VGEsoterica
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Obviously no Mega Man game will be as loved as the mainline games / the X series, but damn if Mega Man: The Power Battle isn't, in my opinion at least, one of the best Mega Man games ever made. All it is is a fighting game / boss rush hybrid "greatest hits" compilation but it's one of the most action packed and entertaining games in the entire series. Between the awesome pared down action, the great CPS sprites and backgrounds and the soundtrack it's basically just pure distilled Mega Man fun from start to finish.
But of course because it's A) only on compilations and never got a release on consoles back when it was in arcades and b) is an offshoot game in technically a different genre...it doesn't get near as much love as it deserves.
Which got me thinking...what other series had a total genre shift that hit as big as the main line series? I am talking Mario Kart to Mario, or to a lesser degree CTR to Crash Bandicoot. Granted the kart racing genre feels a bit like cheating lol. Maybe a better example would be Fallout 3 becoming a first person light RPG compared to 1 and 2 being more turned based isometic games. Or same with RE 7 and 8 with first person and 4 with more action oriented run and gun gameplay (we can semi-ignore 5 and totally ignore 6 lol)
What else do you have for me GAF?
But of course because it's A) only on compilations and never got a release on consoles back when it was in arcades and b) is an offshoot game in technically a different genre...it doesn't get near as much love as it deserves.
Which got me thinking...what other series had a total genre shift that hit as big as the main line series? I am talking Mario Kart to Mario, or to a lesser degree CTR to Crash Bandicoot. Granted the kart racing genre feels a bit like cheating lol. Maybe a better example would be Fallout 3 becoming a first person light RPG compared to 1 and 2 being more turned based isometic games. Or same with RE 7 and 8 with first person and 4 with more action oriented run and gun gameplay (we can semi-ignore 5 and totally ignore 6 lol)
What else do you have for me GAF?