What Gaming Series Has Continuously Improved For Multiple Generations?

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Mensrea said:

DerpSandwich said:
Skyward Sword brought down Zelda. Other M brought down Metroid. Super Paper Mario brought down Paper Mario and Sticker Star crapped all over it. Pikmin 3 brought down Pikmin. Dang, Nintendo's really in a slump, huh?

I might have to say Smash Bros. I know a lot of people didn't like Brawl as much, but I'm a casual and loved all the extra features and characters and stuff. Though the next one will probably bring it back down by not having a story mode, so...dang. They need to get it together.

Dafuq? This is a thing? Pikmin 3 was by far the best in the series in my opinion. Like, it wasn't even close how much better Pikmin 3 was.

I know a lot of people didn't really like Pikmin 2, but for me it was perfection.  It was completely packed with tons of crazy content.  Pikmin 3 was really solid and offered a lot of fun, but they just stripped the game of so much of the stuff that made 2 a blast.  So much was improved in 2 only to be taken away in 3.  It's like they wanted to improve the game in some ways so they had to gimp it in others.  Like taking away the c-stick control?  Made the game considerably more frustrating to control.  Also I was just overall disappointed that it could be so short and have so little content.  I always sink well over 20 hours into Pikmin 2, but 3 is just a fun, easy little romp with very little challenge.  With such a simple concept as far as level design goes (dig some rivers, make some ledges, set up some bridges and gates, and plunk enemies and fruit down everywhere) they could have made it huge and a lot longer.  But instead I paid $60 for a game that I feel could have been designed by a handful of dudes in a week.  A simple level editor and I could make something way longer and in some cases better than what I had to wait nine years for.

A lot of people will disagree with me, but I was just disappointed.  It was fun, but not the sequel I wanted.  I feel like they dropped the ball, and so I think overall it was a bit of a dip for the series.