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Video Game Characters you thought would make it big... but didn't
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veloxStrix
Banned
Tiny Tank was my main man growing up.
Parasite Eve was based on a book and Square lost the rights a decade ago. That's why the third game was called The Third Birthday and not Parasite Eve 3. It was also released to die on a handheld.
I don't think they'll bother buying the rights back at this point.
a Master Ninja
Member
I thought Sackboy would stick around longer than he did.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Blinx. I thought Microsoft found their mascot. Nope.
I did too. I really liked the look of his games and the whole remote control mechanic seemed really neat.
I would love a Blinx 3.
Yeah. Just looked at the Microsoft Studios published games2 for Xbox. They were trying to make their own everything. See their sports lineup they had for a few years.
There's a Nightcaster 2.
He got two sequels at least, but was pretty much forgotten by then.
There's also Ty 4 on Steam.
It's a sidescroller.
Yeah the handling of Sackboy is crazy they finally vould have had a huge mascot for playstation but killed it.
I think they just don't care for eternal mascots
Sackboy is weird because those games did sell well and they made a ton of merchandise for them. It was also an amazing platform to sell DLC cosmetics. Yet I dont think they ever fixed the third one which is the only one on PS4.
With how long Dreams is taking and the potential audience you would think Sony would push Media Molecule to work on a forth.
The interesting thing is new DLC is still made for the game.
The first game is SOOO good
He still had a good run with 5 games over a decade and an amiibo.
2005: Chibi-Robo!
2007: Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol
2009: Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Ōsōji!
2014: Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder
2015: Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash
Sadly enough the only game to remain in Japan, the second DS game, is the actual sequel to the first game both in gameplay and story.
I'll second that. LBP's fall from being a marquee PlayStation title to complete obscurity and now franchise purgatory baffles me. In my experience sackboy was getting some mainstream love. My wife's friend who's not even really a gamer LOVES lpb and sackboy. Oh well.
I wish Sony would give Blasto another run LOL
Pit from Kid Icarus. Dude is in a "classic" NES game, but then after the Gameboy sequel he is virtually absent for 15 years. Pit reappears prominently in Smash Bros Brawl as one of the first announced characters. He's got a cool redesign everyone likes. He ends up being very popular when Brawl comes out. Kid Icarus Uprising, a beautiful and beloved series revival, releases out in 2012 and... It does okay. Over 1 million. Smash 4 ends up drenched in Kid Icarus content with new characters, new stages, tons of music and items... Now it's 2017 and there's no news of a sequel to Uprising.
It's kinda bizarre.
It's kinda bizarre.
Lights and Waves
Member
Klonoa and Tomba.
Joanna Dark is whack and I'm glad she flopped into irrelevancy.
Joanna Dark is whack and I'm glad she flopped into irrelevancy.
Mr. Smiley
Member
I think VJ does pretty well despite the main series on hold.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
One day Adol will be as popular as he deserves to be
Probably never
Speaking of Microsoft franchises:
Viva Pinata gave me hope for Rare being in charge of colorful, family-friendly, but rewarding and challenging games and franchises. I remember they hyped up the grass and paper effect on the pinatas for the first game's release, and it got a few games and even a TV show that was surprisingly entertaining and good natured.
But it's gone.
Viva Pinata gave me hope for Rare being in charge of colorful, family-friendly, but rewarding and challenging games and franchises. I remember they hyped up the grass and paper effect on the pinatas for the first game's release, and it got a few games and even a TV show that was surprisingly entertaining and good natured.
But it's gone.
MaximumSpider
Banned
ToysAndMoreClub
Member
MDK was one of my most memorable videogame experiences ever, but people nowadays have never even heard of it.
He got 3 games, that is not bad going
Blueingreen
Member
I stand by it the series although popular was never as big as it could have been, If Sony was serious they would have packed in LBP with every single PS3, mandatory, such a shame it was thrown to its own devices, also having some no name hack developer deliver the glitch festival that was LBP3 was the final nail in the coffin.
