ITT: dead franchises you wish would come back What's

mgs

How would you bring back Ape Escape?

>>378752067
Just make a new one for the PS4. It's not rocket science.

>>378752180
Yeah but how?
Give me the details

>>378752196
there's apes
you have a net
you catch the apes
the apes make pop culture references

>>378751918
Sony will announce Ape Escape 4 at E3. Screencap this

>>378752196
Alright then I'll hold your hand on this.

Make an Ape Escape game...

...For the Sony Playstation 4...

...Computer Entertainment System.

>>378752324
But what's new?

>Inb4 PSAS Stadium is real and brings back Spike, only to keep him ugly, with the same shitty voice and moveset.

>>378752363
doesn't need to be anything new when you have a good formula already!

>>378751918
This.

F-Zero
Metroid
Advance Wars
Sin & Punishment

Being a Nintendofag is suffering.

>>378752525
Yeah but, will it be like that Ape Escape Recapture post?

>>378752547
Where's Pikmi- oh

>>378752871
don't remind me. I just want 4, not this 3DS spinoff shit

>>378752965
Are there any spin off different from its main series that actually did benefit to it instead of harm?

>>378752363
Fluid controls, better AI, better graphics, better music, better voice acting, more level variety, more monkey variety.

>>378752871
>>378752965
I thought they were working on Pikmin 4?

>>378753240
And the ability to crossdress Spike

>>378753082
There are, but this side-scrolling 3DS one looks terrifyingly similar to another recent game, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash (which was not good)

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>>378751918
Not sure if this qualifies as dead. (Last game was 2013)
But I wouldn't mind Sly Cooper getting the same treatment as Rachet and Clank.

>>378753298
I'd rather have new characters

>>378753367
If only you played that game

>>378753240
I think he means, what's the gimmick? like how 3 added the whole taking over movies scenario, and the ability to transform into different roles with new movesets.

>>378753275
They are. It's just another team is working on a spin off. But people keep thinking the spin off is Pikmin 4

>>378753394
I thought the existing ones could get expanded

>>378753367
They teased a new one at the end of Thieves in Time, didn't they? Which would be cool, because I thought the new studio did a fine job on that game.

>>378752363
We haven't had one in so much time that a simple coat of paint would be enough

>>378753473
Huh? I thought the reception of the reboot was good? But then again this is /v/

Who are Spike's parents anyway?

>>378753702
Honestly no idea. I played the first three and loved them. (2 is the best one) but I never got a ps3 or their shitty handheld so I didn't play that one.

I don't know that it's a franchise per say, but in the PS1/N64 era when companies were taking old games like frogger and breakout and making them new again was pretty cool. Not remakes, mind you, but taking the design philosophies of the originals and adapting them for 3D

>>378752547
>Metroid

It had a new game like 2 years ago, and thenanother one like 4 years before that. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't count

Metroid and megaman fans are so entitled, they act like the series is dead just because they don't get exactly what they want

>>378753837
Ape Escape's games weren't that repetitive, so mixing things up shouldn't be that bad.
Or maybe make a reboot/remake that is still much of the same but with differences.

>>378753367
did the 4th one make enough money to get another? I remember it being sold at discount and it was also a victim of sony's retarded "buy it and get the vita version" debacle

>>378751918
I NEED a new Ape Escape game.

>>378753976
Then again, imagine liking a series for certian reasons, only to see what you didn't like about it or feel like the opposite of what you liked in a game of that series.
Also, Mega Man Legend 3 cancellation or something.

>>378754064
Maybe they could do a collab with Gravity Rush 2

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Jet Set Radio

>>378754064
Me too. They haven't even re-released 3 on PS4 yet, and it's driving me up a wall, because I know if I go and buy a PS2 copy somewhere, it'll come out.

>>378754216
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsBx9PcQBU

closest we're gonna get is this

Why was Spike so ugly in Sony Smash?

>>378754170
How would that work? Kat goes around catching the monkeys this time instead of Spike?

>>378754258
Emulate?

