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Post by vysethebold on Dec 3, 2007 19:49:03 GMT -5
Alright guys, I'm making this thread in order to drum up ideas for people. We already have the reserved article thread but here's the place to suggest/debate articles that HG101 should have in the future. The idea is to inspire others with an article idea even if you personally don't want/have the time to do an article to keep us thinking and help keep HG101 frequently updated. We've had discussions all over the place in the past but here's an official place to do it. Be sure to tell us why the article needs to be written and a game description and/or pics are suggested for the more obscure titles. I'll update the OP as suggestions are made and I will take them off the list when the articles are officially claimed. Let the suggestions begin:
Bloody Warriors (Famicom)
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 1 and 2 (GBA)
Wario Land Series (Various Systems)
Downhill Domination (PS2)
Super Robot Wars (Various Systems)
King of the Monsters (Arcade, Genesis, SNES)
The Great Battle (SNES)
Bomberman (Various)
F-Zero (Various)
Eyeshield 21 (DS, Wii)
Policenuats (PC-9821, 3DO, Playstation, Saturn)
Sakura Taisen (Various Systems)
Culture Brain Company Profile (Various Systems)
Planet Moon Company Profile (Various Systems)
Viewtiful Joe Series (Various Systems)
Shadow Hearts Series (PS2)
Ecco the Dolphin Series (Various Systems)
Monster Party (NES)
Suikoden (PSX, PS2)
Densha de GO!
Jet de GO!
RC de GO!
Power Shovel
Tokyo Bus Guide
EXCITEBIKE
CLOCK TOWER
FIREMEN
Toilet Kids
Capcom & SNK Cross-Over Fighters
bit Generations
NAM-1975
Cabal
Fatal Frame
Silent Hill
Space Invaders
Galaga
Qix
Fire Pro
Nintendo Wars (Advance Wars)
Tecmo Bowl
Capcom's Marvel Themed Fighters
Little Wing Gameography
PUZZLE BOBBLE
Bubble Bobble
Stand Alone Taito Puzzle Games
Stand Alone Konami Beat-em-ups
Konami TMNT Games
Konami's Other Shooters
Any Konami run 'n' gun that isn't Contra
B.B. Gun
Rayforce
Taito Shooters
Kirby
Ninja Gaiden
Mother
Mini Putt
TEMPEST
Missile Command
Libble Rabble
Electric Yo-Yo
Legend of Stafi
Puzzle-Dama
Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou
Shonen Ninja Sasuke
Kung Fu
Godzilla games
Nosferatu
Super Sidekicks, or SNK Soccer Games
SNK Baseball Games
Defender
Tomato Adventure
Domo-Kun no Fushigi Terebi
Karate Kid Games
Battletoads
Raiden
Big Bang Pro Wrestling
Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
Q*Bert
Motos
Gauntlet
Faselei! & Dive Alert
Melon-chan's Growth Diary
Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Shashinkan
Kenta Cho Gameography
Ogre Battle
Party Mail
Delta Warp
Cool Cool
Hanjuku Eiyuu
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Ultima
The Gold Box Games.
Bard's Tale series.
Quest for Glory
King's Quest
Wizardry
Rock 'n Roll Racing (Snes/MD)
Katamari Damashii (Various systems)
Bomberman (Lots of Various systems xD)
Virtua fighter (Various systems)
Mr Driller (Various systems)
Ninja Gaiden (Various systems)
Konami Batman Games
Fallout Series
WayForward Company Profile
Custom Robo Series
The Elder Scrolls Series
Alundra Series
You Don't Know Jack! Series
PoPoLoCrois (PS1, PS2, PSP)
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Post by The bag of sand on Dec 3, 2007 19:58:37 GMT -5
Thanks VTB, I've been wanting a thread like this for a while. I got one that I really want to see:
Bloody Warriors (Famicom)
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Post by Jaeger on Dec 3, 2007 20:05:12 GMT -5
Super Robot Wars (Various Systems)
King of the Monsters (Arcade, Genesis, SNES)
The Great Battle (SNES)
Castlevania (Various)
Bomberman (Various)
Metroid (Various)
F-Zero (Various)
Off the top. Seconding the Wario Land series. Great series of games.
