Comments on: Editorial: Xbox gems that need sequels

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By: Eggman Robotnik

Eggman Robotnik — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:47:59 +0000

I’m really sad that stupid Microsoft bought Rare. Rare was releasing good games for Nintendo. Now their games are remakes or weird things… I’ve seen some pics of the third Banjo Kazooie game (if we don’t count the handheld console games) and Banjo is weird…

Sega should have released Jet Grind Radio Future on the Game Cube too… I love Jet Grind Radio. Hmm.. a sequel on the Wii would be really nice!!

By: Mikeawesome

Mikeawesome — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:07:56 +0000

As for 5, Impossible.

Nintendo owns the license to Starfox, not Rare.

This is where things get murky, when third party developers create first party “Icons” or develop games around said “icons”. Such as Rare’s Donkey Kong games, Nintendo owns the intellectual properties to a portion of the game, which makes a sequel dead in the water. I think, with Starfox, Nintendo owned the whole title, hence why they’re developing StarFox: Assault for the DS.

By: Arnin

Arnin — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:42:52 +0000

Hey, it’s a good article. It could have been more succesful though. Most the people that bought it were people that saw it in the OXM demo disc or the bargain bin >.

By: Nino

Nino — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:51:05 +0000

I screwed up, I’m not really familiar with Yu Gi Oh and I thought it would have fire spells etc. instead of summon spells. I stand corrected. I’m sticking by my point that PD could have been more successful than it was though. (and thanks for the kind words)

By: Arnin

Arnin — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:59:04 +0000

I would like to note that anyone who says that Phantom Dust fans were surprised by the performance of the game are greatly mistaken. A lot of the long-time players started off by playing the OXM demo(it was a hidden easter egg on one of the discs). The demo was all in Japanese and nonetheless it was still a hilariously fun game to play. It wasn’t even originally going to be released in the US, if I recall correctly, until Majesco got wind of the reactions and agreed to publish it.

I’d also like to note that the comparison to Yu-gi-oh is a slightly bad one (no offense, great article). You don’t summon monsters or somesuch, you utilize a 30-skill arsenal of magical and/or psychic skills to combat each other. Skills can range from attacks, shields, stat skills, erase skills, etc. etc. and all are used in real-time. Some skills are even made for evasion of attacks(Dash) or navigating into better firing positions(Skywalk). For a good idea of what the game is like, I suggest looking about www.xboxphreaker.com or viewing some of the videos at http://www.gamespot.com/x...on/phantomdust/media.html or the screenshots at http://phantom-dust.com/media.php

Both should help give you a better idea of what it’s like.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:33:06 +0000

Chronicles Of Riddick, Breakdown, Psychonauts, I-Ninja, and Fuzion Frenzy (Over Live) would be my choices.

Fuzion Frenzy on Live would be insanely fun….and I-Ninja was definitely an underrated platformer….quality level design.

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:59:55 +0000

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:05:29 +0000

Fatal Frame, or Project: Zero series got boring, Silent Hill and the Resident Evils wre better, I can’t wait for Alone in the Dark.

By: markey b

markey b — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:21:21 +0000

definately jet set radio future, never played the dreamcast version but the xbox one i was hooked on , silent hill, fatal frame, and fusion frenzy was a great party game , specially playing drunk with a couple friends

By: ONI 23

ONI 23 — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:55:01 +0000

Lots of courses, great physics… crap on-line audio though!

By: FOURTW3NTY

FOURTW3NTY — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:19:42 +0000

Oooh, I forgot how great Links was.

By: FOURTW3NTY

FOURTW3NTY — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:18:39 +0000

Panzer Dragoon Orta

By: ONI 23

ONI 23 — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:48:48 +0000

Links! I need a good golf game!

By: swoosh bnd

swoosh bnd — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:03:45 +0000

One game that is perplexing why there is no sequel is Crimson Skies. I (and many other people) would really like to see a Crimson Skies 2 for the Xbox 360, that was one of my favorites for the Xbox for a long period of time.

By: aries

aries — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:52:58 +0000

i really always wondered why there arent any sega games backward compatible, like panzer dragoon and jet set radio. sure sonic is, but how hard is it to make emulation software for old genesis games?

and i think u guys left out chronicles of riddick. that is a game that like halo 2 would probably look better than most launch titles if they could get it running backwards compat mode.

By: suicideX

suicideX — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:28:45 +0000

I loved Phantom Dust…for about a week. You’re right about a sequel though….PD is an awesome game, but never had it’s due in attention.

