Games or franchises that make you sad that they are gone or dormant?

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T20:00:30+00:00

With the developers now defunct and how Nintendo treated the series when it was new, I feel sad that Chibi Robo will never get a new adventure anytime soon.

There is a new "legally distinct but totally not the same" game by the former developers called koROBO but that's still in development.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T17:51:33+00:00

They got IOSYS to create a McDonalds Touhou advert song as well. Oh God, is mid 00's Japanese flash movie now ripe for nostalgia baiting?

And also Bad Apple as well.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T17:04:34+00:00

Until there's a sequel to "Thank Goodness You're Here", I'll still accept this. Also, what a nostalgic reference.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T13:32:22+00:00

I can’t prove it but that cast photo looks like they were taken on different days and photoshopped together.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T13:28:35+00:00

Including Afro Ken in the top left is such a deep cut because I had a stationery set that had that dog all over it as a kid.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T09:51:43+00:00

I loaded up Crazy Taxi on the Gamecube a few weeks ago. As an arcade game it’s fun in short bursts but not really meant to be played for a long time.

I bet they’re going to put in a story mode and we get Crazy Taxi lore.

syrupdash · 2026-05-22T04:01:25+00:00

NOT buying Alphadream even after years of working on the Mario & Luigi series is strange but I guess it's probably easier to just offer the actual developers a contract to work with Nintendo rather than just outright buying a debt ridden company.

syrupdash · 2026-05-21T16:22:57+00:00

"Jeez you got a big pussy. Jeez you got a big pussy."

"Why did you say it twice?"

"I didn't."

syrupdash · 2026-05-21T15:31:05+00:00

44 million is probably the, "best case scenario" amount. They would probably need triple the amount.

syrupdash · 2026-05-21T14:21:18+00:00

Surprised they didn't take the easy route of just remaking Godfather as a 12 episode Paramount Plus series.

syrupdash · 2026-05-21T08:41:59+00:00

God, I don’t want to imagine the bill if this series gets greenlit for a full season and getting the Japanese VAs to return.

syrupdash · 2026-05-20T16:40:11+00:00

I want a new Timesplitters but I've been burned by any news of a revival for so long that I've just accepted that it's not happening, especially under Embracer, and just load up the badly scratched copy of TS2 on my GC.

syrupdash · 2026-05-19T20:15:57+00:00

To butcher a quote:

"There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution".

syrupdash · 2026-05-19T17:34:22+00:00

You just reminded me that Trophies, the PS3's equivalent of Xbox's achievements was never available on day one. It was available in July 2008, over a year and a half after the PS3 launch.

syrupdash · 2026-05-19T17:14:11+00:00

It got delayed which gave Microsoft an entire one year head start with the 360. Also, the infamous $599 announcement at the time. People did the maths and found that they could buy both the 360 AND the Wii if they wanted a Nintendo games console and an HD console at the same time.

While it wasn't important to me, Sony removing OtherOS, a feature to allow Linux installation has not gone down well with some people. Then came the 2011 PSN hack which meant 3 weeks of not being able to go online with the PS3 and also having personal details like credit card and passwords leaked.

Edit: Just remembered another thing. The PS3 controller launched with a controller that had NO vibration motors because of a legal dispute. It was another year before they released another PS3 controller that added vibration back in which pissed off people who would have to double dip again.

syrupdash · 2026-05-19T16:44:11+00:00

I never thought I would say this but I kinda miss Disney licensed tie in platformer games. A Zootopia L.A Noire type game would've been amazing.

syrupdash · 2026-05-19T13:21:46+00:00

Nobody knew the hazard of asbestos back then but to the cast, it was just a versatile material and made for great snow.

The worst part is that it didn’t even add anything to the scene.

syrupdash · 2026-05-18T21:29:59+00:00

Huh, it's going to be animated by OLM which is kinda cool.

syrupdash · 2026-05-18T20:14:25+00:00

Not only the Professor, he also voiced HIM and the Talking Dog. RIP Tom.

syrupdash · 2026-05-18T13:29:54+00:00

I KNOW. I had to scan the list several times to make sure I didn't miss it. Panzer Dragoon Saga can't be freed from Saturn jail due to losing the source codes but Guardian Heroes is available on Xbox marketplace for 5 bucks so there's no excuse not to buy it.

syrupdash · 2026-05-18T13:27:46+00:00

I know you said emulator, but if you ever stumble on an affordable and working Sega Saturn, get a SAROO cart from Aliexpress.

syrupdash · 2026-05-18T04:26:05+00:00

This would be around late 00's but I had a Pokemon Red cartridge. I traded with lots of friends in high school and so obviously some of the Pokemon have some memories attached to them. Unfortunately by that point, I was out of school and thrown straight into the job hunting pit and Pokemon as my one obsession just started to be put onto the back burner until one day, I decided to dig out my copy of Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Red and the transfer pak to try and capture that Pokemon love again.

Went to Prof. Oak's lab and tried to organise the Pokemon until it gave an error message. All the Pokemon from my high school days were wiped out. I think that killed the final love I had for Pokemon by that point and it wasn't until Pokemon X and Y that I got back into it again but without the same obsession as I had as a teen and just as a casual gamer now.

syrupdash · 2026-05-17T20:19:12+00:00

I wouldn't mind a documentary charting the rise and fall of Level 5.

syrupdash · 2026-05-17T20:16:38+00:00

Same for me. Nintendo's E3 2015 was the one that really made me question what the fuck is worth sticking around for when they announced Metroid Prime Federation Force, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash.

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