Grail_Quest

@Bass_X0 Race and gender swapping iconic and important characters is disrespectful and offensive regardless of which direction the swap goes. That's not diversity representation, that's tokenization. This show was plagued with a myriad of problems, but lazy tokenization of characters can certainly be counted amongst them.

@Magrane Whoops! You're right, it WAS Taito! (Love them too!) That was a great Superman game!

With Alone in the Dark on the way, I'm hoping for Gex, Time Splitters and Legacy of Kain to make a comeback from their IP list next.

Man... if Aero the Acrobat makes it back before Gex, I'm gonna be pissed. We've already seen Bubsy, Kao the Kangaroo, Medievil, Crash, Spyro... hell even Tak and the power of freaking Juju got a remaster. Where's my gecko at!?

@Moroboshi876 Sunsoft's Superman arcade game was awesome though!

I love Sunsoft! Still the creators of the best Batman game ever!!

@Darknilious No, IGN probably loves it, since they no longer care about the integrity of games or gaming intellectual property.

Keep the directs. Never take them away.

If Microsoft had never entered the gaming market with Xbox, forcing Nintendo to go searching for 'blue waters', and abandoning next gen tech, we would have had this already. After the introduction of the Xbox with a user friendly online infrastructure, and Sony's trojan horse PS2 with embedded DVD player, Sega was killed and kicked out of the console war and Nintendo would never again compete from a hardware performance perspective. We were no longer playing with power....

@Ruthven I'm sorry. It breaks my heart to see the Nintendo generation (which I am a part of) hurtling toward their 50's. Time is an insidious thief, and he is coming for all of us.

Warner Bros involvement = Heavily modified from original creative vision and 0 fan service.

Billions of dollars of revenue do not equal economic turmoil.

Someone ask them about Eternal Darkness! Please, and thank you!

It's ok to express your distaste for the art style, but there's no reason to go beyond that and insult people personally. These are some legendary game designers, returning to one of the most beloved game franchises of all time. This should be a time of celebration!

If you were a 20 year old "gamer" when Atari launched, you'd be 70 years old now.... Holy freak, time needs to stop. Now.

I LOVE Monkey Island!!!!! I do not love this art style. If we're going back to 2D, this just seems like such a downturn from the lush, rich world of Curse. I mean was Bill Tiller not available?

What's up with the 24 hour notice!? Sheesh!

I remember when the sound cut out and the "Mute" message appeared on screen. I started yelling at my little brothers, assuming one of them had sat on the remote. They both looked at me in bewilderment and pointed to the remote, sitting alone in an open space of carpet. This game was epic!!

Nintendo needs to get on the ball and start remaking their games to match what we all imagined in our heads when we first played them. The technology exists to make it possible. If they could only embrace the potential....

Capcom, come on.... some Breath of Fire, PLEASE.

@Gravitron lol No, no... I'm not really under any allusions. I'm expecting glitchy combat against unimaginative enemies, a wonky camera and a fairly bland, sparsely populated open world. But... Sonic looks cool, the environments look crisp and detailed and the sense of speed that will be possible in those open environments seems promising. I was a fan of Sonic Adventure on Dreamcast, and this looks like (maybe? possibly?) an evolution of that game. I still enjoy NES games, I don't require too much to find the fun in something.

I'm excited about this game. Back when Sonic Adventures came out, we could only dream of a day when graphics would allow Sonic to look this good in 3D. Well, we're finally here! I'll be buying this one!!

No way in heck does ES6 land on Switch. Lol

Whoa wait... Saudi Arabia owns 96% of SNK!? Unacceptable. How could Japan let that happen?

That's what they said last year.

This guy was like Reggie, 10 years before Reggie did his thing with Nintendo. The Dreamcast was a beautiful machine that should have kept on going.

Nintendo Studios.... freaking awesome!

what else would you like to see in this presentation?

Sega re-enters the console hardware market with the Dreamcast 2!

Kinda missing E3 right about now. Getting hard (and a little ridiculous) to keep track of all of these individual showcases, and somehow schedule around all of them so I can watch them. It was so much easier when they were all in one place over a span of 3-4 days.

