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"I remember watching the announcement going out on the net, was a real big day for us, and was I think the point where people started to really get excited about the game!"
— Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Executive Producer Steve Lycett on the announcement of Ryo Hazuki as a playable character.

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  • 7/12/23: Limited Run Games had a digital showcase conference of more upcoming limited physical releases, however, what some didn't expect was the announcement of enhanced ports and compilations of older classic titles that are also coming to current 8th and 9th generation consoles as well as PC, which includes the following: Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, Gex Trilogy, Tomba!, and for the first time ever, an official localized re-release of Clock Tower (1995) on modern platforms, and Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution seeing the light of day on the Game Boy Advance 22 years later since its cancelation!
  • 7/12/23: Seemingly out of nowhere, Sting Entertainment are bringing back two installments from their Dept. Heaven series back to the modern generation: an enhanced port of Yggdra Union for Switch and PC (with the latter being made available through Early Access on Steam) and the announcement of an HD remaster of Riviera: The Promised Land!
  • 1/30/24: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of it's original release, Fate/stay night gets an HD Remaster for the Switch and Steam...and in defiance of No Export for You, it'll get an official translation into English (and Chinese)!

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  • Agarest Senki 2. Joy, this game is probably going to be like Agarest ZERO. This game will probably have 20 hours, and not a lot of con- wait, this game will be longer than just 20 hours!? YEA- WAIT. The pink-haired girl will start as a loli again!? YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!!!
    • In the same vain as Agarest Senki Zero: Wait, Aksys is localizing it!? WOOHOO!!!
    • Bah, the newest game, Agarest Senki Marriage is going to be for the Playstation Portable instead of either the PlayStation 3 or Play Station Vita. What's up with these character designs and why are they a little bit more loli-fied compared to the rest!? Stupid Compile Hea- wait, did they just announce that the second generation protagonist WILL BE A FEMALE PROTAGONIST INSTEAD OF THE USUAL MALE PROTAGONIST!? IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME COMPILE HEART!
  • It's nice that the HD version of Age of Empires II has gotten expansion packs, but it's a shame that Microsoft closed down Ensemble studios, meaning that the odds of a fourth Age of Empires game are next to ze-wait, Age of Empires 4 was just announced? Well, it'll probably be by some really cheap studi-wait, Relic Entertainment is making it?!?!? AWESOME!
  • Wait wha- WHAT THE FUCK?! A sequel to AI: The Somnium Files is going to release in Spring 2022 WORLDWIDE?!?! AND IT'S GONNA STAR MIZUKI?!?!
  • The classic American McGee's Alice is well-loved by its fans. In 2009 EA announced that they were releasing a much-awaited sequel, named Alice: Madness Returns. After 10 years of waiting. Hooray!
    • And now a Kickstarter for the third game, Alice: Otherlands, has been fully funded...admittedly, in the form of a series of animated episodes, not an actual game, but that's still more than we thought we'd get, so...
  • An Amnesia: The Dark Descent sequel is coming out this year?!?!? COUNT ME IN!!! Here's the trailer.
  • Anarchy Reigns? Never heard of it. WAIT...what's that theme I hear? Is that Bayonetta? AND SHE's PLAYABLE!?! Wait... She uses Witch Time, Wicked Weaves, AND TORTURE ATTACKS!?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY HALOs / RINGs!
  • The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is going to be released on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS!
  • Another Century's Episode R is made of this. A new sequel to the ACE series, after they said it was over? Great! Lots of popular series like Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam, Full Metal Panic!, Code Geass and Macross Frontier? Even better! Then the second preview video came along, revealing the improved, faster and smoother gameplay, a number of Crowning Moment Of Awesomes, while showcasing Kyosuke Nanbu, Masaki Andoh and Ryusei Date from Super Robot Wars: Original Generation would be in as well? Things hit a fever pitch afterwards.
    • The game suffered a bit of Unpleasable Fanbase early on when the director revealed each series will be limited to "about" three playable machines. Before the fans could start complaining, however, he made a second blog post that same day, explaining they're merely keeping the cast list from being too overloaded in order to focus on the gameplay and visuals. Later revelations showed the cast list was going to hit all the high notes anyway, meaning there would be some Demoted to Extra, but not enough to dethrone already awesome playables.
      • Especially when they announced unlockable characters would include the alternate samurai-type King Gainer, XAN, from Super Robot Wars Z. Before that, we were under the impression that there wouldn't be any unlockables, then they throw us a big one? Yeeeeeees.
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons:
    • The 2.0 update caused a lot of this. Brewster returned, old NPCs can finally be seen and interacted with in the game, cooking is back, and those annoying sea bass finally have a use that might ake them worth catching. Also, Reese and Cyrus can customize things that you would've been unable to change color of before.
    • Sure, you have to pay for the DLC, but you can redesign villager houses? Yay, no more getting stuck with starter villagers not having the house interior they would if brought to the island later in the game.
    • You can put DI Ys in storage now!
    • You can carry around both a storage-access storage shed and a bell dispenser like tools? Hooray!
  • Arcana Heart 3 has been confirmed to be ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Well, we know the Porting Disaster that got into Arcana Heart 2, I guess they'll screw up aga— wait, wait, wait...IS THAT ARC SYSTEM WORKS DOING THE PORTING!? Well, seeing how well they did BlazBlue, they must know what they're doing. So...YEEEESSS!!!
  • Let's see here on Arc System Work's latest news... Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- is out on Steam, River City Super Sports Challenge ~All-Star Special~ will follow suit, and—hold the damn phone! Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, and Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code ARE COMING TO STEAM IN 2016?! Does this mean that Actress Again Current Code will have its shut-down servers replaced with Steam's?! OF ALL THE HYPE!!!
  • Oh, hey, Arc System Works revealed a new game at EVO...holy crap, it's a crossover game with BlazBlue, Persona 4: Arena and Under Night In-Birth! Wow, can't get better than—
    Ruby Rose: Now hang on just a minute! Ah, this looks interesting! Mind if I join the fight?
  • The trailer for Assassin's Creed III showing a tomahawk-weilding native American assassin in the The American Revolution as the new protagonist evoked this reaction from fans.
    • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, an open world Pirate game aboard a fully sailable boat, The Golden Age of Piracy in all its glory, Blackbeard, Underwater Diving and...we can hunt Great White Sharks!!!
    • Rogue...Playable Templar for the Win...
    • Unity...After all, its Paris, its la revolution and Madame Guillotine est faim!!!
    • Syndicate reintroduces whistling! Oh, and zip lines, meaning your character is that much closer to being Batman. Also, the devs mentioning that Jacob will not have an arsenal strapped to him while walking the streets of London.
  • First released in 2002, yet still going strong due to being a unique mythology-based RTS (as well as being a Cult Classic), Age of Mythology will be released on Steam!
  • Fans of the Atelier Series celebrated when it was revealed that Bos Brunnen, a major supporting character in Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout and its sequel, would FINALLY be Promoted to Playable in Ryza's third adventure!

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  • A source port of Caesar III, Julius. It's a combination of various features: massive bug-fix, proper wide-screen support and all the functionality of Pharaoh, Zeus and Emperor thrown in for a good measure. Things like roadblocks, orders for market buyers, space allocation in warehouses, global workforce and many more. Sufficient to say, Caesar III receive a big bump in popularity and active players, as almost all of the flaws of the game are gone now, making it a pleasure, rather than a chore to finish certain missions. And all the functionality features are optional, so players can mix and match them as they see fit.
  • Kind of a shame that Caladrius got localized and released so late on the Xbox 360's lifespan, with an updated re-release being exclusive to the PlaySta—Wait, you're gonna port it to PC, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DRM-FREE ON GOGDotCom!! WHEN CAN WE STRIP PEOPLE CLOTHES OFF FOR THE TRUTH!?
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops is going to be developed by Treyarch? This Is Gonna Suck...wait, the zombie gametype is basically Left 4 Dead WITH PRESIDENTS!? SOLD!
    • Needs more Michael Wilson, though.
    • More zombie maps. Yeah that's interesting...wait, Sarah Michelle Gellar is in it? As Buffy? There goes my next month of game playing.
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is bringing a full story for Nazi Zombies. Which you can go through with 8 players.
    • So the next Call of Duty game is called "Infinite Warfare", huh? Let's see the trailer. Lots of explosions and gunfire, as usual. ...Hey, those big airships look pretty advanced. ...Wait... Why is the fighter you're piloting going up? ...How far up is it going? ...Space? ...Space?! SPAAAAAAACE!!! This is Major Tom to Ground Control: We have a damned space battle in a CoD game! And... are they fighting on Saturn's moon Titan?! Yes indeed, folks, the next installment of the series takes yet another leap into the future, to a time when humanity has colonized the rest of the Sol System.
    • They also going to have a Remastered Version of The First Modern Warfare as a Bonus!? Now that just Sweetens the deal!
  • Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL? It's probably gonna be as mediocre as the previous version... Wait, is that the Scotsman? Aku? Johnny Bravo? And the original Ben? And the original voice actors reprising their roles rather than imitators (except Aku, since the original is already resting in peace)? This might be worth a buy after all.
  • IGA's stellar track record with Castlevania ever since Symphony of the Night made the 3D versions look mediocre at best. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow looks to change that with the one-two punch E3 announcment of development by Hideo Kojima and voicework by Patrick Stewart. It counts because previous 3D Castlevania titles were all victims of poor 3D conversions; did you really think the fanbase would immediately enjoy another 3D game after that track record?
  • Castle of Illusion is getting an HD remake!
  • Cave Story is getting another remake-but on the Nintendo 3DS, as if fans didn't have enough reasons to buy it!
    • The very possibility of a sequel sent the fanbase into pure ecstasy.
  • Clock Tower going to have a spiritual successor in the form of NightCry, and it has a Kickstarter to fund game! Go and give them your money so they can scare us!!
  • Command & Conquer fans: Hell. March. Three. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Solidified with the announcement that Red Alert 3 would star Tim Curry, J. K. Simmons, George Takei, and Peter Stormare in his signature "scientist" role.
    • The original teaser for Command & Conquer 3 had a Fandom Rejoice moment of its own. There's a news broadcast mentioning the Brotherhood of Nod and Kane's apparent death, which is abruptly turned off... by Joseph Kucan! KANE LIVES! And Tricia Helfer and Grace Park from Battlestar Galactica, and Josh Holloway from Lost, and Michael Ironside! Billy Dee Williams! Malcolm McDowell! Lastly, Ric Flair as a general in the cutscenes. MARKING OUT~! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
      • Command And Conquer 4? Seriously, how long can they keep churning out - wait, Joseph Kucan's back? AGAIN? KANE LI- er, STILL LIVES!
    • Command & Conquer: Generals 2 is coming? OK, cool - wait, BioWare is making it?
    • After EA severely dropped the ball with Rivals, a Reddit post quietly popped up from an employee, promising one thing; a HD remaster of both the original Command & Conquer and Red Alert. Even better, Petroglyph (which was formed mostly by ex-Westwood employees fleeing EA) is onboard, and they're bringing Frank Klepacki with them.
  • Company of Heroes was already a very good game, albeit one with only an average-sized fanbase and only incremental balance patches after Tales of Valor. Then the news came out: Eastern Front is coming out. And there was much rejoicing, indeed.
  • CRASH IS BACK, BABY! Not only will he appear in Skylanders: Imaginators, but Sony and Activision are working together to remake the first three Crash Bandicoot games from the ground up.
    • And now that the N. Sane Trilogy is here, they've also implemented several cut levels such as Stormy Ascent.
    • And now they're remastering Crash Team Racing! The newly announced Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled even comes complete with the tracks from Crash Nitro Kart!
    • CRUNCH CONFIRMED!
    • You can customise the karts! The Crash Nitro Kart bosses are here! N. Trance is here! Everyone has alternate skins!
    • And that's not even the end of it! Tawna, the trophy girls from the original (now called the Nitro Squad), Baby T. and Spyro the Dragon are going to be playable in the future!
    • And after that's all said and done, we'll be seeing N. Brio and Komodo Moe finally getting playable slots, as well as the return of fan favorite Nina Cortex in the foreseeable future.
    • Three packs have been revealed! Aside from Nina, one of the silhouettes is Pasadena O'Possum, another Ensemble Dark Horse from the series. And when the pack was released, she came with two more characters: Ebenezer Von Clutch from the same game, rounding out all the playable characters from past entries, and Koala Kong, FINALLY rounding out the original trilogy's bosses!
    • Once the final pack of the second batch got released, its racer loadout came with a special treat: the commentators Chick and Stew finally becoming playable! In addition, Activision's blog confirmed that the game's support would continue into the new year.
    • Next up is a apocalypse themed Grand Prix, but here comes a doozy- making his return after 18 long years of waiting is the fused monster Megamix!
    • Sad about the Grand Prix events ending after February? Don't be, because Beenox plans to continue releasing content for the game, mainly characters, karts, skins, decals and paint jobs, as well as brand-new Time Trial times done by none other than the game's staff.
    • For the last Grand Prix, Beenox decided to end it with a bang; The last track is on GASMOXIA, the home planet of Nitros Oxide! And it comes with Fake Emperor Velo as the new racer and star of the new Time Trials!
    • The update after the Gasmoxia Grand Prix brings in the series' most recognizable signature enemy: the Lab Assistant, finally giving him some much-deserved time in the limelight! Not only that, but after missing out on the Back N. Time Grand Prix, Baby Cortex and Baby N. Tropy are finally made playable!
  • After all the time spent remastering the golden age of the bandicoot, many wondered what the next Crash game would be. And their questions have finally been answered: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time has been officially announced as the true successor to the original trilogy!
    • And guess who else is gonna be playable alongside Crash, Coco, and Cortex? None other than Ensemble Dark Horse Dingodile! Time to break out the butter cause we're gonna make toast!
    • On top of Crash, Coco, Cortex, and Dingodile, we'll actually get to play as Crash's old flame Tawna (albeit a Tawna from an alternate universe). A long way for a notable Old Shame character.
    • If all those characters weren't enough, Polar finally comes back as a rideable mount after mostly just making appearances in racing games.
  • After a hiatus, the next console Crash game was finally announced by 2022's end: Crash Team Rumble, a 4-player multiplayer battle spin-off game by Toys For Bob that features most of the Crash 4 cast (plus the new arrival Catbat from one of its endings) and would launch in 2023!
    • The game has a seasonal system with a rough timeframe of three months before the next one starts, giving players enough time to earn rewards.
    • Each season is set to bring in new Heroes (playable characters) and powers. The best part is, they aren't even tied to buying the Battle Pass, as they can be earned just from clearing in-game challenges.
    • Speaking of the Battle Pass, the cosmetics they come with can also be won when seasonal challenges are completed, giving a convenient option for those who'd rather not pay for them.
  • Crusader Kings 2 will finally make pagan nations playable! Excellent! Wait - they're adding an 867 CE start date, increasing the possible game length BY ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED YEARS? Prepare the burnt offerings.
    • And they announced another expansion, this one focused on religion! Awesome... wait, you can play as a Jewish lord? BARUCH HASHEM!
    • Recent expansions have been kinda meh, especially the recent Jade Dragon. So, what's in Holy Fury? Customizable pagan religions? Neat! Wait... they're finally reworking crusades? DEUS VULT!
  • Man, Cthulhu Saves the World was some great fun. I wonder what it'll take to get a sequel made-wait, what do you mean there is?!
  • Cyber Shadow looks pretty awesome, but it would be nice if it gets released on consoles...It will!? And it's Yacht Club Games who are publishing it!? Time to save your clan and the future!

