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What failed/obscure 90's platforming mascot character deserves a full-scale, AAA comeback to go toe-to-toe with Mario?
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One world should've a broken future city like Cyberpunk, lol. Weird glitches everywhere, forced poor performing areas, etc.
Ristar please. That's one of my top 5 Genesis games. The world settings were great, the music was great, the game mechanics were great, why don't we have more of these?
Why did this take until page 4 and is still the only mention thus far?
What the heck is wrong with you people?!
Wait, what? I know a guy who has been working on an unofficial remake in his spare time, but I wasn't aware of a remaster. LBA2 ended on a semi-cliffhanger too, so I'd love to see a new entry in the series.Twinsen:
A remaster of Little Big Adventure just happened so hey who knows!
Bubsy or Gex.
But let's be honest here. There isn't a chance in hell that any of these platformers stand toe-to-toe with Mario, even with a large AAA budget and polished game.
But let's be honest here. There isn't a chance in hell that any of these platformers stand toe-to-toe with Mario, even with a large AAA budget and polished game.
I remember liking what I played of a copy borrowed from a relative. Character design would work well in the modern Sonic/Crash/Spyro look.It's from 2002 but someone needs to bring back Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.
That first game was 10/10.
First game was just rereleased on modern consoles. It's pretty good.
Definitely Ristar. Fun and it had godly music.
God damn why does getting 100 gems make that terrible ass noise?
I asked myself how long I'd have to scroll before seeing Ristar. I guessed a whole page at best. Thank you for your service.
"Note to self, if guns start to grow out of your hands, stop drinking the tap at Jerry Garcia's."
"It's crunch time!"
I'd defy my username if I didn't nominate Klonoa.
Someday Bamco will halfheartedly resurrect him from the ashes. In the meantime, here's shitty anime game #2857301748.
Someday Bamco will halfheartedly resurrect him from the ashes. In the meantime, here's shitty anime game #2857301748.
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I feel like the only Plok fan on this forum sometimes. A thread that is PERFECT for this choice, and nobody else brought it up?
There is a Plok comic: http://www.zee-3.com/plok/about
Casting my vote for Sparkster/Rocket Knight Adventures. 2 games on Genesis/Mega Drive, 1 on SNES. Ignore the 2010 Rocket Knight.
The world, characters, and even just his overall design were very fun and different from most, and the music (especially the main theme) was fantastic.
In my dream scenario it'd be given to Christian Whitehead and the dev teams he led on Sonic Mania, complete with Tee Lopes on music. It would be beautiful.
The world, characters, and even just his overall design were very fun and different from most, and the music (especially the main theme) was fantastic.
In my dream scenario it'd be given to Christian Whitehead and the dev teams he led on Sonic Mania, complete with Tee Lopes on music. It would be beautiful.
A comeback inherently implies a return to greatness, most of the obscure/failed mentioned in the OP and in the thread debuted in games that were D+/C- tier stuff at best (Croc, Jersey Devil, Bubsy, Aero, etc.). I don't want any of them back. And when it comes to the lauded ones like Dynamite Headdy, Tomba, and Klonoa I have, like, zero attachment to them so the idea of a big budget comeback doesn't mean much to me...
All I want is Spyro 4, Rayman 4, Banjo-Threeie, and Jak 4 DAMN IT!
T.T
All I want is Spyro 4, Rayman 4, Banjo-Threeie, and Jak 4 DAMN IT!
T.T
It's called Little Big Adventure - Enhanced Edition and it's up on Steam right now!
Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic on Steam
Twinsen's Little Big Adventure is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1994. Equipped with your Magicball, you will have to face the evil Dr. Funfrock to save your girlfriend and the world of Twinsun.
Zool please - he is one badass mf
Followed by Croc and James Pond
shout out to Jersey Devil too?
Followed by Croc and James Pond
shout out to Jersey Devil too?
I'd pay any price for remasters of Croc and Croc 2. You can do a decent job getting them running nicely on PC but controller input always seems to be the last hurdle I can never make it past.
I am aware of it. But that's definitely no "triple A comback on par with Mario", so it still applies for this topic.
I don't think they're counting successful platformers, imo there have been several of those with better games than Mario
If Rayman returns, it's gotta be 3D. Rayman 2 and 3 are better than the 2D ones.
Rocket Knight Adventure is better than most Sonic and Mario games. Not sure how it would work in 3D though.
Not sure to what extent Commander Keen counts as obscure, but: Commander Keen
Kid Chameleon also a strong choice
Kid Chameleon also a strong choice
God, I remember that ill-fated Kickstarter revival years ago. They got so desperate to the point of adding Earthworm Jim into the game as a stretch goal because they weren't making a cent.Otherwise another one beginnin' with B:
Apparently the news pissed off Tennapel but fuck that guy anyways.