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[SantaC]

Wizards & Warriors triology was among my favorite games on the NES. It is sad to see a franchise like that just die after some great games.

I have an old Nintendo Magazine which states that Rare was working on a Super Wizards & Warriors game for snes. I didnt even get to experience it in 16 bit glory.

Frankly, I am baffled that the series just stopped after the NES era. It's not like neither of the games are bad, and the franchise was strong during that time. Heck, Wizards & Warriors even showed up in Captain N the gamemaster.

I wouldnt mind a witcher type of game with Kuros traveling the medieval landscape fighting against the evil wizard Malkil. I mean there is a foundation there to build on. You travelled through forests, mountains, caves and visited taverns in the old games.

Now, this is a game I would buy an Xbox for.

 

[trikster40]

Holy crap, Rare made those games?? As a kid, all I saw was Acclaim. I had no idea...

 

[teezzy]

FABIO OR BUST

 

[SantaC]

Holy crap, Rare made those games?? As a kid, all I saw was Acclaim. I had no idea...

here is a great retrospective about it

 

[CamHostage]

You know, I've never understood Wizards & Warriors? I think I played one of them as a kid or saw a videotape of it at a store (that and boxarts and maybe a Nintendo Power section were all you had back in the day...) and I just couldn't get with the wonky combat system of this sword that was so short on the lanky character. Looking at the video now, the jumping looks fun and the graphics are kind of cheery, but I was never quite clear if everybody owned it because it had a Conan-like barbarian on the cover (...not in the game) or that people actually liked it. It is Rare at a time when Rare was doing impressive work, so I should give it a fair shake some day, but I don't think this series will ever click with me.

I'm curious, what was it that you folks loved about Wizards & Warriors?

 

[Walter Matthau]

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[anthraticus]

Rather have this Wizards & Warriors...

 

[JonnyMP3]

here is a great retrospective about it

I didn't play this as a kid but looking at it the video... I think you have a modern take of this game already.
It's called the 'Souls' series.

 

[SantaC]

I'm curious, what was it that you folks loved about Wizards & Warriors?

The music and the mystic atmosphere. Kinda reminded me about Metroid, except with medivial setting.

 

[Goro Majima]

FABIO OR BUST

Well that was kind of a sad google search.

He's not an ugly 60 year dude but he's clinging to that hairstyle and it's not doing him any favors.

 

[Enjay]

Had Wizards and Warriors Fortress of Fear for the game boy and loved it.

 

[Vandole]

Wizards and Warriors was a bit repetitive, but man oh man, Ironsword??? That was an absolutely epic 8-bit experience. That was one of those games that just knocked me over the first time I saw it. The controls were a little rough, but Rare made sure that game looked like gold.

also unfortunately that's a series I haven't thought about in years. Kind of makes me wonder if I should finally go ahead and give Wizards & Warriors 3 a spin.

 

[SantaC]

Wizards and Warriors was a bit repetitive, but man oh man, Ironsword??? That was an absolutely epic 8-bit experience. That was one of those games that just knocked me over the first time I saw it. The controls were a little rough, but Rare made sure that game looked like gold.

also unfortunately that's a series I haven't thought about in years. Kind of makes me wonder if I should finally go ahead and give Wizards & Warriors 3 a spin.

Absolutly.

W&W3 has RPG elements such as classes. Underrated game.