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Author: ZombieAladdin

Feb 2nd 2012 at 4:29:04 PM

You have the DBZ example on there twice.

Would a VideoGame example count if it deliberately went back to the style of an earlier part of the series? These are a few examples:
* The SonicTheHedgehog series, after going 3-D and having elaborate storylines and darker characters, begot ''SonicAdvance'', which played in 2-D and was very reminiscent of ''SonicTheHedgehog2'' in stage design, game mechanics, and the simple plot of "Dr. Eggman kidnaps animals; Sonic rescues them."
** Less successful was ''SonicTheHedgehog4 Episode I'', which was another try at going back to basics. However, its physics made it impossible to play like the old games, making this a failed attempt.
** This would be remedied, ironically, in a game designed to evolve the series further: Part of the premise of ''SonicGenerations'' is that Sonic from the classic games is brought forward in time to the present. Classic Sonic plays very close to the original games, much closer than in ''Sonic 4'', and is near indistinguishable in the [[Nintendo3DS 3DS]] version. Classic Sonic was so well-received, considering the fandom's BrokenBase, that ''Sonic 4: Episode II'' will be based on Classic Sonic's physics in ''Sonic Generations''.
* After 10 years of collecting Stars and [[SuperMarioSunshine Shine Sprites]], ''NewSuperMarioBros'' and ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' went back to the original SuperMario premise of having to reach the end of the stage, flagpole at the end and everything. This idea was so successful that ''SuperMario3DLand'' wound up having the exact game design style transferred to 3-D.
* ''MegaMan 9'' and ''Mega Man 10'': By that time, Mega Man games had complex storylines and complicated gameplay. These two games kept their plots simple and plays almost exactly like an extension of ''Mega Man 2'', even keeping the {{NES}} appearance. In fact, these two games were designed by the same people who made the original Mega Man games.