History RuinedForever / VideoGamesSpecific

** The reveal of Akuma is yet another splinter in the BrokenBase. One side believes him to be nothing more than a {{Shotoclone}} wasting space on the roster and preventing a legitimate ''SF'' '''villain''' (most are quick to say Bison or Juri), while others claim that Akuma is the reason the ''Vs.'' series even got off the ground and is a cool guy who [[TierInducedScrappy makes Ryu look obsolete]].

** That's not all! They're getting rid of Power Point skins, removing Power League and bumping all 49 gem skins to 79 gems!

*** And every other video game sequel ever. This trope might be why {{sequelphobic}}s exist.

* Creator/CyberConnect2 has announced ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'' SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}''! WOO-HOO!...What was that? The main character can turn into a human now? '''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'''

* Ridley, King K. Rool and Banjo were mostly accepted with open arms. However, almost every other newcomer, including Sora, were met with as much ire as they were with rejoice. Many fans who think this is the last Smash game have seen their hopes and dreams crushed, thus dubbing the game as this. That, plus many existing characters still lack a lot of potential.

* When Activision acquired the rights to the {{VideoGame/Spyro}} characters and came out with {{VideoGame/Skylanders}} featuring some of the Spyro characters in it, some of the Spyro fans were prone to say this. And then again when they removed Spyro's name from the title.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'': ''"They cut out Roy and Mewtwo in Brawl?!"'' ''"They went ahead and put fucking Wii Fit Trainer in over the likes of Ridley, King K. Rool or Takamaru!?!?!?" "Enjoy your failing consoles Nintendo, this looks like it's just going to be Brawl in HD, but with Mega Man."'' As you can see, Smash speculation is rife with character requests and whether they're going to be included or not. But it doesn't just apply there, some people cried foul over the emphasis on casual gameplay in ''Brawl'' over ''Melee'', which was highly regarded by competitive players for its fast-paced nature and use of combos. And oh, the flame wars that started over the the inclusion of Pac-Man in the fourth entry...

They must be [[CreatorsPet Creator’s Pets]]! What do you mean they maybe were [[DorkAge trying for something different and failed?]] Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage is RUINED FOREVER!!

** It only took one trailer from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeFederationForce'' during Nintendo's E3 Digital Event for fans to spitfire towards the game. Mainly that it is told from the Federations point of view with four-player co-op that made fans angry that it wasn't a [[NoTrueScotsman "real"]] ''Metroid'' game. It got so out of hand that the Youtube video has over 90% dislikes to likes and a petition was created to have it cancelled.

** There was an earlier controversy when the Playstation 4 port of Super Meat Boy had [[ReReleaseSoundtrack a different soundtrack]] due to the creator of the original soundtrack [[ScrewedByTheLawyers denying his soundtrack from being used in any new ports of or followups to Super Meat Boy]]. Of note, the songs for the Forest were upbeat and rednecky to better match the mood of the world, whereas the Forest songs in the old soundtrack were a lot more mellow. Sure, some amount of controversy can be expected due to how radically different the new soundtrack's approach for the very first world was, but this led to [[VocalMinority particularly loud]] fans complaining under the assumption that [[CriticalResearchFailure the entire 2015 soundtrack]] was country-themed, and some especially clueless detesters claiming [[ArtisticLicenseLaw it was flat-out illegal]] for Team Meat not to include the 2010 soundtrack. With ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' on the horizon, this issue sadly becomes relevant again, due to the first chapter having similarly twangy music made by the same duo responsible for most of the 2015 soundtrack.

*** This is made even more ridiculous by the fact that ''Metroid Prime'' entered development before ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' even was in the FPS genre, instead of the strategy genre, at least according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

** Samus Aran's non-Suit appearance in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy''. The first ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' game had Samus's first appearance in 3D, and they chose to use a more realistic and older appearance that had actually never been used in the series before. In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'', her look drastically changed to her Zero Suit look based on ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' that was more standard with her other appearances in the series. Fans cried that Samus [[UncannyValley looked like a plastic Barbie doll]], clashed with the overall realism of the rest of the game, and was bastardized by "animu", therefore ruining Metroid FOREVER. ''Metroid Prime 3'' still used the Zero Suit look, just better-rendered, so the complaints didn't end either. You can compare the different suitless Samus endings [[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/114085.html in this video.]]

** Another big factor is how [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV another contemporary MMO from Square Enix]] was poorly-received. Fans now announce Creator/SquareEnix Ruined FOREVER UpToEleven.

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* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' already got a lot of criticism for leaving behind the the series' RPG roots in favor of a {{Metroidvania}} action-adventure, being centered around a gameplay mechanic that could easily become impractical, and limiting the supporting cast to little more than hundreds of Toads when previous installments had far more than just them. The fans hoped Nintendo would listen to the criticism and go back to what had worked before...and then the first trailer for ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' dropped (which seemed to have changed nothing, right down to the over-abundance of Toads) and the backlash escalated to incredible heights within '''''[[NotHyperbole seconds.]]''''' The backlash was so huge that not even Wiki/ThisVeryWiki could avoid it; ''Color Splash's'' YMMV page was blacklisted mere days after the game's announcement and wasn't re-added until months afterward because of how nasty the fandom's reaction was.

