Games you'd like to see remade (or perhaps a sequel to)

[inferiare]

A fitting topic for my 3600th post. Anyway, I mean games besides the obvious SB trilogy here, games that made you go when you first played them, and still give you that reaction when you play them again. For me, the list is as follows:

Final Fantasy 6: Give it the same treatment that Final Fantasy 3 and 4 had, I mean. Of course, I don't think it'd be available on the DS, since the game is a lot more massive than FF4 ever was, so it would be viable on the PSP, perhaps. Can you imagine the Opera Scene in a remake?!

Super Mario RPG: Just a minor facelift, perhaps. The story was awesome as it was, but I'd love to see things expanded as well.

Earthbound (Mother 2): Highly unlikely, but I'd love it all the same. Add in more Mr. Saturn content and I'd buy that game in a heartbeat.

Wild Arms 1 and 2: I know Wild Arms 1 had a remake (in the form of Wild Arms Alter Code: F) but the localization for the English-speakers was terrible and about 3 years outdated by the time the West (hur hur, I made a pun) saw the game. Plus, NO MORE VOICES LIKE THERE WERE IN THE JAPANESE VERSION. Agetec's localization angered me, obviously, so I'd like to see an ACTUAL remake for the game, hopefully localized by XSEED or someone other than Agetec.

Wild Arms 2 would be a good candidate for a remake as well, considering the story in that game was pretty epic as well. Plus, updated design to Kanon? Yes, please.

Final Fantasy 8 and 9: Screw a remake for FF7 (as much as I'd like it, the retconning that would go on because Nomura chugs paint thinner for breakfast and lunch would drive me batshit insane), I want a remake for the two games I liked MORE than FF7.

Also, while on the topic, FFWikia says that the director for FF9 would love to make a sequel to that particular FF game. I'd LOVE to see that. It would be amazing.

Anyway, now that I'm done rambling on, what about you guys?

[EverPhoenix]

ff6 is available on ds.

and as for games id like to see re-made


TERRANIGMA!!!! this would be so FUCKING AWESOME remade
LUFIA 2!!! same goes as for terranigma, far too good a game to leave as is

a 3D super metroid

a 3D aLttP

mario rpg could be good, yeah. would need quite the facelift though

[subjectnamehere]

Terranigma. With a new writing team this time. Preferably for the DS.

Final Fantasy IX deserves a PS3/360 remake. It's by far the best game in the series.

The MOTHER trilogy, for the DS.

[lucas_kelly11]

He(or she?) did say besides the obvious soul blazer trilogy, but yeah I would really like to see Terranigma remade. I'm sure there are some more games I would like to see remade but I cant think of them right now.

[lucas_kelly11]

subjectnamehere wrote:

Terranigma. With a new writing team this time. Preferably for the DS. Final Fantasy IX deserves a PS3/360 remake. It's by far the best game in the series. The MOTHER trilogy, for the DS.

I would rather see a proper remake, not a DS remake. And why would they need a new writing team? Story seemed perfectly fine to me.

[subjectnamehere]

lucas_kelly11 wrote:

subjectnamehere wrote: Terranigma. With a new writing team this time. Preferably for the DS. Final Fantasy IX deserves a PS3/360 remake. It's by far the best game in the series. The MOTHER trilogy, for the DS. I would rather see a proper remake, not a DS remake. And why would they need a new writing team? Story seemed perfectly fine to me.

Oh, don't get me wrong, the story is excellent! It's just... the translation is pretty meh. Y'know? I've heard on GameFAQs that the writers didn't speak english as their native language, but I'm not sure if this is true.

I wouldn't mind a sequel to Hotel Dusk: Room 215 either. It's easily the best game for the DS.

[psychokind]

TERR... ah wait, not the obvious sb trilogy

dunno. most of the games I like had followers (nwn, gothic, elder scrolls). some were good, others sucked.

a proper SoM sequel would be coold.

chrono cross should have one, too.

world of warcraft 2! oh wait no, I want to be successfull in the university

[tay120n64]

Super Mario RPG, definitely. I'd love to see a sequel, but a DS revamp would be nice too.

As for FFVI? Nah. I don't ever want that game to get the treatment of FFIII & FFIV. I'm thinking something more like FF Tactics: War of the Lions for PSP. FFVI looks beautiful, and I loved the 2D sprite/3D backgrounds of the PSP Tactics.

Then there's Zelda: ALttP. Eiji Aonuma did say in an interview that he'd like to go back and do a full remake of it, so let's put that on the shelf next to the FFVII remake as "Plausible, But Not Anytime Soon."

But the game I'd like to see remade most? Zelda: Link's Awakening! Yeah, it was redone in color, but I'd like to see it on a console looking like Four Swords Adventures with expanded story and extra characters and side-quests.

[Lenc]

Quote:

the FFVII remake as "Plausible, But Not Anytime Soon."

