Gamefaqs poll: Surprised me.

[Johncarllos]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3133

As it stands, in the poll for 'which series needs to be retired most,' Megaman has the least votes.
People would rather be rid of Final Fantasy, Madden, Mario, Pokemon and the Sims before Megaman.

I voted for the Sims.
How about you?

[Abominator]

It's Mario SPINOFFS, not Mario.

I'd say out of all of them the most offensive is are Madden and FF.

[ChaosVortex]

Final Fantasy I can stand, but that's probably because I ignore them.

I'm tired of #####ty PokeMon and I hate Madden.

[ASR]

I chose Madden, but I still have respect for them.

I read an article not too long ago that showed me it was a little harder than I thought for them to churn out sports games. They're AWARE that it's basically the same game over and over again, but they're trying not to keep it so mundane. Imagine having to top last year's game every year with new features and innovations in only a year's deadline, non-stop.

[Abominator]

They don't have to, though.

Put a new roster up for 10 bucks instead.

[ASR]

That's true, I suppose. That's actually a great idea.

[Abominator]

Not for them, because 10 bucks is less than 50 bucks.

[ASR]

It still saves them a lot of work, though, so you never know.

[Abominator]

As long as morons continue to buy every iteration of every sports game, which history has proven that they will, EA ain't gonna stop milking them dry.

[Rama Olendris]

Very surprising indeed.

I probably would vote for Final Fantasy because I have been highly unimpressed with the entire series ever since FFVII. Sims and Pokemon could use a retirement as well. Megaman (meaning the classic series and the X series) however, shouldn't be just dropped off but -completed- sometime soon. I think. 

[preventerWIND]

FF has lost it's luster, it has for a LONG time. I'd vote for that but I'm too lazy to click the link.

Also, I want more Pokemon games, despite having 700 new Pokemon every game it's still fun. NEEDS A G/S REMAEK!!1

[Mikero]

If they're just going to close off X and Classic with as crappy games as they've recently made for other series then they should just leave it alone.

"LEAVE MEGAMAN ALONE!"

Not for them, because 10 bucks is less than 50 bucks.

Yeah but you can't blame them for the past since the download stuff wasn't possible, but they definitely should do it now. The newest Madden I played was one my friend Brian has for his Gamecube. I was surprised both at how dope it was (ones I'd played in the past were pretty crap) and how I was actually not bad at it.

He also has NBA Street 2, which I'd never played before and now want to own desperately. If no one here has played it (which is probably true), it's just about the best basketball game since the SNES days of NBA Jam.

It's pretty much just like a Gamecube version of NBA Jam with all the fun of it being STREET basketball and having character creation that even lets your character join a real team and the game generates an NBA style nickname based on your created character's play style. I forgot what nickname the character he made for me was, but my I looked DOOOPE.

Apparently NBA Street 3, also for GC, has even better custom stuff and also a Mario team (¬_¬;), so I really want it.

[Johncarllos]

NBA Street is the best thing to happen to basketball games ever.
Played 2 and 3 for short amounts of time once.

[Mikero]

If they aren't going to make anymore, I have to find NBA Street 3 to buy... and SOON.

[ASR]

I had NBA Street Vol. 3. You could play as Nintendo All-Stars, with Mario, Luigi and Peach. That game was AWESOME, seriously. It's what transitioned me into playing sports games with my friends more often than I used to.
I've heard nothing of any sequels or whatnot, so look for NBA Street 3, Mike. Totally worth it, great game.

[Mikero]

It sounds exactly like Street 2 but with better customs and an all-star I'll use like twice, so I definitely want it if I can find it.

[ASR]

I never played the second or first but I assume the third tops them both.

[TriggerUNIT]

Final Fantasy: Pretty much went downhill after VII. It needs to die already.

Madden: Definitely. I understand there are changes from year to year but, c'mon, it IS the same damn game over and over again.

Megaman: Already retired. As far as I'm concerned there hasn't been a REAL Megaman game produced in a very long time. It's retired in my opinion until we get something on par with at least Megaman X.

Mario: ... Why? C'mon I haven't played many mario games that I haven't enjoyed. The only game I didn't like was Dr. Mario and that's pretty much it. Mario has a  great batting average.

Sims: Do it in. Sure the style and themes change, but with what the sims are, you can only do so much before it's time for it to kick the bucket. Besides... I haven't played a sim game that was able to captivate my attention for more than 15 minutes. (That's not including the time it takes to create a character.)

[Abominator]

X8 was a great game, and it's not that old, so clearly there's still room for a proper MM game.

[preventerWIND]

Indeed, I'm one of the minimal people who thinks x8 was the #####. If I see Inafune, I'd jump at the chance to sign my MM games, my x8 being the first in line.

[Abominator]

It wouldn't be first.

[ASR]

My favorites of any MegaMan game have always been MM2 and MM3.

[Mikero]

I still don't understand why everyone likes FFVII so much. The story is pretty granola and the main players in it look like everything I hate about Earth.

[ASR]

I played about an hour in once and didn't see anything special so I stopped.

[ChaosVortex]

My favorites of any MegaMan game have always been MM2 and MM3.

