Ragelink26
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Ni No Kuni II seems to have no Drippy, from what I've seen so far.
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Sequels that left out popular/iconic characters?
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Mass Effect
Member
No Ganon
though I guess this applies to several Zelda games.
the game is 5 years old...
Can't in DKC3 either
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Dirge of Cerberus
It's a setup for a joke about how SFV Ken is ugly. Seems to be the poster's gimmick.
That's the joke.
Ken isn't in SFV, some imposter with 🍌 bananas 🍌 for hair is there pretending to be Ken...
Depending if you consider it a sequel or not:
The
'ghosts' of the Trigger cast
Edit:
Oh, right, don't they actually appear towards the end of the game to finally explain everything that's going on?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Cutting ties was pretty much Cross' job. Then bridging Cross and Trigger back together was going to be the point of the third, final Chrono game featuring characters from the two previous games.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=249038428&postcount=53
Shame Chrono 3 was cancelled.
Somewhat Damaged
Member
I didn't bother with SFV until Zeku got announced, but if my boy Blanka was in right off the bat I would have been there day 1 tearing through the arcade mode over and over.
He's making a joke about SFV Ken being ugly. Which I think is a huge exaggeration, tbh,
Left out kung fu master/super cop/Jackie Chan type Lei Wulong.
First absence since his introduction in Tekken 2. He even made it through the time jump from Tekken 2 to 3, and passed selection for the slim Tekken 4 roster.
I guess he was not gud eenuff this time.
Astral Dog
Member
Devil May Cry 4 left Vergil out but then
so its justifiable.
Majoras Maske forgot about
his bastard son appears, he is "dead"
for now and he appears on the special edition
for now and he appears on the special edition
Majoras Maske forgot about
Ganon
VendettaRed07
Member
Yeah, this is the best answer
Voidwolf
Member
MGS series is really bad with this when you think about it.
First you play as Solid Snake, the best protagonist in the series. Then you get duped into playing Raiden in 2, you play as Big Boss in 3 and when we finally return to Solid, he's now an old man thanks to some mishap with his cloning. Luckily you can slap a young Snake mask on but that doesn't stop the constant coughing and weezing... Then in MGSV you play as Venom Snake.
First you play as Solid Snake, the best protagonist in the series. Then you get duped into playing Raiden in 2, you play as Big Boss in 3 and when we finally return to Solid, he's now an old man thanks to some mishap with his cloning. Luckily you can slap a young Snake mask on but that doesn't stop the constant coughing and weezing... Then in MGSV you play as Venom Snake.
Astral Dog
Member
Dante...
Edit: beaten, but I was looking for boxart...
thats is no DMC 5
Astral Dog
Member
Dante...
Edit: beaten, but I was looking for boxart...
thats is no DMC 5
Yeah his involvent on the plot was before he got evil on DMC 3
Waluigilicious
Member
No Waluigi in Mario Kart 7.
Abilidebob
Member
The new MvC. A MvC without the X-Men ain't MvC.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
SF3 was mentioned in the opening post of this thread.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
What the heck
Champion of the Wild
Neo Member
And on that same note ,wouldnt Megaman not being in Marvel Vs capcom 3 count as well ?
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn was a direct sequel that left out most of the old protagonists, and barely featured the rest. I guess Kraden got a decent amount on screen time. I really would've preferred a story that revolved around grown up Isaac, Felix, and the rest of the gang.
Okamiden is kind of a sequel, although officially just a side story, that didn't feature Amaterasu.
Okamiden is kind of a sequel, although officially just a side story, that didn't feature Amaterasu.
Tizoc
Member
Read the first post.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
No Jill, no Chris.
The best thing that could've happened. It gave us an amazing character in Claire, and also gave us arguably the greatest protagonist in the RE series, Leon.
I actually wish they introduced new characters in each of the classic games.
YES. I remember seeing the very first promotional poster for Tekken 3, and telling my brother "oh look, Kazuya has an arm tattoo." My brother squinted really hard at the poster, then looked at me and said "Hmm, we're gonna have to wait for the game to come out, but that does NOT look like Kazuya to me!"
And lo and behold, no Kazuya in T3. My mind was blown.
LMAO... So true. Maybe if Donkey Kong himself had been in 3, it would've gotten the much better reception it deserves. Kiddy Kong single handedly turned a lot of people off from what is the peak of the series (for me, of course).
This and the example in the OP (Street Fighter III) are some of the best things Capcom ever did. The problem is that, after five iterations, everyone had grown used to the original 12 World Warriors. So everyone wanted the World Warriors in every Street Fighter game. I personally grew tired of the World Warriors myself so Street Fighter Zero 2 and Street Fighter III (all 3 games) are some of my favorite games in the series.
It's that familiarity. When SNK initially left out Kyo and Iori from KoF 99 for canon story reasons, the fans rioted, so they made it in last minute (as secret characters). But nobody rioted when they left out almost everyone else directly related to Orochi (Leona was the only one that made it from that crew). That's because SNK had beaten people over the head with Kyo and Iori for so long, that people expected them to show up in every KoF ever.
Champion of the Wild
Neo Member
Princess Zelda in Link's Awakening and Majora's mask ,she's mentioned by name though
And New Super Luigi U could technically count i guess in Relation to New Super Mario Bros U with not having Mario
And New Super Luigi U could technically count i guess in Relation to New Super Mario Bros U with not having Mario
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Calamari41
41 > 38
Donkey Kong being removed from the two Country sequels is a very ballsy example, considering the first game basically made him a phenomenon again.
Well, Lei was also absent from Tekken Revolution's roster.
Agreed.
But I guess it's just interesting how Alpha 2 was one of the "few" fighting games that I can think of (besides Tekken 3) where a roster not having a lot of mainstays didn't really garner too many complaints that I can recall.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Didn't have Bill or Katt, despite featuring Katina, and also Zoness as a multiplayer map.
I guess we could go back further and say that 64 didn't have Miyu or Fay.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Ehhh, I don't know... Several of the "new" characters were spiritual or direct descendants of old characters.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
?? They're still not them.
MvC without Xmen.
Ken is in SFV and its one of his best iterations. He has a much more unique moveset compared to Ryu or even previous Kens. (Apart from the derpy Char select pose)
Ken is in SFV and its one of his best iterations. He has a much more unique moveset compared to Ryu or even previous Kens. (Apart from the derpy Char select pose)
Orochinagis
Member
SFV without Honda
Every SF games shouldnt just be a SF2 remake. Having a good mix of SF2 and newcomers is perfect. like SFV and Alpha.
MrCunningham
Member
I also prefer Resident Evil 2 over Resident Evil 1. Claire is one of my favorite characters in the series (no lie) and RE2 and Code Veronica are two of my favorite games in the original fixed-camera styled series. Leon is arguably the most popular character in the series. It's a fun game that puts more emphasis on action over horror. My first playthrough of the game was with the N64 release and I remember getting really accustom to the N64's dpad to play the game. But it actually played surprisingly well.
ScientificPizza
Banned
wait really
Jawmuncher
Member
Smash without Snake drastically reduced the quality of the game