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| Maou
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|  "Re(4):The 15 Most Influential Game Series in"
, posted Sun 6 Oct 16:52:
Hmm, curious....
It's important to see that "influencial" as not being popular, since Xenogears didn't sell astoundingly well in Japan. Strange how it could be influencial as such...though thinking of it, there are at least two robot-esque setups like that I can think of since, meaning ZOE and Detonator Gauntlet/Vanguard Bandits. But other than that, what are they talking about, I wonder?
I'm surprised Lunar didn't pop up just for what it did with the RPG genre. Feel free, all, to correct me if I'm mistaken, but with the 1992 release of Mega CD Lunar~The Silver Star, we saw in RPG's the first:
-flying city (Vane)
-appearnce of Ghaleon, subsequently ripped off thematically and visually in Xenogears' Karellian (note for SSS players: his character is noteably different in TSS)
-grand finale after the final battle (i.e. easy to win grand challenge after the last boss), since seen in FF VII, Xenogears, Estpolis 2 (aka Lufia 2), and others
These three things have since been pretty major devices for RPG's, so I'm surprised that so few people have noted them. Just some thoughts, anyhow...
Note: haha, and as for Megami Tensei? Hmmm, if the ability to release another game in the same series more constantly than Final Fantasy and watch as millions of fans buy it yet AGAIN is revolutionary, than MT has influenciality, I guess. Heh, funny how Persona sold like one copy in the US by contrast...
Maou
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| Jason
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| "Re(5):The 15 Most Influential Game Series in" , posted Sun 6 Oct 17:32:
Hey, I loved persona! And . . . oh wait, so that's why they never released Innocent Sin. bah. As for infulential as a series, I dunno (hell, I've only played 2 of the games, and they weren't even a part of the main series), but if nothing else, the Personas were a nice change of pace. gotta like that Kazuma Kaneko (hope that's right) art.
(hey, look at that, a thread on him not 2 steps away. sigh, I can't read.)
on an unrelated note, RahXephon is the biggest ripoff of Eva since . . . ever. I'm not saying I dislike it, but, well, it can get almost embarrasing at times. might as well have called itself eva-lite, y'know, 'twice the girls, half the angst!'
-Jason
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| Time Mage 896th Post
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| "Zelda and Mario." , posted Mon 7 Oct 10:28
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I just think Zelda should have been higher on the list, and Mario. But the Zelda series shouldn't have been below Metal Gear. Oh well. Zelda does change a lot from system to system. Each game kinda has it's own style. On NES, The Legend of Zelda (my favorite) and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link are vastly different games. Others follow a similar feel to the first Zelda but have unique things within their gameplay. There was even a big difference in the N64 games. Not in the look, but in the games focus.
And, in fact, Zelda is more influential than MG in Japan.
You, know, Zelda is the virtual creator of all the Action RPG's. The N64 version had the targetting system, which is now a commonly used tool to manage 3D fights, and finally, there's many great RPG's inspired directly in the Zeldas, like Soleil or Alundra.
An what to say about Mario... It made the standard of ALL 2D platformers, and then, the standard of ALL 3D platformers. More influential, impossible.
Gatotsu Zeroshiki!
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| Ultima 292th Post
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| "Re(5):The 15 Most Influential Game Series in" , posted Tue 8 Oct 05:06
> SF II was iunfluated by Double Dragon and karate Champ(SNK) !!
Well, more like SF2 was influenced by SF1, which was inspired by those older games. But no one sane would say that KC has had more influence than SF2. Just like, even though Alone in the Dark came before Resident Evil, RE has had the bigger influence.
Speaking of Double Dragon, I'm surprised that one isn't on this list. No one cares much about side-scrolling beat 'em ups these days, but how many games did DD inspire? I'd say at least as many fighting games as SF2. An on this note, I'd put Double Dragon here over, say, Final Fight, though Final Fight should get an honourable mention.
Oh yeah: Karate Champ was created by Technos, not SNK.
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"The 15 Most Influential Game Series in Japan" 
haha, and as for Megami Tensei? Hmmm, if the ability to release another game in the same series more constantly than Final Fantasy and watch as millions of fans buy it yet AGAIN is revolutionary, than MT has influenciality, I guess. Heh, funny how Persona sold like one copy in the US by contrast...
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