Forgotten Video Game Franchises That Need to Make a Comeback

[undertakerprime]

-Shinobi
-Streets of Rage
-Golden Axe
-Chrono
-Panzer Dragoon
-DARKSTALKERS!!!

[gecko101]

I think a good lot of these series will be from SEGA. When they were in their prime, their games were absolutely amazing. Now, we get Yakuza, which I've heard is quite good, but otherwise their game output seems super lacklustre.

My picks (echoing quite a few others!):
Jet Set Radio
Panzer Dragoon
NiGHTS
Skies of Arcadia
The World Ends With You
Streets of Rage (something like Mania would be fantastic)
We Ski? (bonus nostalgia choice)

Then again, you can't trust SEGA to do much right so I'm not sure...

[turf]

Love this thread! Here are my picks:

Battletoads
Pocky & Rocky
Double Dragon Neon
Alan Wake
Burnout
Epic Mega Games and Apogee PC Games (not a franchise so much as a family of IPs that were awesome) - Hocus Pocus, Alien Carnage (Halloween Harry), One Must Fall, Terminal Velocity

Star Tropics
Parasite Eve
Bonk
Trauma Center (Switch Anthology Version please!)
Cool Spot
Destruction Derby
Dino Crisis
Earthworm Jim
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Hockey
NBA Jam
Rocket Knight
Rumble Roses (guilty pleasure)
Simpsons Hit n' Run (this needs to be turned into a franchise)
Streets of Rage
Contra
Wario Land (why is Mario getting all the love while Wario is stuck in mini-game land?)

My list is going to echo a lot of Dash's.  Well done on the list.

My biggies are:

Contra
Earthworm Jim
Battletoads
Bonk
NBA JAM

I'll add a few to the list
Punch-Out!!
Chrono Trigger
Lolo
Metal Storm
Rygar
Adventure Island
Excitebike (Excitebike 64 isn't talked about enough)
Gargoyles Quest
Power Blade
Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands
Rockin' Kats
Crazy Taxi


I can do this all day.  There's a lot of franchises out there.