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  • Danganronpa:
    • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is going to have a western release.
    • Oh, cool, the first Danganronpa game released in the US, but I hope it sells well enough for its se- wait, literally two days after the release, we have confirmation of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair?! HELLS YEAH!
    • Cool, but who's going to be voicing wh- they're having the same person who voiced Naegi come back to voice Komaeda, like they did in the Japanese release? YAY!
    • We haven't heard much about it since they confirmed it coming out, I wonder if they- holy hells a trailer came out.
    • Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony made the fans of the franchise go into uproar with the revelation of the first female main character in a numbered Danganronpa installment: Kaede Akamatsu, the Ultimate Pianist.
  • Darkest Dungeon II:
    • The announcement of the addition of the Collector to the game with the Chirurgeon's Table update received nothing but positive praise from the fanbase, especially since no major changes have been made to his boss fight and he fights almost exactly like he did in Darkest Dungeon.
    • The reveal that Reynauld the Crusader would once again rejoin Dismas the Highwayman in the game's first DLC, The Binding Blade, was exactly what the fandom had wanted to hear, as they had been in uproar that the Crusader wasn't included from the beginning while the Highwayman was and had been clamoring for years for his return.
  • Dark Souls is getting a PC release, yay! ....with Games for Windows Live, boo!
    • A sequel has been announced. Now look at the trailer. See the little icons at the end of the trailer, saying which systems it is gonna come out for? One of them says 'PC'. Rejoice, PC crew, because From Software has not forgotten you!
  • C'mon Relic, it's been five years now, any word on when Dawn of War 3 is coming out? Oh sweet, the Announcement Trailer hit. Looking good so far...Was that an Imperial Knight going one-on-one with an Eldar Wraithknight? AWESOME! They're returning to the more larger scale combat from the first game? I like where this is going, anything else to add...GORGUTZ EAD'UNTA IS BACK AS THE ORK LEADER?! SAY IT WITH ME NOW BOYZ WAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
  • It's a shame that Pinhead doesn't speak anymore in Dead by Daylight. Wait, not only does the recent patch have him voiced again, but he's reprised by Doug Bradley after all these years?! YES!
  • Holy shit, Deadpool is getting his own game!
    • Boo, the game was removed from sale because the license went out. Now no-one can play it- did you say PS4 and Xbox One? And it's on Steam?!
  • Deathsmiles gets a proper localization? Thank you, Aksys Games!
  • Death Stranding: Holy SHIT! Hideo Kojima just announced his first game as an independent developer!
    • From the Second Trailer: MADS FUCKING MIKKELSEN is going to be in this game! And Del Toro!
  • Deltarune Chapter 1 was a fun ride, but Chapter 2 sure is taking its sweet time to come out... Wait, it finally got a confirmed release date? And Chapter 2 is coming out for free as an update with Chapter 1? And it's also out for Steam as well as the Switch and Playstation 4 for free?! With it confirmed for at least 7 chapters now?! Glory to Toby Fox for this gift upon the fans!
  • Man, everyone seems to ignore Descent these days in favor of games like Doom... I just wish that it would get some love these day—wait. Descent is now available on STEAM? AND SO IS DESCENT 2?! AS WELL AS DESCENT 3!? I DO WANT THIS!
  • After an entire decade, Destroy All Humans! is finally coming back with a remake of the first game!
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution was seen as a shameless cash-in for most of its production cycle. It was only after an early version of it was leaked that excitement began mounting. It was later revealed that the Eidos Montreal team had spent a lot of time consulting with the original team. Also the opening, which features Bob Page (voiced by the original voice actor) was enough to send chills up gamers' spines.
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided: When it was said that boss fights could be skippable like in the original game.
  • Devil May Cry:
    • The Style System in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening was a Scrappy Mechanic for some players because it limits options instead of having all styles available at once. Thankfully, Devil May Cry 4 gives Dante access to all of his styles and allows the player to swap them in real-time whenever they want, even in the middle of a combo. Lastly, the upgrades no longer require grinding for experience points. These changes make the system much more interesting to exploit, even if it's tricky to master.
    • Alternate costumes exist in all of the previous DMC games, so fans were understandably disappointed that the original version of Devil May Cry 4 lacked any cosmetics (The Super Costumes for Dante and Nero only provide gameplay benefits, they don't change the two characters' outfits). The Special Edition solved this concern by giving unlockable outfits for all five playable characters.
    • E3 2018; what's this? A new Devil May Cry game!? ......oh god, the art style... it's a sequel to the reboot...? Really? Wait a second...! Did that guy just rev... RED QUEEN?? IT'S DEVIL MAY CRY 5!!! But where's Dante?? Where is... wait, who's that riding towards the screen on a motor bike?? *Cue the hero of Devil May Cry speeding towards the viewer with Reuben Langon's familiar voice yelling "Woohoo! YEEEAAAH!!"*
  • Diablo III is overhauling the loot system so that if say, you are playing a Witch Doctor, the game will actually give you Witch Doctor Loot. This is something that Roguelikes have needed since the genre's origin - sure most of the loot will probably not be an upgrade, but at least you won't be running a new Monk who is still wearing Act I gear in Act IV because the game does nothing but rain Demon Hunter and Barbarian gear on you.
    • NO MORE AUCTION HOUSES!
  • Digimon fans outside of Japan couldn't get that much love. The last RPG in the series that was released in the US, Digimon World Championship, was in 2008. The last RPG released in Europe? Digimon World 4, which was relased in 2005. So imagine the surprise that not only would Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth be released in both regions, but that it would be on both PSVita and the PS4! Even better? The PS4 port was developed exclusively for markets outside of Japan! Bandai Namco Entertainment's twitter post with the announcement trailer in Europe had nothing but praise!
  • Around about the time this trailer for Disgaea 4 came out, the entire fandom could be heard squeeing in unison. Nippon Ichi wasn't kidding when they promised a graphics update, it seems.
  • Ugh, DJ Hero. Another attempt by Activision to get people to buy plastic par—- wait, Daft Punk is in the game? And they're making 11 mixes for it? Sold!
    • For others, it's Grand Master Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff (Will Smith's old partner) and Jay-Z being in the game.
    • For those that play Rhythm Games, the fact that it's intuitive and not like beatmania really won some of them over.
    • And you can join in with a Guitar Hero controller. Yes.
  • The Doom series has had a pretty good run, but while not many people really disliked Doom 3 it was (justly or not) criticised for losing some of the classic "feel" of the series. But then, at the 2015 E3 conference, we got this gameplay video of a reboot. You can hear the fandom rejoicing in the background!
    • Nintendo's low-key announcement of the Switch port of Doom (2016) deserves special mention, as it resulted in near-universal acclaim with fans' astonished cries of "HOLY ***!" or screams of jubilation.
    • Of all the Doom that has been brought back to modern consoles, it's sad that after all these years, Doom 64 was never given a chance to shine anymore and forever stuck on the N64 outside of a fanmade p—IT'S COMING BACK ON THE SWITCH FOR DOOM'S 25th ANNIVERSARY??? THANK YOU, ID, THANK YOU!!!
    • Well that sucks we'll have to wait even longer to play Doom Eternal since it was delayed to March 2020 of all times, but at least id are committed to making a quality g—WAIT, PRE-ORDER NOW AND GET DOOM 64, THE ONE DOOM GAME THAT HAS BEEN LOST IN TIME ON THE N64 AS A BONUS?! AND IT'S ALSO COMING TO MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, TOO?! TIME TO THROW MY MONEY TO THE PITS OF HELL TO RIP AND TEAR EVEN MORE!
  • Arc System Works have announced a new Double Dragon game, Double Dragon 4, and it'll come out on January 30, 2017. Okay that's nice, but it's doubtful that it'll be the sa-they brought back a bunch of people who work on the original games?!note 
  • The announcement of Double Dragon Gaiden - Rise of the Dragons was cause for celebration for series fans due to these reasons: it is developed by Secret Base (which created the fondly-remembered Beat 'em Up tribute Streets Of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe), brings back the post-apocalyptic 19XX New York setting that was glossed over for years, has highly-flexible roguelite mechanics, finally got Marian Promoted to Playable in the main series, and boasts up to 13 playable characters in total for the roster.
  • Dragon Age: Redemption, the Dragon Age web series. Written by and starring FELICIA DAY!!!! elicited this response from Dragon Age (and Felicia day) fans.
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition bought some good press with its "Fires Above" trailer, and the 2014 release date was taken as a good sign given how II suffered from being rushed. Then came the confirmation (after a lot of differing reports) that you can once again have a non-human Player Character.
    • Similarly the reaction to Morrigan, Cassandra and Varric Tethras appearing in the teaser trailer.
    • The PAX Demo revealing that just one level is larger than the entire game world of Dragon Age II, the environment is malleable and able to be used during combat and you can fight dragons! And in addition to the various races returning, there is a Kossith Inquisitor!
    • Large amounts of Squee ensued after Cullen was announced as both a companion and a love interest.
    • Iron Bull, the qunari mercenary voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr., who voiced the un-romanceable James Vega in Mass Effect 3, is romanceable? By both gendered Inquisitors? Of all races? I'M GONNA RIDE THE BULL!
    • The "Enemy of Thedas" trailer briefly showed Hawke, the player character of Dragon Age II. Shortly after the trailer was released, a Bioware dev tweeted that players will be able to customize Hawke's appearance. This was an unexpected but very welcome surprise to the fandom.
    • The ending of Trespasser had several, from the revelations of Solas and the Dread Wolf to the epilogue tidying up story threads that did not make sense. However it was the Inquisitor stabbing the map of Tevinter and Cassandra narrating the game's story that had fans cheering.
  • Oh look, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, yet another Dragon Ball game, has been announced. This should be nothing more than usual beat-em-up and fighting ga- What's this? Dimps is developing, battles are set in full 3D destructible environments, fighters can traverse the levels free-roaming in very large spaces and can be fighting on a platform, go in the air, and fight underwater, the game will feature elements from Dragonball Online such as character creation and a hub world where you level up your created character, there can be more than 1v1 in battle, unlike the previous games of the series that usually follow the original Dragon Ball canon Xenoverse will feature an entire new story including your own player created character and this will also be the first Dragon Ball game released on the eighth generation consoles as well as PC!? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY DIMPS!!
  • After spending three years stuck in Japan, the 3DS version of Dragon Quest VII is finally seeing a Western release. Along with the news of the recent 3DS version of Dragon Quest VIII coming shortly after it.
  • Dragon Quest fans got to have some goodies announced for the 35th Anniversary livestream, including an Offline version of Dragon Quest X, a remake of Dragon Quest III in the HD-2D style of Octopath Traveler, and Dragon Quest XII being stated for a Worldwide release! One special mention however is that the Dragon Quest Monsters project starring Erik & Mia announced years ago is alive! It got rebranded as Dragon Quest Treasures but still, it's alive!
  • Drakengard is coming back and Yoko Taro is the director and scenario creator.
    • Insert CAPATALIZED and BOLDED words HERE!!!!!
    • And now it's been confirmed that it will be brought over here as well.
  • Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming out in 2011?! Cue the Flying Pigs, and HAIL TO THE KING BABY! (Pity it didn't really live up to the hype.)
  • After being brutalized by Nexon NA, Dungeon Fighter Online was shut down June 2013. Nearly a year later, Neople, the developers of the game, decided to publish the game themselves nearly a year later. As of writing, Alpha testing starts May 15.
    • Alpha testing was a success and as of writing, Neople is currently getting the game ready for a relaunch. Of note is that the team has mentioned translations, including a piece of dialogue from the Metastasis patch, meaning that we may be able to catch up with Korea.
    • It gets better: They've comfirmed it'll have the Korean version's Skill system (infinite FREE resets/skill adjustments), and in a show of good faith, they said the cash shop wouldn't be open during the CBT because "we don't want to take your money for an unfinished server"
    • CBT begins March 2015. The wait is almost over.
    • The CBT became a OBT as a likes bonus, and the game is released with new content being added on a biweekly basis.
  • Dwarf Fortress players do this with pretty much every major content update. Notable examples:
    • v0.31: Massive overhaul of material properties and damage rules, modelling combat at a ridiculously detailed level! Complex medical care mechanics! The long-awaited implementation of pottery! Hugely expanded Item Crafting system that made insanely elaborate Game Mods possible! A procedurally-generated Underdark!
    • v0.34: Mine carts! Magic! Eldritch Locations that raise dead creatures as zombies and have rains of blood!
    • v0.40: Simulated personalities, ambitions and emotional ranges! The game world outside your fortress is no longer Perpetually Static! Adventure Mode now gives you the option of guerilla warfare! You can retire a fortress for a while and let the AI run it while you go do something else!
    • All the above versions then have a second wave of this when Toady One finally gets around to fixing various long-standing bugs.
    • The Steam version came with an extra-huge wave. Children do hauling tasks now? You can finally smooth constructions? UI overhauls? Tutorials? Mouse controls? A graphical premium version? No wonder it sold over half a million copies. Oh, and even the bugfixes got extra good, as Toady finally hired another programmer (Putnam, a programmer and modder of renown in the forums) who immediately squeezed some wonderful optimization in that rescued multiple fortresses from FPS death.
  • So a new Empires expansion is coming out for Dynasty Warriors. Ah, I'm sure it will be a trainwreck like the last one... wait, is that new character XU SHU?! In an Empire game?! And aren't those lots of DECLONED CHARACTERS?! CAW contains WHAT?! Freely adjustable EX and musou attacks? Freely changable sizes of body parts and ALL OF THE CAW PARTS OF THE PREVIOUS GAME?! Even the DLC ones?! Also, breast size can be adjusted... 200 SLOTS FOR CAWS?! KOEI, SHIP THIS THING!
  • Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2. Great, a spin-off of DW6 is getting a sequel. When are they going to move on to DW7 and stop milking the- Wait, is that Da Qiao? And Jiang Wei? They're bringing back more of the cut characters? And... they're giving Wei a new gal (Cai Wenji)!? This is going to be awesome!
    • Dynasty Warriors 7. Let's just hope that they don't screw it up like they did last- Hold on, they got rid of the renbu system and brought back the old combo system while keeping the weapon change mechanic from Strikeforce? Certain characters have their old weapons back? Xing Cai's back, meaning that the cut characters will return? Jin has been included as a faction, meaning they're expanding past Wu Zhang Plains? OH YEAH!
    • Xtreme Legends? New characters for the first time in Dynasty Warriors? Cool! Fan-requested character Guo Jia to appear? Great! Some characters that shared move sets in DW7 are receiving their own? Sweet! New babe that serves as an Arch-Enemy of Ma Chao (Wang Yi)? Awesome! PANG DE'S BACK!?!? TAKE MY MONEY, KOEI!
  • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3. Deathscythe Hell is in the game. And if that wasn't enough, so is the Gundam Double X! For the first time in history, Gundam X material actually gets officially released in the states!
  • Well, if it isn't another Dynasty Warriors Empires game... So, what new things are they planning to introduce for DW8: Empires? Wait, your characters can have children now? You can create and edit your own scenarios? Seems like KOEI is once again going to make a lot of rabid-fanboy money! And most of all....XUN YU'S NOW PLAYABLE?!
  • So, another Dynasty Warriors game, the ninth one... They say they're going to revamp the system, let's hope there won't be cut characters or Renbu system like 6... Well at least they're expanding the moveset like aerial moves, but... wait, what did they say? Everyone returns!? Great! Open World system!? Oh boy! Can't wait! New characters... hold on, is that our most requested old guy Cheng Pu!? OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, CHENG PU FINALLY IN DYNASTY WARRIORS!!!

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  • EarthBound (1994), possibly the most egregious case of No Export for You to ever grace the medium of video games, is coming back on the Wii U virtual console. After almost 20 years. God bless you, Nintendo...
  • The Elder Scrolls:
    • The Elder Scrolls V is finally coming out? And it's set in Skyrim? Okay, sounds promising. Let's just hope its not as buggy as Oblivion...TES: V will be using a new game engine? By AZURA! BY AZURA! BY AZURA!
    • Oh look, another new DLC has been announced. I bet it'll be as lackluster as Dawngua-Wait, Solstheim? Morrowind's Alien Landscape? SPEARS? FLYABLE DRAGONS?!?!
    • So they've finally announced a Remaster on PS4 and Xbox One? Well, it could be better than the PS3 launch if it's stab- did you just say mod support on consoles?
    • It's been seven years...Bethesda's big E3 announcement is probably just another Skyrim remaster or another mobile game...wait...Elder Scrolls VI confirmed!?
  • It has been so long since we heard anything about Elden Ring, are we sure the game still exists? Hm? Geoff Keighly has a big announcement? NO WAY ELDEN RING LIVES! It's coming in February! It's about damn time!
  • When Epic Mickey was originally announced, it was met with a general 'Meh' from the gaming crowd, expecting at best a Kingdom Hearts-lite. They they announced that Warren Spector was in on the project, and that they'd be taking a Darker and Edgier route on the concept- fans were still skeptical, until they saw the concept art. And Oswald the Lucky Rabbit- the predecessor to Mickey, whom Disney lost the rights to over 80 years ago (And Spector and Disney got him back just for this game, trading a flesh-and-blood human sportscaster for him)- is a Forgotten Childhood Friend turned Anti-Villain. If that wasn't enough Retraux for ya, Mickey's Karma Meter allows him to act like his original personality as a mischevious jerk, the modern hero or somewhere in between. Disney seems to be clawing their way out of their Audience-Alienating Era (as if the aforementionned Princess and the Frog and Tron Legacy weren't enough proof.).
    • Just in case they can, the sequel will be on Wii U, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, too. And there'll be musical numbers. And you can play as Oswald.
  • The final pre-order bonus for Europa Universalis IV is released... AND IT'S AN OFFICIAL SAVE CONVERTER!
    • One thing that many people had wanted for years was the ability to create a randomized New World, so players wouldn't have the advantage of knowing themselves where everything was. But given the amount of work involved in doing such a thing, they gave up on it ever happening... until the announcement of the first EU 4 expansion, Conquest of Paradise.