They released FFVII on PSN for psp and PS3 (port) for 10 bucks. On one hand that MARVELOUS FFVII on mah psp

on the other hand it basicly screws any chance of a remake this generation.

[Mantaray]

any of the 2-D zelda games remade for wii or at least ds. oooooh yeah. except for minish cap. i mean, i love that game to death, but it's perfect the way it is

and twilight princess. it SO needs a remake SERIOUS IMPROVEMENT ):<

gradius 3. the soundtrack was awesome 'n i think it deserves attention.

animaniacs on the SNES. can you imagine them doing that dance in 3-D?

i'll think of more later..

[tay120n64]

sora-mage wrote:

animaniacs on the SNES. can you imagine them doing that dance in 3-D?

Epic.

[Ratty Randnums]

Hmm, the problem with remakes is that if you remake something good, it's likely to fall short. But something bad there's the chance you'll get too close to the original.
Hm, well if they could do it right I wouldn't mind a 2.5D HD remake of the first
"The Lost Vikings" game.

tay120n64 wrote:

But the game I'd like to see remade most? Zelda: Link's Awakening! Yeah, it was redone in color, but I'd like to see it on a console looking like Four Swords Adventures with expanded story and extra characters and side-quests.

I have that somewhere, bought it with some other games but never really got to play it.
So that's a definite recommendation then? Be a nice game to play through on the super gameboy I think.

[subjectnamehere]

I don't think we need another remake of FFVI - I mean, the game is sweet, but how many copies of the same game do you need? We just got the GBA remakes for Ark's sake. I thought it was a good move to remake FFIII for DS since it had never been released outside Japan, but did we really need FFIV? One of the PS1 games would be a better choice in my opinion.

[Manibrandr System]

Zombies Ate My Neighbours - I'd like to see a more hi-res remix of this game with smoother animation, 8 directions of movement, 3-D particle-based special effects and a faster gameplay speed. Also some trimming away of redundant levels and a way to save the game instead of needing a password would be nice. Extras will include online features that allow players from across the world to team up in a co-operative multiplayer campaign. Combined with a full-featured level editor and modding tools, players can now share their levels and mods on top of that. While some may call for a 3-D FPS/TPS style remix, I think that a game like this is best left as a 2-D Arcade style action game.

Secret of Evermore - Hey, say what you want about square denying you Seiken Densetsu 3 outside of Japan, but this game is great. A fresh setting, fun gameplay mechanic and cool music. All this needs as a remix is a resolution bump up, smoother sprite animation, tweaks in the balance of gameplay mechanics, and the ability for up to 2 players to join you in your quest. Either by taking control of the dog, or with a character from their save files. IF we're lucky, we might even be granted a quest editor.

Rudora no Hihō - Hellz frickin yeah! There is something very satisfying about being able to kill your enemies with words you inscribe to your collection of spells, especially when said words are swear words. The story is great as well and the difficulty is very challenging. What I would like to see though, besides the bump up in the resolution and smoother animations, is the combat system changed slightly from party turn-based to a more contemporary conditional turn based system like in FFX, also individual spell inscription sets instead of a shared universal one with restrictions on how many spells that can be inscribed based on the character's experience level. As for music, I say Tsuyoshi Sekito and Ryuji Sasai should team up and make an epic arrangement of the soundtrack for the remix.

Tales of Eternia and Tales of Phantasia - I know that Tales of Phantasia has been ported and updated slightly countless times like a cheap whore, but honestly, all we need to do is look at one game whose style to imitate for a de facto remix : Tales of Destiny Remake. Seriously, it has a great system, great art direction and a level of user-friendliness that surpasses all instalments of the Tales of Series. Hell, if they are willing to completely revamp the system from the original for ToDR, they sure as fuck should be able to radically revamp the combat system for a Phantasia and Eternia remix. Namco, make a ToDR-styled remix of Phantasia and Eternia please, there is no excuse not to do it.

[inferiare]

EverPhoenix wrote:

ff6 is available on ds.

As a GBA port, sure. But I'm talking a DS remake like FF3 and 4 got.

@lucas_kelly11: I'm a girl, kthx. My title wouldn't be "Teh Kween" if I were a guy, damn it. (but I'll forgive you. For now.)

@tay: Well, of course the game is beautiful as is. I love all my old games, but I believe that cleaner graphics for the newer generation to realize that FF7 is NOT the be all, end all to the Final Fantasy series like they think. FF6 was a MUCH better game. Sure, it may not need a SHINY PS3 RERELEASE WITH CRAZY SHADING AND GRAPHICS!!11 or whatnot, but an upgrade to the psp perhaps with better cutscenes like they did with Anthology or whatnot? I think that would be amazing.

Val: Secret of Evermore is awesome, I don't care what anyone else says.

Lenc: I don't think they're remaking it anytime soon, unless that's their last part of the Complication-- er, FF7 Compilation (which is slated to end on the game's 20th anniversary).