Final Fight
There is no doubt that a beat-em-up game can work nowadays. It will also help that Final Fight still carries recognition with it, thanks to Capcom including the 3 main characters (Guy, Cody, Haggar) in other games, most notably the Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom series. Some sort of HD version, or even a re-imagining, can absolutely work, as it worked for Double Dragon Neon. Plus, Capcom has to do something with Cody as a character rather than just have him rot in a jail cell, breaking out only to fight Ryu and Ken. As a side note, yes I am aware of a game called Final Fight: Streetwise which came out in 2006...I am just choosing to not talk about it because yuck!
If not Final Fight, how about...
Streets of Rage
Sure, it was part of the wave of Final Fight knockoffs, but Streets of Rage's gameplay, story, and kick ass soundtrack helped it stand out. The last game in the series was Streets of Rage 3 in 1994 for the Genesis. It is long overdue that this series see the HD light.
Road Rash
I feel like I'm preaching to the choir with this, but this needs to happen. There were 6 games in the series run, from 1991 to 1999. This was a series I always found myself looking for on my SEGA Channel. I, unfortunately, played a fair amount of Road Rash 3D on the original Playstation, which is even more reason why a new, HD version needs to happen. EA owns the rights, EA owns Criterion games (the Burnout guys and the team that made the super awesome Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and most recent Most Wanted games) and that is the team that HAS TO make this dream a reality. Gamers have been clamoring for this for years now and if Twisted Metal can get a redo, Road Rash can definitely work. The problem could be, after so long, will just ANY Road Rash game suffice or would it suffer the same fate as Duke Nukem Forever and end up where the extreme hype dashes all hopes of a good game.
Army Men
This is a weird series and maybe I'm in the minority for a new HD imagining of Army Men. This series goes all over the place, but the early RTS games and the early shooters, I found to be at least enjoyable. Games were made for this series as late as 2010 with Army Men: Mobile Ops for mobile devices, but ideally I would love to see a StarCraft level RTS style, an Advance Wars type strategy game, or a Battlefield type shooter with the Greens vs the Tans. I think this concept can still work if done properly.
Fire Pro Wrestling
Fire Pro Wrestling has been a long running Japanese wrestling game, with few releases hitting the states, a couple on Game Boy Advance and Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for PS2 (pictured). This series is incredible. The 2D artwork is eye-catching, and the gameplay reminds me of the old arcade wrestling games. They also had Japanese rules in play, like having the ring explode in a deathmatch. The creation tools made it real easy to make lookalikes of your favorite real wrestlers, or create logos and rings. When there was talk of a new Fire Pro game for Xbox 360, I was legitimately excited. Then I played it, and was totally bummed out. All the creation tools were nonexistent and I had to wrestle Xbox avatars. COME ON! I want a new, HD Fire Pro game where I can create hundreds of wrestlers and powerbomb them onto florescent light-tubes and land mines.
Superman
At this point, I just want a good Superman game period. To his credit, Justice League Heroes was not a terrible game and Injustice: Gods Among Us is kick ass, but Supes himself has never had a good game. Superman Returns was a really bad game, the original Superman for Atari was crap, and Superman 64 should take up the landfill that E.T The Extra-Terrestrial was dug out of. Superman needs the Arkham treatment more than any other superhero right now. You should feel like a badass when you have every super power, you are SUPERMAN! Why is this so hard to make fun?
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This is just part 1 of this series, stay tuned for future installments as many games deserve to get a fresh coat of HD paint, and whatever I can do to bring these series back, I will gladly do.
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