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  • Fairy Fencer F finally is announced for localization according to NISA. To say the fandom erupted is an understatement.
  • Bethesda developing Fallout 3? Yuck, just'll be Oblivion with gu-wait, was that Ron Perlman?!
    • That ending was awful, Bethesda! Wait - a DLC retcon? A Playable Epilogue? More Liberty Prime? Hell yeah.
    • Another moment aimed specifically at the anti-Bethesda Fan Dumb would be hearing that Fallout: New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, which is (coincidentally) run by refugees from Black Isle Studios (who made the first two Fallout games). If that wasn't enough, Liam Neeson is playing your dad.
    • Ooh look, the New Vegas trailer. Looks really familiar, like they're rehashing the same stuff from the last ga... IS THAT THE NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC?
      • Along came the E³ trailer. Combat gameplay, it's just like Fallout 3 aga- Is that a Glock 86 plasma pistol? Did that mutant still have lips, held up with ropes? Was that a classic vault entrance?
      • Danny Trejo and Felicia Day as companions? There goes fifty bucks, secured as a transaction with Michael Dorn's voice coming out of Marcus.
      • Tabitha just talked about the Master. You're really holding a plasma caster, the classic plasma rifle, dressed in classic advanced power armor, and you get to pick up traits too. You actually get to see Caesar's Legion in a game after all this time.
  • After a countdown started on Bethesda's blog, with a background similar to Fallouts, fans waited. Finally, we got it. War. War never changes.
  • Fate/EXTRA being localized by Aksys Games!? Pigs must've been flying in the sky now while Satan is ice-skating! My Type Moon game, in mah local PSP!? DO WANT!
  • Score one for Electronic Arts thanks to their new FIFA 12 port to the Mac.
  • The announcement of Fighting EX Layer. On the outside, this was just some random 2.5D fighting game by a no-name developer. But for hardcore fans of the genre, it marked the long-awaited return of the cast of Street Fighter EX, perhaps the biggest Ensemble Dark Horse of fighting game ensembles, after a nearly two-decade absence from the world of video games.
  • Well it doesn't seem like we'll ever see Flying Red Barrel ~The Diary of a Little Aviator~ getting re-released, much less updated, on another platform besides the out-of-date Amazon version since Rockin' Android still holds the rights. May as well drop some money for th—wait, FRUITBAT FACTORY IS GONNA RELEASE A REMASTERED VERSION FOR STEAM?! THANK YOU, PUDDING GODS~!!
  • As of May 7, 2014, FreeSpace: The Great War is available on Steam! It's not FreeSpace 2, sure, but it's something to cheer about!
  • In the second game of The Force Unleashed, Boba Fett returns!
  • Fortune Street for the Wii this holiday season. I don't know what to thi... Did they have classic Mario games and Dragon Quest games as minigames?!? Shame Mario isn't in i... AND THEY HAVE THE MARIO CAST IN! AND ITS ALL DIALOGUE?!? They will still cheap out with some peop... EVEN MARIO AND THE SLIME HAVE DIAOLGUE?!?!? Now we just need Wi-Fi which will never happ... AND WI-FI IS INCLUDED TO PLAY UP TO 4 PLAYERS?!?! SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!
  • Forza Horizon had a major ATFR moment in the Forza Motorsport community when it was shown that, for the first time since the original Forza Motorsport game on the original Xbox, night racing would return. This was something that fans had been asking for years, and Turn 10 made sure that their voices were heard on the matter.
    • Forza Horizon 2? I hope-wait... There is dynamic weather? Fine-tuning? Open-world Drivatars? AN EVEN LARGER OPEN WORLD WITHOUT ANY INVISIBLE WALLS? THEMED RADIO STATIONS FOR HOSPITAL RECORDS, INNOVATIVE LEISURE AND NINJA TUNE?! Shut up and take my money, Turn 10!
    • Forza Horizon 2 is finally getting Porsche back after years of having to circumvent EA's exclusivity deal! And unlike Forza Motorsport 4, this will not be a one time deal as Forza Motorsport 6 will also feature the manufacturer. It will feature weather and night racing, the latter of which hasn't been in the Motorsport series since the first game, and the former is being introduced to the Motorsport series for the first time. There only came further rejoicing following the arrival of Horizon 3's Porsche Pack with the announcement that all subsequent Forza games will feature Porsche at launch.
    • Now Horizon 2 is released, and so far so good, but I wish I could redeem my Forza Rewards directly from the console... Holy smokes, there is an official Forza Motorsport app available for the Xbox One?! AND YOU CAN REDEEM YOUR REWARDS WITH IT?! AND IT'S FREE?!?! Insta-download here I come!
    • The announcement of Forza Motorsport 6: Apex was well received, but the announcement that every subsequent Forza game would get an Xbox and Windows release resulted in much rejoicing.
    • Man, Forza Horizon 3 is such a good game, all that's missing is sno-hold on, Blizzard Mountain? A full, separated open-world centered around snow racing? SNOW TIRES?!? BLIZZARDS?!?! KEN BLOCK'S FORD FOCUS RS FROM GYMKHANA 9?!?!?!?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, PLAYGROUND GAMES!
    • After the announcement of the Porsche DLC as a standalone car pack and not a full-blown expansion like in Horizon 2, many people wondered what would be the second Forza Horizon 3 expansion. However, nobody expected it would be a Hot Wheels themed expansion, with 10 vehicles (4 of which are Hot Wheels originals), and customizable stunt tracks. Predictably, fan reception was extremely positive.
  • Freedom Planet IS GETTING A SEQUEL!!!
    • Wait, what do you mean Lord Brevon won't be making an appearance? He's one of the greatest video game villains ever, nobody can replace him...wait, it's a pureblood Water Dragon? Evil Counterpart to Lilac? This could be good.
    • What's with all these design changes? Milla's not quite as cute, Lilac's costume changed. Wait, Carol has a sister? And she's an anti-hero voiced by Lindsay Jones? Eh, the story mode will be longer? Most will probably still skip it, wait they got Christopher Sabat, and the cast are using his personal recording studio and voice direction? No more scratchy microphones, yes!
    • Still waiting on that Torque and Spade DLC, Galaxy Trail. AH well, let's see what the character trailers have. Huh, Lilac looks better in animation, Carol gets some new moves, holy crap the bike doesn't break now! Milla can jump and charge her shield! She can now shoot blocks at enemies, making her much easier to learn. Okay, no release date? Wait, there's another trailer, and Neera Li is playable? Shut up and take my crystals! We can wait as long as it takes, this is going to be awesome!

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  • A mild form, but there was some mumbling about Gears of War 2 looking too much like the first, in an It's the Same, Now It Sucks! kind of way. It wasn't until a gameplay demonstration of the "Road to Landdown" sequence that demonstrated meat shields and firing at Brumaks on all sides did people quiet down.
  • Wow. The Kojima debacle really did a number on Konami. It's like the former king of the 90's gaming king is in an eternal slump afterwards. It'll take a journey to hell to make it do a good thing to its franchise... JOURNEY TO HELL WHAT!? THEY ANNOUNCED A SEQUEL TO GETSU FUMA DEN!? AND BRINGING IT TO THE WEST!? Wow. It's not the most known Konami franchise and it's still collaborating with an indie developer, but let's hope this will be the redemption arc for Konami to restore their reputation to at least a more respectable status since that debacle! Just don't screw this up...
  • A Ghostbusters video game? I dunno... what? Almost all of the actors are back? Even William Atherton, Typecasting Obstructive Bureaucrat supreme? AND it's being written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis? DO WANT!
    • It even kickstarted enough interest for a new movie!
  • Godzilla Unleashed (Wii version) - "Yawn, another Godzilla fighting game, same old boring monst-IS THAT GODZILLA 1954?! Biollante? King Caesar? The original Mechagodzilla?! This is gonna be awesome!"
    • Likewise, fans were very happy upon learning that, through a power-up, you can play as "Burning Godzilla".
    • The PS2 version got fans excited with the inclusion of Battra.
  • Damn, it's been so long since a sequel to the Grand Theft Auto series had been made- wait, a trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has been announced? (You know something's big when even the announcement of a trailer sprouts interest.)
  • Grim Fandango is being remastered for PS4 and Vita!
  • Guild Wars 2 has had a long string of these. Persistent environments, the new art style, and no dedicated healing classnote  are standouts.
  • What's this? A new Guilty Gear game? (watches trailer, sees Unreal Engine logo) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..." (sees HD-looking sprites) "Huh. Kinda bulky-looking sprites, but pretty nice..." And then the camera rotates, and the reaction for most viewers went to, "...O. M. G. WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT?!"
    • The "sprites" turned out to be 3D models, expertly cel-shaded with tweaked keyframes to keep the classic feel (to boot, none of the graphics in the entire trailer were cel animation, even The Stinger at the end!), and then on top of that, nearly half a minute of gameplay showcasing the good old GG-style fighting, complete with the old Dust Loop combo. A million thanks went out to Team Red and Daisuke Ishiwatari for a masterful blend of the old and the new.
  • Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
  • Activision announcing a "Smash Hits" edition of Guitar Hero? Lame, more money-milking... Wait, all master tracks? And "Freebird", "Godzilla", and a live version of "Cowboys from Hell" are confirmed, with fans getting to vote songs in? Oh hell yes.
    • The release of Guitar Hero V so soon after Guitar Hero: World Tour didn't get much excitement until the announcement of Blink-182's "The Rock Show", Blur's "Song 2", and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". But, really, they had most people at "Ring of Fire".
    • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, as Neversoft's last game, was assumed to not have much effort put into it. "Rock the 80's" all over again, except "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" were confirmed, and both Tesla and The Cure are getting a song on as well.
      • The biggest hint, though, was John V and Jim Root's "Black Widow Of La Porte" - a song that had been very prominent in the custom charting community since the days of Guitar Hero II. That was the point where it became clear that WoR was going to be one final blowout intended for the long-time fans.
  • The last Gundam Vs Series title that we overseas folks had was Gundam VS Zeta Gundam, and after that we missed out on a LOT of Gundam VS titles (unless we imported), but a year ago we got Extreme VS Force...so off we go, buying it on the Playstation Store for our Vitas, in the hopes that we would get more Gundam games. Cue this year and-HOLD UP, WE'RE GETTING GUNDAM VERSUS IN THE FALL?! AND NO MORE IMPORTING TO PLAY THIS TITLE?! THE GUNDAM GODS HAVE ANSWERED!!!
    • Well, Gundam Versus is fun and all, but the roster is pretty predictable. Most of the characters so far have been pilots and mechs we already knew, and there doesn't seem to be a legitimate surprise ye-wait, is that Reiji?! Piloting the Build Strike Gundam Full Package?! Build Fighters is going to get some proper representation at long last?!
    • So Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. 2 just announced some new Mobile Suits, eh? Try Burning Gundam & Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex? Cool, though they're both kinda expecte-*PFFFFT* GUNDAM MAXTER?! AMERICA! AMERICA! GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!
    • 2020 is a big year for Gundam VS Series fans- You don't need to wait no more (or find an arcade cabinet) to play Maxi Boost ON like you wished to; YOU GET TO PLAY IT ON THE COMFORT OF YOUR PS4, REGARDLESS OF REGION! That's right, MAXI BOOST ON IS GOING WORLDWIDE IN 2020! Time to suit up, again!
  • Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare is adding in Knight Gundam, eh? Eh, it'll just probably be the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam version again. The most we SD Gundam fans can hope for from the Gundam Breaker series are the Assist Characters back at 3-wait, they're actually using his original Super-Deformed self?! We're finally getting playable SD Gundam Gunpla in a Gundam Breaker game?! HELL YES!

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  • .hack fans have been feeling discouraged thanks to a lack of new titles and the Sword Art Online franchise hogging all the limelight, but fans have a reason to cheer with the announcement of a .hack//G.U. HD Collection! It features all three games remastered and includes features that make the game easier to play through, as well as an all new fourth chapter, implying that the series may have a future! And not only is it coming to America, but it's also coming to Europe for the first time ever!
  • Halo
    • Halo 2:
      • For some fans, the Arbiter wasn't worth it until, "The Cable. I'm going to cut it."
      • For some fans, however, it went like this: "Wait, you play as an Elite half the game? Oh, that su— Wait a minute, is that the lavishly awesome voice of Keith David I hear? I LOVE THE ARBITER!"
    • I wish Microsoft would release the song to that "We Are ODST" trailer already, but it seems like they're not interested...hmm? What does King Arthur: Legend of the Sword have to do with- wait. That sounds like... NO. GODDAMN. WAY.
    • Halo: Reach:
      • The new "Armor Abilities" were announced to replace Equipment, and everybody assumed they were going to be a Power-Up Letdown, or simply useless. Then, a trailer for multiplayer came out. They have Arbiter-like cloaking and jetpacks, among other things. Freakin' jetpacks.
      • E3 '10 did it again. Ok, a pretty battle in an open environment, more enemies than usual, AND THEN THERE WERE SPACESHIPS
      • Three times for the same game. Forge world. Go look it up.
      • Halo: Combat Evolved's pistol was remade in Reach. Let the rejoicing begin!
    • E3 2011 revealed 2 things: The Chief's return in Halo 4, and a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. You may now release your inner fanboys/fangirls.
    • CE Anniversary will be the same game with remastered graphics, the same overpowered pistol (as it should be) and ACHIEVEMENTS. Set levels to Squeecon 2.
    • E3 2014 announced "Halo: The Master Chief Collection" for the Xbox-One. The four main/numbered games all in one, with 1 and 2 as remastered anniversary editions (and 2's cutscenes gorgeously remastered/redone), 4000G of new Achievements, custom campaign-level playlists, all difficulties and Skulls unlocked from the beginning, a handful of unique bonus Skulls available when you preorder (with reserving it at GameStop netting you a code for an infinite ammo Skull) a combined multiplayer lobby, a handful of totally-remastered H2 multiplayer maps that have Mongooses with guns attached on them, and access to the live-action series Halo: Nightfall and the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta? Yes, please!
    • A sequel to Halo Wars has been announced, and is being developed by strategy titans Creative Assembly! And it will also be coming to Windows 10, making it the first PC port for a Halo game since Halo 2.
    • The return of the Arbiter to a major role in the story! Eddie Buck becoming one of the main characters, along with Fred, Linda, & Kelly! A new multiplayer mode where the battle between player-controlled teams is mixed in with attacks from AI-controlled Covenant and Promethean enemies! All this and more, coming soon in Halo 5: Guardians!
    • 5's monthly content updates have given a few of these moments, especially when it comes to bringing back weapons from previous games; the December '15 update brought back the classic Halo rocket launcher, while the January '16 update... well...
    Youtube Comment: Wait, is that... *A guitar starts shredding Halo's best theme song, like it's being played from the heavens themselves* IT CAN'T BE...
    • After years of fan requests, Halo MCC... IS COMING TO PC. Also included is Halo: Reach coming to MCC, which is also coming to PC. PC fans who grew up on Halo rejoiced very much.
  • Harvest Moon
    • Harvest Moon Wakuwaku Animal March? What type of name is that?! It's probably just another sign that the series is going down-hill, another stupid Mission-Pack Sequel...Sheesh, look at those impracticable clothing; they're farmers for Pete's sake.. Oh? You can have Patchwork Children? More than one child?! Legit dates?! You can marry the Gods?! Count me in! It's funny though, because Animal Parade has since become very divisive within the fandom.
    • Harvest Moon fans were very happy when Tree of Tranquility had Ellen and Gray in their original Harvest Moon 64 roles. The 3DS game was well-received due to its character customization.
    • Speaking of Harvest Moon 64... It's FINALLY confirmed for Wii U Virtual Console.
    • A remake for Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is coming out on the Switch, and a new Story of Seasons game is confirmed to be in development!
  • A Hatoful Boyfriend remake... for PS4 and Vita? Okay, sure... wait a moment, a new route? We can romance Tohri Nishikikouji?! Holy shit!
  • Hellsinker getting an english patch? OH HELL YES! And then, many years later, gets confirmed for a Steam release. OH BLOODY HELL YES!
  • Blizzard just announced the newest hero to grace the nexus in Heroes of the Storm... and it's none other than Fenix! And he's in his Dragoon form!
  • Fans of Hitman are very pleased with the latest news from IO that the sixth entry in the series will go back to the series roots, rather than continue on with the gameplay and setting of Absolution. This has been met with near unanimous praise from the fans who were let down by that game's more linear gameplay and Splinter Cell: Conviction-esque Instinct mode.
  • Relic buying back the rights to their classic, name-making RTS game Homeworld after losing it in a company buy-out saw fans weeping with joy and looking forward to a new game, which Relic have said should eventually appear.
  • Not only is the English version of When They Cry being released on Steam, but the sloppy translation is going to be revised!
  • You know what I haven't played since I was I kid? Those games made by Humongous Entertainment. Those were awesome! It's a shame that I can't find any more copies of those games, and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to play them on my new computer. What's that? They're being imported to Steam? I've got to open a Steam account, NOW!
  • The announcement that Hyperdimension Neptunia was getting a sequel was already awesome by itself. The better gameplay, more characters, and the Share system being easier this time. And then they announced they were going to release this to the US.
  • Neptunia V II was announced and the first scans showed adult Neptune. No, not Purple Heart, adult Neptune! The fans went nuts to say the least.◊ Even better, she's Dual Wielding!

