal try to resolve inner problems between the tribes on Dinosaur Planet after the planet has been fully restored. Now they ought to bring back peace among the beasts of the world.

I'm all for Sci-Fi also, so bring in more Star Fox content and story rich games, Metroid games for Samus and F-Zero as well.

Oh and of course, Xenoblade Chronicles X game universe.

 

[iamdarkcloud]

Ivalice or Xytegenia - at this point I just want more Matsuno world building

 

[Exploratory]

Overwatch. Not like too much but I'd love a series or a film.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Wonderful 101, I'm sure there's more to it plus I want them to go full on Super TTGL.


Lost Planet is another one as well.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Golden Axe.

Modern Action Rpg not unlike Souls.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

If we're talking media mix, then it's a shame Growlanser hasn't been able to break out into commercial relevance. That series really is perfect for more world-building and side-stories for its characters; Shining Force is close here as well.

A true Valkyria Chronicles sequel for home console. Maybe 16 years into the future.

We still need that game about liberating Fhirald, damn it!

 

[adj_noun]

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom.

It's ripe with possibilities. In addition to media, I also think as an ongoing gaming franchise you could make it a kind of Sesame Street for game mechanics.

 

[JimiNutz]

Titanfall.

There's a lot of potential in that universe and I feel that we've barely scratched the surface. Give me more.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Star Fox, but only if the rest of the universe is appropriate to a Cowboy Bebop-like futuristic space bounty hunter, space pilot mercenary setting. Seeing more of the existing planets and locations would be cool, and they could all lend themselves well to all kinds of action gameplay.

Also Metroid, F-Zero

 

[Xbro]

Oh and of course, Xenoblade Chronicles X game universe.

Pretty sure they plan on doing this. There were a ton of things in there that painted at a bigger picture that we would see later.

 

[Cameron122]

Metroid, Star Fox, and F-Zero shared universe game please nintendo

 

[oddj0b]

Battlefield's "Bad Company"...

 

[Mael]

I'd really want to see what the plan was for 1999 Castlevania but alas...

Metroid - Samuel being a bounty hunter having dialogue and interacting is something I love the idea on.

I'll assume that's autocorrect being playful.
Also that's Other M for you, it was shit.

 

[RoseBell69]

Pretty sure they plan on doing this. There were a ton of things in there that painted at a bigger picture that we would see later.

Yeah, I am excited to see what they have in store or rather up their sleeves in telling the rest of the game universe story.

 

[Nicolada]

I want an expanded Ivalice universe. It needs to make a full on comeback already.

Wouldn't mind seeing the world of Overwatch expanded more too. Love the characters in it.

 

[SirNinja]

We need another Panzer Dragoon, preferably another Saga-style RPG. That world is too gorgeous to be left unexplored and unrevealed.

Not getting my hopes up, of course, but still...

 

[Cess007]

- FF12 Ivalice
- Killzone Universe (Expand on the Helghast)

 

[Dr. Carroll]

I'd love a Homefront: TR sequel set in futuristic technocratic Best Korea. On one hand, it's a utopia, on the other hand, it has a darker side. Plus there's a shortage of resources required to make all those awesome drones and A-Watches and A-Pads and A-Phones. Yes, this is basically Mirror's Edge, but it would be totes different, trust me. How people live their lives in Best Korea is something Homefront: TR only touched on briefly at a few points, and it's a fairly interesting setting I wish we could see more of.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

The problem with the world of Metroid is that whenever they move beyond moody environmental storytelling it becomes goofy and terrible. Even the basic premise of the series, that there's these weird Jellyfish aliens that are somehow the ultimate bioweapon, is more than a little bit silly.

I'd be more interested to have Retro develop a brand new Science Fiction IP as a clean break while preserving preserving similar design priorities, but that's a bit of a pipe dream and Retro now isn't Retro then anyway.

