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Ridge Racer 8 apparently cancelled
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Hypothesis: what if the game listed there was F-Zero and not Ridge Racer?
That would make even more sense than creating a new Ridge Racer for Switch, given the fact that they were already working on another Nintendo IP.
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These are great (GREAT) racers, yet I really think that when people think about Ridge Racer they are aiming at a pickup-and-go track based arcade racer in the vein of Ridge Racer, Daytona USA or even Out Run 2.
Pass me the term: more "arcadeish" racers.
For instance, even Mario Kart 8 is more akin to Ridge Racer than the games you selected.
Nothing of value was lost, after Ridge Rager unbounded i have 0 faith in Namco Bandai making a good RR game, even if they are going to make it internally unlike unbounded.
You need to back up claims with hard evidence as this is just pure speculation without it.
Nah, nothing like that.
Find the posts i this thread were i talk with hero of legend so you can see what is about.
Convo starts here:
You are replying to Nuclear Muffin he is used to post hot takes and conspiracy theories.
You know? I would love a remaster of the 3DS game or even the PSP games. Just up the texture quality and upgrade the cars models and I would be satisfied for now.
The 3DS game in particular isn't that bad of a game. Infact it is a great game but the framerate is it's biggest issue.
The 3DS game in particular isn't that bad of a game. Infact it is a great game but the framerate is it's biggest issue.
Masaya Nakamura, founder of Namco had a big beef with Yamauchi near the start of the 16bit generation because of Nintendo's licensing practices. What more proof do you need than their complete devotion to PS1 back then. He was probably more vocal than even Squaresoft, i remember reading about this in magazines of the time.
None of this shit plays anything like Ridge Racer. I wouldn't even call any of this arcade racing. If drifting isn't a net benefit, you're a failure of an arcade racer.
These are the current kings.
Nah, he was the one who found out about Metroid being made with Bamco in the first place among other things. He does LinkedIn snooping
Ahh ok lol. Getting mixed messages here but I remember that LinkedIn leak so I'll go with legit. I would have thought RR8 would be announced by now also.
Yep all that stuff pretty much goes in the opposite direction of ridge racer. A trademark of RR is how loose the cars feel in comparison to those types of games that allows for over the top drifting.
Because the person said two of the games were canned on his page
Prime 4 wasn't actually canceled though, even though it was taken away from BNS.
Soul Calibur looks nice. I think they could take an off the shelf engine and make a pretty looking Ridge Racer game for next gen platforms.
I thought about it and I think you're right. Ace Combat 7 was beautiful on its own right despite not being the most visually impressive game so Ridge Racer could push things further. Bamco has the artists to deliver where they might not technically
moving to a third party engine was the best decision they made
They put out God Eater 3, plus all the anime games. Doesn't seem like a fair assessment of their Switch support tbh.
This deeply saddens me. We need more arcade racers :(
Excuse me? lmao
Doctre81...not supermetaldave. Get it right.
The death of RR, and drift based arcade racers in general on consoles, is really upsetting. Namco still does the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune games in arcades (most recent one being last year) so they haven't given up on the genre entirely. Same with Sega (AM1) and Sega Wordwide Driver Championship and the Initial D series in arcades. I just wish we could get some of these games at home.
At this point all we really have are mascot kart racers and mobile games.
At this point all we really have are mascot kart racers and mobile games.
Oh yeah, I'm just saying there's some wiggle room. I doubt RR8 is still alive though.
This is kind of a tangent, but as someone who hasn't played any Ridge Racer, which of the games should I check out?
When I first heard about Ridge Racer coming to Switch, I figured that'd be a good opportunity to give the series a try, but alas, it seems that's probably not going to happen.
When I first heard about Ridge Racer coming to Switch, I figured that'd be a good opportunity to give the series a try, but alas, it seems that's probably not going to happen.
R4 (PS1) is the easiest one to get into and the most popular.
RRV (PS2) is a tad barebones in terms of content but it's my personal favorite when it comes to drifting/driving model.
RR7 (PS3) is the last proper mainline RR game and is jam-packed with tracks, cars, events and customization options. It's a good game although the mechanics aren't entirely to my personal liking, there's too much reliance on nitrous boost for my tastes.
No Ridge Racer game on the PS4 is a little sad.
Don't know why some people think that honeymoon between nintendo and bamco is over ?
We have many clues about good relationship.
Nintendo is top 10 shareholders of banco.
Lastly, on their Web site banco was proud to annonce their participation on arms, mkt, mk8d...
Nintendo on their presentation material pdf spoke about good sales of fishing spirits.
On Last smash bros direct, we saw that sakurai has very good relation with banco staff. (joke about pac man etc...)
Smash bros development continues.
What next after smash bros ?
Pokken 2 is good contender.
We have many clues about good relationship.
Nintendo is top 10 shareholders of banco.
Lastly, on their Web site banco was proud to annonce their participation on arms, mkt, mk8d...
Nintendo on their presentation material pdf spoke about good sales of fishing spirits.
On Last smash bros direct, we saw that sakurai has very good relation with banco staff. (joke about pac man etc...)
Smash bros development continues.
What next after smash bros ?
Pokken 2 is good contender.
If you can go back to the PS1, Ridge Racer Type 4 is utterly excellent. Purists will dogpile on it but honestly, it is the best game
There is absolutely NOT a healthy amount of arcade racers across modern platforms. Forza, Drive Club etc are far from arcade racers. Kart racers, again, something different.
I desperately want a new track based Ridge Racer and Burnout.
It really sucks this cancelled. Hopefully they decided on a bigger scale multi platform release instead... Please...
Any of them. Just get whatever one's on your console of choice. Well, unless it's 64/DS or Unbounded.
If I had to pick one I'd probably choose the 2nd PSP game just for the amount of content it packs in.
RR7 is so good. I'd be happy with a quality port of it to Switch.
I'd argue that game that comes closest to capturing the vibe and atmosphere of Ridge Racer right now is GT Sport. Make a Custom Race with a fictional track set to an overcast day (for that RR7 mood), pick Vision GTs only, put on some Ridge Racer tunes in the background and drift all the corners.
The Chapparal 2X is basically the Himmel 490B. The Tomahawk is basically the Devil car.
The Chapparal 2X is basically the Himmel 490B. The Tomahawk is basically the Devil car.
Ridge Racer Type 4 is a legitimate classic game, it was reviewing close to Gran Turismo when it came out. It combines the arcade racing of Ridge Racer with a fantastic art style and story mode.
Ridge Racer 3DS was actually quite decent. Its the only non mario kart 3DS racing game i liked.
Ridge Racer is just one of those series that I grew up with. I really wish we could get another. RR7 was great, but something along the lines of Type 4 would be my jam