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  • So it's PDX-Con 2018. There's a whole slew of announcements and information about upcoming Paradox game expansions. Eventually, it's ove- HORN BLAST... wait, what was that HORN BLAST... then the doors open, and in come four people dressed as Roman soldiers, escorting Johan Andersson himself (dressed as a Senator) to announce... Imperator: Rome. Featuring pops, characters, multiple unit types, and a map stretching from Britain to India.

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    K 
  • The latest Kamen Rider Climax Heroes entry has Toshiki Kashu, Takayuki Tsubaki, Kousei Amano, Ryoji Morimoto, Masato Uchiyama, and Renn Kiriyama will be reprising their roles as Kamen Riders Agito, Blade, Garren, Chalice, TheBee, and Joker respectively. More of the original actors are stated to make their return to voice their respective characters.
  • A new Kane & Lynch game? Whatever...Wait, you get to play as Lynch? And Square Enix is working on it as well? The game might actually be quite good.
    • Square Enix and Eidos (the original game's publisher) are the same company now, so the latter doesn't really count that much...
  • E3 2013 saw an announcement that sent old-school fighting game fans and the FGC in general into a frenzy: after seventeen years of absence, we are finally getting a new Killer Instinct game. And while it may be for the oft-maligned Xbox One and not directly made by Rare, the fact that Double Helix not only has some of the original Killer Instinct crew either directly or indirectly helping with the project to keep it as faithful as possible, but has noted KI fans on its payroll was assurance to many old KI fans.
  • The King of Fighters XIII? They'll just screw it up just like they did with XII...Hey, those gameplay vids look pretty solid actually, but i paWhawhawha is that you Mai!? And K's back? Can't wait for summer.
  • SNK Playmore hasn't been active in a while, and they just got bought out by a Chinese company. Looks like it's gonna another death for them - wait, what? New management? Actually stating they're going back to consoles instead of mobile and pachinko? Gonna have to wait on that - HOLY FUCKING SHIT, KING OF FIGHTERS XIV FOR PS4! AND THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR NAME BACK TO JUST SNK! THEY REALLY ARE BACK!
    • But the graphics look really ugly and last gen, though. It's been months now and the game seems to have already faded into the wind with no support for online either - OH MY GOD THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE GRAPHICS AND THE NETCODE.
    • Even with the updated graphics and online, nobody's playing the game still. Sure they hosted some big tournament that got streamed, but there's no way it'll recover - MORE COSTUMES?! CLASSIC IORI?! OLDER STAGES?! DLC CHARACTERS?! IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER!
    • But the DLC characters are silhouettes and we have to wait for God knows how long - WHIP?! YAMAZAKI?! VANESSA?! APRIL 5TH RELEASE DATE?!
      • Looks like the silhouettes are all filled out - wait, there's a fourth one hidden in there? It's probably Shingo, which would be nice - HOLY FUCKING SHIT ROCK HOWARD IS FINALLY COMING TO KOF?! THE GAME IS OFFICIALLY SAVED! GETTING A PS4 NOW! SNK IS OFFICIALLY BETTER THAN CAPCOM!!!
    • And KOF14's not done yet! SNK has announced that there will be four more characters added into the game. The first one they announced? FREAKING OSWALD! TELL A FRIEND!
      • And the second one? FREAKING HEIDERN!
      • And the fourth one? BLUE MOTHERFUCKING MARY!!!
  • After being hinted at with her appearance back in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, Shermie is finally making a full return in The King of Fighters XV alongside Yashiro and Chris! The Orochi Team is back!
    • Also, while no Metal Slug Characters have been announced, the fandom still cheered when the trailer for Ralf Jones & Clark Still showed them fighting in a Metal Slug-themed stage!
  • Upon the announcement that Knights in the Nightmare was headed to the PSP like Yggdra Union and Riviera: The Promised Land before it, there was a lot of whining. Sting was just milking their success with the DS version again, the gameplay would be completely untranslatable, nothing would make this game any fun. When the game's website first went up, Sting revealed the game's most closely-guarded secret: The PSP version would include the Yggdra route that had been planned for the original game but cut at the last minute. While this hasn't been able to shut all the wankers up (what ever can?), it was more than enough to garner genuine curiosity in the game.
  • Oh hey, more news about Kojima okay... so he confirmed his departure from Konami, and he's reformed Kojima Productions as an independent studio free of Konami's Executive Meddling? AND SONY HAS ALREADY AGREED TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM TO CREATE A PLAYSTATION 4 EXCLUSIVE GAME?!!
  • Okay, the increased attention for the Kunio series is pretty nice, but The Worlds Classics Collection still isn't coming...Wait, it is!? And all the Famicom-only entries have actually been translated? It's time to make people BARF!
  • The Klonoa fandom collectively fangirled when it was announced the first two games would be getting remakes in the compilation Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series in 2022. Finally, after an over-decade-long silence, Klonoa is getting another chance to shine!

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  • The sequel to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Sparks of Hope already looked promising enough, with its new free-form movement mechanics and Super Mario Galaxy vibes, but then the Ubisoft Forward event on September 10, 2022 showed a weird teaser trailer for someone whose orange scruffy ears stuck out among the Rabbids' ears...It's Rayman, and he'll be coming as a DLC character on the third content drop! Welcome back, we've missed you!
  • A new Mario and Sonic Olympics title? Yawn. It doesn't take much imagination to think that they're just doing it to cash in on the hype of the Olympics for a quick bu- Wait a minute... was that Metal Sonic? On a home console game for the first time since Sonic Heroes, no less! Sega, consider it sold.
  • Remember Marvel Ultimate Alliance and its sequel? It's been a decade since the second one came out, so it seems like the games will just be short-lived memories. The expectations for a sequel were quite slim... which is why fans exploded upon the glorious sight of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, developed by Team Ninja! And X-Men characters!!
    • The Feburary trailer is a bit more in-depth with the character roster. You can play as members of the Avengers, Defenders, Guardians, X-Men... HOLY CRAP IT'S VENOM!!!!!
    • The 2019 E3 trailer upped the ante considerably. Marvel Knights-based DLC? More X-Men coming? The Fantastic Four also slated to appear?!? This is like early Christmas for Marvelites! Bonus points for the unexpected appearance, among the playable characters, of Elsa Bloodstone, who instantly became an Ensemble Dark Horse thanks to Team Ninja remembering a character largely only known for her appearance in Nextwave!
    • Even better, amongst the Marvel Knights DLC is the long-requested, the heavily demanded: The Punisher!
    • Appearing alongside the Fantastic Four and becoming playable once again is the mighty Doctor Doom!
  • The general reaction to the reveal that you could romance Tali and Garrus in Mass Effect 2: CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!!!!
    • In Mass Effect, fans were slightly disgruntled by the perceived low quality of the DLC, plus the fact that there were only two DLC missions available. BioWare proceeded to fix this in Mass Effect 2 by providing a wealth of pre-order content, two entire characters available via DLC, a Nostalgia Level, three Heavy Weapons, two Shotguns, one SMG, one Sniper Rifle, a Heavy Pistol, plenty of Armor Sets, a new vehicle that most fans agree is better than the Mako, a staggering 13 new missions, and plenty of new upgrades and Achievements.
      • The Mass Effect 3 trailer. The screams of "WE'RE GOING TO EARTH!" can be heard from miles away.
      • And the rejoicing continues: Ashley/Kaidan, Liara, Garrus and Tali as permanent companions, and Captain Anderson as a temporary companion.
    • Many fans were nervous about the rumored inclusion of multiplayer in Mass Effect 3, fearing that BioWare was trying to win over the Call of Duty crowd. Well, the announcement's out, and while there is multiplayer, it's only co-op — with player-customized characters from several races, who have nothing to do with Shepard's squad. Furthermore, while the co-op missions can affect the single-player campaign, it's still possible to get all possible endings, even the perfect ending, without playing multiplayer.
    • Both fans and detractors of the third game's ending rejoiced with the announcement of the Extended Cut epilogue which aims to address the lack of closure and clarity in the ending while keeping the storyline intact. Upon its release, the majority response was overwhelmingly positive.
    • So, the "Resurgence" DLC is not only free, but includes six new classes? Sweet... wait, is that a krogan vanguard? ALLLLL ABOARD THE MURDER TRAAAAAIIINNNN!
      • 'Rebellion' DLC pack: Vorcha, Quarian males, and Cerberus defectors...and it's free as well.
    • Gone are the days of bemoaning the No Export for You status of Mass Effect for PS3. With the announcement of the Mass Effect Trilogy comes the satisfaction that PS3 users finally get to play the original Mass Effect and import save files straight through to 3. In additon, it was initially believed that the game could only be obtained by purchasing the trilogy set, but the fact that it's marked as three games ($59.99 USD) for the price of one has mitigated it. But then Bioware updates the announcement page and has revealed that "ME 1" is available for download on the PSN for only $14.99 USD, released the same day as the Mass Effect Trilogy for the PS3!
    • Those disappointed with the lack of Harbinger in Mass Effect 3, are being thrown a bone with the Retaliation multiplayer DLC. Not only does he return in all of his magnificent hammy-goodness, complete with epic speeches, but he's bringing the Collectors with him.
  • Well, Melty Blood Type Lumina has just started doing trailers for each character. Since we of course began with Shiki, the next one will probably focus on Arcueid or Ciel or Kohaku or-wait hold up, is that Kouma Kishima?! He hasn't even been announced to be part of the Remake verse yet!
  • The announcement of the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake for Nintendo 3DS got the fans super-excited. Several of them even bought a 3DS just to take MGS3 with them on the go.
    • Similarly, when the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was announced, fans were disappointed that MGS1 wouldn't be included, but were filled with joy that MGS2 and MGS3, two of the most visually-impressive games on the PS2, were being remastered in glorious HD. And they were even more overjoyed by the fact that Peace Walker would be included with reworked controls, an online versus mode, and more.
      • And then when it was announced that they were porting the HD Collection to the PlayStation Vita (Peace Walker not included though), fans were even more happy, because now they can take those games on the go, with touch-screen controls and a feature that allows you to take screenshots of the cutscenes. Plus, it's a better deal to get this than the 3DS remake of MGS3.
      • That's not all, fans! Looks like Big Boss is back for one more job!
  • Metal. Gear. Solid. 5!
    • Naked Snake isn't going to be voiced by David Hayter this time! No! The series has been Ruined FOREVER! There's just no way anyone could voice him just as well as—- Wait... Kiefer Sutherland is going to be his new voice actor?! You mean to tell me the man who plays Jack Bauer is now going to be Snake?! ...You know, maybe this'll be pretty cool after all.
    • It's coming to PC!
    • Picture this: you’re a fan, watching the trailer for the “Jamais Vu” mission in Ground Zeroes, and your thoughts are something like this: “Okay, an Xbox One exclusive mission? That’s going to piss some people off, but—wait, what did Kaz just say about body snatchers? ... Oh, Kojima. Well, it’ll be a fun little—wait, ‘a secret weapon’? From ‘a dark, distant future’? Oh, holy shit if this is what—IS THAT RAIDEN?! HELL YES!!”
  • It's been a while since Metal Slug got anything, and SNK allegedly has plans to bring it back. Those mobile phone remakes are a start, but a new game would be nice...Metal Slug Tactics? A spin-off published by Dotemu, with music by Tee Lopes, cover artwork by David Liu, and everything's hand-drawn pixels like in the old days? It's PC-only for now, but in the meantime, MISSION START!
  • OKAY, LET'S PARTYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Metal Wolf Chaos is no longer too American for America!
  • They're making a Mistborn video game? Meh, it'll probably be some dumb FPS with a lousy story ——wait they're letting Brandon Sanderson write the script for it personally? OH YEAH!
  • Metroid: Other M is being developed by Team Ninja and there's some Metroid Prime elements (FPS)? Great, another FPS game with huge jiggling boobs and...wait a minute, the game has side scrolling!? ALL IS FORGIVEN!
  • MIRROR'S. EDGE. 2.
  • Mighty No. 9. So, Capcom hasn't given us a new Mega Man game since Keiji Inafune left Capcom. They canceled Mega Man Legends 3 and Universe. No appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (aside from a Background Cameo) and his appearance in Street Fighter X Tekken is the horrible American boxart version... Things have been looking bleak when, Inafune announces that he's making a Mega Man-esque platformer starring a Mega Man-esque hero with a bunch of people who worked on Mega Man games in the past and Inti Creates, the company behind Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10 and the Mega Man Zero series... Ohhhh SNAP, son!
    • The announcement of a new release date after a third delay and more than three months of silence may have been this for those who still support the game and / or Keiji Inafune himself.
  • Finally, after 22 years of waiting, the cult RPG game that inspired Undertale, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is getting re-released for the Switch! But that's not all however, it was later revealed that it will receive a localization, meaning that non-Japanese folks will be able to play this masterpiece for the first time ever!
  • Shigesato Itoi dropped a bomb for Mother fans: He's making progress on a rerelease. Certainly a moment to rejoice for fans of a series that has been historically Screwed by the Lawyers.
  • Mushihime Sama Futari on Xbox 360? Yawn. I don't have a Japanese 360...wait, it's region free?! brb preordering 10 copies.
  • Minecraft
    • In Minecraft 1.7, the fans finally got a sprint key. No more double-tapping the move-forwards-button to sprint. Suddenly, running away from endless hordes of monsters, running towards your enemy, and running back home after finding the diamonds you always wanted, became fun.
    • In Minecraft 1.8, finally adding something to ocean biomes in the snapshots for 1.8 could be seen as this, since otherwise the biomes are just annoying. Now there's massive temples with minibosses.
    • Minecraft 1.13: The Update Aquatic, or just The Aquatic Update, implies that it will update the oceans, and it sure delivers. This time it's much more than a mere ocean boss that only shows up pseudo-rarely. Coral, kelp, real and tangible fish, and underwater monsters are among some of the additions to this huge change of pace from the old design of oceans, which they generated in for years. As of this update, oceans are interesting no matter which shore you've swam away from. You know what else is great? They removed the 256-block limitation from the code! Now there can be way more types of unique block added to the game, from here and on and on into the future.
    • Minecraft 1.17 brings us both the voted-for Mountain Update and the long-awaited Cave Update in one package. Cave generation will get a complete overhaul with cave biomes, new resources in copper and crystals to make amazing things like telescopes, and new mobs in the from of the cute yet potent ally in the Axolotls in the Lush Caves biome and the dangerously powerful but blind Warden in the Deep Dark biome. The Sculk Sensor Blocks finally give us wireless redstone signals. The mountains are no slouch either, with new biome generation that places trees on them, goats, and powder snow traps.
  • Monkey Island is FINALLY getting a new game, after almost thirteen years since their last original title and almost twelve years since the remastered version of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge! And better yet, the original creator, Ron Gilbert, is finally coming back to continue the story that he wanted to tell after the ending of the aforementioned second game!
    • And better yet, he's not going to Retcon the other three games! And Murray is coming back! AND Dominic Armato is coming back to voice Guybrush once again!!!
  • When the trailer for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code released, Danganronpa fans were very much excited by Kazutaka Kodaka creating another Murder Mystery game in a similar style to his debut franchise, and as it turns out, there are plenty of familiar themes and styles between the two of them for fans of both Danganronpa and Rain Code to engage with.