Mega Man 2, Mega Man X, and Mega Man Powered Up. I'd have him sign any one of those or any of my Mega Man Collection games. Mostly Mega Man 2 or Mega Man X. Probably Mega Man X.

BTW, this is the 666th topic.

[Vinchenz Rock]

I played about an hour in once and didn't see anything special so I stopped.

Well, nothing really special happens until you leave Midgar.

But enough about that...

[Mikero]

I'd have Inafune sign MMZ or X7 and then be like "... Really?" and he'd say "... I know... I... Just... I-I know." and then-and then we'd have a beer.

But I don't own either of those games.

[Johncarllos]

I'd have him sign an anorexic 10 year old girl wearing a sign that says "I am Zero."

[ChaosVortex]

She can say "I'm about to die" and it could work both ways.

[Vinchenz Rock]

I'd have him sign my MM1 NES cartridge, American MM art and all.

[ASR]

I bet he dies a little inside every time someone shoves an American MM1 cartridge at him.

The thing is, if I ever run into Inafune, I'm damn well not going to have any of my MegaMan games on me unless it's 100% planned. Like, I've met celebrities and important people, but always at the most random times.

Mandy Moore, Andy Roddick, Howie Mandell, Rosie O'Donnel (ugh), etc. etc. etc.

[NovaMan XP]

I'd have him sign my MM1 NES cartridge, American MM art and all.

Same. I can't believe I still have it. >_>

[ChaosVortex]

Due to the fugly boxart and the fact that the game is just "alright" to me, I have a slight grin with I see a MM1 cartridge.

I smile cheek-to-cheek when I see MM2. In fact, I saw it at a card shop the other day near a Wii and a bunch of NES games. I wanted to hold it dearly, but I was in public.

[Mikero]

My friend is totally in like with Mandy Moore.

[ASR]

I'm totally in photo with Mandy Moore.

I'm gonna' steal that phrase, "in like with." I'm in like with that.

Anyway, the photo... It's old and I'm young, though. I'm in the orange shirt.

[Mikero]

I could that was you before I finished reading it, heh.

[TheRedPriest]

X8 was a great game, and it's not that old, so clearly there's still room for a proper MM game.

You've been drinking again.  X8 isn't even as good as X5 or X6 gameplay or stage design wise (and X5 and X6 weren't the best in the series either).  And in art direction and Axl is gets double F's.

No, X8 was not a "great game".  It was decent at BEST, but much closer to mediocre.  Could they take what they did with X8 and make it BETTER?  Possibly.  But they won't.

[ChaosVortex]

I would say X8 was great, if you ignored the storyline of course.

[Abominator]

X8 was a great game, and it's not that old, so clearly there's still room for a proper MM game.

You've been drinking again.  X8 isn't even as good as X5 or X6 gameplay or stage design wise (and X5 and X6 weren't the best in the series either).  And in art direction and Axl is gets double F's.

No, X8 was not a "great game".  It was decent at BEST, but much closer to mediocre.  Could they take what they did with X8 and make it BETTER?  Possibly.  But they won't.

I ignore Axl and it was better than X6 in all ways.

[ASR]

What Abe said.

I never played as Axl once.

[Xero]

X8 was excellent.

It was a step in the right direction.

[TheRedPriest]

I ignore Axl and it was better than X6 in all ways.

Music was below par in X8.  Stage design was absolutely horrible in X8.  Every stage was so themed it detracted from the platforming action and further more each stage was also poorly implemented.  Subbing a #####ing store for heart and sub tanks was complete bull#####.  Life and continue system was terrible.  Switching in level  between characters still doesn't work, just like it didn't in X7.  The ONLY positive thing you can give X8 is the slot system for X's armor, and even then the armor is the worst looking thing outside of MMZ or the over the top absurdly retarded Command Mission armors.  I won't even get into the absolutely crap new art style for it.  X8 was not a great game.  It doesn't come close to the pre X7 games.  Even the poorer ones.

X8 was not a "step in the right direction", it was only an improvement from X7, and frankly, after that festering pile of disease it wouldn't be hard to do better.  I'll gladly acknowledge that X5 and X6 were not good games.  But to say X8 was better?  I think not.  Flawed as they were, X5 and X6 kept the basics of the series at least.  Choose X OR Zero (even if X6 let you change between stages), Hidden Heart tanks, Hidden Sub Tanks, Armor Parts (Again, not instant use, but that's one of the flaws) and generally action based stages.

Also, I'll point out 3D just does not look as sharp as sprites.  The game just didn't LOOK as good.

[Abominator]

Right, X6 was abhorrent.

The only worse X game than X6 is X7.

[TheRedPriest]

... I disagree

X6 is a better game than X8 in my book.  And that's the book of H.  THE ONLY BOOK THAT COUNTS.

[Abominator]

...damn it.

[Mikero]

Combo breaker.

[Johncarllos]

 

[Xero]

:O >:O

[preventerWIND]

... 

[The Otaku]

I voted for the Sims. Controlling virtual people is a waste of time, because you do it everyday and control yourself. Plus it has crappy graphics.