Laura Bow. Just great little adventure series with fun plots, clever puzzles and amazing atmosphere.
"Mankind extinct, ocean silences, sea mammal metacosm (again), an earth mind arises, apocalypse, genesis, rebirth."
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Although I guess Ape Escape really isn't all that obscure.
If I had to choose something else, I'd pick Monster Rancher. The switching disk gimmick is still so strong, and with today's technology I'd bet that the developers could really make it really something else.
Oh god, that would've been awesome!I always imagined a 3DS Monster Rancher where you generate monsters based off StreetPass data. I guess the time has passed for that though.
Yes!!! The first game that came to mind!The Maximo games could be good as a returning mid tier franchise. Although I guess if you want more name recognition, they can just insert Arthur.
edit: I think a Maximo/GnG with roguelike elements would be interesting.
DOWNHILL DOMINATION.
Probably my favorite racing game, but it's just entirely gone. No re-releases, no mentions in other games, nothing.
There is a new downhill game coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC:
http://descendersgame.com/
Looks promising. :)
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I'd be happy too! I bought OG Xbox for Dino Crisis 3 lolI think there's a guy here who likes Dino Crisis, I feel like he'd be happy for that to return.
It is now.
The Ganbare Goemon series. Every game that's ever made it to the west has been phenomenal. The two N64 games are some of my most treasured memories of that console. The last true game in the series came out in 2005 on the DS, which I heard was pretty good though it was very Japanese heavy and difficult for a non-speaker to play. He's basically only been used as a pachinko machine mascot ever since, though even the last time he was seen in that context was 2011. He did get included as a Bomberman Switch costume in a very recent update, however.
Unfortunately he's a Konami property, and it's very likely we'll never see another Goemon game again. Which is a damn shame, because his games are a goofy-ass, robot-punchin', coin-collectin' good time.
I have a real soft spot for Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on the N64 for its innate weirdness and tongue-in-cheek humor. My understanding is that Konami made a weird self-serious reboot around the PS2 launch and it bombed hard, basically dooming the franchise. It would be nice to see them try that series again, but with Konami being the way they are these days, it probably won't happen.