Posted on July 20th, 2008 in Axel Night, Video Games by Axel Night
Random ramblings and pictures ahead.
Yeah, I spelled sequel wrong. Sue me. Dust off your NES and tell me with a straight face that they never made any typos.
If I told you I wasn’t all that excited about the up coming Street Fighter 4 title, you would probably lynch me. Sadly, it is true. And before my execution, allow me my final words. Everything I have seen has been pictures and videos of classic characters on a classic 2D plane fighting in traditional Street Fighter fashion with polished and beautiful 3D graphics. And I think this is exactly what the new sequel should be. I will play the game when it arrives and I will enjoy it. But, when I load my my GameTap account, I have an entire play list of these games that already got the formula right. There are a lot of them. The franchise and its spin-offs have already saturated me, and the visual polish just doesn’t leave me needing it anymore than what I have.
Mega Man is no stranger to market saturation, and I now realize I still haven’t given some of the later titles the attention they deserve. I’m not a fan of all of the off-shoots, but I’m a huge sucker for the original series. I have both Mega Man Collections (Classic and X), as well as several gray-carts. I’ll be one of those suckers taking my robot masters 8 at a time until the end of time. Hypocrite? Yes, but I’m comfortable enough to admit it.