Recently, every pokemon fan who was self aware during 2003(pokemon ruby/sapphire) and 2005(pokemon emerald) has had a nostalgic rush because of omega ruby and alpha sapphire. Luckily, I am included in that group thanks to pokemon emerald.
This rush of hype and excitement has got me thinking: what about the other great games from the past?
It is only natural to for things to died at some point, we all will, but depression aside, what about franchises(try saying that three time) like zoids? What about medabots coming to the west? If you look them up, you'll find one of three: nothing, asian releases or MAYBE ,just maybe, a localization petition.
Even Megaman, a greatly loved character, has suffered this fate. Sure, being a ssb4 character is great, but a better fate woud be STILL being a franchise. In fact megaman has been reduced so much, it creator, Keiji Inafune, started Mighty No.9, a spiritual successor for the blue bomber. While this is great, (I believe) it leaves Megaman himself in the past, not prospering as he once did.
SO back to my point: great things are dying(in the west), but it is not because they get wrinkly and die, but because we forget what they once were.
However there is another side to this story.
How many of you older gamers play CoD? You've probably encounter what in my country we call a "rat boy". Basically, it is an idiotic kid who believe he is better than you. in voice chats, they usually throw !!!! at you.
They're also one of the reasons western games on America are dying. Their choice of games are mainly eastern titles. Not only that, but they usually regard western titles such as pokemon and megaman as something stupid and childish(can this be pronounced without "dish" at the end?).
Now this is not necessarily true, since I believe myself a decent kid, but I've met a lot of "rat boys" over these 14 years. Weird enough (as a kid who couldn't stand up for himself) they have bullied me(is that related somehow?). The past is the past though... which sound ironic, given the topic.
What does this leave us with? Games that will never learn how to speak english and, mostly, a generation of idiots.
Adding a twist to this sad story is: NOT pokemon but digimon, a franchise that has found it's ways into the west with Digimon All-Star Rumble!!! This game is just to test the waters but, if successful, could mean the reappearance of long loved franchise.
To close off, I'll leave the fates of good franchises below:
Zoids: It's too late.
Medabots: Nothing in the non-wild west(support project rising beetle if you want it to survive here)
Digimon: Testing grounds
Megaman:...SSb4 character(great); Monster Hunter stupidity(...); Beck
Duel Masters: Kaijudo
The list goes on, but because of not being able to remember when it matters( I KNOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU!!!) it will stay this short.
These are my thoughts, what are yours?