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Most Anticipated Cancelled Games
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Zerodoppler
Member
Unity
Maleficent
Member
Unseen 
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Fear Effect Inferno
Primal 2?
Primal 2?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Duke Nukem Forev... ooops :lol
Dreadnough. I am a sucker for Victorian sci-fi.
Dreadnough. I am a sucker for Victorian sci-fi.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
Mother3
johnjohnson
Member
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Mother 3. Especially after they released some awesome battle music.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Now I remember two british prototypes that looked incredible like two years ago, Marco knows one of them :_(
heavy liquid
Member
I was looking forward to a lot of the games already mentioned... Unity, TFLO, and I forgot about Emperor of the Jungle! I was looking forward to both that and Robotech: Crystal Dreams on the N64.
Also:
Sam & Max 2
Also:
Sam & Max 2
Tellaerin said:The Red Star.
Red Star is finished and just waiting for a publisher.
It's a little sad how many of these games I've seen in action. One of my first closed-door meetings at E3 involved Capcom showing me Robotech: Crystal Dreams. When I was with Xbox Nation, they showed us True Fantasy Live and I remembered the game looked so beautiful and smooth in action -- and I was also sort of intrigued by the "support" professions players could take up if they weren't interested in adventuring.
B.C. seemed pretty great, too. It really was the bloodiest game ever.
Azure Dream
Member
A release of Shantae Advance is looking less and less likely. Maybe Namco will pick it up if they like the sales of Sigma Star Saga, though. Unfortunately, I just don't see that game becoming a bit hit so far...
Propellar Arena and TFLO are big ones for me, but the biggest was Star Fox 2 for the SNES. Used the Super FX 2 chip (like that buggy game, FX Trax), I remember being so hyped up with the pictures and news that leaked, then it just went dead quiet. I was confused, then found out that it was canned so sales of Star Fox 64 weren't diluted. (Excellent planning there...) SF64 was pretty much a logical "more of the same" step for the most part (Landmaster, sub, lock-on and a few other things excluded.) Star Fox 2 was more of a "Let's see where we can take this" game that tried new things, without losing the core of the series.
I've played a 95% (just a few glitches left) version on an emulator before, and it's just interesting to see where they pushed it. Areas are all-range (instead of on-rails) and they exist in real-time, with you having to defend Corneria while you push forward into the galaxy (wasting too long in an area means Corneria is open to attack). Six Arwing pilots manning three different types of Arwings (all with a secondary mode, the original model has a neat new mech-style walker ability), the two-player combat the original was missing... the game even has Star Wolf in it.
The only bad thing about it is that you can blow through the game in about 20 minutes on the lower difficulties if you know what you're doing, and for many people, life ends at "Normal." (The difficulty levels include changes in the frequency of events in this one, it's not just a damage tweak.) But overall, it's definitely a more interesting game, even though it wasn't as "safe" a sequel as Star Fox 64 was. (SF64 doubly-irritated me because it also rewrote the history established in the SNES games and promo materials previously, but that's another matter.)
Propellar Arena and TFLO are big ones for me, but the biggest was Star Fox 2 for the SNES. Used the Super FX 2 chip (like that buggy game, FX Trax), I remember being so hyped up with the pictures and news that leaked, then it just went dead quiet. I was confused, then found out that it was canned so sales of Star Fox 64 weren't diluted. (Excellent planning there...) SF64 was pretty much a logical "more of the same" step for the most part (Landmaster, sub, lock-on and a few other things excluded.) Star Fox 2 was more of a "Let's see where we can take this" game that tried new things, without losing the core of the series.
I've played a 95% (just a few glitches left) version on an emulator before, and it's just interesting to see where they pushed it. Areas are all-range (instead of on-rails) and they exist in real-time, with you having to defend Corneria while you push forward into the galaxy (wasting too long in an area means Corneria is open to attack). Six Arwing pilots manning three different types of Arwings (all with a secondary mode, the original model has a neat new mech-style walker ability), the two-player combat the original was missing... the game even has Star Wolf in it.
The only bad thing about it is that you can blow through the game in about 20 minutes on the lower difficulties if you know what you're doing, and for many people, life ends at "Normal." (The difficulty levels include changes in the frequency of events in this one, it's not just a damage tweak.) But overall, it's definitely a more interesting game, even though it wasn't as "safe" a sequel as Star Fox 64 was. (SF64 doubly-irritated me because it also rewrote the history established in the SNES games and promo materials previously, but that's another matter.)
FortNinety
Member
Unity
Sonic X-treme
Shenmue for Saturn
Den Sen
Sonic X-treme
Shenmue for Saturn
Den Sen
BuckRobotron
Member
Raiden Fighters Evolution (Xbox)
AtomicShroom
Member
johnjohnson said:
Am cry!! :'(
Most canceled games I've wanted have just shown up later on, usually on a new system. Right now I'll lament some of the canceled the promised localizations that fell through I wanted last gen...
Sega Saturn
-Grandia (Sega)
-Deep Fear (Sega)
-X-Men Vs Street Fighter (Capcom)
-Dead or Alive (Tecmo)
-Steamgear Mash (Atlus)
-Devil Summoner (Atlus)
-Policenauts (Konami)
-Lunar: Silver Star Story (Working Designs)
-Thunderforce V (Working Designs)
-Thunderforce Gold Pack 1+2 (Working Designs)
-Bubble Symphony (Acclaim)
Nintendo 64
-Sin & Punishment (Nintendo)
-Custom Robo V2 (Nintendo)
...yeah I ended up importing a lot of them or buying them on PlayStation, but it wasn't the same.
Sega Saturn
-Grandia (Sega)
-Deep Fear (Sega)
-X-Men Vs Street Fighter (Capcom)
-Dead or Alive (Tecmo)
-Steamgear Mash (Atlus)
-Devil Summoner (Atlus)
-Policenauts (Konami)
-Lunar: Silver Star Story (Working Designs)
-Thunderforce V (Working Designs)
-Thunderforce Gold Pack 1+2 (Working Designs)
-Bubble Symphony (Acclaim)
Nintendo 64
-Sin & Punishment (Nintendo)
-Custom Robo V2 (Nintendo)
...yeah I ended up importing a lot of them or buying them on PlayStation, but it wasn't the same.
imastalker co.
Banned
Policenauts
Unity
Unity
raiden fighters for saturn. announced and then cancelled. raiden fighters evolution for xbox. announced, developed to some extent, and then cancelled. there's some sinister force that doesn't want me to play raiden fighters. the one cab i've seen was in horrendous disrepair.
also the red star. but i'm still hoping it'll be picked up.
also the red star. but i'm still hoping it'll be picked up.
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
Dragon Warrior IV remake for the US
golduck342
Member
Nostrildamus
Member
Giftpia, though I don't know if it's actually been cancelled.
A port of Raiden Fighters would be great. I used to play Raiden Fighters Jet nonstop at a now defunct local arcade. That game had awesome music.drohne said: