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Old 12-26-2020, 09:06 AM   #1
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What Games Would You Like To See An HD Remaster?

So what games would you like to see a HD remaster for?

Ones that come to mind for me...

Atelier Iris 1-3
Breath of Fire 3
Castlevania Symphony of The Night
Chrono Trigger
Diablo
Digital Devil Saga 1-2
Dragon Quest VIII
Lunar 1 and 2
Mana Khemia 1-2
Parasite Eve
Persona 1-2
Phantasy Star IV
Shantae 1-3
Shining Force 1 and 2
Shining Force CD
Shining in The Darkness
Valis 1-3(Maybe 4 as well)

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Old 12-26-2020, 09:35 AM   #2
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Metroid Prime 1-3 and Skyward Sword.
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Old 12-26-2020, 09:25 PM   #3
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Metroid Prime 1-3 and Skyward Sword.
I'm definitely with you on Skyward Sword, but didn't the Metroid Prime trilogy already get the widescreen treatment?
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Old 12-27-2020, 08:25 AM   #4
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I'm definitely with you on Skyward Sword, but didn't the Metroid Prime trilogy already get the widescreen treatment?
Maybe wide-screen on the Wii but certainly not HD. The Wii can't display HD and the games did not receive a true port for either Wii U or Switch, which are capable of displaying HD. The version you can get for the Wii U is just an ISO of the Wii version meant to run in Wii mode, so no real improvement there.
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Old 12-28-2020, 01:27 AM   #5
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I take this to mean existing 3D games boosted to HD, like the recent Mario 3D release.

Zelda: Skyward Sword
Chrono Cross
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario RPG
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Maybe wide-screen on the Wii but certainly not HD. The Wii can't display HD and the games did not receive a true port for either Wii U or Switch, which are capable of displaying HD. The version you can get for the Wii U is just an ISO of the Wii version meant to run in Wii mode, so no real improvement there.
Well then let's just see if those rumors about Metroid Prime Trilogy coming out for the Switch will ever become a reality.
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Old 12-26-2020, 10:22 AM   #7
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Castlevania Symphony of The Night
I'm pretty sure this was at least made to be scalable to HD if not fully remasterd because IIRC it came as a downloadable game with the PS3's collector's edition of the absolutely amazing "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" game.

But if you mean a remake instead of an HD remaster I'd be just as excited as I would be leery of it. LOL! The use of sprites in that game was a masterwork of programming and sprite artwork.

I'm tempted to replay both this and Lords of Shadow right now just because you brought this up, but that's hours of a deep dive into gaming again, man.

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Shantae 1-3
So I've noticed that this series comes up often here on these boards. I might be wrong, but I thought they were already remastered of sorts via the Limited Run Games PS4 physical releases a few years back?

I think I still have sealed copies of one of them, although I know I sold at least the extra copies I picked up on the LRG initial order.
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Old 12-26-2020, 12:12 PM   #8
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Too be honest maybe Shantae 1-3 need actual remakes to look more like Shantae and the Seven Sirens.
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Old 12-26-2020, 02:45 PM   #9
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Too be honest maybe Shantae 1-3 need actual remakes to look more like Shantae and the Seven Sirens.
Yeah, see I only became familiar with them through the two LRG releases. But I'm taking away from your context here that those LRG games were not remasters of the original three Shantae games you mentioned above?

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  • Die Hard Trilogy (unlikely)
  • Most major Nintendo 64 games (to list a few, either of the Castlevania games, F-Zero X, and Sin and Punishment)
  • Skyward Sword
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Zombies Ate My Neighbors

I figure with how popular Monster Hunter is that Shadow of the Colossus would benefit getting updated. Same with horror games in the case of Castlevania; can never count out Zelda either.

My main money though is updating the N64 or PlayStation games. The 2D PlayStation games hold up remarkably well. 3D modeling at the time, unless cartoonish (ex: Crash Bandicoot), doesn't. Most remain solid, but bear in mind it took time. Definitely a facelift can benefit them, as long as the core gameplay remains the same (or ironed out). I got nothing specific barring what I mentioned for the N64 games though for what can work best. Especially since several obvious/popular choices (Crash, FF7, Resident Evil, etc.) got remade this decade.
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Oh geeze that's a deep dive.... wow...

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Didn't this get one either on the PS3 or the PS4 already?
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Oh geeze that's a deep dive.... wow...
A YouTuber I follow recently brought this game back to my attention. Unfortunately, I doubt it can happen. Between politics and other popular Sega games, it's likely just a hidden gem at most. A shame too.

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Didn't this get one either on the PS3 or the PS4 already?
*checks* Indeed it did on the PS4. Guess that's me not paying attention.

If only I had a PS4 and I could check it out. Eventually.
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I forgot to mention my own pick for this.... I've been dying for a remaster of all three of these forever - The Parasite Eve series. I loved that series, and I never got to play the Third Birthday because of the platform it was on. They could remaster all three games and put them in a collection and I'd be all-in on those.

There's hope for Parasite Eve


FFVII Remake Producer Talks Parasite Eve; Says It Would Be a Waste to Not Use the Franchise’s Rich and Deep Characters

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Oh! Also Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
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Oh! Also Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
Are they better or worse than the Lords of Shadow games?
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I would like to see a remaster of Brave Fencer Musashi, but they would probably fu** it up.
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There a lot of things I would like to see, but the odds are really low.
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In this weird culture war nonsense the AAA games have nowadays (luckily it doesn't affect retro games and beat em ups), the first Horizon game had a slimmer attractive Aloy but they made her uglier and fat-faced in the sequel for... reasons.

Now they're doing a remaster for the first Horizon game and are making Aloy fat-faced since 'day one'.

I personally don't get it. Something about not wanting attractive women in games cause reasons, hiring attractive models to pose as the characters while the character in the finished product is 'uglified'.

Main reason Stellar Blade got blowback from the 'woke' types, since China decided to stick with adding sexy back in video games.

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Now they're doing a remaster for the first Horizon game and are making Aloy fat-faced since 'day one'.
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I personally don't get it. Something about not wanting attractive women in games cause reasons, hiring attractive models to pose as the characters while the character in the finished product is 'uglified'.
The best guess is the initial hires are done by people with the best of intentions but in the "post" process, it falls into the hands of Sweet Baby Inc. types/"How can we help The Message™?" and use what small influence they have to virtue signal this way or that way and people near the top are too scared to interfere.

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Ah Melonie Mac. I don't agree with all of her takes, but at least she gets it right with how these gaming companies work. In particular with how they continue to wreck Lara Croft.
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