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Ask 411 Games 07.04.11: Dreamcast Porting, Street Fighter Morphing ...

Ask 411 Games 07.04.11: Dreamcast Porting, Street Fighter Morphing, Celebrities Endorsing, More!
Posted by Mathew Sforcina  on 07.04.2011

Why did Street Fighter move to an anime visual style? What is the best-selling game endorsed by a celebrity? What happened to the Army of Darkness game? And what's going on with the next Dragon Slayer? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Games!

Why has Nihon Falcom gotten away from the Dragon Slayer series? I loved Legacy of the Wizard and Faxanadu back on the Nintendo (which were Dragon Slayer IV and a spin-off of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, respectively), with Faxanadu in particular doing quite well in the US (to the point that Nintendo actually included two episodes of Captain N spotlighting the game). They're still developing the Legend of Heroes games (which started as Dragon Slayer spin-offs) for the PSP. So why has Falcom seemingly abandoned the series? I can't be the only one hoping for at least the two English games to be released on the Virtual Console, or the only one who would appreciate a new game in the series, can I? The Dragon Slayer ‘series' of games is a series of somewhat unrelated action RPGs made for the various Japanese PCs during it's run, with each game having some similar gameplay mechanics but having no relationship to each other gameplay wise. Although designed for PCs, ports and reissues have popped up on the Game Boy, the Sega Saturn, and modern PC games. It's actually one of the pioneers in the genre, with it being in real time, and the game focused on combat rather than the more hardcore rougelike games that came before it. Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu is still claimed to be the highest selling PC game of all time in Japan, with over 400K copies sold. Plus it was also one of the very first game to have an expansion pack of sorts. And you are correct in the idea that they've been focusing on the Legend Of Heroes series, that's getting new games right now, but what of the original Dragon Slayer series? VC is easy to explain, a game like Faxanadu for instance was an English translation by Nintendo of a Hudson Soft game made under license from Nihon Falcom. And it seems to be the case that adding in more developers/publishers/companies exponentially decreases the odds of a game getting ported to VC. Although I should point out that Faxanadu actually IS available on VC, as is Ys Book I & II, so you got something.

Buried Treasure: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | Attack Damage

The Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3

Release Date: November 13th, 2001 on the Nintendo Gamecube

What’s it about?: You choose from 13 of the top skateboarders (or create one of your own) and go to town on some of the most ridiculous courses ever conceived. I’m sure there’s a story about getting famous all over the world by doing some awesome stunts but really, the story isn’t why you came to Pro Skater 3.

Why is it unique?: The level of freedom that the game offered was (and arguably still is) unmatched.  Every level was an amusement park, and you were given free reign to do whatever you wanted. The way the game is structured is that in every level you have a certain number of tasks to complete, whether to collect the letters S-K-A-T-E or get a high-scoring combo or trick off an environmental hazard, for example. Complete enough objectives, and you can move onto the next level. You didn’t have to choose which task you were going for, and with only two minutes per level run, trying to clear everything at once is an edge-of-your-seat, harrowing experience.

Why do you think it was overlooked?: At the time 3 came out, the Gamecube was a new addition to Nintendo’s library. While many people point to the PlayStation 2 version as being superior (and really, one of the best games of all time on the system), the Gamecube version doesn’t receive as much love. I take exception to this, as not only was the control scheme intuitive in an easy pick-up-and-play sort of way, graphically it was every bit as good as its PlayStation companion.

Then what happened?: Activision and Neversoft milked the franchise to death with a series of follow-ups of diminishing quality that still continue to this day. Then they did the exact same thing with Guitar Hero. They won’t learn, will they?

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