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electricmastro Since: Apr, 2015
#1: Mar 31st 2023 at 9:38:49 PM

Franchises that you figure would be big by now, but ultimately feel like they aren't for one reason or another. One example I think of is Bomberman. After lasting for so long and releasing as many games, it boggles me why the series doesn't get much more fanfare beyond the occasional passing mention.

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#2: Apr 1st 2023 at 2:10:16 AM

~Tropers/electricmastro Moving to Yack Fest because it's too general for the media subforum.

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Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#3: Apr 1st 2023 at 6:50:15 AM

Freedom Force. I am a bit bummed that it wasn't more popular, with the third game getting shelved mid-development. FF was a lot of fun as an Affectionate Parody of Silver Age superhero tropes, while the use of expies instead of established superheroes from DC or Marvel allowed for greater freedom to mix up the story. I do wish that there had been more customization options for creating your own heroes, though.

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#4: Apr 1st 2023 at 1:44:18 PM

Rayman. Sure the Rabbids are hugely popular, but Rayman himself never found his way into the spotlight the same way Mario or Sonic did. Both of those characters have had several TV series, but the only one Rayman got just lasted 4 episodes and faded into obscurity.

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ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
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#5: Apr 10th 2023 at 11:18:26 AM

Poor, mistreated Bloody Roar. I'll never forgive Konami for essentially murdering it. Really wish someone else would take the rights from their grubby hands and hire the original developers to make a reboot or new installment that ignores the trainwreck that was 4.

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#6: Apr 10th 2023 at 2:22:14 PM

  • Klonoa - sure, we got several games, but it didn't last very long. Might have been able to capture a similar brand to that of Kirby if it had a chance.

Edited by HoloMew151 on Apr 10th 2023 at 10:22:27 AM

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#8: Apr 24th 2023 at 11:43:20 PM

Poor Yo Kai Watch. Yo-kai Watch 4 hasn't even gotten an English release yet (and I don't know if it will, since Level-5 shut down localization in 2020).

Edited by Segal991 on Apr 24th 2023 at 11:53:53 AM

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#9: Oct 2nd 2023 at 8:49:45 AM

Bump

While not a franchise, I honestly wish that Incredibox was more well known among the wider public than it currently is. I could totally see an explosion in new players and Fan Works if some big YouTuber were to show off its music-making capabilities.

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Sailor11sedna Since: Aug, 2011
#10: Oct 2nd 2023 at 10:59:55 AM

Therefore Games made a title called DemonCrawl. It’s Minesweeper but Rogue lite.

If you meant a series of games, like in the same universe, I find it strange how little I hear about Star Fox.

Edited by Sailor11sedna on Oct 2nd 2023 at 11:00:50 AM

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
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#11: Oct 2nd 2023 at 11:04:13 AM

It is a bit of a stretch, and is not actually a "franchise", but the Inkagames/Mazniac+Dark Dome games are quite popular, many Youtube videos about it are available, yet it only got one not-so-complete TV Tropes page (Saw Games, which is actually only a part of Inkagames), and it seems that no one I asked have any ideas what it is.

For those who don't know, it is a Peruvian indie point-and-click game studio that develop games, first on the web at Flash games. After the end of Adobe Flash, the developers began to make similar Mobile Games and change their name from Inkagames to Mazniac. Dark Dome is another related game series, but it has a different style and gameplay from Mazniac/Inkagames.

Edited by LucasdaKool on Oct 2nd 2023 at 11:09:41 AM

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#12: Oct 2nd 2023 at 7:34:18 PM

Star Ocean, I know the games after 3 SUCK but I LOVED Star Ocean Blue Sphere it's a piece of beauty and is the best Game Boy Color game ever made.

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#13: Nov 8th 2023 at 3:40:51 PM

Bendy

While far from obscure, it never quite reached the same level of mainstream popularity as other indie

games.

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#14: Nov 8th 2023 at 4:13:33 PM

Endless Ocean

These two games were my childhood. I really wish for a 3rd installment for the Switch, but I think that's never gonna happen.

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#15: Nov 8th 2023 at 7:51:13 PM

Shantae should be even bigger!

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#17: Nov 9th 2023 at 7:04:16 AM

Rhythm Heaven!!!!! Give us RH for the switch! I don't care if it's just, like, a Megamix port or something, I need something, anything, to fill the hole in my heart.

I don't think they've completely forgotten about it because of the references in the new Wario Ware. Maybe that means they haven't abandoned it? (wishful thinking)

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#18: Nov 9th 2023 at 10:16:50 AM

Legend of Legaia!

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diddyknux (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19: Nov 9th 2023 at 10:42:39 AM

[up][up][up] That's actually not what I was trying to do... That SAID, we've already got two examples of giant women in that franchise, so I wouldn't be opposed to that....

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