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[Jaeger]

Sometimes it's timing, or just ignorance. Maybe the original game wasn't all that great, or it was passed on by the public at large. Maybe the sequel wasn't good. Or maybe the platform it landed on was a sinking ship? Whatever the reason, or how it came to be, what are some titles that got sequels you just weren't aware of (around the original release timeframe)?

These can be sequels. remakes, special editions (Greatest Hits, etc), or spiritual successors.

One that comes to mind is Nightmare Creatures, which got a sequel [Nightmare Creatures 2] on the Playstation and Dreamcast. I remember renting (thanks Blockbuster!) the original on Nintendo 64, and for whatever reason, never beating it. Well after some readin', I saw a sequel was made. When I am able I will have to play and beat both. It looks just as fun (and gory fun fun) to me as it did way back when.

Eventually I'll have to do a LTTP on this.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Toejam and Earl. Never realized there was an Xbox sequel, though apparently it's not very good.

 

[Ninja Dom]

Two completely different publishers with the Nightmare Creatures games.

 

[jconsolmagno]

Toejam and Earl. Never realized there was an Xbox sequel, though apparently it's not very good.

Heard the dreamcast game is good, though unfinished. Haven't tried yet.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Chase H.Q. has not only one, but two sequels I didn't know about until recently.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Nightmare Creatures 2 was awesome. If memory serves me correctly. I remember climbing the Eiffel Tower chopping off monsters heads very violently with an axe if I recall.

 

[Floridian]

Had no idea this Tak game existed within the series until I just looked it up. It was a Wii/PS2 game apparently.

 

[spadge]

Hotel Dusk getting a sequel completely slipped under my radar. Only found out about it a few months ago and have yet to play it.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Clayfighter

 

[Creaking]

For a long time, I didn't realize that there were Crash Bandicoot games following Twinsanity.

 

[MattyG]

Had no idea this Tak game existed within the series until I just looked it up. It was a Wii/PS2 game apparently.

Holy shit I'd forgotten about Tak until just now.

 

[Coxswain]

Not me personally, but I always wonder how many people actually knew that there was a sequel to Phantom Crash. Phantom Crash was a niche, but relatively well-known game in the early days of the original Xbox, but the only people I know who have heard of S.L.A.I. are the people who I've turned on to the game myself.

 

[bebop242]

I didn't realize Crash Team Racing had a sequel until i saw a used copy a couple years ago.

 

[NoFaceNico]

I knew about Star Raiders on Atari, and about Solaris. It took me a while to realize Solaris is a sequel to the other. The recycled box art gives it away though.

Interestingly, Star Raiders II does exist, but it wasn't programmed by the same guy and fans consider Solaris to be the true and only sequel.

Even more interesting, both Solaris and Star Raiders II almost became a licensed The Last Starfighter game, but the plans fell though and instead Iridium was ported from the C64 to NES and renamed The Last Starfighter.

 

[Lijik]

Ive only recently learned about the large amount of japan only Ape Escape spinoffs on the ps2 and psp. I thought it was just Ape Escape 2001 and the stuff that made it to US/Europe

 

[Borman]

(Came out as Red Asphalt in the states)

 

[Jawmuncher]

A lot of people are always amazed that there was in fact a Dino Crisis 3. just goes to show how botched and buried that release was.

 

[Jaeger]

A lot of people are always amazed that there was in fact a Dino Crisis 3. just goes to show how botched and buried that release was.

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Another one I have yet to play. Is it that bad?

(Came out as Red Asphalt in the states)

...woah.

Nightmare Creatures 2 was awesome. If memory serves me correctly. I remember climbing the Eiffel Tower chopping off monsters heads very violently with an axe if I recall.

That's good to hear. I'm gonna give it a go. Appearance wise, I'm already a fan.

 

[dreamcastmaster]

Mystic Defender on the Genesis is the sequel to Spellcaster on the Master System.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Had no idea this existed until I saw it at the bargain bin at a Gamestop several years ago. After seeing vids of it, I quickly realized why...

 

[BTHR Zero X]

I have never seen the US Cover before, but man is it horrid the EU one was this

 

[sublimit]

Wow OP what a coincidence! I was also searching for info about Nightmare Creatures just yesterday and i too,was surprised to learn that there was a second game!

 

[Cheddahz]

Another one I have yet to play. Is it that bad?

It's probably the best one in the series

 

[entremet]

Had no idea this existed until I saw it at the bargain bin at a Gamestop several years ago. After seeing vids of it, I quickly realized why...

Wut?!

Mind blown.

Must have sucked, right? Never heard of it.

 

[Coppanuva]

Amazing tater as the sequel kwirk. Loved kwirk as a kid and had no idea there was a sequel until last year.

 

[-MD-]

I didn't find out there was a sequel to Parappa until like 5 years ago.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

I had no idea there was another Mushroom Men game in development and it was coming out this month.

Not as series I thought we get resurrected.

 

[SargerusBR]

Yes, this is real.

 

[sublimit]

Two completely different publishers with the Nightmare Creatures games.

Who has the publishing rights now?Activision or Konami?

 

[Phediuk]

Had no idea there was a third Jumping Flash game in Japan until a couple of years ago.

 

[-MD-]

Had no idea there was a third Jumping Flash game in Japan until a couple of years ago.

Wtf?

I'll be damned.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Apparently Mark of Kri has a sequel called Rise of the Kasai???