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Post by vysethebold on Dec 3, 2007 20:15:44 GMT -5
thebagofsand, I just updated the OP to be more specific about suggestions. Please include a reason why the article should be made and a description/pics of the game in question so that you can interest people in the titles if they don't already know them. I'll do it for my own really quick to show that I'm not a hypocrite:
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 1 and 2 (GBA): Both of these games are excellent example of licensed games that use a well-established formula from a different series (Castlevania). Both games are not know mostly because the game is based on a Shonen anime/manga and other games in the series have Pokemon-style gameplay.
Wario Land Series (Various Systems): This is one of Nintendo's series that doesn't get much recognition. It's essentially a Mario spinoff but the series takes the gameplay formula in a different direction, especially with later titles.
Downhill Domination (PS2): an amazing mountain biking (!!!!) game by the same team that made Twisted Metal Black, Incog Inc. This title is a great example of how a game based on an obscure sport can be amazingly fun. This game has little to no recognition in the gaming sphere so it needs exposure.
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Post by vysethebold on Dec 3, 2007 20:20:38 GMT -5
Super Robot Wars (Various Systems) King of the Monsters (Arcade, Genesis, SNES) The Great Battle (SNES) Castlevania (Various) Bomberman (Various) Metroid (Various) F-Zero (Various) Off the top. Seconding the Wario Land series. Great series of games. Good suggestions but Castlevania and Metroid are unfortunately no goes for the site. Castlevania is extensively covered over at Kurt's other site (which is part of our network of sites), castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com . Same goes for Contra and Double Dragon as well. Metroid has too much exposure as it is and has a ton of web coverage. The other titles I think have enough level of obscurity, though, and are worthy of HG101 coverage. |
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Post by Haz on Dec 3, 2007 20:49:53 GMT -5
Nintendo's games based off the sports manga/anime Eyeshield 21 (DS, 2006 with a Wii sequel in 2007). When you would normally associate football and games with Madden, these games are a breath of fresh air in the face of traditional sports games, offering satisfying simple and fast gameplay, SUPERS and HYPERS I might add, and the fact that these games took advantage of their respective systems' features with amazing results (the DS game was all controlled by touch and scratch, and the Wii sequel used every possible function of the Wiimote.) It may be hard to convince people on this forum to like a sports game, but these games are amazingly fun, and being an owner of the DS version myself, I might say it's one of the most fun games I've played in years. This series really needs attention to the almost complete lack of coverage for these on the net, and most people would never know that Nintendo was into this stuff. Great ideas like these should never go unnoticed like this. Oh, and also, Geometry Wars for obvious reasons. |
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Post by Jaeger on Dec 3, 2007 21:36:56 GMT -5
Super Robot Wars (Various Systems) King of the Monsters (Arcade, Genesis, SNES) The Great Battle (SNES) Castlevania (Various) Bomberman (Various) Metroid (Various) F-Zero (Various) Off the top. Seconding the Wario Land series. Great series of games. Good suggestions but Castlevania and Metroid are unfortunately no goes for the site. Castlevania is extensively covered over at Kurt's other site (which is part of our network of sites), castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com . Same goes for Contra and Double Dragon as well. Metroid has too much exposure as it is and has a ton of web coverage. The other titles I think have enough level of obscurity, though, and are worthy of HG101 coverage. I can understand that. So, in light of that, revision 1.0; Super Robot Wars [Banpresto](Various Systems) A long lasting series of games, dating back to the Game Boy, and NES systems (and still going strong), that essentially does what we all wish can happen more often, and that is one giant mash up of some of the greatest mecha anime robots against one another for one epic brawl. King of the Monsters [SNK] (Arcade, Genesis, SNES) Beat-em-up game, that gives us control over giant monsters, ala Godzilla Friends. Spawned a sequel, and both the first title, and sequel were ported to home consoles in the 16-bit era. A unique game, among the many me-too beat-em-ups of the '90's. The Great Battle [Banpresto] (Various) If there's one thing Japan is good at, it's crossovers (like Super Robot Wars for example, developed by Banpresto aswell). The Great Battle games were all vastly different gameplay wise, but they all had common themes, and characters. Usually playable, and starring were a Gundam, a Kamen Rider, an Ultraman, and Fighting Roar (a Banpresto Original character) as the main protagonist. Bomberman (Various) F-Zero (Various) I'll do the last two later. Need reeeest... zzzz |
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 3, 2007 21:53:07 GMT -5
I'd love to see an article on the Sakura Taisen games, myself. That's a series that really needs more recognition.
