A look back at some fighting game series that are no longer with us but would be nice to see return.
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Panzer Dragoon Saga HD ?? Shining Force 4 or 3 hd ?? Phantasy Star V ??..................
Panzer Dragoon maybe. I don't see Sega touching those other ips unfortunately. I at least wish they would do a Shining Force collection that includes SFIII.
Shining Force 3 collection or 4 with 2D graphics will always be my most wanted game.
jet Set Radio, Gunvalkyrie, Otogi, please let it be. Jetset is by far the most realistic one to show up. One can hope for the other 2.
SEGA's game catalogue has been a bit naff after the Xbox 360 and PS4. Stop those Mega Drive/Genesis collections and move onto arcade classics, some which never got released on consoles. Not sure what's happened to the new Crazy Taxi and Golden Axe etc., but the likes of Virtua Racing, Super Hang On, ESWAT and maybe even Alien Storm are due sequels.
Persona 6 and Skies of Arcadia remaster/port please, there's heaps you could surprise me with, and I'd probably be happy with it.
Capcom recently revealed interest in reviving their dormant IPs, so it's time to look at which Capcom series would make sense to return.
Breath of Fire, Knights of the Round, Saturday Night Slam Masters, a proper Bionic Commando game, Ghosts and Goblins. I am all down for Dino Crisis loved 1 and 2 one thing I like about Capcom is their massive library of games that need to be brought back to life. Next to Konami, Namco, Sega, old Squaresoft, Capcom was and is another one of my favorite developers. I would like it if Disney would just let Capcom make a Marvel game or two or Disney should let Capcom handle some Disney games. Capcom pulled of some great games with both Disney characters and Marvel characters.
All those plus Rival Schools, Powerstone, Darkstalkers, Dungeons and Dragons and Aliens vs Predator.
Breath of fire would be number one choice.
Glad to see it getting some love in the comments. I loved these games 1 through 4.
Not dragon quarter
Dark Stalkers, any fighting game - or side scroller - really, just not with SF's current art direction.
There's more to this package than just a Darkstalkers party. Though that's reason to celebrate enough.
It's because they are all good fighting games separately. Does look like a great package of games and features if you don't have these games already or have emulated them.
Speaking of collections, can I get the arcade Bionic Commando, the NES version, a remake of the Gameboy version, Elite Forces and Bionic Commando Rearmed 1 and 2 thanks. The 3D one only if Capcom rebuilds it themselves to look and be more like rearmed.
So many collections can be made.Which could lead to more collections like other fighting and game collections. Like Power Stone, Mega Man collection or even a Mega Man Legends remake to Ratchet and Clank level. Call it Mega Man World and use the name for a game.
Getting ahead of myself.
There's so many arcade games that never got a home release or were downgraded for home release. I'd take those original games and games that never released in the West as collections.
Maybe lead other companies to drop some collections on the market. Sega, Konami and Namco should be next. So many classic games out there.
You know what else would be essential?
A collection that featured
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Marvel Super Heroes
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
That’d more than rejuvenate interest in their second most successful fighting game series
All of those are near and dear to me. wolverine and his weapon X special move is still my favorite.
Also that SNES side scroller X-Men: mutant apocalypse. The forgotten marvel Capcom game with an amazing soundtrack.
Not to mention Rival Schools, Power Stone, Star Gladiator, and the Street Fighter EX games. Full 3D, please.
Same. It's so F'n expensive for that Capcom fighting stick. Capcom should Remaster the DnD games and see if they can make a 3rd one to capitalize on the popularity of DnD right now.
I would love an arcade collection with Alien Vs. Predator, both DnD games, Captain Commando etc
I can't believe Alien vs. Predator is limited to that lame Capcom fighting stick.
I’m hyped. I’m buying because I want another darkstalkers. There are also a few others I’ve never tried. Red something or another?
I'd be stoked if Lord Raptor could rise again for a new DS game. Red Earth is the other one you are thinking of and don't forget Cyberbots. That is where Jin (as found in MvC and MvC2) originally came from.
Hyper Street Fighter 2 is the greatest Street Fighter of all time possibly the greatest fighting game of all time. If you argue against this you will meet your quick end by Akuma
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge
Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers’ Revenge
Street Fighter II The Anniversary Edition
Red Earth
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire 2
Thank You, Capcom!!
Physical release?
Do you think they are trying to see which one is played more? It seems they are going more realistic with street fighter and letting these IP duke it out for the new anime vibe game.
If anything, it'd have to be Darkstalkers using UE4 or UE5. With even better, diorama like backgrounds that would look sick. Their specials would look crazy in 3D.
If SNK is getting in on it making 3D KofF games and Samurai Showdown(and they have so many other fighters to update that I'd love to see), Capcom needs to bring Darkstalkers up to date but still have that 2D reaction speed.
Could even add a side scrolling beat em mode like Namco did with Tekken. A SF or DS beat em up mode.
@Apocalypse
Would love a new Darkstalkers, but, if it's going to be 3D I hope they make it look more like how Guilty Gear does it. If they go 2D then they should make it like the Meltyblood fighting game that came out last year.
Chevalier...EXACTLY!!
Eye melting characters that look straight out of Anime with backgrounds that match that are 3D textured to look 2D.
Truth be known, I miss hand drawn not just in games but in Anime like the old days. Movement and animation so impressive with parallax scrolling, that it puts current anime and cartoons to shame. A lot of these current cartoons and anime just look ugly and move ugly.
The characters in SF6 look good if that's the Anime Realism Capcom are looking for. But if they really wanted to push it, they'd take SF back to its roots to number 2 but ramp up the detail to either the detail we see in the GOW art images
https://www.eventhubs.com/n...
or the detail of this Chun-Li figure you see here
https://cdna.artstation.com...
with photogrammetry backgrounds of real places animated to look real. But it would look like SF2.
Either way, I'd take 2D greatness or realism seen above. I'd even take an SF that looks like the animated movie that came out years ago.
YES! Bloody Roar..."Moreover, its publisher was Hudson Soft which is now owned by Konami,".
I just died a little inside.
Looks like we will never see a return of this mighty fighting game.
Maybe Konami will make a pachinko game of it!!
Dark Stalkers for sure.. Make it M rated too but thats reaching for the stars.. Capcom couldnt even get SFV right on launch smh.. Im not even playing it until the march update..
Lets make it 20+
In no peticular order:
Art of Fighting
Battle Arena Toshinden
B.I.O.F.R.E.A.K.S
Bloody Roar
Bushido Blade
Cardinal Syn
Darkstalkers
Dynasty Warriors
Ehrgeiz
Fatal Fury
Fighters Destiny
Kengo
Last Blade
Power Stone
Rival Schools
Samurai Shodown
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Tobal
Virtua Fighter
Waku Waku 7
World Heroes
Zero Divide
Bushido Blade...