Never played it but Mark of Kri was awesome.

 

[sarcoa]

I used to be the biggest Virtual On fan. Rode my bike to a faraway movie theater to play the monster VO cabinet at the arcade. Bought the Saturn edition not long after it came out, mailed away for the NetLink Edition (packed with Sega Rally) whenever that was available. Paid my parents for long-distance costs associated with playing it online.

I used my first ever paycheck at my first ever real job to import Oratorio Tangram for Dreamcast, and when I actually made it to Japan in 2008 the only game I came back with was the Sega Ages PS2 Virtual On port.

That being said, whenever I see this:

I forget it ever existed.

 

[GamerJM]

Yes, this is real.

I was thinking I couldn't think of any, but I didn't know of this until a couple years ago.

 

[Phediuk]

Also, I didn't learn about Vib-Ribbon's sequel Vib-Ripple on PS2 until years afterward.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I think Shadow Man got a sequel.

I only played the first one but liked it a lot.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Another one I have yet to play. Is it that bad?



...woah.



That's good to hear. I'm gonna give it a go. Appearance wise, I'm already a fan.

Bad to at best mediocre depending on tastes. Have never seen any give higher marks than just ok.

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Had no idea this existed until I saw it at the bargain bin at a Gamestop several years ago. After seeing vids of it, I quickly realized why...[/QUOTE]
I need to dig up what exactly the responses were at its unveiling. I remember just being confused.
[quote="BTHR Zero X, post: 154205582"]I have never seen the US Cover before, but man is it horrid the EU one was this

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Yeah it's odd that EU and JPN both got the clearly superior box art. Yet someone at Capcom thought "Alien Dino? Nah Americans want a generic white male and a girl with a space ship behind them to sell them on this game" straight looks like a quick Photoshop job.

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Sequel to a Xbox Launch title that I didn't even realize until now got a sequel. I don't even know if the first game was good. Just remember a video preview on a sampler disc I had with the Xbox.

 

[Tohsaka]

Wtf?

I'll be damned.

Wow, I never knew about this either. I really liked the first two.

 

[Phediuk]

Wow, I never knew about this either. I really liked the first two.

Don't get too excited though. Pretty mediocre game and apparently bombed pretty hard.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Rollcage 2

 

[MikeE21286]

I had no idea about Night Caster 2...

 

[@MUWANdo]

Two recent discoveries, both of which happen to feature vehicular combat:

--The Vigilante 8 series is a very loose spinoff from the PC game Interstate '76 (which had its own official sequel, Insterstate '82), and the V8 engine was later reused for a (bad) Star Wars game.

--There's a weird Twisted Metal spinoff with super-deformed characters/cars that was released on the PSX sometime after Twisted Metal Black for PS2. I've never played it and can't even remember what it's called but it was apparently pretty bad, even by Twisted Metal standards.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Two recent discoveries, both of which happen to feature vehicular combat:

--The Vigilante 8 series is a very loose spinoff from the PC game Interstate '76 (which had its own official sequel, Insterstate '82), and the V8 engine was later reused for a (bad) Star Wars game.

--There's a weird Twisted Metal spinoff with super-deformed characters/cars that was released on the PSX sometime after Twisted Metal Black for PS2. I've never played it and can't even remember what it's called but it was apparently pretty bad, even by Twisted Metal standards.

Twisted metal small brawl

 

[MikeDip]

Honestly had no idea Lords of Shadow 2 came out until I saw it in the store a few days ago.
I really enjoyed 1, tempted...

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

I used to be the biggest Virtual On fan. Rode my bike to a faraway movie theater to play the monster VO cabinet at the arcade. Bought the Saturn edition not long after it came out, mailed away for the NetLink Edition (packed with Sega Rally) whenever that was available. Paid my parents for long-distance costs associated with playing it online.

I used my first ever paycheck at my first ever real job to import Oratorio Tangram for Dreamcast, and when I actually made it to Japan in 2008 the only game I came back with was the Sega Ages PS2 Virtual On port.

That being said, whenever I see this:

I forget it ever existed.

I knew about Oratorio Tangram, and I too was a huge Virtual On fan having it on the Saturn.

I had no idea this was a thing, does not look good.

 

[MrCunningham]

I think Shadow Man got a sequel.

I only played the first one but liked it a lot.

There is, and it was only released for the PS2.

(Came out as Red Asphalt in the states)

I knew about this game before it was released, but it was a title that I avoided for the longest time because I thought it looked like trash in screenshots and previews. I had a chance to play it not long ago just out of curiosity and it turns out that the game wasn't as bad as what I thought it would be. It has a pretty competent 3D engine and it played alright. But it still left me disappointed because it wasn't the sequel I was hoping for.

 

[Machinehead]

I found out about it about ten years after launch. The first one is one of my favourite N64 games, my favourite console. I just had a Gamecube at the time..
I tried hunting down a copy, but just couldn't find one. Is it good? Worth playing through?

 

[BocoDragon]

I knew about it back in the day, but it was definitely a billion times more obscure than its predecessor, Zombies Ate My Neighbours.

 

[Son Of D]

Wut?!

Mind blown.

Must have sucked, right? Never heard of it.

I believe it bombed horribly and pretty much killed the franchise.

 

[kunonabi]

Despite Wave Race being one of my favorite games of all time I didn't realize there was GC sequel until a few years ago.