@BlueGBAMicro You're not the only one.

Another legend from the Golden era retires. Time moves too fast, and you can never go back.

@Mando44646 I'm with you on not playing games on mobile. I hate those. If someone wanted to play those games bad enough though, connecting a PS4 or Xbox (heck even Switch Pro) controller to the PC and playing via steam is perfectly viable. I played FF3 that way, with an HDMI cable connected to the TV. Felt just like playing on a console. (Although, like you, I prefer console whenever possible).

@Serpenterror 7th Saga is not a part of the SaGa franchise. I wouldn't mind seeing that one become available though.

@Mando44646 They are readily available. Final Fantasy 1-6 are on Steam right now. Final Fantasy 7-9 and Dragon Quest 1-3 are actually available on Switch. In other words, if someone wanted to, they could access and play those games legitimately right now. The same could not have been said about many of the titles I mentioned, without Squares recent focus on bringing them forward.

Love the SaGa series! This one is a bit difficult though. Throws away the normal convention of grinding to increase power before taking on the final boss, and replaces it with rewarding you for making it through the game as quickly, and with as few detours as possible. Basically, places greater emphasis on exploration and discovery over the course of several playthroughs, rather than a single session. This may frustrate conventional JRPG players, HOWEVER... the soundtrack by Kenji Ito is absolutely incredible and singlehandedly makes the game deserving of a playthrough! The art style is also beautiful, keeping the journey fresh at every turn. VERY excited about this one and will be buying day 1!

@Mando44646 Because classic RPG's like FF and DQ have been played out and are pretty readily available already. I love the fact that Square is putting love and energy into bringing over some of their more obscure, region or platform locked series to make them more accessible to a wider audience (and longtime fans like myself who long to play them again.)

Until recently, Romancing SaGa 2 & 3 were restricted to Japan and SaGa Frontier was locked away on the PS1. This year will see them release the previously Japan only Live A Live in the the west for the first time, along with saving Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song from the clutches of the PS2.

This GREAT! I'm thrilled that these seem to be selling well enough that Square sees value in continuing to polish up and release these lesser known/played franchises.

Next, I hope we get some Valkyrie Profile remasters, along with remasters/localizations of other region locked titles like Bahamut Lagoon, Treasure Hunter G, Treasure of the Rudras, and the Terranigma trilogy. Also, a remaster of SaGa Frontier 2 would be sweet!

@Thaswizz Agreed! We need Gex to make a comeback!

Come on Dreamcast 2!

@Paraka Awesome!!

@FishyS I love the Heroes of Might and Magic series. I would strongly encourage you to visit GOG.Com The entire Heroes series is available to purchase and download there. They are inexpensive and configured to work on modern PC's. Me and my wife play through parts 3 and 5 all the time.

@XE77 Awesome!! That one is on my list to get someday!

Mine is arriving Friday!!

@OldManHermit Ha! I used to love those too!

Barnyard Commandos

My ranking:

1) Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)
2) Super Mario World
3) Super Mario 64
4) Super Mario Bros. 3
5) Super Mario Bros.
6) Super Mario Sunshine
7) Super Mario 3D World
8) Super Mario Galaxy
9) Super Mario Odyssey
10) Super Mario World 2
11) Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels
12) Super Mario Galaxy 2

@shineget64 Yes. I'm with you on Breath of Fire. Long time fans (like me) have been waiting so long for a proper 6th installment that pays respect to the franchise. I was there for the first one on Super Nintendo and I pray I'll be there when it finally makes its glorious return.

There is only one correct answer here, and it is: BREATH OF FIRE!! Please bring BOF back to consoles!!!!

Looks like my kind of game! Hope it comes west so I can tri-tri it out!

Live Alive was an important moment in JRPG culture. A game developed and released by Square at the top of their form. Beloved by Japanese gamers upon release. Beautiful pixel art, a creative story with elements that were novel for an RPG, a soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura. If you consider yourself even a passing fan of JRPG's you NEED to experience this game! Preordered and cannot wait!