Seijuro
Member
Earthworm Jim seemed like a BIG thing back in the 16 bit days, like Sonic, Mario and the Donkey Kong (Country) revival at that time. I remember all the german video game magazines going nuts about Earthworm Jim and David Perry. Especially the first 2 games are great and are worth revisiting even today. A bummer that Jim's star started to fade with the jump to 3d.
Stormblessed
Member
Beck, maybe? I had thought that what he represented and the investment (emotional and financial) that people put into that would allow Mighty No. 9 to succeed irrespective of the game's actual quality.
I was a card-carrying member of the Caveman Ninja official fanclub.
I mean not that I particularly liked the game that much, but they had a fanclub! With cards! I got to write my name under 'CAVEMAN'.
Elite/Data East really wanted to push this thing as the new Mario and for a bit they seemed to succeed, but then it fell off a cliff somehow.
Too bad it was horribly difficult, I don't know a single person growing up who got past the first few acts, let alone complete it.
I had really hoped to see a port of Uprising on the Wii U, because holy crap I just can't play the game on the 3DS. Sakurai's brilliant but I can't use that control scheme.
(Gravity Rush is another game I just couldn't play in its initial release, but at least we got a PS4 port with redesigned controls there)
Comix Zone was hilarious. Everything you do in that game kills you. You lose health for attacking enemies!
The game's about twenty minutes long, so it's no surprise they made it obscenely hard. Still, the art and style are amazing. I bet you could do something really cool in that style with modern tech.
Cheat codes for "Unlimited Health". Only way I ever beat it.
MrCunningham
Member
I managed to complete it multiple times when I was younger. Don;t get me wrong, the game has a few moments in it where it can be really easy to die, but overall, I never really found this game to be particularly hard.
You're really suppose to use every item that you pick up in the game to get around the obstacles that can kill you easily. Otherwise, the game is pretty short. It does also have a 'lives' system, you start off with only one life, and it accumulates after every stage you complete.
I always thought Comix Zone was sequel worthy. The first game is a really interesting concept, I especially like how it has a story that doesn't get in the way of the gameplay. I am pretty sure that Sega patented the comic panel style of the game which prevented other developers from copying the idea.
I really thought Fargus and Nikki had next.
Kid Chameleon amuses me to no end. Game came out in 92, and his brand of cool still felt 10 years too late.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Cate Archer from No One Lives Forever
NeptunePirate
Member
Walked into this thread to say exactly this.
Glitch was a cool character, Metal Arms was a good game, and Swingin' Ape deserved better than to be swallowed up by Blizzard.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Edit: beat me to it.
Aonuma
Member
Goemon has a 23 episode anime series and over a dozen games. It's just been a few years since the last one and they don't get localized for North America very often.
Oh man that's my pick too. I know people love to hate the Order: 1886 but I loved it and would LOVE to see a sequel
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Pre-release of Mega Man X7. This guy. (Axl)
Adding in a new playable Maverick Hunter was a big deal. He fought differently than X and Zero, had a large role in the story, and a stylish new design. The last time the series did that, with X4, it was one of the best games in the franchise. He promised to bring awesome new things to the table.
His game sucked. His VA sucked. He was nothing but wasted potential. And then in Mega Man X8, he's just... there. Then the series died.
Adding in a new playable Maverick Hunter was a big deal. He fought differently than X and Zero, had a large role in the story, and a stylish new design. The last time the series did that, with X4, it was one of the best games in the franchise. He promised to bring awesome new things to the table.
His game sucked. His VA sucked. He was nothing but wasted potential. And then in Mega Man X8, he's just... there. Then the series died.
NintendosBooger
Member
Prior to its release, everyone was hyped by rumors and speculation of Nintendo's new upcoming IP. Would it be like Mario? Link? Donkey Kong?
Pikmin is a wonderful franchise, but it was hyped and promoted to all hell. It'll never be anything more than a C-tier franchise.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Glitch was a cool character, Metal Arms was a good game, and Swingin' Ape deserved better than to be swallowed up by Blizzard.
I haven't thought of this game in years. Loved it when it came out. Completely tried to convince everyone I knew to get it. The ones who did like it. I completely thought at the time Glitch would become an iconic character too.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Well, the best game in that series is the one he isn't on, so...
