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[VGEsoterica]

Obviously no Mega Man game will be as loved as the mainline games / the X series, but damn if Mega Man: The Power Battle isn't, in my opinion at least, one of the best Mega Man games ever made. All it is is a fighting game / boss rush hybrid "greatest hits" compilation but it's one of the most action packed and entertaining games in the entire series. Between the awesome pared down action, the great CPS sprites and backgrounds and the soundtrack it's basically just pure distilled Mega Man fun from start to finish.

But of course because it's A) only on compilations and never got a release on consoles back when it was in arcades and b) is an offshoot game in technically a different genre...it doesn't get near as much love as it deserves.

Which got me thinking...what other series had a total genre shift that hit as big as the main line series? I am talking Mario Kart to Mario, or to a lesser degree CTR to Crash Bandicoot. Granted the kart racing genre feels a bit like cheating lol. Maybe a better example would be Fallout 3 becoming a first person light RPG compared to 1 and 2 being more turned based isometic games. Or same with RE 7 and 8 with first person and 4 with more action oriented run and gun gameplay (we can semi-ignore 5 and totally ignore 6 lol)

What else do you have for me GAF?

 

[VGEsoterica]

In case you don't even know what The Power Battle is! You better go play it now lol

 

[jshackles]

The most recent example the comes to mind is Yakuza: Like a Dragon being a turn based RPG.

 

[VGEsoterica]

The most recent example the comes to mind is Yakuza: Like a Dragon being a turn based RPG.

that was an extremely weird pivot. I really enjoyed the game but I hope that was a one off

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Can we count the witcher Gwent?

 

[VGEsoterica]

Can we count the witcher Gwent?

100%. Same franchise, wildly different gameplay

 

[fart town usa]

Castlevania: SOTN comes to mind

I'd say Resistance: Retribution on the PSP. It's a third-person cover based shooter instead of FPS and it is damn awesome. It's not only a great PSP game, but a great game by any standard.

Also, Killzone: Liberation, FPS turned into a isometric top down type shooter, with much slower gameplay. Great game and really inventive way to change up the gameplay.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, on rails shooter turned into an epic 4-disc JRPG on a system that shouldn't have been able to run the game. lol.

 

[Nikana]

Castlevania: SOTN comes to mind

I'd say Resistance: Retribution on the PSP. It's a third-person cover based shooter instead of FPS and it is damn awesome. It's not only a great PSP game, but a great game by any standard.

Also, Killzone: Liberation, FPS turned into a isometric top down type shooter, with much slower gameplay. Great game and really inventive way to change up the gameplay.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, on rails shooter turned into an epic 4-disc JRPG on a system that shouldn't have been able to run the game. lol.

Id be giddy if we got a AAA Killzone game in the Liberation style.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Castlevania: SOTN comes to mind

I'd say Resistance: Retribution on the PSP. It's a third-person cover based shooter instead of FPS and it is damn awesome. It's not only a great PSP game, but a great game by any standard.

Also, Killzone: Liberation, FPS turned into a isometric top down type shooter, with much slower gameplay. Great game and really inventive way to change up the gameplay.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, on rails shooter turned into an epic 4-disc JRPG on a system that shouldn't have been able to run the game. lol.

SotN is a great example because it literally changed the dynamic of the entire franchise moving forward too. We never really got "traditional" Castlevania games after that

 

[Captain Toad]

Mario has hopping between genres for 30 years.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Mario has hopping between genres for 30 years.

He is basically the king of genre hopping. Golf, racing, board games, rpgs, platformers, tetris style games, etc etc etc

We just need a Mario FPS and I think he has all the genres covered

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

power battle 1 and 2 are very fun indeed. Netplay available on Fightcade 2.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

I'm always surprised at Mega Man's apparent lack of popularity. I thought it was one of gaming's golden franchises, alongside Mario, Metal Gear, Halo, etc.
The legacy. The successful evolutions. The loveable characters.

Bring back Mega Man.

 

[VGEsoterica]

I'm always surprised at Mega Man's apparent lack of popularity. I thought it was one of gaming's golden franchises, alongside Mario, Metal Gear, Halo, etc.
The legacy. The successful evolutions. The loveable characters.

Bring back Mega Man.

