TalkXbox's Art Green asks if the rhythm genre has hit a ceiling, saying:
"With the steady stream of tremendous rhythm games to come out in the past two years, it's hard not to wonder if the rhythm genre might be peaking and setting up for an inevitable decline. At the same time, It is easy to see that the once barren landscape that was the rhythm game market has been mined for new mechanics, ideas and probably most importantly for game companies-dollars. Are we beginning to see that the rhythm genre is all tapped out?"
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
One word: Patapon
Now that Rock Bands out i dont see how any other rhythm game can possibly top it. Minor tweaks can be made to make it a better overall experience, but nothing can out do the core gameplay of it.
now we have a whole "Rock Band". There will always be a Niche for these games.
But "Peaking" is a good question, have everyone, for the most part, that's interested in these games, bought into it?
Is there more games of the same type coming out?
Well what keeps a certain game or product from not "Peaking" has always been competition. I remember when we first got "Parappa the Rapper", then "Space Channel 5", "Gitaroo Man"...etc
Like some say, "Rockband" is really as good as it gets for now, unless something else comes out that pushes that franchise.