Leave Sonic Alone!!!!

As for what I think needs to go:

Mario - Milked, still milking
Need For Speed - It's dying.... we can all see.... Ok, It's dead... let's be honest. IT'S DEAD
Tony Hawk - Please.... just get rid of it....
Halo - After the first it's been going nowhere fast. Now they will begin to milk it.
Spyro - .... after the exclusive PS1 games.... the series has been nothing but a downhill spiral....

Map-based battles have been around since at least the original Legend of Zelda, if not even sooner: even the NES was apparently powerful enough to display the monsters onscreen. Random battles are just a different style, for people who can handle a little unexpected combat. They are not an older or obsolete style, and retain the same place in gaming that they've always had.

If lives were a gimmick to get people to put in more quarters, why did they result in longer play per quarter: exactly the opposite of what you allege was their purpose? Again, they're just a different style, for people who can handle meaningful consequences for their mistakes. Again, they are not an older or obsolete style, and retain the same place in gaming that they've always had.

 Fix'd.

I'm on a roll.

why dont you just make a post of your own instead of quoting people and changing what they say?

Laziness coupled with boredum.

I disagree with DDR, its great in the arcades and it gets people on their feet better than any Wii game can including WiiFit.

My heart suddenly burns with Hatred for you.... Nice Avatar....

Dear God no.  The first 6 were great indeed, but the series didn't really give the player more control until FF7.  Plus the transition to 3D let the player actually see where they were instead of just trying out linear after linear pathway that lead to an onslaught of random battles.  ugh

list of games that needs to end

Sonic

Mario Party

Final Fantasy

Halo

Need for Speed

Why DMC?