>>378752196
Just like little big planet
Its a simple fucking game

So was pic related game

>>378754375
Some portals are opened between GR and AE's worlds because the professor was testing some stuff and studying their world, then monkeys fuck up and Kat needs to solve it with Spike's help.

>>378754327
They used his Million Monkeys attire. Ironic, since that game never even released anywhere outside Japan. But I suppose he did have the biggest gadget arsenal in that game.

>>378754575
His gadgets make sense, but Big Mission had his best look.
Also, that voice.

>>378752547
>Metroid
You got a game last year. It's barely dead at all.

What about Blood?

Rayman

>>378754632
I like to think the voice is a remnant of the shitty AE1 voice acting. Also, I do remember being able to unlock an alternate outfit for him, which was his Pumped & Primed gear.

>>378753367
I'm not sure but wasn't there supposed to be a movie about Sly? I remember seeing the trailer for that years ago

>>378753367
>the original story getting raped into a kids movie that got a tie in game

You dont want that anon. You want what crash is getting, something faithful to the source.

>>378754880
>>378754852
Did they even show anything about that movie besides the designs?

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>>378751918
The DS game was a great return to formula but a console/modern Monster Rancher would make me so happy. Maybe some day.

Modern Digimon has been pretty fucking cool at the very least.

>>378754486
Why the hell not. I'll play it.

>>378754216
>JSRF PC never
>Jet Set Radio 3: Underground never ever

>>378754842
I just think kids sounding like adults is weird

>>378755123
Maybe you could tell that to Toyama, since he evens follows fans on twitter

>>378753240
>better music
nothing can beat AE1 ost

>>378755515
I don't have a twitter account. Maybe someone else can do it?

>>378752196
Personally I'd streamline it more. Take out the dual analogue stick controls and replace it with what you'd see in other platformers. Then I'd make the Apes smarter and more diverse, put them in funny situations that make for good puzzle solving.

>>378755668
I kinda already did

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>>378751918

>>378755986
Was the PSP remake good?

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I feel like crying every time I remember this

>>378756034
Yeah but it sold like shit

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>>378755860
Noice.

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I'm still mad at Turbine for their complete fuck up with Asheron's Call 2.

Why on earth did they think it was a good idea to completely change the game mechanics?

Most players went back to the original and we never got a true sequel to one of the best MMO's ever.

What's worse is that nothing in that style has come out since.

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Feels like no one but me cares about it

>>378756170
But if enough people demand it, it could happen.

>>378756261
I don't know about that. If they didn't care, they wouldn't have promoted Yooka Laylee to high heaven.

>>378756261
Still more remembered than something like Klonoa

>>378755845
>replace it what you'd see in other platformers
That removes a lot of interactivity with the gadgets as the most important ones benefit from the 360 control. What's your idea of a more streamlined control scheme exactly? I agree with the rest though but they can't be too "smart" or the would be more annoying or fun to catch.

What if Ape Escape did the same thing as Sonic where they'd use the whole "self aware/ironic humor" thing?

Darkstalkers

>>378755023
Not sure why there was no 3DS or even Vita game when it would sell pretty well, especially on Vita where there's less competition.

>>378756082
fuck, man.

>>378757037
>That Monster Rancher story about the fansite

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>waaah f-zero
>waaah metroid
This is the true overlooked nintendo franchise.

>>378756739
no, the existing humor in the games is fine as is

>>378757256
>Inb4 harambe joke

>>378756623
Something like having each gadget type to a single button:
>X- Jump
>Square- Battering gadgets like the stun club, super hoop, and super boxing glove.
Circle- Special gadgets like radar, sky flyer, maybe the RC car.
>Triangle- Just the net
>R1- Shooting gadgets like the slingback shooter, bananarang, maybe the RC car.
I think removing the direct control of the gadgets can potentially expand their use. For instance I was thinking you could hold the gadget button and R1 at the same time to use the gadget in a different way. The Sky Flyer would be aimed forwards and you could use it to blow things away.

>>378757362
sounds nice

Heretic

>>378755568
I want to fuck this genderless representation of dreams!

