5 franchises where you wonder "what happened"?

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Acevil on 05 April 2010

luvtospooge said:
Suikoden...What happened :'(

Suikoden is still strong, even the spinoff DS beats majority of JRPGs.

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pastro243 on 05 April 2010

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Huya on 05 April 2010

RolStoppable said:

Acevil said:
MGS4...what happened! :P

All joking aside, I truly want to know what happened to Donkey Kong...I loved that series.

Nintendo is stuck with the thought that their established series should not be puristic anymore, so they either stop making them or add stupid stuff for the sake of having something new. Ironically, whenever they choose the puristic route their games have good or even great sales.

The essence of many Nintendo games is similar to Tetris. It's already a fantastic concept in the first place and can't possibly get much better. To this very day the classic A-type mode of Tetris is still the most popular despite dozens of variations. Many gamers say they want Nintendo to do new things with their games, but people actually are happier with the titles if they remain mostly the same with minor tweaks.

Yeah but most people hate to get used to something new while they are already good with the old one, it causes frustration among casuals.

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Darc Requiem on 05 April 2010

I'd list the five franchises where I wonder what happened but that would incite a flame war, so I'll just keep it to myself.

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luvtospooge on 05 April 2010

Acevil said:

luvtospooge said:
Suikoden...What happened :'(

Suikoden is still strong, even the spinoff DS beats majority of JRPGs.

oh ya true forgot about tierkris, but I want a suikoden VI :(

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Tuganuno on 05 April 2010

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SaviorX on 06 April 2010

Well, Spyro got into the hands of Sierra Entertainment, along with Crash. Sierra is mediocre.

Sonic has no dev talent behind it (sorry to say) Sonic 4 is a start, but being downloadable, I'm not too sure how much effort they put behind it this time either.

Turok died the second it left the N64. I think Acclaim was only a few years away from extinction at that point, but I cannot fault them for one misstep. However, the biggest mistake was putting Turok on the PS360, where it no longer had the name nor the talent to compete with the several dozen other FPS and Shooting games out there. Plus, wasn't Disney behind it or something? Anyways, I can see why they put it on the PS360 (demographics) but it would've been appreciated much more as a Wii exclusive.

Silent Hill.....I don't understand this one. They kinda disregarded Shattered Memories despite how well it has done in grabbing people who have never played a SH. It has sold ~175,000 and is still leggin it out. I wanted to rent it for my brother at one point, but Blockbuster didn't have it. Shame.

Tomb Raider should have been on this list for the abomination that Underworld was, and the below average story the series has had for years. Other games I would say are in the decline are Tony Hawk (Activision's first true whore), Need for Speed, and the Smackdown vs Raw games.

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