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Franchises with 5+ titles that are now dead?
- Thread starter Dr. Feel Good
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Father_Brain
Banned
metroid isn't dead, people, we're getting V on 3DS just you wait *sob*
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
=(
Totally forgot about Banjo-Pilot. Loved all four of the original series. Recently bought Nuts and Bolts, going to hope for the best but not expecting much.
You really can't say this with Halo 4 openly and officially in development.
I'd have to say the SOCOM series. Didn't 4 fail miserably? I can't see any sequels being planned at the moment.
Bloody Roar - contrary to the Silent Hill franchise where Konami is flooding us with games no one has asked for, the Bloody Roar series was killed off despite there being demand for a sequel
Toshinden - the whole series lived off of the original's hype; the sequels ended up being subsequently worse until the Wii game proved to be the final nail in the coffin
Toshinden - the whole series lived off of the original's hype; the sequels ended up being subsequently worse until the Wii game proved to be the final nail in the coffin
Going by sales, I'm not even sure how it's still around
I fear for the high speed futuristic racing genre.
Host Samurai
Member
Goemon
Final Fight
Double Dragon
AKI Wrestling Games
Final Fight
Double Dragon
AKI Wrestling Games
=(
When did this get 5 games?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Beautiful.
Yeah, as Rahxephon said, a new game's out in February (and it's expensive, screw this weak Canadian dollar, but I'll still get it). But I am saddened we haven't gotten a new BoF game in a long time. I played BoF4 for the first time ever this summer, and I'm disappointed that we're not getting any new installments at all.
I'll throw in Arc the Lad (Arc 1, Arc 2, Arc Arena, Arc 3, Twilight of the Spirits, End of Darkness) and
Wired All Wrong
Member
DLC is still released every week so it's not dead yet. Close though.
Lagspike_exe
Member
Yeah, it bombed hard. Even the Vita 3rd party shooter Zipper is making isn't called "SOCOM".
badcrumble
Member
These are a complicated ones to name for obvious reasons, but I'm going to say Ivalice Alliance and Compilation of FF7.
Ivalice Alliance is almost certainly dead (unless we see another Final Fantasy Tactics Advance announced, and those barely count anyway). The creator of the actually good/canon Ivalice games (FFT, Vagrant Story, FFXII), Yasumi Matsuno, is no longer working for Square-Enix.
Compilation of FF7 ended its latest chronological entry (Dirge of Cerberus) with a tease featuring the new character Genesis, and the last *released* entry (Crisis Core) fleshing out the character and making it clear that he'd return when the world of FF7 is in danger, leading to speculation that Square-Enix was setting things up for another game in the Compilation that'd take place after Dirge of Cerberus in the chronology. Also, Square-Enix created an FF7 "remake" teaser as a demo of the White Engine early in the lifetime of the PS3; this was not a formal announcement of a remake, but has led to a large amount of fan demand for a full remake of the original game. Square-Enix is aware of the demand (fan demand, not necessarily market demand), but has indicated that they are not currently developing such a game and that it'd take a massive amount of resources to accomplish. Neither an FF7 remake nor a next game in the chronology (FF7-2?) have materialized.
Ivalice Alliance is almost certainly dead (unless we see another Final Fantasy Tactics Advance announced, and those barely count anyway). The creator of the actually good/canon Ivalice games (FFT, Vagrant Story, FFXII), Yasumi Matsuno, is no longer working for Square-Enix.
Compilation of FF7 ended its latest chronological entry (Dirge of Cerberus) with a tease featuring the new character Genesis, and the last *released* entry (Crisis Core) fleshing out the character and making it clear that he'd return when the world of FF7 is in danger, leading to speculation that Square-Enix was setting things up for another game in the Compilation that'd take place after Dirge of Cerberus in the chronology. Also, Square-Enix created an FF7 "remake" teaser as a demo of the White Engine early in the lifetime of the PS3; this was not a formal announcement of a remake, but has led to a large amount of fan demand for a full remake of the original game. Square-Enix is aware of the demand (fan demand, not necessarily market demand), but has indicated that they are not currently developing such a game and that it'd take a massive amount of resources to accomplish. Neither an FF7 remake nor a next game in the chronology (FF7-2?) have materialized.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
1.) Banjo-Kazooie
2.) Banjo-Tooie
3.) Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
4.) Banjo-Pilot
5.) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Oh and,
Better off dead?
How is always having a game atleast in the top 8 considered dead?
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Adventure Island (last seen on GameCube, I think)
Wonder Boy
Goemon (last was on DS, right?)
R-Type
Survival Kids / Lost in Blue (pretty sure we won't see another one)
Mana / Seiken Densetsu
Breath of Fire
Front Mission (probably, after the last one)
Boktai / Lunar Knights (only had 4 games, but still)
Klonoa (if you count the GBA games)
Phantasy Star (don't really count the Online versions)
Panzer Dragoon
Grandia
Games that feel dead, but probably aren't
F-ZERO
Ghosts n Goblins / Ghouls n Ghosts
Mega Man
Castlevania
SaGa
Games that aren't dead, but probably should be
Virtua Fighter
Tekken
Dead or Alive
Devil May Cry
Ridge Racer
Metal Gear
Katamari
etc
Wonder Boy
Goemon (last was on DS, right?)