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>>378757207
I was hoping the rumors for Sm4sh, about an older IP getting the Kid Icarus treatment, would be Star Tropics not fucking Duck Hunt.

>>378757897
Duck Hunt is literally a meme game

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I still remember last year Sony tweeted a hint that they possibly began work on a new AE. Wonder if they stuck to it.

>>378758367
>they dropped AE4 because of the move game

What if Kojima directed a new AE?

>>378758391
I'd kill myself

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I mean it never even had a sequel, but fuck it i'd play a remake even

Mystical Ninja

>>378758692
>inb4 a new game adds the memes in it

>>378757362
>X- Jump
That's fine

>Square- Battering gadgets like the stun club, super hoop, and super boxing glove.
Now I'm assuming in order to switch these out the player would have to constantly go back into the gadget selection screen which is fine but could maybe bog the pacing depending on the number of gadgets

>Circle- Special gadgets like radar, sky flyer, maybe the RC car.
The sky flyer is straightforward but the radar would be heavily gimped and would have to be automated into a specific direction would maybe could work? I don't think it worked as well in the PSP "remaster" of 1 as I'd liked

>Triangle- Just the net
Hmm yeah this one could work if the left stick controls the direction of where the net swings like AE 2/3 or just acts like the net in 1 where it stays in place while you hold triangle

>R1- Shooting gadgets like the slingback shooter, bananarang, maybe the RC car.
Slingback and bananarang are fine because they allow you to stay in place but using the RC Car while not being able to move really made the last third of on the loose are pain especially in the factory where you had to run on those platforms while the RC Car was on those switches I think with this control scheme they're better off just replacing it with something else.

>I think removing the direct control of the gadgets can potentially expand their use.
Depends on the level design but it's possible yeah

>For instance I was thinking you could hold the gadget button and R1 at the same time to use the gadget in a different way.
Maybe that could work for R2 since that button is already free

>The Sky Flyer would be aimed forwards and you could use it to blow things away.
So emphasizing gadget usage have more than one use while being important to progression instead of a minor option like what AE2 had for the water cannon and magnet. Sounds interesting, would like to see it put in practice though.

>tfw there was no Trauma Center game for the WiiU that combined the touch controls of the DS games with the motion controls of the Wii games

>>378758391
I wouldn't even be surprised.

>dev starts scratching up ideas for AE4
>PS Move bullshit comes out. "Stop what you're doing! make one for this!"
>Scrap together hastily made AE-themed shovelware by due date
>Game flops because it's not AE and it's not fun.
>Sony sees this and ceases any plans you had for AE4

>>378759091
How to fuck up a series 101

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>>378758367
don't do this to me anon

>>378758692
Only if it's like the first one. Or they get rid of annoying companions.

>>378759361
Best vidya crossover

>>378759361
The tweet read: ““2016 Year of the Monkey. Today, SCE will begin working!”

Whether that means just in general or on a new AE, who knows?

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>>378759469
It really was. I'm still mad they cut it out of the HD/Legacy Collection.

>>378759645
Damn

>>378751918
Remember when Sony Japan started the year of the monkey off with a tease that turned out to be vaporware? Boy, that sure was a fun joke.

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Could've at least been included in Playstation All Stars

>>378759863
That game was a graveyear for dead franchises, he deserves better

>>378759645
Collection was multi-platform, so they probably cut it out and didn't even bother keeping it on the PS3 versions. Lazy fucks.

>>378757207
mein neger, how did you like Zoda's Revenge though?

What about MediEvil or Jumping Flash?

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>>378751918
>Ape Escape
>most of them are monkeys

????

>>378760232
Ape Escape is racist

>>378760130
iirc the studio that worked on MediEvil unfortunately got closed and Jumping Flash has potential for a PS4 VR game with some updated controls and graphics

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>sony teases Ape Escape 4
>actually puts job applications in famitus
>rumors start spreading like crazy
>people are hyped for a new Ape Escape
>Ape Escape 4 teasing reaches it high point
>finally an Ape Escape game is revealed at E3
>it's a Playstation Move mini-game compilation
>tfw the actual Ape Escape 4 was silently cancelled for a Move shovelware

>>378759861
what vaporware do you mean exactly? AE Move was before this

>>378751918
Final fantasy

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>>378751918
TimeSplitters
Hexen
Heretic
Blood
Destroy All Humans
VTMB that werewolf game is going to be shit
Summoner
Majesty
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks sequel
Duke Nukem out of gearbox's hands

>>378752023
not dead, just in a coma. though it might start sleepwalking soon...