 

[TissueBox]

Elder Scrolls. Always and forever -- it's the most fascinating AAA take on fantasy these days with branches in speculative fiction that have so much creative potential. Ugh... a really good dramatic story in some other medium would be great. Take the books for example. Good, but hopefully just the start.

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[RoseBell69]

The problem with the world of Metroid is that whenever they move beyond moody environmental storytelling it becomes goofy and terrible. Even the basic premise of the series, that there's these weird Jellyfish aliens that are somehow the ultimate bioweapon, is more than a little bit silly.

I'd be more interested to have Retro develop a brand new Science Fiction IP as a clean break while preserving preserving similar design priorities, but that's a bit of a pipe dream and Retro now isn't Retro then anyway.

I believe if done by the right people, the universe of Metroid can be taken seriously when it comes to the social dynamic story telling.

Yeah I'd love for a whole new Sci-Fi IP too!

 

[Pygrus]

Rift had really cool in game lore. Especially in the second xpac before things went free to play. Too bad Trion screwed that game over.

 

[dragonchild]

I believe if done by the right people, the universe of Metroid can be taken seriously when it comes to the social dynamic story telling.

I agree. I so want this job. I don't think it's inherently difficult, but atmosphere (which has traditionally been Metroid's strength, when it works) can be a fragile thing, prone to collapse. Would rather see them delicately build around the edges than mess around too much with fleshing out the game content. When Samus is running around kicking ass, it's not like extra context is an improvement.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

The problem with the world of Metroid is that whenever they move beyond moody environmental storytelling it becomes goofy and terrible. Even the basic premise of the series, that there's these weird Jellyfish aliens that are somehow the ultimate bioweapon, is more than a little bit silly.

The usual form of Metroids is just their larval stage. They grow to be a lot bigger and more powerful, not to mention that they seem to adapt and evolve super quickly, i.e. Metroid Prime, the Baby Metroid.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Arms deserves so much more.

 

[Japanmanx3]

PoP 2008 for sure. Long have I wanted to revisit that world.

Also anything Ivalice!

 

[Wozman23]

Resistance - I want more details on the Pure Chimera, the Chimeran Homeworld, the Cloven, Gray Tech, the other hypothesized alien race. That lore was so much bigger than the few games it got.

 

[Common Knowledge]

The Mushroom Kingdom.

I always imagined a large, possibly open-world (but doesn't have to be) adventure/RPG game that has you traveling over the whole kingdom featuring a lot of the locations from previous Mario games, all interconnected. It sounds stupid, but Mario Kart games have a lot of courses that take place in areas that I feel would be interesting to explore in an adventure game.

Paper Mario (the original) is probably the closest we've gotten to a interconnected, cohesive Mushroom Kingdom but I'd like to see it done again in a more expansive, fully 3D world.

 

[MAtgS]

There are parts of Sonic that could stand to be more fleshed out. It's kinda ridiculous that Sega's afraid to let the world he lives on even have a name. It ain't Mobius, but it also isn't Earth either. It's just "Sonic's World". Just listen to how dumb that sounds.

How exactly did Knuckles get his guardian job? We got a big origin story of sorts in SA1 but never explain how it goes from Tikal's tribe to Knuckles. WHO gave him the job?

Are Sonic & friends the only anthros in "Sonic's World"? We explored the whole planet in Unleashed & everywhere was populated by humans entirely. Where are the anthro populations then?

Lost World was proably the worst with failing to establish anything concrete. What is Lost Hex? What's lost about it? What was the planet called before it was Lost, just Hex?
What's the backstory with the Deadly Six? Oh, they're Zetis? Ok then, are they the only zetis? The last of their kind? The only of their kind that ever existed? Do more zetis presently live on Lost Hex's surface that we just don't see? In that case would the Deadly Six be their rulers? Or a band of outlaws in the zeti society? WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A MAGIC CONCH TO CONTROL THEM?! Most randomist macguffin ever.