R-Type
Survival Kids / Lost in Blue (pretty sure we won't see another one)
Mana / Seiken Densetsu
Breath of Fire
Front Mission (probably, after the last one)
Boktai / Lunar Knights (only had 4 games, but still)
Klonoa (if you count the GBA games)
Phantasy Star (don't really count the Online versions)
Panzer Dragoon
Grandia
Games that feel dead, but probably aren't
F-ZERO
Ghosts n Goblins / Ghouls n Ghosts
Mega Man
Castlevania
SaGa
Games that aren't dead, but probably should be
Virtua Fighter
Tekken
Dead or Alive
Devil May Cry
Ridge Racer
Metal Gear
Katamari
etc
IdreamofHIME
Member
Darkstalkers
Sure Capcom drag out Morrigan for the Vs games, but the franchise itself as sat in hibernation for for 15 years (I know there's been ports since, but 1998 was the last new DS game )
Sure Capcom drag out Morrigan for the Vs games, but the franchise itself as sat in hibernation for for 15 years (I know there's been ports since, but 1998 was the last new DS game
)Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Edit: Beaten >.<
1.) Banjo-Kazooie
2.) Banjo-Tooie
3.) Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
4.) Banjo-Pilot
5.) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Oh and,
Better off dead?
Yea I just had checked the wiki page. I personally wouldn't count handheld titles for console franchises but that's more opinion.
Wizardry is alive and kicking, friend. Developed by different people, sure, but far from dead.
Xenosaga. (Episodes I-III, I&II, and Freaks)
It's Suikoden in name only. It isn't really a Suikoden game.
It's Suikoden in name only. It isn't really a Suikoden game.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Sadly.
Hopefully they do a reboot a couple years into next gen. In the right hands it could be amazing.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Erm hmm lets think...
Madou Magonarti (I guess the developer being dead and it being in rights hell due to SEGA owning most the characters based off their appearance in Puyo Puyo mean thats the end of that)
storybook77
Member
Wing Commander
Seven Force
Banned
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
I'd argue that. Plenty of franchises have handheld titles just as good as their console versions (Castlevania, Klonoa, Banjo, Spyro, Crash, Metroid, etc.)
Sadly.
Hopefully they do a reboot a couple years into next gen. In the right hands it could be amazing.
Bring to the Wii-U please! Day one console purchase if its a launch title.
I miss the old Turok games :/
sublimit
Banned
Onimusha
1-4 + Buraiden + Soul of Storms GBA (I think that was the name)
Came to post this.Damn you Capcom.
Felix Lighter
Member
If you count expansions, the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight franchise, unfortunately.
GillianSeed79
Member
Is Virtua Fighter 6 in development? I think it might be, but I was going to say VF5.
Adventure Island (last seen on GameCube, I think)
Wonder Boy
Goemon (last was on DS, right?)
R-Type
Survival Kids / Lost in Blue (pretty sure we won't see another one)
Mana / Seiken Densetsu
Breath of Fire
Front Mission (probably, after the last one)
Boktai / Lunar Knights (only had 4 games, but still)
Klonoa (if you count the GBA games)
Phantasy Star (don't really count the Online versions)
Panzer Dragoon
I've heard rumors of both a new Panzer Dragoon (project Draco), and Breath of Fire (for 3DS?).
Uncle Rupee
Banned
I don't think you can say Star Fox when the remake just came out like 6 months ago
Even if it sold like shit I'm sure Nintendo will revisit it again, even if it takes 10 years. That's why F-Zero probably isn't dead, either.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Port of BoF3.
Genesis Knight
Member
MYST.
Arguably THE forgotten work of art in the industry. The number of times that Myst and Riven get mentioned in a month on GAF is sad.
The original masterpieces:
MYST
Riven
The disappointing sequels:
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelations
Myst V: End of Ages
The disastrous experiment:
URU: Ages Beyond Myst
And then of course RealMYST, the various URU reincarnations, the portable ports...
Arguably THE forgotten work of art in the industry. The number of times that Myst and Riven get mentioned in a month on GAF is sad.
The original masterpieces:
MYST
Riven
The disappointing sequels:
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelations
Myst V: End of Ages
The disastrous experiment:
URU: Ages Beyond Myst
And then of course RealMYST, the various URU reincarnations, the portable ports...
And god knows the number of shitty ports on handhelds. Most of the time though the ports aren't up to the same quality or even same genre as the console versions.
Seven Force
Banned
Straight PS1 port of BoFIII. I think there were some mobile games based off of IV released in Japan a few years ago, but that's about it.