Tuesday, Mar 20, 2007
So the house that Sonic built is contemplating bringing Nights into Dreams to the VC. As excited about this prospect as I am, my response to the rumor is WHO CARES! Anybody that wanted to play that game all those years ago already played it and I can guarantee that they kept it in their closets with a still functioning Saturn. I guess this company does not fully understand how to make money anymore like they did in the Genesis era. This is a company that very nearly brought the biggest and baddest of all gaming companies to its knees, I am refering to Nintendo of course, in the late 80's early 90's. Somebody should remind them that it is about the games, something it appeared they had learned with the Dreamcast, and yet they still failed to capitalize on the success of launching ahead of the competition. They may wanna flex their creative muscles and creat all new great IP's but without money, whats the point. I guess what I am trying to get at here is simply this, if they wanna ever even dream of returning to the greatness they once had they need to stop being so stupid and go after the millions of fans they abandoned so many times. And go after them with a vengeance. Night's on the Wii VC will be a good start but what they really should do, while the time is right, is develop a sequel to that game using the innovative controller like the Wiimote that only makes sense. Anybody that wanted to play that game, I guarantee, already has a copy and a working Saturn to play it on. What advice could a lowly gamer like me possibly have for Sega? SImple, develop some sequels to the games that made you the company you are today. And I do not mean develop a game that has the name of one of your old franchises (Project Altered Beast, PS2), how about an Altered Beast 2. How about a new vigilante game, heres an idea Streets of Rage, New York. Oh my god, even a Mystic Defender 2 would be awesome. Hey now, Last Battle 2 would even be welcome. Oh boy, here is an idea, how about making a sequel to the Grandaddy of all RTS games, I of course am speaking of Herzog Zwei. Seriously, who comes up with the ideas for games from that company? By not making sequels to games that should have had sequels, you simply alienate your fanbase. Oh crap, heres one ESWAT 2. I could go on naming hundreds of games from my memories of my golden era of gaming that I would buy, hell, anybody with fond memories of playing these games, would buy sequels for. Look at the crap that people buy sequels to these days, Spiderman 3 for gods sake. They continue to milk Virtua Fighter and Sonic but neglect the rest. Heres a given fighting game that deserved many a sequel, Fighting Vipers. Another fihting game from their past that would have excellent value today if updated to todays 3D standard would be Eternal Champions. They game Shinobi new life a few years ago and where is he now, long since forgotten because of a lack of a sequel. And his return was short lived because when his main competitor came back they hid that series away like a scare ddog. I am of course talking Ninja Gaiden. I remember a time when Shinobi would have slapped the **** out of that series with a sequel that would bury all the competition and leave the fans salivating like Pavlovs dog wanting more. Hell, there are even more than a dozen games for the Saturn and Dreamcast that a few sequels would make them the respected game company they once were. They need only look to companies they once fought fiercly with to know that sequels do sell. Companies like EA, Nintendo, Capcom, Tecmo, Namco, etc. I don't know if I can take much more neglect from this company and still remain a loyal fan.
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