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MasterNeocasko said:

For example, the original Street Fighter had not-so-good control despite being a moderate success. But it took what made in redeeming and improved the controls and virtually everything else…which came in the form of Street Fighter 2….well…it was a success (understatement of the year). 

With that example, what games should get another chance like Street Fighter had?

  

Most people don't know this, but the reissued Street Fighter in Capcom Classics Collection WAS fixed on the Playstation 2! To pull off Ryu/Ken's fireball, uppercut, and spinning air kicks, you had to press the button first, do the movement motions on the joystick, and then release the button. All three attacks cause insanely high damage, making the game a serious cakewalk compared to before.

If you have a copy of Capcom Classics on Xbox or other platforms, do try it and share if it works there too.

I don't know why, but it took me a while to think about flawed video games! After thinking about it though, I wish Sega would figure out a way to fix Columns, their flagship puzzle game for the Genesis. It's still getting ported, even to the iOS, but after all these years the game is still broken. You'll just end up with blocks just piling on top of each other if you can't get matches, and not being able to get over it has ruined it for me. Some might argue that Puyo Pop fixes that problem, but I'd say they're still different enough that there'd be merit in adding a mechanic to Columns to fix it.

Overlooked games though, I can easily name Kickle Cubicle. 

Itsayatta said:

Oh and people need to stop writing off Megaman Battle Network without giving it a chance.  It has a pretty good story in a really cool universe.  The combat system is fantastic, mixing strategy with twitch gaming perfectly and there are TONS of throwbacks to megaman classic.  If you haven't played this game before, try it before you write it off

I love the first game, but never quite finished it.  My only issue is that the areas you explore as Mega Man are incredibly bland…as in they repeat constantly.  I never really feel like I'm anywhere new.  Lann is a cool main character though, and I really did love the world it takes place in.  It was so cool hacking into your oven to fight Fireman.  =-)

I'm pretty sure I'll finish the original one day, but I highly doubt I'll get any further then the 2nd game. 

Spirit Macardi said:

Incidentally, I also rather enjoy the Starforce titles. Admittedly they lose the throwback nature since all the enemies are brand new, but the combat is really fun and feels like an evolution of the Battle Network formula.

Yeah I've heard that those games are good.  I thought about checking them out at one point, but it just didn't LOOK like I'd enjoy it.  I know we're not supposed to judge a book by it's cover or whatever…but yeah this game just turned me off at first sigh.  I heard the semi-rare Mega Man ZX is good as well.

I'd love to see a sequel to both Hotel Dusk & Trace Memory.  I know Trace Memory received one, but it never made it's way over here.  My suggestion?  Bring it on over!  Does anyone know if the PAL version was ever released?  If so, how easy is it to play PAL games on the Wii, because I would DEFINITELY import that!  That was my first DS game, and I truly enjoyed it.  It was a lovely game…just an odd ending.  Not sure I was feelin' the idea of D, the ghost, but overall it was a fun experience. =-)

I'd also love to see a re-release of Plok.  It'd be fun throwing my dismembered body parts at fleas again! =-)

I really wanna see the Evolution series revived as well (Dreamcast series of dungeon crawler RPG's, also received a Gamecube port).  I am a big fan of these games.  The characters, gameplay, music, presentation, everything.  Just very good games in my opinion, and one of my favorite RPGs of all-time.

Jet Grind Radio/Jet Set Radio deserves some more attention as well.  I'm one of those fans who preferred the original's style of gameplay over the sequel's, but honestly I'd be happy with another installment in either styles.  I'd prefer the first game's, but either way it's cool.  This series feels semi-forgotten by SEGA.  I know they included Beat in SEGA All-Star Tennis & Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing…but it just isn't the same.  JGR is getting a re-release on PSN & XBLA apparently sometime this year…if the Vita can play it, I'd be completely stoked!  Otherwise I'll just stick with my DC version.  (Either way, I'll download it to show SEGA there is a market, and hope enough sales are made to prompt a sequel. =-) )

Shenmue.  Need I say more?  With technology now and days this series could be remade into something absolutely stunning & incredible.  However…I'm unsure if I'd want that.  The, now, simplicity of the games invokes a charm that can't be matched by any other game I've ever played.  Personally, I'd prefer a re-release of Shenmue I & II onto one disc, WITH Shenmue III on it as well.  I'd prefer them to make Shenmue III in the same visual & gameplay style of the original 2, but that's doubtful.  It really blows we won't ever know what happens next in this series. 

S-Pac316 said:

I agree with those. A new JSR and Shenmue in HD would be great. I know JSR is getting a re-release on the PSN & XBLA services…so how about Sega do the same thing with Shenmue 1&2? Heck maybe Sega can release Shenmue III in pieces to down load as episodes like they are doing with Sonic 4.

I agreed with everything up to the episodes comment…I hate episodes. -_- lol
Yeah just an HD JSR & HD Shenmue would satisfy me too…but eventually I'd want more.  I think that's always the case with gamers though.