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  • Oh, a trailer for the next Nancy Drew puzzle game...Wait, it's actually set in River Heights? You'll get to play as Ned and Bess? Awesome!
    • The revelation that Sonny Joon will make an official appearance in The Shattered Medallion surely counts.
  • Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3? Probably just gonna be a rehash with some new features, not planning on this- Wait, Chiyo? Huh, maybe this won't be so- Wait, characters after the Rescue Gaara Arc? Well, that's kinda- Hidan And Kakuzu? This Game, Want, NOW." Probably what happened, the Gameplay cores were pleased because of the balanced gameplay.
    • Completely one-upped by Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. In order of things that made fans go Squee: MANGEKYOU SHARINGAN SASUKE, PAIN, KILLER BEE, AND WHO ELSE TO TOP IT OFF BUT SAGE MODE NARUTO!?
    • The most recent Wii game earned some fans, with the announcement Ino makes her first playable Shiipuden appearance, Killer Bee and the Raikage being playable, as well as Minato, they'll also be doing the Sage Mode Naruto and Sasuke one as well.
    • And now we have Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. Yeah, maybe that's milking the Sonic Generations hype... but that's justified in that the game features multiple versions of the fighters, meaning - as you probably guessed - characters from both ends of the Time Skip. Cue the Big "YES!".
    • Even Generations paled in comparison to Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. Boss battles are back? Cool. Instant awakenings? Sweet. The other six jinhuriki and Madara are playable? HELL YES!
  • The Need for Speed racing series fandom has been solidly broken ever since a switch in focus from exotic cars to tuner cars, with a majority considering the Hot Pursuit games to be the best. Then Electronic Arts announced that the Burnout crew at Criterion Games would be making a new Hot Pursuit game, with the focus back on the exotics, and a major emphasis on "race and chase" play. That was enough to get most of the NFS fandom on board. Then the reveal trailer was put on Youtube. Most everyone else was sold on the game with the Bugatti Veyron cop car.
  • For the expansion pack of Neverwinter Nights 2, Mask of the Betrayer, look no further than the suddenly halted wank over the details on the female PC romance option, Gannayev. In summary: "A hagspawn? Guys get a bald-but-still-completely hot Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter, but we get a friggin' hagspawn? I don't care if the guy who writes his dialogue is totally awesome, it's just not fai—Wait, that's Gannayev? Naw, that can't possibly be... Really?'' And he's voiced by Crispin Freeman on top of it? ...I'll be in my bunk."
  • After nearly 15 years, NON-SPORTS-RELATED NICKELODEON CROSSOVER TITLES ARE BACK, BITCHES! Say hello to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, which goes above and beyond the world of uninspired Super Smash Bros. rip-offs by being a actually fun Smash clone on top of being a long-awaited great Nick game, and not one that both sucks and blows. The cherry on the top? Ludosity is one of the developing teams!
    • The roster looks to have some interesting picks as well, like Oblina, Leo, Mikey, Reptar, Nigel Thornberry and even Powdered Toast Man.
    • Breaking news from Future Games Show! Joining the initial batch are CatDog and April O'Neil!
    • Ren and Stimpy are finally confirmed! Happy Happy Joy Joy!
    • As awesome as the game was shaping up to be, history seemed like it might repeat like for Nickelodeon Kart Racers and there wouldn't be DLC after launch...that is, until an interview conducted by GameInformer confirmed that it is coming after all.
    • The base roster is capped off with Aang, Korra and the fan-favorite Toph.
    • Ladies and gentlemen, Garfield!
    • The roster's first playable main villain eventually came, and it's none other than the Shredder.
    • When it seemed like the initial hype had vanished, in comes the announcement of three new DLC fighters. Rocko, Hugh Neutron, and the highly requested Jenny. Even better, Jenny's available starting right now, for free!
    • The June 6th update. Not only are we getting an items system, but the game finally has voice acting for the characters. And they managed to bring back almost all of the original and current voice actors to boot.
    • And now it's getting a sequel, baby! Complete with Squidward, Jimmy Neutron, and the other two Ninja Turtles finally coming!
    • If that's not exciting enough, we're also getting a Limit Break for each character!
    • Plankton's coming as well!
  • Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway? Sounds like it'll be the same old...But what's this? Actual voice acting at launch for once? Over 40 characters? Extensive customization options that can let you put any character in any kart? This might be the best Kart Racers yet and redeem the series!
  • Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots? Another lame Nick game? ...what's this? Stimpy and Rocko are playable? Wow, Nickelodeon still remembers that they exist!
  • Well, E3 seems to be going all right, as does Square, still how are they gonna top the Final Fantasy VII rema- A SEQUEL TO NIER?! WITH PLATINUM GAMES DEVELOPING?!? WE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE LOVIN' THIS SHIT!!!!!
  • It has been 16 years since Ni GHTS Into Dreams was released, and that remake survey... Holy crap! NiGHTS is being remade in HD for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC? The original Saturn graphics can be used as well?! YIPPEEE!!!
  • It would seem series like Daytona USA, Scud Race, and Virtua Racing would lie dormant... until the aptly named 90's Arcade Racer filled the void by being a modern Genre Throwback to all three! Fans of these classic arcade games who had been holding out for anything rejoiced.
  • NieR is getting a sequel, and Yoko Taro is still at the reins. Oh and it is hammered out by PlatinumGames.

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  • Square Enix has revealed a new RPG for the Nintendo Switch, Octopath Traveler. That's nice but it doesn't sound like anything specia-wait, did you just say that it's being made by the same people behind the Bravely Default series? AND ARE THOSE 16-BIT SPRITES?!
  • Okage: Shadow King got a re-release on the PS4 in HD after over a decade of nothing, Stan, it's great to have you back.
  • Ōkami is getting a sequel? Amaterasu isn't the protagonist? Then why would you even bother playing it- OH JAPANESE GODS THAT PUPPY IS ADORABLE- Well, the franchise does need to be supported...
    • And now the first game is being remade in HD for PS3. Yes! Capcom, all my money!
  • A sequel to One Piece: Pirate Warriors so soon after the first? I don't know, sounds kind of rus- Post Timeskip Straw Hats?! Playable Eneru?! Playable Kuma, Perona, and Smoker?! Playable Trafalgar Law?!!! Take my money Namco! (and yes, it's confirmed for a US release).
  • This was basically the entire Overwatch fandom's reaction to Roadhog's Chain Hook getting fixed and Hanzo's Scatter Arrow being removed.

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  • Radiant Historia, a relatively obscure but well revered Atlus JRPG for the DS is seeing a 3DS remake! It's difficult to overstate how good this game's story, music, and mechanics are and veterans are not only getting an even bigger and gorgeous second dose, this also represents another chance at marketing to newcomers. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!!
  • After years of RayForce fans yearning it to be playable in any shape or form, the prototype of R-GEAR, the lost sequel to RayForce, has been unearthed and will fixed up with the help of an ex-Taito programmer that held onto the prototype to be fully playable (but No Ending though)! YES! YES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
  • A PC version of Rayman Origins? Oh brother, they'll probably shit all over it with draconian DRM...wait a minute, there's no DRM? At all? YES!
    • Rayman Origins ITSELF was this. A new Rayman game that's actually a 2D sidescrolling platformer and not a Rabbids game? Characters and enemies from the classic games returning, including Polokus (renamed to Bubble Dreamer, but still), Globox, Teensies and MR. DARK? Globox and the Teensies are FULLY PLAYABLE? HELL YES!!!
    • Due to being overshadowed at released due to major games like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Skyrim, and Modern Warfare 3, many thought we wouldn't see another Rayman title. So imagine everyone's surprise when a trailer for ANOTHER Rayman game, called Rayman Legends, was leaked just weeks before E3 2012. Two words: ONLINE GAMEPLAY. And three months later, during Gamescom, four words hit everyone over the head that made Nintendo fans cry with joy: EXCLUSIVELY ON WII U!
      • Xbox 360 and PS3 Rayman fans wept with joy when the title was announced to be multiplatform (Nintendo Rayman fans just wept).
    • Rayman fans were ecstatic when the September 10th Ubi-forward stream revealed that he would be playable in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope via a later DLC, which would mark the first time he's been playable in a Rabbids game in a long time.
  • Time to replay some of the Mega Man Legends seeing that Capcom has given up it and they don't care about 3 anymor—wait is this "Red Ash" about...? Wait, that artstyle, the themes, could it be—Wait, EXPIES OF MEGA MAN, ROLL, TRON BONNE, AND TIESEL!! YES! IT'S BACK! MEGA MAN LEGENDS IS BEING RESURRECTED IN THE FORM OF RED ASH!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!
  • After 6 years and a few false starts, a sequel to Red Dead Redemption was finally announced! It says something about the anticipation for a game when all you need is a single piece of artwork. The Guardian said it best:
    Big companies pump millions of dollars into events like E3 or Gamescom to ensure a huge audience for their meticulously designed teaser trailers. They set up hashtags, get prominent YouTubers onboard, roll out pan-global campaigns from 24-hour command centres, then obsess over every column inch of coverage. Rockstar changed its logo colour.
  • Reiko Nagase became a much beloved character in the Ridge Racer games, but in 5 she was dropped for a new model. Fan grabbed the Torches and Pitchforks and the game tanked. Seeing the error of their ways Namco tried to make amends with the similar Rena Hyami. The game still sucked. Then Reiko made a return in the PSP, XBOX and PS3 games, And There Was Much Rejoicing.
  • Rise of the Triad is getting a remake? It'll probably be ruined like Duke Nukem Forev-wait, it has all the weapons, all the powerup modes, the original sounds and music if you don't like the new ones, the Ludicrous Gibs are even more ludicrous, and it still has giant floating coins and Scott's Mystical Head? And to top it all off, it's only going to cost $15 at release? YES! YES! OH GOD, YES!
  • Robocraft is getting an update yet again. New carbon 6 tier 10 SMGs, which is nice since we already had the megabot version. New carbon armor cubes classed as cosmetic items, meaning they'll probably have to be bought using the premium curren— Wait, it's available in free currency? With lettered blocks? And we have all the electroplates shapes added to tier 10, and they get overclocking?! Classic mode set at overclock level 4? LEAVE GAME BUTTON? PRAISE THE HEAVENS!
  • When "Guitar Hero" got its fans rejoicing, rival series Rock Band pulled this off as well.
    • LEGO Rock Band. Harmonix managed to secure the approval with two Queen songs, the Ghostbusters theme, and "The Final Countdown", among others. And the announcement that its songs can be exported to the main Rock Band games.
    • The game also has Lego-ized likenesses of some bands playing their songs (and their songs onlynote )—including Queen with Freddy Mercury, plus Lego David Bowie, Lego Iggy Pop, and The Beatles. For the last, they have full recreations of the places The Beatles themselves performed at, and the Sgt. Pepper uniforms were pure want.
    • There was lastly an absolutely epic DLC, including Megadeth's "Rust In Peace", Rush's "Moving Pictures", Jimi Hendrix's "Axis: Bold as Love" and "Are You Experienced" and massive song packs of Queen, The Who, Iron Maiden and more. There was even a Lady Gaga track pack, with Cartman's cover of "Poker Face". If you buy all the Rock Band games and download all the DLC you will have over 2000 songs.
      • "You Should Be Dancing" by The Bee Gees doesn't seem like much of a comparison, except it was the first song in almost three years to have a bass solo.
    • The Rock Band Network. Simply put, you get to download the same software that Harmonix use to make Rock Band songs, and an artist can use it to make charts and program character animations for one of their own songs, or they can pay for a charting company to do it for them. If it's good enough, it gets released into the store, and you get a cut of the profits. The Rock Band forums went insane at this announcement.
    • For Rock Band 3, the announcement of the keyboard peripheral, the announcement of the Pro Guitar mode, three-part vocal harmonies, compatibility with the whole 2000-song back catalogue, and an epic setlist which included "Free Bird", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Crazy Train", "Rainbow in the Dark", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", and "Crosstown Traffic", kicked up a storm.
    • In January 2015, almost two years after Harmonix announced an end to their regular DLC releases, they suddenly put new DLC tracks up for purchase. Combined with earlier surveys containing questions about bringing back Rock Band circulating, and some interviews where Harmonix employees expressed interest in continuing the series, rumors of a new Rock Band being in the works began floating about. Come March 2015, Harmonix finally sets the record straight — Rock Band 4 is indeed in production, and will be out later in 2015. The time to form a band and rock the world once more is coming soon.
    • The new tracks coming to Rock Band 4 have generated some hype as well.
    • After a long wait, Harmonix confirmed that Rock Band 3's songs can be imported into Rock Band 4. And every song makes it — there are no cuts for any reason.
  • NIS America is bringing RPG Maker FES on Nintendo 3DS over for an American release. Repeat: A HANDHELD RPG MAKER GAME IS GETTING AN AMERICAN RELEASE!
  • In the 13/02 Nintendo Direct: Huh. This direct isn't really interesting so far- wait a minute... Is that an Updated Re-release of Rune Factory 4?! AND A CONFIRMATION OF RUNE FACTORY 5 BEING IN DEVELOPMENT?! After seven long years, it can finally be said for sure: RUNE FACTORY LIVES!
    • Man, it sucks that Rune Factory 5 won't have same-sex marriage even though that was introduced in Pioneers of Olive Town and the remake of Friends of Mineral Town. Guess we'll have to— is that an animated cutscene of the female PC marrying one of the bachelorettes?! And the male PC is having a romantic conversation with one of the bachelors?! We finally got it in the West, folks! And there'll be a patch for later on so Japanese players won't miss out.
    • If you thought we'd have to wait years for a new Rune Factory game like last time, have I got good news for you: TWO new games are announced to be in development, a spin-off game called Rune Factory: Project Dragon (title is pending, trailer here) and the next mainline game, Rune Factory 6!

