What's a game concept you would love but know it would never get made in a million years for being too niche?

[cyappu]

I love tennis and JRPGs, so I've always dreamed of a JRPG with the same level of fantasy/sci-fi world-building, characterization, and plot as a Final Fantasy game, and with the same basic exploration and random battles....but every battle is a mini tennis match (one game or mini sets for basic enemies, a whole set or match for bosses).

Sometimes I start thinking about how buffs, debuffs, and other abilities could be incorporated into the gameplay, but then I have to stop myself because I know such a game will never exist and I'll just make myself sad.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Harry Potter in the style of Persona JRPGs

This would never stop being my answer

 

[Feep]

I know this isn't the point of this thread, OP, but have you played Golf Story?

 

[nsilvias]

a jrpg about fighting depression and anxiety

 

[JoDa]

Doesn't the gba Mario tennis have like a super deep rpg story mode?

 

[A Strong Latte]

A lot of my game ideas got made. Persona I didn't know about before 3 but I always wanted a modern jrpg.

And I always wanted a jrpg/DMC/MMO/loot game hybrid which we kinda got with pso2, kingdoms of Amalur and Darksiders 2 and turns out I didn't like em that muh.

 

[Deleted member 19218]

Shenmue is the size of a GTA game and a complete story.

 

[Okabe]

DMC5

 

[Willin]

An RPG in a long lineage of non-existent games where in order to solve puzzles and defeat monsters must scour fake wikis, guides and reviews for information.

 

[cecilpaladin32]

A new console release of Beatmania or DDR <cries>

 

[DanarchyReigns]

One Punch Man life sim.
Janky fighting game? Nuh uh. Give me a game where you play through Saitama's daily routine. Go grocery shopping, play games with King, eat hot pot, kill a Dragon level threat while taking a walk.

 

[Col.Asher]

F-zero with a career mode. Mix in some Red Line with total vehicle customization.

 

[Pennybags]

A full reimagining of Treasures of the Deep.

 

[Kid Heart]

I always wanted a Pokemon Shooter. Not like a grim dark take with a bunch of blood and gore, but something more in the style of Splatoon. You'd play as the villain teams like Rocket, Magma, Skull, etc., and battle for territories spread throughout the various regions. The weapons would be styled as cutesy takes on pokemon, like Voltorb Gernades, dual pistols shaped like Ekan's, Charizard flamethrowers, etc.

I don't see the Pokemon company or Nintendo ever pursuing something like it though.

 

[Dremorak]

OP, Mario Tennis power tour on GBA and Mario Tennis GBC are what you're looking for

 

[Deleted member 1839]

Project X Zone fighter.

It's my ultimate fighting game dream.

 

[Soul Skater]

Ninja Golf on the 7800 was made, but it'll never get a remake in a million years even though it should

 

[Deleted member 4552]

Shenmue 1 but modern day in my country.

Well by modern I actually mean around the late 90s or early 2000s when Shenmue came out.

Set in an Irish town.

Similar themes but with Celtic Mysticism.

Slow ponderous, lived in, side tracked detailed, comfortable, tangible.

 

[defaltoption]

A Pokémon game made for people who want the Pokemon franchise to get better /s

More seriously a very realistic war game made by Naughty Dog rated AO

 

[cyappu]

Doesn't the gba Mario tennis have like a super deep rpg story mode?

Click to shrink...

Kind of.... I wouldn't call it "super" deep.

It doesn't have much in the way of interesting characters, story, or exploration.

But it's probably the closest game I'll ever get to my ideal.

 

[Shan]

Nothing new but I just want a Final Fantasy musou game, with some cool iconic boss fights in the style of Hyrule Warriors or something.

 

[ArchedThunder]

A Halo game where you play as a war photographer and it becomes a survival horror game after the opening with a flood outbreak.
You can't fight the flood, you are not strong enough and have no weapons training.

 

[Fredrik]

AAA beat'em up.

Imagine a new high budget Final Fight at 4K 60fps with Street Fighter V visuals and well made story with high quality cinematics.

 

[Deleted member 49319]

Not the one in the title.

 

[Deleted member 43532]

Red Red a Redemption 2 meets Stardew Valley: the ultimate farming sim.

 

[Salamande]

I love tennis and JRPGs, so I've always dreamed of a JRPG with the same level of fantasy/sci-fi world-building, characterization, and plot as a Final Fantasy game, and with the same basic exploration and random battles....but every battle is a mini tennis match (one game or mini sets for basic enemies, a whole set or match for bosses).

Sometimes I start thinking about how buffs, debuffs, and other abilities could be incorporated into the gameplay, but then I have to stop myself because I know such a game will never exist and I'll just make myself sad.

Click to shrink...

If you squint hard enough, you could say the DS version of "The World Ends With You" kind of fits.

There was an old PS2 game called Over Zenith (Sword of Etheria in Europe, never released in the US) which was an action-RPG with volleyball-like combat mechanics.