The thing is Mega Man does have a lot of fans out there. Capcom just seems to refuse to do much with the franchise. Legends 3 was cancelled. Sure we get a throw back 8 bit looking game now and again but otherwise not much

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Monster hunter can enter in this thread too

 

[Frayed Ends of Sanity]

First thing that came to mind was the 3D Mario games. The jump to 3D from Mario World to Mario 64 was huge change that worked. Removing the linear level design and implementing bigger worlds you revisit and complete smaller tasks inside the worlds was a big risk but they pulled it off. On the opposite end, Mortal Kombat's jump to 3D didn't work out so well. Thank god they went back to 2D gameplay

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

that was an extremely weird pivot. I really enjoyed the game but I hope that was a one off

Like a Dragon is why I played the other Yakuza games that I had owned for years but never cracked open.

Going to start Judgement this weekend.

Also...the Warcraft Series. Going from RTS to MMO was a big ole' swerve!

 

[kunonabi]

SotN is a great example because it literally changed the dynamic of the entire franchise moving forward too. We never really got "traditional" Castlevania games after that

Much to my dismay.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Like a Dragon is why I played the other Yakuza games that I had owned for years but never cracked open.

Going to start Judgement this weekend.

Also...the Warcraft Series. Going from RTS to MMO was a big ole' swerve!

Check out Yakuza: Dead Souls too. It’s the zombie shooter offshoot. Dumb but lots of fun seeing zombies run through Kamurocho

 

[Polelock]

Castlevania: SOTN comes to mind

I'd say Resistance: Retribution on the PSP. It's a third-person cover based shooter instead of FPS and it is damn awesome. It's not only a great PSP game, but a great game by any standard.

Also, Killzone: Liberation, FPS turned into a isometric top down type shooter, with much slower gameplay. Great game and really inventive way to change up the gameplay.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, on rails shooter turned into an epic 4-disc JRPG on a system that shouldn't have been able to run the game. lol.

I would love a new Resistance, game was so good.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Not even the only time Mega Man successfully did this. Battle net was awesome.

 

[CapnAmaricrunch]

Oh the arcade game, yep great mindless fun.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Not even the only time Mega Man successfully did this. Battle net was awesome.

I need to play this again. And by again I mean I played like an hour forever ago and forgot to finish

 

[SpiceRacz]

Hitman Go and damn was it good.

 

[UnNamed]

I've read the title and I've thought it was Megamen Exe.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Hitman Go and damn was it good.

One of the most visually interesting and unique games around. It feels “Hitman” while also being its own unique thing with its own visual style

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Persona 3 and 4 can enter too

 

[Danjin44]

Persona 3 and 4 can enter too

???? They are still JRPG, they didn’t change genres.

Monster hunter can enter in this thread too

Same thing here. I’m not really getting your point.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

???? They are still JRPG, they didn’t change genres.

Same thing here. I’m not really getting your point.

Persona 3 and 4 have a Musical game.... Persona 4 Dancing all Night... And persona 3 have a musical game.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

???? They are still JRPG, they didn’t change genres.

Same thing here. I’m not really getting your point.

Monster hunter have the new game that is a RPG like Monster hunter stories 2. And many spin off of psp.

 

[Danjin44]

Persona 3 and 4 have a Musical game.... Persona 4 Dancing all Night... And persona 3 have a musical game.

Monster hunter have the new game that is a RPG. And many spin off of psp.

Those are spinoffs, you might as well count Dragon Quest warriors and Hyrule warriors as well. I think this thread talking about main games changing genres like Yakuza 7 did.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Those are spinoffs, you might as well count Dragon Quest warriors and Hyrule warriors as well. I think this thread talking about main games changing genres like Yakuza 7 did.

There is Yakuza Dead souls... And is a spin off too like the friend post.
Or Killzone liberation is a spin off too.

And there is accepted.

 

[Danjin44]

There is Yakuza Dead souls... And is a spin off too like the friend post.
Or Killzone liberation is a spin off too.

And there is accepted.

Then are we going include every Mario game as well?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Then are we going include every Mario game as well?

Mario soccer and Tennis are spin off.


Even the Zelda crossbow game of Nintendo wii is a spin off.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

We never really got "traditional" Castlevania games after that

we got Adventure Returns, which is technically a remake, but its so different (and so much better) that it might as well be considered a new game.