By: JTM

JTM — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:58:51 +0000

Burnout Revenge shouldn’t be on that list. The game was mediocre and there are so many of them that they get old, plus they will most likely have a sequel. I heard Enclave (sp) was an amazing game, I heard a sequel was in the works a long time ago, but am not sure. But Burnout deffinately wasn’t the best Xbox game. Rainbow Six was evolutionary if you played it in the day. The Halo of 2003..lol..

By: dmk

dmk — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:13:52 +0000

I would love to see ROAD RASH re-done for the 360!!

By: Nino

Nino — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:33:05 +0000

Hehe I thought you had a hard time expressing yourself in English, no hard feelings though

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:14:40 +0000

One more tip: I have problems expressing myself in English… I don’t have the ability to make complex sentences(?) which is why I can’t tell what I exactly mean… So never mind, I understand your problems but I can’t explain correctly so I’ll just stop this discussion which indeed didn’t make much sense!

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:10:02 +0000

I used probably and maybe… It just happens a lot and it really COULD be the reason you have nice memory’s of the game.

I’m not saying it’s like that.

However you probably didn’t have the expectations you had if you would wait for a popular game like halo 2.

By: aces high

aces high — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:56:21 +0000

Burnout revenge was the best game ever for the original xbox. I didnt sell it specifically so i could play it on xbox live on my 360.

By: trj156

trj156 — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:37:42 +0000

i never had live on my old xbox either, and i have never played doom 3 co-op.

By: S7R1k3R

S7R1k3R — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:10:24 +0000

Crazy Taxi and Jet set Radio

By: Nino

Nino — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:39:14 +0000

Yeah pretty poor choice of words, I meant console-cross over or something :-P. Fixed.

By: Nino

Nino — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:37:38 +0000

I know it happens to people but to assume that this was the case with me is really weird since you don’t know anything about my knowledge of the game before I got it. Weird, weird discussion with weird assumptions…

By: Kain

Kain — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:18:09 +0000

The sequal i want is Legacy of Kain, one final sequal where everything ends, also i want Shenmue 3 im waiting for years for that game, a true next gen Shenmue would be awesome.

By: AN ALIEN

AN ALIEN — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:53:40 +0000

Please note that Unrealchampionship 2 isn’t a port! It was a whole from the ground up new game.
And i loved it. if this game would get BC i sure would be playing it day and night.

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:44:25 +0000

It’s not weird at all… There are a lot of games that surprise people when they come out. They don’t expect much and by being surprised the game will be remembered as much better than it actually was.

By: Nino

Nino — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:55:16 +0000

What a weird assumption. I followed Phantom Dust for a long time, I think I was already following it before it got a publishing deal by Majesco. I pretty much knew what to expect.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:45:02 +0000

1. Banjo-Kazooie 3. BK2 wasn’t on the Xbox but since Microsoft has Rare we better see a large brown bear with some next-gen fur next year.

2. Destroy All Humans! 2. I heard this was coming out for the Xbox. Dumbest idea ever.

3. Ultimate Spider-man 2. Larger city plz.

4. Star Wars Battlefront III. Fix the online, nicen up the graphics, and when I fall through the lava, there should not be stars under it. My God, lava is not full of stars.

5. Star Fox 3. (SF64 -> SF:A -> SF3) Microsoft! It’s Acquire License Time!

My two cents. Good editorial Nino!

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:34:26 +0000

What I tried to say: you probably only liked it because you didn’t expect anything, and it (duh) overdelivererd.

If you knew in advance what the game would do, you probably wouldn’t think it was one hell of a game…

By: DSK UK

DSK UK — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:33:38 +0000

also kung fu chaoes would b great also…either that or fusion frenzy - both would have to be online

By: DSK UK

DSK UK — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:32:24 +0000

i love shenmue….i agree a sequal is in order, i mean they can’t just stop a story half way through. That would b like the matrix trilogy without revolutions or the Halo trilogy without Halo 3

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:31:11 +0000

I would never ever buy such a game because it’s not my kind of game I love…

You and JTM are maybe lovers of the game… But if it had hype around itself, you probably wouldn’t like it at all…

By: BadMon

BadMon — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:20:54 +0000

Give me another Shenmue Game!!!!!

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:19:45 +0000

We also need another Silent Hill.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:13:42 +0000

Jet Set radio OMG the DC version was my fav

Dint really like the way the way the game went for the Xbox version, could either see an Arcade version of the original, or a new title.

Great game, great music. Multiplayer race/battles would be awesome

By: Karel_ende

Karel_ende — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:11:04 +0000

Kung Fu Chaos would be nice as well!