>>378760847
Am I the only who actually got some enjoyment out of Duke Nukem Forever? It was archaic as shit, but still retained the humor and over-the-topness for me.

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>>378760421

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>>378760847
>Timesplitters
Don't remind me.

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>>378760427
>2016 Year of the Monkey. Today, SCE will begin working!

translated from PlayStation JP twitter
with this picture

This seems the most fitting thread to tell the tale of how I pretty much got crossover cucked

>Be Paper Mario and early Rayman fan
>Paper Mario goes to shit after Super
>Rayman gets cucked by minion bunnies due to fucking Wii gimmicks
>finally after several games, the rabbids fuck off
>Rayman Origins gets announced
>hype train is unreal
>finally get to play it and am slightly underwhelmed by the lack of plot but enjoy it anyways
>Sticker Star releases and is absolute dogshit
>meanwhile Ubisoft is releasing iOS runner games in the style of Origin using the same engine
>Rayman Legends releases, is overall a nice game but it's clear that this will be the future of the Rayman series from here on out
>Color Splash releases, is pretty much Sticker Star 2.0 with edgy meta humor that addresses faults but does nothing to fix them
>devs consider Mario & Luigi to be the main RPG series
>at this point I've lost pretty much all hope
>oh but hey a whole new mario rpg has been announced
>made by ubisoft, a crossover no less
>lo and behold it's the FUCKING RABBIDS

>>378761215
Maybe it's for the best. At least it had a perfect trilogy.

>>378760421
Awful.
Fuck you, Sony.

>>378761803
Disappointment aside, a tongue-in-cheek XCOM clone where you fight Rabbids could be fun.

>>378761807
That's true, not many series can say that.

>>378761427
It's going to be a VR tech demo where you catch monkeys with a Playstation Move and it's going to be revealed this E3. You read it here first.

>First game was important to Sony because it was the first game to use the dualshock controller.
>It was a successful game but they dropped it for a while until Ubisoft localizes AE2.
>Another success, making Sony thinking they could do anything with this IP.
>Forms a good trilogy like other PlayStation series only to be 40% of the series, with the rest being spin offs in different genres.
>Most of those spin offs aren't even good and the ones that are are mostly in japan only.
>The "alternate" series being this idea showing that Sony had no idea what the fuck Ape Escape even was, which may have given the series a bit of an identity crysis.
>No proper remaster compilation, just awkward PSP port and PAL AE2 in PSN.
>Monkey cameos in other games showing Sony thought it was the only thing people liked about the series.
>Website pretending to be an official source of news about the series was never truly fact checked.
>One of the main characters was brought into a weird crossover to show what the series actually was, only to be one of the weakest characters and get a shitty looking model.
>A trailer for Puppeteer celebrarting the history of Japan Studio showed some of their games, with Ape Escape being only represented by the last game, which was the shitty PS Move title, rather than the first game, which might as well be the studio's first game ever.
>A true sequel was planned since the third game and 10 years later, it was the year of the monkey, making Sony do a little jab and AE, only to end the year with a reveal for a sequel to a series nobody likes.
>That planned fourth sequel fans keep asking for was dropped in favor for the shit spin off that was the last game in the series.
>No one is making an interesting fan project or even acknowledging its abuse.
>Anime was never in the US, so they got a shitty flash cartoon instead.
>There were even 3 mobile games about Spike, Yumi and card games but were lost.

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>>378756261
It's funny because they've ported it twice so they know that it swill has a fanbase. As much as I want another BK game though at least it got a sequel, JFG unfortunately never went past one game.

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It was my favorite kind of average game series ever.