I'd also love to see an article on the PoPoLoCrois games, but more than likely, I myself will write that article some time in the future. (:
-Tom
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Post by vnisanian2001 on Dec 3, 2007 21:58:21 GMT -5
I can't believe that there hasn't been an article on this game yet:
Policenuats (PC-9821, 3DO, Playstation, Saturn)
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Post by Haz on Dec 3, 2007 22:01:09 GMT -5
I can't believe that there hasn't been an article on this game yet: Policenuats (PC-9821, 3DO, Playstation, Saturn) Agreed, a site like this should have complete coverage of that game. |
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Post by theubbergeek on Dec 3, 2007 22:20:59 GMT -5
less known games that deserves a place... Magic of Scheherazade, the Ninja Brothers/Chinese serie, the Flying Dragon/Warrior/Hiryu no Ken serie, the Baseball Simulator serie... All in all, Culture Brain's offering, separatly or as a whole. This is a company that, while was never to the rank of Capcom, Square or Konami, made cool, funky and crazy games, and deserves articles, I really feel. Please?  |
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Post by kal on Dec 3, 2007 22:34:10 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing a Planet Moon article featuring Giants, Armed and Dangerous and Infected..sure the coverage is out there but honestly how many people really know about them.
All 3 are examples where humour is actually funny within the game as well as Giants been a pioneer of RTS/FPS/TPS which really has only been touched by a couple of other titles such as Sacrifice and Savage.
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Post by thefunkyredcaboose on Dec 4, 2007 2:01:57 GMT -5
Here are a few I thought of:
Viewtiful Joe series - a great homage to beat-em ups with some great modern concepts.
Shadow Hearts series - under-appreciated series of ps2 RPG's
Ecco the Dolphin series - sci-fi adventure games starring a dolphin
Monster Party - an NES oddity but a great platforming game nonetheless
Light gun games - I'm sure there are some obscure ones out there but I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Freeware games - Reading through the topic on freeware games I found some awesome games that I never would have discovered otherwise (like Cave Story). Maybe an article about the best of the best freeware would be cool.
I also second F-Zero and Wario Land, two great series that IMO are not recognized enough.
I've wanted to write an article for this site for awhile now, so maybe when I am out of grad. school for the summer I can do one or two of these!
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Post by hashin on Dec 4, 2007 3:14:33 GMT -5
Suikoden!  You could mix it up with the final fantasy article in "rpg series going downhill" ;p |
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Post by vysethebold on Dec 4, 2007 3:28:18 GMT -5
Light gun games - I'm sure there are some obscure ones out there but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Freeware games - Reading through the topic on freeware games I found some awesome games that I never would have discovered otherwise (like Cave Story). Maybe an article about the best of the best freeware would be cool. These two topics are too broad. I'd like to see a freeware series of articles down the line but each game should get it's own standalone article as part of the series unless of course it's part of a series of its own or is linked to other games through some other factor (i.e. developer). There are way too many light gun games that we could cover so in order for there to be an article on light gun games they must have a unifying theme to connect the games within. For instance, you can have a Time Crisis article or maybe even a Guncon or Zapper article if you're really ambitious, but I don't think anyone wants to tackle every single light gun game ever and its ports. |
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