Revisionism is a key gaming bug bear. The tendency for recycled sets of common themes to appear repeatedly throughout various titles is the lynch pin upon which the now thoroughly withered 'games are derivative' argument is hung. To see the games development process as a cyclic regurgitation of sequels and set pieces is more than a little cynical and ultimately is to miss what games can offer.
Even so, for a media form so familiar with sequels and revisionism (Xbox Live updates and patches are a potent sign of the times) there are always some titles that are unfairly left behind in the next gen roll over, so in the spirit of homage here are some titles that more than deserve a new lease of life.
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.
Nice list of games. Definately Colony Wars and the Strike series. They rocked hard. I think Lorne Lanning lost the plot abit after the PSOne games. He had delusions of grandure and the later games never lived up to all the crazy ideas he spouted. While were at it, I dont really want remakes of these games but would love the originals on XBL Arcade or PSN.
Rygar
Wonderboy
Black Tiger (Dragon)
The Last Ninja
Super Metroid (C'mon Ninty)
Bubble Bobble
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Double Dragon and Killer Instinct 3
1 of the greatest games ever bring it back!
I wish Bethesda would redo Morrowind with the Oblivion engine or a better one. It's a far better game than oblivion. More detail, more everything. And the art design was stunning. Not that oblivion isn't great, just Morrowind was an incredible gaming achievement. It's just in need of a new technology overhaul is all.