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More Downloadable Remakes! More, Says I!

Posted by Nadia Oxford

Bionic Commando Rearmed is apparently excellent, not like there was ever any doubt (well...maybe just a titch).

Chances are good that Mega Man 9 will be playable as well, which leads me to believe that Capcom has a pretty good idea about how to handle its remakes. I would like to see more.

On one hand, the state of the gaming world is making me brood like Yahtzee. Why are the most exciting games of today remakes and sequels to old franchises? Am I a dirty person for being more excited about ancient gaming lore than Mirror's Edge?

I don't know if there are any rabid Osamu Tezuka fans among us, but the whole ordeal reminds me a bit of the Phoenix manga series. In it, mankind's progress sputtered and stalled because he became nostalgic for the past instead of trying to innovate for the future. Eventually, the human race decayed and crumbled before the master computers running the world burnt civilization to the ground with hydrogen bombs. Gamers' pining for the past might be a grim prophecy. We should tread carefully and be wary.

On the other hand...hey, Bionic Commando Rearmed!

I personally hope this opens the door for, um, remakes of remakes. I adored Mega Man Powered Up and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X for the PSP, but both of them sold poorly. This may or may not have something to do with the PSP being owned by next to no one (okay, that's hyperbole. It's owned by two people). Keiji Inafune had planned to re-make both the Mega Man and Mega Man X series on the PSP, but the project is now in limbo.

Will the likes of Bionic Commando Rearmed bring hope back to the children (me)? It's doubtlessly cheaper to produce an online game versus shipping, marketing and distributing a hard copy. Will Mega Man Powered Up get a second chance?

Just so you know, I'm willing to smother you all in your sleep for a chance at Mega Man Powered Up 2.

Related Links:

Mega Man 9 Bosses Look Like Mega Man 9 Bosses
The Five Greatest Enhanced Remakes-And Five That Weren't So Great, Part 2
Gone Vertical: Hands-On Bionic Commando


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