GR writes: "Discussion boards ignited when the Wii U came out seven days ago. Gamers began to proclaim that the Wii U is last generation, and that it’s another gimmicky Nintendo trap. Not only are both statements untrue, but they are a disservice to the gaming industry."
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Interesting perspective. Great points, Jonathan.
Can't believe people want another huge leap that we had last gen. The PS3 and 360 were 20x more powerful than last gen. Do people realize how costly hardware would be that's 20x more powerful than the PS3?
Not to mention, over 130 gaming studios have closed this gen due to extremely high development costs.
The more people pursue -life-like graphics the more small and even well-known dev studios will die, and for what, just graphics.
Very good points.
And as Shok mentioned above, many game studios have gone under sue to high developments costs.
Maybe one of those developes would have created your favorite franchise if they did not go under? Maybe one of these studios would have been the driving force behind next gen?
The HD jump from PS2 and Xbox graphics up to PS3 and 360 graphics will never be duplicated, and people thought it would be in the upcoming gen.
I'm sorry but we can't afford another insane leap. And people asking for such aren't thinking practically. The fact that game needs to bank 3 million to be successful tells us that. Especially all these engine boosters like crytek and epic, obviously they just want to make money. Just make the games play well, because the systems will already be more powerful than the crazy stuff we're already doing. Look at Halo 4 and Last of Us.