Rumor: New Strider Coming?

I'd take a Bionic Commando Rearmed style remake of the nes game or the original.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

3d ... platform-focused ...

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Has anyone done this well yet?

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Strider 2 (the real one

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Originally Posted by kedawa

Cannon Dancer

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Originally Posted by Josh

Has anyone done this well yet?

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Nintendo with Super Mario Galaxy.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Has anyone done this well yet?

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I liked Crash Bandicoot.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

SHING!


SHING SHING SHING!

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I'm arcade guy. PA! PA! PA! PA! PA! PA!

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Strider 2 (the real one, not the Euro one)

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No love for having Strider transform into a robot or wield a shoulder mounted cannon?

Both the arcade original and its true sequel are great, and I don't think straying too far from that is a good idea. Let it be something like Capcom's Strider 2 with Battle Fantasia/Street Fighter IV caliber 2.5D graphics.
Rip off a few things from Cannon Dancer, and maybe even add 2-player action like Run Saber.

When Capcom lent the Strider franchise out, a total clusterfuck resulted. *cough* Journey From Darkness (I refuse to call that a Strider game). I don't want some outside developer turning this into JFD2.

I don't trust Backbone with this either. Let someone like SFIV's Dimps or Arc System Works do it instead, with Capcom Japan keeping a pointblank watch on things. I was kind of disappointed in 1942 Joint Strike, after being spoiled by 19XX (which I'm sure will remain the best one in the series- FOREVER). Commando 3 was sort of OK but not awesome, and the Johnny Bravo artstyle doesn't fit well. The thought of seeing Strider drawn like that is revolting.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

No love for having Strider transform into a robot or wield a shoulder mounted cannon?

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Not really. :yuck:

As bad as Journey From Darkness is, it's fucking brilliant compared to the original Strider II on Atari ST/Amiga.

Ever since playing BC: Rearmed, I thought Strider would be perfect for that kind of revamp - either the original or the PSOne Strider II would work well like that.

Take Ninja Gaiden, put in a camera that actually works, add Strider Hiryu...and you have an instant hit.

I'll also gladly take a Strider "rearmed" as well.

I trust Capcom's ablity to revive old classics better than Sega- just watch the new Golden Axe fail.