** Ironically if pressed, those who remember the [[ComicStrip/StarFox Nintendo Power comics]] will state Fara Phoenix is their choice of [[CanonDiscontinuity half-canon]] girlfriend for Fox and was much more worthy than Krystal...despite being just as terrible a pilot[[labelnote:*]][[ExactWords Dogfighter]] - her piloting skills weren't ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that]]'' bad[[/labelnote]]. Perhaps it's all down to Krystal's strange fur colouring, which kind of brands her as a sci-fi cliché (what with blue apparently being THE go-to default colour of sci-fi hacks everywhere.) Based upon their personalities, Krystal is indeed worse, but when the most vocal portion of your tribe tells Nintendo that's what they LOVE about her (next to the {{Fanservice}}[[labelnote:*]]and naturally RuleThirtyFour kicked in - [[TakeOurWordForIt better not look it up]][[/labelnote]], don't expect any changes down the line. Yep, you got it, Star Fox will continue to be Ruined FOREVER for some time to come.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has changed its identity back and forth so much over the years with many distinct eras that all have their fans that it is pretty much impossible for there to be something in the series that doesn't ruin it for a portion of the fanbase. Sonic has green eyes and a more serious, complex story? [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks It's not like the classics, so get rid of it]]. Classic Sonic design and a lighthearted ExcusePlot? [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks Soulless nostalgia pandering and lazy on the developer's part, boo]]. Characters besides Sonic getting focus? Can we get back to the first game's glory of having only Sonic and Eggman? [[MinimalistCast The supporting cast doesn't appear and only Sonic is playable?]] Go back to the days of loads of characters! Sonic in 3D? PolygonCeiling, Sonic only works in 2D! 3D games consisting mostly of 2D segments or just a new 2D-only game? 2D Sonic is TrialAndErrorGameplay, we need more 3D!

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has changed its identity back and forth so much over the years with many distinct eras that all have their fans that it is pretty much impossible for there to be something in the series that doesn't ruin it for a portion of the fanbase. Sonic has green eyes and a more serious, complex story? [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks It's not like the classics, so get rid of it]]. Classic Sonic design and a lighthearted ExcusePlot? [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks Soulless nostalgia pandering and lazy on the developer's part, boo]]. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Characters besides Sonic]] getting focus? Can we get back to the first game's glory of having only Sonic and Eggman? [[MinimalistCast The supporting cast doesn't appear and only Sonic is playable?]] Go back to the days of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters! Sonic in 3D? PolygonCeiling, Sonic only works in 2D! 3D games consisting mostly of 2D segments or just a new 2D-only game? 2D Sonic is TrialAndErrorGameplay, we need more 3D!

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awr5wMh5ysU trailer]] for the new ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' game, which is set to reboot [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry the series]], and particularly the character design for the new Dante, already has much of the fanbase declaring that the series has been Ruined FOREVER.

* Gen 9 was announced in March of 2022 and the yells of things like “those Gen 9 starters look like fakemon!” and “if the grass starter turns bipedal it’s ruined!!” started very quickly

*** In addition: why are they remaking ''Diamond and Pearl'' and not ''Platinum''? Don't they know that's the best one?! Ugh!

** When they're not complaining about that, they're saying that makes it a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' ripoff, [[{{Misblamed}} which is wrong]] because 1) it's not even the same genre, 2) {{Space Marine}}s have been canon since ''[[AllThereInTheManual Metroid II]]'', 3) ''Metroid'' came out in [[OlderThanTheyThink 1986]], and 4) [[ASpaceMarineIsYou tons of great games]] are [[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} ripoffs]] of a [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} ripoff]] of a [[Film/{{Alien}} ripoff]].

** In fact, some Ace Attorney fans despise Apollo so much that they won't play ''VisualNovel/DualDestinies'' for no other reason than "that little shit Apollo is in it. I hate him and I won't play it."

* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}: VideoGame/RavingRabbids'' ended up becoming a mini-game collection instead of a platformer, and fans were not happy. Then pretty soon, the VideoGame/RavingRabbids games started focusing way too much on the Rabbids and barely any Rayman, and then went to the point where they kicked him from the series all together so it was ONLY the Rabbids. Fans were even angrier at Ubisoft. So finally, after all the requests to bring Rayman back, Ubisoft announced ''Rayman Origins'', a game showing Rayman's origins, how he came to be, and how he evolves from an uncivilized, immature idiot to the gaming hero he is today, so you'd think the fandom would rejoice, but...'''"WHAT!?!!!! RAYMAN USED HIS [[HelicopterHair HELICOPTER HAIR]] TO LOOK UP BETILLA'S DRESS!!! WHY DID YOU MAKE RAYMAN INTO A PERVERT, UBISOFT??? I HOPE YOU ALL DIE!!!!"''' And then '''"NOOOOOOOO! YOU MADE RAYMAN AND GLOBOX INTO COMPLETE IDIOTS WHO SLAP EACH OTHER WHEN THEY FIRST MEET!!!! SCREW YOU UBISOFT!!!! SCREW YOU ALL!!!!"'''

* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2042'': Ever since the disaster of ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'', DICE decided to go back on track on making a modern shooter. Sounds good, right? NO! They, out of all reasons, decided to add Specialist class instead of generic class system! Good job! Now it feels more like a HeroShooter than what made the previous Battlefield game special! RUINED FOREVER!

** Some people were pissed off at her new look in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''. But after release, there are several other aspects causing these cries that [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment it's best not to bring up here]].
*** One that can is that Samus [[spoiler:wasn't the one that triggered the ship's SelfDestructMechanism at the end]].