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  • A Scott Pilgrim video game? Meh, even with the source material, it's still a licensed game...wait, it's going to be done in a Retraux style à la Kunio-kun? With music by Anamanaguchi, and artwork by Paul Robertson of Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle fame? Sign me up!
    • The upcoming DLC for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game will add Scott's roommate Wallace Wells and, finally, some much-needed online multi-player for only 400 Microsoft Points roughly two years after its initial release. Every Scott Pilgrim fans' prayers are finally answered.
    • Sadly, the game was delisted in 2014 despite a popular following. Then in 2020 Ubisoft announced a re-release, also including a Nintendo console version for the first time.
    • Those who would want a more permanent option for the re-release were pleased when Limited Run Games announced not one, not two, but three limited edition releases, with an alternate box art drawn by Bryan Lee O'Malley himself!
  • Oh, look. Another update for Sea of Thieves. Wonder what details they’ll show— wait, WHAT?! Captain Jack Sparrow?! DISNEY collaborating with Rareware?! There’s a story campaign expansion and it’s not just a guest appearance?! HELL YEAH!
  • Fans originally weren't happy that SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays was only going to focus on Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and extra works related to those. Thankfully, it has been announced that After War Gundam X, ∀ Gundam, and Mobile Suit Gundam AGE will also be featured...as DLC, but still!
  • Okay, they already did a dub of the anime of Sengoku Basara, and they're bringing the game to western countries too. Let's hope they won't name it Devil Kings agai—they're actually calling it Sengoku Basara now! Finally!
  • Similarly to Silent Hill, fans might have just completely given up on Metal Gear especially after the disastrous Metal Gear Survive and the debacle between Konami and Hideo Kojima. All of the sudden, in Playstation Showcase, Konami made an announcement of a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the most beloved of all Metal Gear games. Nope, it's not a pachinko machine, it's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a full-blown remake! Also featuring returning voice actors of the original! And cross platform! And also bundled with a collection of the classic Metal Gear titles! Perhaps there may be some dent because Kojima is no longer involved, but you sure kept us waiting, Snake and Metal Gear!
  • It's too bad that Shadow Complex is stuck on Xbox 360 without so much as a PlayStation 3 or PC release. There's backwards compatible version for Xbox One, but it's a missed opportunity to really show what the eighth generation consoles are capabl—you're gonna re-release the game on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC after all, with updated graphics and new content to boot?! AND YOU'RE GIVING THE PC VERSION OUT FOR FREE DURING THE HOLIDAYS?! WHERE DO WE SIGN UP TO BE PART OF THE RESTORATION?!
  • Another Shadowrun video game? It's just gonna be another bland FPS- What? Jordan Weisman's running the show? And it's gonna be a turn-based RPG? Damnit - where'd I put my credit card?
  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge appearing on Steam Greenlight for PC! Hurry up and vote for this game's PC release!
  • Jake 'virt' Kaufman's track record was already amazing. There was no doubt that he would make sure that the soundtrack for Shovel Knight was also amazing. However, the announcement that Manami Matsumae, best known for her work on the first Mega Man game, would compose two tracks for the game assured in the minds of many that what they once thought would be only an amazing soundtrack, would actually end up being LEGENDARY!
    • So, after a long waiting period, let's see what that Yacht Club Games stream is about that's interesti—the amiibos give Plague, Dread and King Knight some new outfits? Mona's playable in Showdown? Treasure Trove, the amiibo and Showdown all release on December 2019? There's finally going to be a sequel? For shovelry!
  • Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro welcome you back to Silent Hill. Or at least, they were...
  • After years of being a target of ridicule and being in a slump, Konami unveiled Silent Hill: Transmission, a live stream event. But people were still skeptical and approached with caution... only to be completely blown away with three brand new games announcement: Townfall, Ascension, and f, with the last one having the involvement of Ryukishi07 (of the When They Cry series) for story writing. Furthermore, the ultimate classic Silent Hill 2 was announced to get a HD remake (not just remaster), with the return of Akira Yamaoka as composer. Needless to say, even a majority of decriers of Konami threw their arms to the air in joy, with hopes that this is what's needed for Silent Hill to return to its former glory.
  • This was pretty much what happened when fans of The Sims learned that Sims 3: Pets would include unicorns. Rejoicing grew even louder when it was revealed the player could actually control the pets directly, something players had wanted since Unleashed and Sims 2: Pets. Originally, there was groaning at the notion that the game featured all the same animals as 2: Pets. Even more so when it was revealed there were no werewolves in this one.
    • The Sims 4 is getting a vampire pack? Well, it looks really cool, but we still don't have toddlers - wait, there was a free patch? A free patch WITH TODDLERS?! They're not part of a paid pack? Finally! LET US REJOICE!
  • Haven't heard much from Sin and Punishment. It's a shame only Japan got that game and - what's this? Treasure are making a sequel?! And it's going to be released WORLDWIDE?!
  • Fans of Slender went absolutely crazy when it was announced that the sequel, The Arrival, would have a story penned by Troy Wagner, Tim Sutton, and Joseph DeLage.
  • Slime Rancher: 1.3.0 is set to introduce Drones, which are Slime Science Gadgets you can place around your ranch to maintain it for you. Harvest food? Feed slimes? Store or sell plorts? You name it, they'll do it for you so you can explore away from your ranch for longer than two days at a time. The kicker? They're absolutely adorable—they're basically little wind-up worker bees that sleep on flowers. And you can make them even more adorable by dressing them up with fashion pods.◊ To say it's one of the most anticipated updates is putting it lightly.
  • An RTS based on A Song of Ice and Fire published by a relatively unknown publisher. Oh boy...wait, Nymeria's Landing? Aegon I Targaryen! WAR OF THE USURPER!!! Okay, the pitchforks will be on standby.
  • Soulcalibur V? Yeah, I'm definitely getting it but I hope we get a good guest character this time—wait. Is that Ezio Auditore leaping at Nightmare with his hidden blade!? Soulcalibur V has officially jumped to day one purchase!
    • To put it another way, in a series where all guests (barring Link in the GameCube version of II) are divisive (mostly for not matching the atmosphere of the series, as seen most famously with Star Wars characters in IV), the announcement (and even the hints, in the form of a leaked character select screenshot) of Ezio led to a massive Just Here for Godzilla reaction.
      • As it turned out, this was pretty much why Ezio was picked — he had runaway popularity (and had yet to suffer from Sequelitis when Namco Bandai first cooperated with Ubisoft on this) in the West and is probably the only guest character who so completely fit the atmosphere of the Soul games, thanks to his own native setting of Renaissance Italy.
  • Splatoon:
    • The 1.3.0 patch nerfed the Kraken, which was getting flack for being a Game-Breaker.
    • News of the August 6, 2015 update, which includes more options for battling with friends, the ability to make teams, new clothes, a raise to the level cap and top score on battle mode, and new weapons like a bucket and an ink gatling gun, caused many people to be excited.
    • A Squid Girl costume? Aw, that'll never come to America... wait... it is?! THE INVASION HAS BEGUN!
    • So what's the theme for the fourth American Splatfest? Autobots vs. Decepticons?! And the shirts use their faction symbols?! Transform and roll out!
  • Splatoon 2:
    • The announcement of the Octo Expansion. A second story campaign with an Octoling protagonist, as well as allowing Octolings as playable characters in multiplayer, were both features that fans had wanted since the release of the first game. Sweet, we've wanted that for eons! But it doesn't say the release date. Oh well, maybe we'll learn at the E3 Nintendo Direct? Nope. I guess we'll be waiting a while. Huh, the game's producer showed up at the Splatoon 2 World Championships later that day to make an announcement. I wonder what it— available tomorrow!?
    • 3.0 update, huh? Hmm... New weapons, new stages, old stages. Business as usual, ho-hum— Callie's coming back?! This tweet about sums up the fans' reaction.
  • Splatoon 3:
    • The game's announcement at the end of the February 2021 Nintendo Direct. Okay, weird desert environment? Wait, is that a Smallfry? Which means that person in the cloak is— HOLY CARP. Okay, hold on, let's not get crazy. Most multiplayer Nintendo series only have one entry per console, so this is probably a second DLC campaign or a spin-off. Yep, that Inkling is probably just taking the train to... wait, this isn't Inkopolis! Oh yeah, we're heading back into the ink, squiddos!
  • Related to the entry concerning the European Playstation Store and its enormous lack of PSOne Classics, it's been confirmed, as a reply to the second comment (see here◊ for the comment alonenote ), that, after five years since the service launched, Europe will see, in October 2012, at long last... Spyro the Dragon. Freaking. Finally.
  • In order to hype up their E3 presence, THQ Nordic made an out-of-the-blue announcement that they plan to remake SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom! And it'll feature content that was cut from the original game, including the Robo-Squidward boss fight!
    • As a part of their 10-year celebration stream, THQ Nordic revealed the trailer for a brand-new SpongeBob game called Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, in which you can get skins for his many incarnations like Sponge-Gar and SnailBob! The kicker? It's developed by Purple Lamp, the company behind Battle For Bikini Bottom's remake.
  • After the success of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, people were hoping that the original Spyro trilogy would get the same treatment. Looks like 2018 should be a good year for them.
  • A new SSX game? Eh, that's not that impressive. Wait, is that "It's Tricky?" by Run–D.M.C. playing? Oh damn!
    • Is that Moby? And he has his dreadlocks back? Yes! Oh my God!
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is announced? How is it even possible? Maybe it's just an illusion created by the Wish Granter?
  • Blizzard has announced StarCraft Remastered, an Updated Re Release of StarCraft, with remastered graphics & audio on the same ol' beloved gameplay; fans of the classic SC1 experience, be ready to revisit your first adventures in the Koprulu Sector!
  • Blizzard has recently announced that Robert Clotworthy will be reprising his role as the Terran hero Jim Raynor in StarCraft II, after an earlier announcement that he would not.
    • What do you mean they changed Kerrigan's voice actor? What is this— wait, Tricia Helfer is now voicing her? AweSOME!
    • It was confirmed that the sequel would pick up on all the plot threads left dangling from the expansion, even that one that only appeared in a special bonus mission you could only access by performing an arcane ritual at 3am on the vernal equinox or something.
    • Hell, the announcement of StarCraft II period counts as this. Tychus Findlay said it for millions of StarCraft players worldwide when it happened: "Hell, it's about time."
  • So Starlink: Battle for Atlas is a toys to life space combat game. Whatever. Wait, the Nintendo Switch version has Fox McCloud as a Guest Fighter?! He can be used for the entire game, and even has his own missions?! Let's rock and roll!
  • Star Trek Online:
    • Man, there's too much combat, there's not enough Klingon content, this is gonna suck as usual— LEONARD NIMOY?!?! WANT.
    • Michael Dorn voicing Ambassador Worf in "Sphere of Influence", and the updated face model for Worf that now actually looks like him (since Dorn gave Cryptic permission to use his face). Even more rejoicing occurred when people discovered they'd also had him rerecord the existing voiceovers for Worf.
    • Expansion 2: Delta Rising. New Bridge Officers! New Voyager Interior! New Intrepid model! Harry Kim returns! Level 60! Tier Six Ships! Mark 14 Gear! It's DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
  • In one of the latest trailers for Star Wars: The Old Republic, it's revealed that one of the Empire missions will be investigating Darth Revan's secret facility. And at the end of the trailer, before the title, the shadow of a cloaked figure is looking over a familar mask...And then then someone else appears after the title.
    Interjection: Silence meatbags!
  • Strife is back, and better than ever!!! One of the developers also happens to be the developer of Doom 64 EX and its features has been implemented to The Original Strife: Veteran Edition!
  • So DICE is making a new game. Snow, first person, yeah yeah...wait, was that blaster fire? A crashing snowspeeder? A freaking AT-AT?!? Star Wars Battlefront 3!! At long last!
  • The Utopia expansion for Stellaris, bringing in such often-requested features as mass Mind Uploading for entire interstellar civilizations, true Hive Minds, a soul-devouring hyperspace realm full of horrors to bargain with, and even the ability to eat conquered and enslaved xenos (complete with a "Delicious" trait for species)! Even the most cantankerous corners of Paradox's eccentric fanbase is feeling the enthusiasm.
  • "Super Street Fighter IV? Great! As if we needed another overpriced Mission-Pack Sequel to a Street Fighter game...Waitaminute? Dudley, Makoto, and Ibuki are going to be in it? Guy and Cody too? Count me in."
    • Even better; Dudley's Rival Match is against none other than fellow boxer Balrog. After years of clamoring for this matchup to happen, you can finally flatten Balrog's punk ass... in the mostly gentlemanly way possible. When the announcer screams, "THIS IS THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!", he isn't kidding.
    • Going back even further, the announcement of the original SFIV was a massive moment of Fandom Rejoicing because they never expected to receive another entry in the series. Period.
    • Guess who's back in the arcade version of Super SFIV? The Lee Bros., that's who!
  • Street Fighter V! That is awesome! Wait a minute, IS THAT CHARLIE? HE'S NOT DEAD!
    • At long last, after years of absence from the series and only appearing in obscure crossover titles, Karin Kanzuki makes her triumphant return to the SF series, older and wiser but no less haughty.
    • And it doesn't stop there. Joining her are old cult favorites Charlie Nash and Rainbow Mika, and thanks to DLC, other fan favorites such as longtime veterans Guile and Balrog, Breakout Character Ibuki and Breakout Villain Juri Han and finally after years of demand, the return of Alex and Urien. And the best part? All of this DLC can be unlocked for free simply by playing the game when the characters are completed and released.
    • Well, the game's been out for 9 months now. There's only 22 characters, no Arcade Mode, questionable netcode, and certain iconic characters haven't been revealed yet. I guess we'll have to wait until Capcom Cup to finally hear-wait, what's Ono doing at Red Bull Battlegrounds? Oh it's just the usual crowd Shoryu-AKUMA?!
    • Season 3 is going to feature the return Blanka, Sakura, and Sagat, the latter two of which have been highly requested since launch. Cody is also coming back, and seems to have ditched his prison clothes and been elected as mayor.
      • Related to Sakura, she has now ditched her schoolgirl sailor uniform in favor of an arcade worker uniform, relieving those who feared that she would never grow up after Ono's infamous "Always a highschool girl" statement.
  • It took years of patches, expansions, quality of life improvements, and gameplay overhauls to make Street Fighter V worth its salt. The gameplay reveal of Street Fighter 6 on the other hand won fans over in minutes, and the following details on its mechanics only kept up the momentum.
    • Many rejoiced when it was announced that SF6 will take place after Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. A common criticism of the last two games — but SFV in particularnote  — was setting everything before SFIII, which not only made the continuity confusing but also contributed little to the progression of the world and characters.
    • Luke's visual design in SFV was polarizing upon reveal, particularly his hair which looked very awkward with the game's hyper-stylized textures. His new design in SF6 greatly streamlines his haircut, being more of a basic comb over, and is also better rendered with the RE Engine's hair physics.
    • After many lamented SFV's absence on the Xbox One, as it was only on PlayStation and PC, SF6 will be released for the Xbox Series X|S alongside the aforementioned PlayStation consoles and PC.
    • SFV had been very polarizing among the fanbase due to its various attempts at "simplification", actively trying to make the game easier for newer players. This was particularly reflected in the mechanics, in which they "trimmed the fat" from previous games, which many believed removed elements of depth and nuance from the gameplay. The game was also heavily criticized for its lack of reliable defensive options in a game where offensive pressure was very strong. The new Drive System in SF6 is essentially a love letter to the fans for all the dedication they've put into the series, as it effectively allows players to use every single definitive mechanic from every past game, both offensive and defensive: Alpha Counters, Parries, Focus Attacks (including Dash Cancels), and heavily enhanced EX Special Attacks, all as part of one single resource via the Drive Gauge. As shown through many characters' movesets, V-Triggers and V-Skills from SFV also return, now as a part of the default character movesets (both as special moves and as super arts).
    • The emphasis on the street fighting aspect of the game, which had been downplayed over the course of SFIV and SFV, was met with near-universal praise, adding to the game's style and unique aesthetic.
    • The character redesigns for returning fighters like Ryu, Chun-Li, and Guile have been received positively, after some fans complained about the designs in SFV not straying too far from previous games. Conversely, Juri's new design that harkens back to her SFIV outfit has been very well received, especially after her radical redesign for SFV divided fans for straying so far from the original.
    • The punch, kick and special move hit sound effects in SFV were noted as being underwhelming and a little “splashy” when compared to previous iterations — particularly the hard punch sound effect, which lacked the usual satisfying snap. SF6’s hit sounds have been beefed up considerably, sounding much more dramatic and, well …punchy.
    • One thing the previous game was criticized for was having extremely lacking single-player content, especially when it first launched. Possibly in response, this game includes a Wide-Open Sandbox in the form of World Tour mode.
  • Suikoden II was considered as a Cult Classic back in the day but I really do not want to shell out $100 for it. Sigh, guess we'll never....wait, did you say it's getting re-released on the PlaystationNetwork!? MUST! HAVE!!!
    • During the Tokyo Game Show 2022, it was announced that both Suikoden and Suikoden II would be getting remastered, the first new-ish title in the franchise since 2006, and releasing in the same year as its' spiritual sequel; Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
  • Pretty much every time the Smash Bros. Dojo updated the site with the profile of a new character, but particularly the two third party characters, Solid Snake and Sonic the Hedgehog because they were complete with character trailer videos. Sonic's in particular stands out because even if you expected it, it was still a huge deal to finally have Sonic in Smash Bros. If anyone tells you they didn't go nuts when they saw his announcement, they are lying.
  • Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is an Updated Re Release of the PSP game Infinity Moment with a new area to explore and expanded story. Alas, even as popular as the anime is overseas, there's no way this game will find its way in the west...oh, wait? It's coming to the US and Europe?! Better save up for a Vita!
  • Syndicate is getting remade as a FPS? They're ruining our childhoods! Hey wait, it actually looks and feels like Syndicate, unlike that other strategy game getting a remake? Maybe there's hope!
  • System Shock 2 is finally coming to GOG.com and Steam! Pathetic hackers everywhere, REJOICE!!!
  • Saints Row IV didn't have any of these moments right up until the E3 trailer, and the announcement of the return of several characters, including Benjamin "Motherf***ing" King and Shaundi. As in, Saints Row 2 Shaundi.
    • In addition, Keith David (the voice of Julius Little from the first two games) returns as...Keith David. Also, he's the Vice President of the United States.
  • It's a shame that Senko no Ronde never got a chance in the West. Many reviewers put it down due to their lack of understanding the shoot 'em up genre, and the console games have been Xbox 360-exclusive with a sequel that remained only in Japan and region-locked at that, yet it was an overlooked gem...If only there was a way to rekindl—wait, Degica Games just announced that SENKO NO RONDE 2 IS HAPPENING?! AND IT'S COMING OUT FOR PLAYSTATION 4 AND PC THROUGH STEAM?! NOW WE CAN ALL BOARD OUR ROUNDERS AND DANCE WHILE SPRAYING BULLETS AT EACH OTHER ONCE MORE!
  • The announcement of Shenmue III's crowdfunding campaign at Sony's E3 press conference in 2015. Up until that point in time, most people in and out of the industry thought that Shenmue III would never happen, ever. The crowdfunding campaign itself broke previous records and at the same time, broke Kickstarter due to the number of people going on board to fund the game.
  • What a shame that sora by pick-up an internet scumbag who purposely botched the translation and forced DRM down customers throats with it. If only there was an English patch or someth—SORA'S GETTING A PROPER WESTERN LOCALIZATION BY FRUITBAT FACTORY?! THANK YOU, QP FOR HEARING OUR PRAYERS!!!
  • Bandai Namco Entertainment wants to know if your soul still burns. That's right Soul Calibur VI is scheduled for 2018. Also Mitsurugi is young again and Sophitia's alive, too.
  • Man, Seiken Densetsu 3 is never gonna be released in the US! Well, there's always the Fan Translation—wait, what's that in the E3 trailer? Wait, is that...TRIALS OF MANA?! SEIKEN DENSETSU 3 IS GETTING A REMAKE?!? Praise the Tree of Mana!! And that's not all! The Collection of Mana, which consists of the original versions of the first three games is FINALLY coming to the Switch in the US today!! WITH SEIKEN DENSETSU 3 FINALLY GETTING AN OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND US RELEASE AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS!!! HALLELUJAH!!!
  • Star Ocean: The Second Story was the first game of the Star Ocean series released in the West, and became one of the Western fanbase's most-beloved games. Later Star Ocean games were eventually released, some of which received Video Game Remakes or were published for new platforms. Updated versions of The Second Story were not exported to the West, much to the Western fans' dismay. That all changed with the announcement of a full remake of the entire game for the Playstation 4 and 5, as well as the Nintendo Switch. The game has many new features, including new sidequests, new combat mechanics allowing you to get help from teammates who aren't in the active party, visible encounters that you can fight or avoid as you choose, and the ability to choose between Japanese and English voice acting. The fanbase has collectively exploded with joy.