 

[Winters_Solace]

The Witcher, Create a Witcher CD add their own take on the world. Love the universe and I want more but no more Geralt.

 

[Ushay]

Witcher - Would love to see this world from a different perspective.
Legacy of Kain (Nosgoth) - We need to revisit this world again on the modern consoles.

 

[kunonabi]

I need more of Xenoblade X. Those revelations were just too much to not follow up on.

 

[Tarextherex]

The problem with the world of Metroid is that whenever they move beyond moody environmental storytelling it becomes goofy and terrible. Even the basic premise of the series, that there's these weird Jellyfish aliens that are somehow the ultimate bioweapon, is more than a little bit silly.

I'd be more interested to have Retro develop a brand new Science Fiction IP as a clean break while preserving preserving similar design priorities, but that's a bit of a pipe dream and Retro now isn't Retro then anyway.

That's because there was no true effort to expand the series' lore since 2002

Prime 2 tried to be like Zelda but the Luminoth and such and up feeling irrelevant af, they could have done so much more(having better realize areas for starters) to motivate the player to help them

Other M was just unnecessary, you had shounen filler tier writing to support cinematics and such for a game that was pretty much outdone by Fusion in every aspect

As for Prime 3 and the multiplayer games, they are basically kneejerk reactions to the media/gamers in general that saw in Metroid Nintendo's answer to Halo or whatever. The other characters and such were very half-assed, none were remotely as memorable as Samus

I think Prime 1 did a great job at providing context for the game, like you can say way more about Tallon IV than you would about Zebes. Fusion did the same in regards to Samus' role in that universe. Both are definitely good examples of the series going beyond the basic premise. Sadly they never really lived up to that in the other entries. Star Fox and F-Zero kind of had the same issue, they showed the potential to basically have a much more interesting space-opera like setting with Adventures and GP Legend yet they basically died right after, Star Fox settling on just rehashing 64.

Come to think of it I can't expect modern Nintendo to deliver on those, their games from the last 5 years were extremely light on story. Right now they are too prideful of having extremely simple premises to justify that they are the only developer that delivers "pure gameplay". Star Fox Zero would have sold way more if it looked more interesting/wasn't just a rehash of past games. Outsourced anime shorts are not enough

 

[Omega Kirby]

Metroid

 

[paragonpro]

Elder Scrolls. Always and forever -- it's the most fascinating AAA take on fantasy these days with branches in speculative fiction that have so much creative potential. Ugh... a really good dramatic story in some other medium would be great. Take the books for example. Good, but hopefully just the start.

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Elder scrolls has a ton of great lore, i read almost every book i come across in skyrim and oblivion (not everyone wants to do that, i understand) but the stuff that is in there is super deep and interesting. Particularly in skyrim there is a multi part short story of a thief thats awesome

 

[semiconscious]

the one i'm in right now: ivalice (final fantasy xii)...

 

[Toxi]

That's because there was no true effort to expand the series' lore since 2002

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As for Prime 3 and the multiplayer games, they are basically kneejerk reactions to the media/gamers in general that saw in Metroid Nintendo's answer to Halo or whatever. The other characters and such were very half-assed, none were remotely as memorable as Samus

After replaying Corruption, I can confirm Retro actually put a shit ton of effort into worldbuilding and environmental storytelling in Prime 3. Even little aspects like how you find the body of a Space Pirate missing its sword on the GFS Valhalla and there's a Federation Marine impaled by that same sword in a corner.

Prime 3 has significant problems, but it made a good effort at expanding the setting. Five new planets, tons of info on the Federation, the Space Pirates, the Chozo, and Phazon, two new alien civilizations, the entire Phazon life cycle... It's a lot. People overlook the interesting parts because the beginning of the game is so generic military sci-fi.

Compare Prime 3 to Other M and it's like day and night in terms of how much effort is put into worldbuilding.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Killer 7.
That game has so much going for it and established such an interesting world.