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Topic: Franchises with two styles of games

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Canadian_Ronin

We currently get two types of Mario games - 2D (New Super Mario Bros) and 3D (Super Mario 3D world, Galaxy).

We get two types of Zelda games - open world 3D games (Skyward Sword, BotW) and top down (Minish Cap, Link between worlds).

What other franchises do you think Nintendo could get away with publishing two different styles of games for? Personally I'd like to see them return to making old-school Metroid-Vania style Metroid games along with either Prime-style first person shooter games, or open world BotW style Metroid games.

Canadian_Ronin

AsianDomination

I agree about metroid. Maybe a Golden sun action rpg?

AsianDomination

Bolt_Strike

Metroid should have both the Classic 2D games and the 3D Prime games. Beyond that, it's uncharted territory, no other IP has two different styles. The only other candidates I can see are other platformers, DK, Yoshi, and Kirby. Retro is supposedly interested in a 3D DK game, perhaps that can develop into a separate style. I wouldn't mind something more in the direction of a 3D platformer/beat em up, that would fit DK pretty well IMO.

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SuperPaperLuigi

I'm yet to play Other M but I hear it's pretty good. Not sure how well received it was by the fans at the time but it might make a good format for 3DS.

In terms of what would interest me...it's a bit obscure, but, I'd say top-down Pandora's Tower?

It's an interesting question. Bears rumination.

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LaserdiscGal

Bolt_Strike wrote:

Metroid should have both the Classic 2D games and the 3D Prime games. Beyond that, it's uncharted territory, no other IP has two different styles. The only other candidates I can see are other platformers, DK, Yoshi, and Kirby. Retro is supposedly interested in a 3D DK game, perhaps that can develop into a separate style. I wouldn't mind something more in the direction of a 3D platformer/beat em up, that would fit DK pretty well IMO.

You're forgetting Star Fox, which has both the space shooter, and the action adventure (Star Fox Adventures). Oh! And Kid Icarus, as it use to be a platformer and it's most recent title was a smup.

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Octane

Star Fox also had good games and bad games, there's another franchise with two types of games

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Bolt_Strike

Danksparce wrote:

You're forgetting Star Fox, which has both the space shooter, and the action adventure (Star Fox Adventures). Oh! And Kid Icarus, as it use to be a platformer and it's most recent title was a smup.

Those two IPs don't get two styles published at once though, in fact they're lucky to even get one.

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iKhan

Pokemon has a ton of different game styles.

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Bolt_Strike

iKhan wrote:

Pokemon has a ton of different game styles.

Pokemon has a ton of spinoffs, it doesn't have multiple styles of main games.

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roy130390

I think he asked wich franchises would get away with publishing two different styles like the ones he mentioned, not wich had them already.

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