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  • The entire Tale of ALLTYNEX series getting picked up for an English release by Nyu Media slated for Fall 2012. Every Shoot 'em Up and long time SITER SKAIN fans are shedding tears of joy.
  • Tales of Monkey Island. Some fans were hesitant, seeing as the last 3D installment of the game was... well, Escape from Monkey Island. And who's this Telltale Games, anyway? Wait, it's Dave Grossman? Dominic Armato and Alexandra Boyd are back?? Michael Land is composing new music?!! RON BLOODY GILBERT helped out with the story?!?!
  • After a year of rumors and speculation, Team ICO Series announced The Team Ico Collection, a collection of both ICO and 'Shadow of the Colossus remastered in HD, locked at 30 FPS, and support for Trophies, all for the PlayStation 3. Needless to say, there was much rejoicing.
    • To make matters even more wonderful we have an advert for their newest game, The Last Guardian. We are so very pleased.
    • Now that it's over, E3 recently gave fans a trailer that - wait a minute, that fortress looks familiar. Those landmarks aren't actually-? And that character can't really be—?! Holy shit, Shadow of the Colossus is getting another remake with completely new graphics?!
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans went "Ruined FOREVER!" when it was revealed that Ubisoft's favorite Spotlight-Stealing Squad, the Rabbids, would be Guest Fighters in Smash-Up. Considering that the game is primarily based on the 2007 film and 2003 TV series, it took a spotting of the Technodrome from the '80s cartoon in the Comic-Con 2009 trailer to raise back their optimism. (They're still complaining, but an improvement's an improvement.)
    • Shredder's Revenge isn't enough as a tribute to the '87 cartoon? No problem, because Konami (rare day indeed when Konami did something good despite their eternal bad rap that's sometimes justified) worked with Nickelodeon to bring back every single classic TMNT game ever (and the original Arcade editions for some that have differences!), in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection! Sweetening the deal is that the porting job has been done by the fan-favorite Digital Eclipse, which even added in-game guides to help deal with notoriously tricky segments like that dam level.
  • Around the same time Street Fighter X Tekken was revealed, Tekken fans were treated to another game, Tekken Tag Tournament 2!
    • The composer of TTT's soundtrack? Akitaka Tohyama, the same man responsible for the musical scores of the original TTT and Katamari Damacy. Is it possible to smell win?
    • The playtest. Fans went insane after getting a mere glimpse of some of the new Tag Combos.
    • The AOU 2011 Trailer. De-aged Heihachi? Cool, cool. Jinpachi? Alright! True Ogre? Sweet! JUN KAZAMA?! (Spit Take) Squee!
    • Speaking of which fan opinion of the first Tekken Tag went like this. "Yeah, Tekken 3 was pretty cool, I'd be interested in seeing what this is li...what's this? Jun's one of the playable characters. Oh. I am getting this game."
    • And for the latest game, "Cool, we get to wrap up the Mishima storyline, but what we want is...oh, Kazuya's mother? And she has the same mission as The Hero? Awesome, but since he returned after appearing in the first Tag game shouldn't...Jun is confirmed? I Knew It!, YES!!!"
    • Angel? Sweet. Kunimitsu and Michelle Chang? HOLY CRAP!!! All 3 haven't been appeared since the first Tekken Tag, as well.
    • Forest Law?! Regular Ogre?! INSTANT PRE-ORDER!!!!
    • "Oh noes, there are on-disc DLC characters! Surely it will ruin the-wait, THEY'RE FREE?! HARADA WE LOVE YOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!"
    • A special Wii U edition with various Nintendo costumes? An all new Mushroom Battle mode? Play with the Game Pad, no TV required? Surely, you're spoiling us— WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, TEKKEN BALL IS BACK?! HOLY CRAP!
  • Oh good. It looks like Tekken 7 will get an update subtitled 'Fated Retribution' which was like 'Bloodline Rebellion'. Well that opens up for the new character. Okay we're seeing that movie about the one Kazumi talked to about killing Heihachi... Wow he actually speaks...? But if it's Jinpachi, both his seiyuus are already dead, so maybe it's The Other Darrin... Wait, why does he sound familiar — HOLY SHIT, IT'S AKUMA FROM STREET FIGHTER!? AKUMA IS CANON IN THE TEKKEN-VERSE!?' And this might be heralding what Tekken X Street Fighter might look like!? Bravo, Harada, Bravo!
  • Terraria was thought to be unsupported, with Redigit seemingly abandoning the game after the console versions came out...and then, in January of 2013, he asked the community what they would like to see in a hypothetical update. The official forums exploded with glee, and on April 3, 2013, he confirmed the game was in development. Even missing the projected July 2013 release date hasn't dampened fan enthusiasm.
  • Tetris: The Grand Master 4. Disillusioned TGM players thought it was going to be yet another mangled-to-fit-the-Tetris-Guideline game with the "TGM" label slapped on it. One news story for Sega's Amusement Machine Show later, fans were, flowery graphics aside, excited to find out that it's a proper TGM game.
  • Well, it looks like we aren't getting a new Tim....wait, WHAT? DEEP SILVER HAVE RESURRECTED FREE RADICAL DESIGN WITH TWO OF ITS ORIGINAL FOUNDERS? AND THEY'RE MAKING A NEW TimeSplitters GAME? TIME TO SPLIT!
  • Tomba! is on the Playstation Store!!!!!
  • There is now, after many years, a sequel/spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, and it is being made by at least one of the original creators, and all signs point to it being awesome. Two words: Numenera, bitches. (If you're interested, take a wander over to Torment: Tides of Numenera.)
  • Creative Assembly has announced a new Total War title. The theme? Warhammer. FUCK YES!!!
    • The third game in the trilogy has just been revealed! Daemons of Chaos vs. Kislev with Ice Guard and Sons of Ursun lifted straight from the upcoming Old World tabletop game?!? Take my bear cava-wait, what's that guy looking at-WAIT! DID THAT MAP SAY GRAND MOTHERFUCKING CATHAY?!? HELL YES! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY ARE FINALLY HERE!
  • Fans of regular Touhou Project danmaku acted harshly towards the announcement of Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Choudokyuu Ginyoru no Nazo o Oe. "Another fighting game...lame. WHAT'S THAT!? CIRNO!? AS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER!?!?!?!
  • The Toxic Crusaders action figure reissues from Super7 are great, but it doesn't seem like the franchise is getting anything new— wait, a new Beat 'em Up game by Retroware is coming for 2023? The previous ones were garbage, so I don't know about this— The graphics are like Shredder's Revenge? All of the Crusaders are playable with 4-player co-op? Both Yvonne and Toxie's mom are playable? There's comic book-style cutscenes with voice acting by Team Four Star? Characters from other Troma properties will make cameo appearances!? It's clean-up time!
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron; Well, the previous Transformers games haven't been that great an- wait! Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime again! It's taking place entirely on Cybertron! It's not based on any previous movies or TV series! Hot DOG!
    • Further rejoicing also came about after the reveal of this awesome trailer.
    • Alright the sequel Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will be out in 2012. But wait there more? Dinobots! Yeah!
      • They've managed to make Grimlock even more badass. How this is possible I don't know.
      • His gameplay preview. In T-rex form, he chews his opponents and breathes fire. You WILL want to scream "GRIMLOCK KING!!!"
    • Here it is, the trailer for Fall of Cybertron. Yes. That is BRUTICUS.
    • Okay, first we had Grimlock, now Bruticus, who's next on the list? Okay, Grimlock, Jazz, and Dinobots hashing it out with Bruticus, that's pretty cool. Hang on a minute... IS THAT METROPLEX?!
  • Platinum Games, the makers of Bayonetta, are making a brand new Transformers title, Devastation! And most of voice cast from the 80's cartoon is coming back for it!
    • Furthermore, fans got really giddy when they saw that the Transformers had their G1 appearances to match the return of the G1 VAs.
  • Tribes is finally getting an MMOFPS sequel, courtesy of Global Agenda developers Hi-Rez Studios? YES!!!
  • A new Twisted Metal game for PS3? Hell yes!