Megaman RPGs/Megaman in general
Castlevania
Shadow Hearts

>>378762386
>No one is making an interesting fan project or even acknowledging its abuse.
This is what surprises me right now. You'd expect someone to attempt a spiritual sequel. I had an idea for one, but it's a big project.

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>>378762386
Stop goddamnit, stop

>>378760847
Destroy All Humans since THQ nordic bought the IP

>>378762972
>Destroy All Humans *isnt dead* since

Fixed

Remember when Spike fucking died?

>>378763286
yeah because he lost all his cookies or are you referring to something else?

>>378762972
>>378763060
They did? That's cool. Wish they would release the bundle for pc too though.

>>378763397
One of the episodes of the anime episodes i think

>>378763458
ah, I still find it weird that a couple of episodes aren't subbed and are still raw

>>378763458
Should I actually watch that? Will I enjoy it outside of the fact that I'm a starved fan of the series?

>>378763627
The animation is kinda shit but if you feel like it...
There's also some dvd shorts with Jimmy (and no, i'm not talking about the nick cartoon)

>>378763789
Holy shit, I thought they abandoned that character completely. off hand, you remember where you watched them?

>>378763950
I think they're on youtube

>>378763762
>implying Halo 5 was bad

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did you think i forgot
Did you think i ever could

Remember Redneck Rampage?

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>>378756082
Don't remind me

>>378758692
I would really prefer if you'd stop posting

>>378757124
The what?

Is Ape Escape Sony's Metroid?

>Most watched YT video about Ape Escape is from Gmae Theory

>>378764746
I never hear anyone talk about it except on /v/, otherwise you'd think so.

>>378764746
Maybe, although Metroid had more faithful games and we don't know for sure if it's dead yet.

System hoc
k

Deus Ex

Command & Conquer

Rise of Nations

End of Nations

That's about all I can think of.

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Never played 2 but I wish they do something more with the game.

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>>378759091
>Bought a PS3 in hopes of a sequel to three
>We get a shitty move game
>Not even a HD remake or port collection like Jak, Sly and Ratchet received.

>>378766141
>B- But at least ssssSPike was in Sma- i mean PlayStation All Stars so it's alright i guess.

>>378766409
Anon it was the first Sony console I ever owned with my own money and they blew it hell I'd probably had bought a Vita if a sequel ended there. For some reason Sony just despise their first party games between the PS1 and PS2.

>>378766731
Could an Ape Escape game save the vita?

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>>378756187
>no one else mentioned my game. It will be lost forever. REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>378751918
Patapon

Which company is the worst at killing franchises?

>>378754852
>>378755009
That was just a test trailer, it was barely under production. I would consider it quietly canceled especially after how Sony has been doing.

>>378767287
I've heard EA kills just about everything by the companies they acquire, so maybe them.

>>378767285
DON DON DON DONDON
FEEEVEEEEERRRRRRR

>>378767581
Yeah EA took a lot of great companies and in turn destroyed many great games.

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>>378756908
This. They brought back SF, they brought back Marvel, bringing back DS was obviously the next thing to do.

>>378765703
System Shock 3 is in development

>>378768231
Wasn't it a kickstarter?

>>378767645
>DON DON DON DONDON
KAMI
A
M
I

>>378767559
The movie was well into production, but like the R&C movie, Sony spent very little on the actual production. After the failure of the R&C movie, it was more likely Sony would have lost more money on finishing and marketing the Sly movie than to just cancel it.

>>378769242
Why would they even make a Sly movie?

>ctrl F "Power Stone"
>no results

I hate every single one of you.

>>378770256
Can you trust modern Capcom to deliver?

>>378770256
In time anon a lot of us are reopening old wounds here.

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;__;

>>378770256
>capcom
>producing anything but MvC and SF

kek, enjoying darkstalker 4?

>>378771058
Klonoa 3 NEVER EVER.

>>378771058
Didn't both of those games tank or something?

>>378771503
Klonoa did enough to warrant over 8 games. Just most of them are Japanese exclusives

Silent Hill

What happened to the Klonoa movie?

Glover