With the rise of high-budget, technologically advanced video games, the graphical adventure has fallen from its former prominence. In the 1980s and early 90s, Infocom, Sierra and LucasArts produced best-selling games that are still referred to today. While some developers still produce point-and-click adventure games (with TellTale Games's Sam & Max episodic series as a prominent example), they have mostly been reduced to a niche product.
One of the reasons for the fall of the adventure game is the detached nature of the gameplay. As interesting as the story and puzzles in a game may be, the player is still just pointing and clicking to control an avatar or disembodied first-person protagonist.
There's not much gameplay there, when compared to, say, Mario Kart or Grand Theft Auto. The experience is very cerebral, and a player used to more action-packed experiences will tend to become bored with a game where she doesn't do anything.
The Punished Backlog's David Silbert writes:
"Nintendo is widely known for its deep, eclectic well of beloved franchises. From The Legend of Zelda to Wrecking Crew, there’s no library in gaming as rich in history or as popular among fans.
2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for Nintendo, with representatives from Mario, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Pokémon all gracing the Switch platform before the year’s end. At the same time, there are still plenty of Nintendo franchises that lie dormant this generation, in desperate need of the “Switch treatment.”
While there are plenty of legendary series worthy of a revival, here are six in particular I would absolutely kill to see on Switch in the near future."
A new Golden Sun and Mother would be great, but I wish I wasn't the only one that wants a new StarTropics.
Twinfinite Writes: Judgment is the latest video game to tackle the detective genre, but there are plenty of other great detective games out there as well.
With a port of Professor Layton confirmed for iOS platforms, we know Nintendo is willing to loosen their grip and let older titles breath new life. Here are the 10 Nintendo games we would like to see come to mobile platforms.
