wiifanboy
May 23rd, 2008, 14:00
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Some game series are strong enough in setting, storyline, and theme that they work well in multiple genres. Super Mario RPG comes to mind as a good genre change, though it isn't exactly 100% faithful to its source material. Perhaps the best transition has been The House of the Dead 2, which went from light-gun shooter to typing game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead) to English trainer (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/09/english-of-the-demo/). Postman, of the blog Shoot the Core (apparently a Gradius (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/21/crank-the-core-with-this-gradius-music-box/) fan to begin with), has reimagined Konami's legendary shooter in a much slower-paced gametype: an Infocom-style text adventure.
The results, predictably, are awesome. It's Gradius! Even as a completely different, vaguely nonsensical game, it's great.
[Via Game|Life (http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/05/what-if-gradius.html)]
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Some game series are strong enough in setting, storyline, and theme that they work well in multiple genres. Super Mario RPG comes to mind as a good genre change, though it isn't exactly 100% faithful to its source material. Perhaps the best transition has been The House of the Dead 2, which went from light-gun shooter to typing game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead) to English trainer (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/09/english-of-the-demo/). Postman, of the blog Shoot the Core (apparently a Gradius (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/21/crank-the-core-with-this-gradius-music-box/) fan to begin with), has reimagined Konami's legendary shooter in a much slower-paced gametype: an Infocom-style text adventure.
The results, predictably, are awesome. It's Gradius! Even as a completely different, vaguely nonsensical game, it's great.
[Via Game|Life (http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/05/what-if-gradius.html)]
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