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  • Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 North American release? Hooray, Maximum Tune is relevant in North America once more! And it's not just exclusive to Round 1 locations!
  • WWE 12? That's the big change, a name? Oh you're rebooting the entire series THQ, whatev.....Create an Arena, you say? And you've fixed Universe mode? So what? I still can't change champions at will. I can? Exhibition and Universe are separate? Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....there's more? 23 titles? Arn Anderson, LOD, AND Demolition finally get legend appearances? Wow.
  • An actual sequel of Warriors Orochi featuring DW7XL and SW3XL characters? Nice! New original mythical characters like Kaguya, Shuten-Douji and Nezha? Neat! Other-timeline characters like Jeanne d'Arc and Achilles!? Awesome! RYU HAYABUSA!?!? Ahem, I repeat... TAKE MY MONEY, KOEI!!!''
    • Now they just included Ayane to the fray, along with Nemea from Zill'Ol. Not just my money. My clothes, Koei. Take'em too.
    • Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate? Bah, it's just a compilation of the extras we receive from those Capcom Sequel Stagnation on the Japanese-only PSP, and the Wii U version. And aside of new story (which thankfully cancels out the Grand Finale that is the True Ending), prequel and sequel, and a new character (Tamamo-no-Mae) it's just Xu Shu instead of him AND the DW8 newbies? No SW Chronicles 2 newbies too? Damn you K— Wait, Kasumi finally made it!? Wow, Guest Characters have been going good for... Sterkenburg Cranach!? Wow, Koei really is digging through their own libraries for the guests for the ultimate crosso— SOPHITIA ALEXANDRA!?!? Since when are Tecmo-Koei and Bandai Namco Entertainment are shaking hands together!? Whatever, this is gonna be awesome!
  • Whew. It's kind of hard to enjoy the great game known as Warriors Orochi since a lot of the newer cast from Dynasty Warriors 8 and Samurai Warriors 4 would never be unique there and the story seemed to end on a good note. Dynasty Warriors 9 turned out a radical mess of good and bad, Warriors All-Stars is a mixed bag and toned down massive crossover. Well I guess we wouldn't see those previous guys enjoy the mystic crossover—Wait, is that a new WO game!? Warriors Orochi is back with WO4!!
    • Shucks, they removed the Guest Characters. We're not going to see the likes of Hayabusa and Kasumi again. And the newcomers from DW9 and Spirit of Sanada might not make it... Whoa, we're getting the Greek Myth!? Zeus is the Big Bad!? We may get the Olympian deities like Athena and Poseidon!? Wow, almost a worthy exchange! But it's Koei, they're not known for actually good story, it's probably going to be a waste of time story—THE STORY IS SUPERVISED BY YOSHITAKA MURAYAMA WHO PENNED THE BEST SUIKODEN INSTALLMENTS!? Waste of time story or not, this gonna be good!
  • Wasteland 2. Waste. Land. 2. Fans of the original Wasteland, and fans of the 2D Fallout games wet their pants the day it reached it's goal on kickstarter. Want to here something even better? Obsidian Entertainment is on board.
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt received great praise when fans learned about the 100% explorable map.
    • It got even better when the trailers showed characters from the original book series.
  • This website. Fans of The World Ends with You went nuts.
    • Subverted when it turned out to be a... iOS port. The fans went nuts, in an entirely different way.
  • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Meh, another expac, only 5 more levels, are you kidd—HOLY CRAP THAT DRAGON'S DOING WHAT???
    • HEROIC DEADMINES???!? HEROIC SHADOWFANG KEEP?? YES!!
    • Goblins?! FINALLY!
    • FLYING IN THE OLD WORLD!!! IRONFORGE AIRPORT!!
    • Well it took about six years, but they finally fixed intellect! I actually have to look at the weapon's stats, instead of just the spell damage, now! Finally!
    • The announcement of transmogrification, which will enable players to replace the visuals of their current gear with any other gear of the same type that they already own. Paladins, tired of questing in ugly mismatched plate? Look stylin' in full vintage Judgement without sacrificing your stats!
      • Furthermore, when transmogrification became account wide. No more farming the same weapon or armor set half a dozen times. Just get it once and you can use it forever. Even better, you don't have to waste bag space on it. Get it, equip it if necessary, and sell it.
    • The announcement that the final boss of Mists of Pandaria will be Garrosh Hellscream!
    • Me'dan would not appear in Cataclysm, but instead you would get the lead characters of Interactive Fan Fic Parody You Awaken In Razor Hill, 'Tednug' and Scratchfever. Fans of this story fell in love with Blizzard all over again when pics of Ted and Scratch appeared, patrolling the area just north Razor Hill.
    • Being able to queue for dungeons was huge when it was introduced. No longer did players have to sit around for hours trying to find enough people to do a given dungeon. Just enter a queue and keep questing while you wait.
      • For that matter, moving all the quests for any given dungeon into the dungeon itself. Prior to Cataclysm, quests for a specific dungeon could (and often were) be spread across the entire world.
    • The removal of rooftop camping, which was the bane of every person in Booty Bay and Gadgetzan thanks to annoying hunters, reducing XP required to level, various compensations for accounts being hacked or downtime, mounts at 20 (no more running across Stranglethorn Vale when you're not a shaman or druid), 'Nefarian, only needing to get honored to run heroics in Burning Crusade, and making it so only one person needs a Karazhan Key.
    • Those of us on Wasteland EST PvP servers with few local groups forming can finally get some five-man groups running? FINALLY!
    • The addition of faction commendations to Mists of Pandaria brought a sigh of relief from everyone grinding reputation with the various factions. Once a player hit revered with a Pandaria faction, they could buy a commendation to permanently double all rep gains with said faction account wide.
    • Pretty much all of the Warlords of Draenor reveal caused plenty of fan joy, but the official announcement of the oft-requested, oft-teasing, oft-delayed character model revamp managed to stand out above the rest in a way rarely seen.
    • Nearly everyone was overjoyed to hear Blizzard changed their minds and were in fact adding flying to Warlords of Draenor.note 
    • A milder one came from the announcement of Rush Orders at Garrisons that'd allow players to complete five work orders at once (a feat that'd normally take twenty hours). Furthermore the change to allow followers to gain experience from completing work orders where previously players had to choose between leveling a follower and using them to increase production.
    • Blizzard finally announced that Demon Hunters will be a new class in Legion.
    • As of patch 7.1.5, you can simply buy artifact knowledge up to level 15. Not only does this make it much faster to learn new traits, but it reduces finishing research on an class's artifacts from a 100 day project down to a mere 40. Even better, if you've already finished research on one of your characters, you can buy items that increase artifact knowledge up to level 20. So not only will it take less than three weeks to finish research on new artifacts, but right away you'll be earning 91 times as much artifact power as normal.
      • Patch 7.2 took it even further where any character who has Artifact Knowledge level 40 can buy items to increase an alts artifact knowledge to level 40 as well, which earns over 40,000 times as much artifact power.
      • As of patch 7.3, all players are automatically bumped up to Artifact Knowledge level 55 which earns over 6,000,000 times as much power.
    • As of patch 7.2.5, Razorgore in Blackwing Lair has had his egg destroying spell changed from a four second cast with a five second cooldown to instant cast with no cooldown, bringing him from a boss that drives even players 50 levels above him mad to a total cakewalk that can be completed in under a minute.
    • The 2017 BlizzCon. Blizzard is adding a massive six playable races! Besides the long-awaited Dark Iron Dwarves and Zandalari Trolls, there's also Void Elves and Lightforged Draenei for Alliance along with Nightborne and Highmountain Tauren for Horde! Sounds great! Official servers for the classic, expansion-free game? No way!
    • Patch 7.3.5 introduced level scaling with old zones. Vanilla zones all scale up to level 60, Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King zones scale from 57 to 80, and Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria scale from 80-90. Have a zone you love but you always outlevel before you finish? Or a zone you hate but are forced to play because there's nothing else available? Now you can stick to the zones you enjoy and skip the ones you can't stand.
    • The reveal during BlizzCon 2018 that Zandalari trolls would be able to be paladins after it was teased for months was a delight for Horde players upset that only two previous Horde races (blood elves and tauren) had access to the class compared to the five races on the Alliance (humans, dwarves, draenei, Lightforged draenei, and Dark Iron dwarves).
      • At the same BlizzCon was the announcement that visual updates for worgen and goblin models were coming in Battle for Azeroth after the people who played those races were stuck with the comparatively low-poly Cataclysm models while every other race was updated in Warlords of Draenor.
    • The removal of Cold Weather, Old World, and Four Winds flying was met with universal approval as it meant players who learned flying could fly anywhere from Mists of Pandaria and earlier.
    • Blizzard decided to extend the Winds of Wisdom buff, which granted 100% bonus experience, up to the Shadowlands pre-patch, giving players months more time to level up old and new alts. On the same day, Blizzard announced a second buff that granted 100% bonus reputation (excluding the then-newest factions, the Uldum Accord and the Rajani), which lasted for a month.
    • In February 2021, Blizzard announced the coming of The Burning Crusade to WoW Classic. What's that? Don't want to play Burning Crusade and want to continue playing in Vanilla? You can do that too. Players can choose to move their characters forward to Burning Crusade or keep them in Vanilla.
    • For years, many Alliance players felt that their faction was dwarfed in popularity by the Horde, making it far harder to do the most difficult content on the Alliance, thus they regularly asked for the ability to form groups with Horde players or further incentive to play Alliance. Their prayers were answered in late January 2022 when Blizzard announced that Alliance and Horde players would indeed be able to group together starting in 9.2.5, a decision that was met with thunderous applause.
  • WolfQuest's fandom got really excited when it was revealed that a complete remake is coming, and the hype is only building more as the developers make weekly blog posts showing what they're working on. There are a lot of improvements coming, but some key points of interest is the vastly improved graphics, models and animations, free-roaming NPC wolves that will be interacted with using real wolf body language (as opposed to the wolves just standing there waiting to be interacted with via a menu like before), new animals such as beavers, bighorn sheep and mule deer, (complete with males, females, sub-adult males, and young for the latter two), more naturalistic Al (coyotes will harass you at carcasses if enough are present, your mate and pups will have personalities, female animals defend young, etc...) huge maps, a realistic territory system for both you and the free-roaming NPC wolves, new trees and other foliage that is actually accurate to real Yellowstone plants, and a new scent finding system. Hell, they even have a genetics mechanic for the pup's coat colors. It looks like WolfQuest is finally shaping up to become the good game it was meant to be, thanks to the fan's support.
  • Wargame: Red Dragon had been neglected for years after Eugen split from Focus Home Interactive to publish Steel Division: Normandy 44 under Paradox. Focus retained the Wargame IP and the game was generally considered Orphaned. However, in 2020, Eugen regained the IP, put the game on the Epic Games Store, and announced a new DLC nation: South Africa. Meat's back on the menu, boys!
  • So, there's a new wrestling game called WrestleQuest...by Mega Cat Studios? What's more, it's a turn-based RPG featuring legends like André the Giant, Booker T and Randy Savage. Oooh Yeah!

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  • 2k games announced something new about their so-called X-COM "reboot"? Just let the game die al...A new game?...an RTS/TBS X-COM?...set in the 90'?...MADE BY FIRAXIS!?! The updates being released only make things better, showing Firaxis's faithfulness to the original. Sectoids! Mutons! Developers that love the soldiers being killable and are considering an Ironman mode! Procedurally generated missions!
    • This would be a tough act to follow, and Firaxis knew this. So, when the time came for the expansion pack, what did they show us? The return of Base Invasions, one of the original titles' events that was sorely missed from XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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  • On October 2022, it was announced to the Yume 2kki community that popular map creator Wataru was adding his maps (which had been removed in version 0.113, over 2 years since the announcement) back into the game. This made a great number of fans happy, as his maps were not only beautiful, they inspired many of the other contributors to Yume 2kki as well.

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  • Dissidia Final Fantasy is just going to be another crappy Final Fantasy spinoff with Cloud and Sephiroth stealing the lime— Ooo! Kefka! With Shantotto, you'd think we'd get a secret FF12 rep too... Judge Grabanth!
    • Repeated when footage of the game was released in English, this time not with the characters but their voice actors. Christopher Sabat as Garland? Yes please!
    • Even more rejoicing when it turns out that there will be a sequel called Dissidia Duodecim, which features Lightning, fan-favorite Kain Highwind, Tifa, Yuna, Vaan and the unexpected appearance of Laguna Loire! And for those who deride the new characters, you can play as the Man in Black.
    • The new content of Duodecim itself should NOT be overlooked. The HP cap is now broken to the sixth digit, there's an assist system, world map (no Random Encounters!), at least one character's fighting style has been reconstructed (Firion) and Destiny Odysseys for the Chaos characters. Did I forget to mention the Old Save Bonus feature from Dissidia and the 13th Cycle of Dissidia is going to be replayable?! Big Honkin' Game doesn't even begin to cover this.
    • Early June 2010, the DLC made its way to European shores, too.note  And there's a DLC costume for Sephiroth, too. That One Bossnote  just got Promoted To Available For Purchase. Oh yeah.
    • Last but not least, the game has a make-your-own-story mode. That's right: you can write your own fanfiction in the game, program battles to happen in it and share it with your friends!
  • For Philadelphia-based Zelda fans, the announcement that the Symphony of the Goddesses concert would come to the City of Brotherly Love made them squee with delight, as they were almost certain that the concert would not come to the East Coast.
  • Hokuto Musou's announcement was met with either unconditional devotion due to it being Fist of the North Star, or cynical derision due to it being a Warriors/Musou game... plus, the Warriors games had never so much as shown blood, due to KOEI wanting to keep the franchise's consistent rating under the CERO system (equivalent to a "T" rating in the American/Canadian ESRB system). Then the first footage showed what happened to the first mooks unfortunate enough to face Kenshirou... then a KOEI rep stated that the Western releases would "probably" be more violent (if not gore-y)... then it turned out that the story wasn't Flanderized with Woobies-all-over like Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors and in fact held pretty solidly to the original anime... then American players posted that it wasn't a complete retread of the previous Warriors games...
  • Even though Midway Games is gone, their spirit lives on with three announcements in 2010.
    • First up, EA Sports announced that they were bringing back NBA Jam for the Wii, with original series co-creator Mark Turmell advising the devteam, and Tim Kitzrow is back to do the Announcer Chatter that made the original so memorable.
    • Then, Microsoft announced Hydro Thunder Hurricane for Xbox Live Arcade, which keeps the insane action of the original boat racer while giving it a new, shiny, hi-definition makeover.
    • And finally, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which bought most of the Midway back catalog (except for the two above examples and the Cruis'n trilogy, whose rights are with Nintendo), announced a new Mortal Kombat game which has the extreme blood and gore that the DC Universe crossover lacked, takes the Street Fighter IV route of gameplay with 3D graphics on a 2D gameplay plane, brings back Dan "Toasty!" Forden to do the music, and adds a 2-on-2 tag team mode. People were happy.
  • Okay, new Telltale game? Lesse what it is...Woah, wait up...Is that Tycho, Max, the Heavy, and Strong Bad? All together? This is gonna be GOOD.
  • Basketball games over the years try and pull this by including a certain Michael Jeffery Jordan. Ten years ago EA pulled it off in NBA Live 2000. Now Sega not only have Jordan in NBA 2K11, but a type of story mode where fans can play through his greatest matches. For any fan of basketball during his era this would have good reason to rejoice, not just for Jordan and the Bulls, but for Celtics fans with the 86 team, Pistons fans for the 88 team, Lakers fans...now we just need to know if the Dream Team will be included.
  • Part One, because one bullet isn't enough to explain it all: In December 2007, Jagex learned the hard way that sometimes you just shouldn't trifle with the Unpleasable Fanbase. In an attempt to curtail issues with real world trading, which allegedly was putting the game's economy through the ringer, Jagex removed Wilderness PvP and unrestricted trade from RuneScape, replacing player-killers with nigh-invulnerable Demonic Spiders that often traveled in packs. Even though efforts made to offer alternatives for the PvP players enjoyed some amount of success, the numbers still stood at 60,000 canceled membership subscriptions in the weeks immediately following the changes. (Although since real world traders often used stolen credit to pay for all transactions - including membership subscriptions - just how many were legitimate subscriptions in the first place is unknown.)
    • Part Two: In November of 2010, a guaranteed content poll opened up asking if players wanted Wilderness PvP and unrestricted trade back. Four options were presented, as usual, and by far the most voted up option was bringing them back as long as workarounds were set down to keep RWT out of it all. Longtime players had come to better understand and respect Jagex's reasons even though they didn't think the end justified the means. That poll was soon closed, and in December a referendum was opened for any player to vote in on the matter. 91% of 1.2 million votes cast were in favor of bringing back Wilderness PvP and free trade as long as the RWT problems that started the whole mess were neutralized as best as possible, and in February of 2011 everything agreed upon was implemented as promised.
    • The September 2012 Behind the Scenes update earned many cries of joy; after several months of pitiful updates (and many, many updates to the Squeal of Fortune and Solomon's General Store), a bevy of new content was announced; a graphical update and two new quests for Al Kharid, an update for the God Wars Dungeon, and the long awaited (and desperately needed) bot nuke. Best of all? Only the barest mention of Solomon and the Squeal, which up until then had been making headlines every month.
  • In 2003, Uru would have been a MMO of Myst, but it wasn't until 2007 that GameTap hosted it. Now it's known as MO:ULagain, plus it's free and since 2010 open source!
    • Even better. In early 2013 (Tentative), Phantasy Star Online 2 will have an American and European release.
  • Wowzers, I bet Nintendo is gonna repackage four old games that I probably downloaded from Virtual Console and a subpar soundtrack CD for the Zelda 25th Anniversary, just like they did Super Mario Bros. Shame on you, Ninten- Wait what's this? Special soundtrack discs? Skyward Sword having a Holiday 2011 release? Link's Awakening DX on the eShop right now? Limited Edition Gold Wiimote? The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords on DSiWare?note  Live orchestrated concerts happening worldwide this Fall?!!! Nintendo, you can have my wallet!
    • Let's not forget the Romance trailer. A true dream come true for the thousands of Link X Zelda shippers all around the world. Their Squee will be heard in the wind for the years to come.
    • Oh, about that Four Swords... it's NOT a direct port. It has actual new content, including new levels and an actual single-player mode. And yes, it's still free!
  • Okay, Nitro Plus. Demonbane is a good Visual Novel and all, but you should start getting serious about America...Wait, WHAT!! Saya no Uta!!! SUMAGA!!! KIKOKUGAI - THE CYBER SLAYER!!! WHO NEEDS BASIC NECESSITIES!! TAKE MY MONEY NOW!!!
  • C'mon, Activision. Why did you cancel True Crime: Hong Kong? Especially when it was so close to being finished? Do you really need to focus on online games, as you claimed? *Cut to seven months later* SQUARE ENIX BOUGHT OUT THE PUBLISHING RIGHTS?! IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY? It's most likely going to be called something else, because they did not purchase the rights to the name? I DON'T CARE. SQUENIX, I LOVE YOU!!
  • Atari has lost the exclusive rights to D&D video games much, much, earlier than the 2015 wait-out? After the lack of refinement in Neverwinter Nights 2 and the borderline Shovelware Dagggerdale, HELL YEAH!
    • And in another sign of things moving upward, Cryptic, who are developing Neverwinter, was bought by Perfect World from Atari. Perfect World saw how low Atari's standards were and realised how shoddy the game would be if it were released on time and decided to delay it.
  • Score yet another one for Nintendo: after a long list of diagrams (as usual for Nintendo), the bottom of this page mentions there's gonna be a new side-scroller Mario for the Nintendo 3DS! Just after the wait for Super Mario 3D Land was finally over, now the hype's gonna grow once again! Of course, it's still a mere announcement by now, but if we're getting a "New Super Mario World", then it's definitely gonna be Worth It.
  • Project Mirai looks like fun, but it's just a chibified version of Project Diva...wait...is that Daughter and Servant of Evil? Gumi's gonna be a player character!? THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST VOCALOID GAME EVER!
  • Egosoft lifted the information blackout and posted some X: Rebirth development videos on their YouTube channel!
    • For even more rejoicing, X Rebirth finally has an actual release date!
  • After spending many years as the "Wandering Protagonist", Asagi's days of wandering may finally be over. After a successful Makai Wars concert and gathering 10,000 people to join her fan club in a promotion that would determine whether she will get her own game, Nippon Ichi has confirmed that her game is now in the planning stages. The fans are rejoicing just as much as Asagi is.
  • Xbox One: Backwards compatibility? Oh, HELL yes!
  • It's a pity, Zoo Tycoon is no longer being made with the partnership... A NEW ONE IN 2013!? On the Xbox 360 (and Xbox One), RELEASED IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR! AND YOU CAN FEED THEM WITH THE KINECT!
    • The game looks nice, but what happens if it ends up Kinectimals 2... SECOND TRAILER! OH BOY! THAT IS NO KINECTIMALS! OVER 100 ANIMALS! That's more than Zoo Tycoon 2 and several packs together!
  • ACTIVISION IS REOPENING SIERRA ENTERTAINMENT?!?!?!??!?!!!
  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Within twenty-four hours of the game's announcement, the preorder was the #2 bestseller on Steam. Now that's a fandom willing to shell out for some elder vitae.
  • For many years, Victoria was the Red-Headed Stepchild of Paradox Interactive's grand strategy games. While some fans clamored for a third installment, many believed that the franchise had been abandoned... until PDXCON Remixed in 2021, when Victoria 3 was formally announced.

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