You know the conversation I’m about to describe: the one where you and your friends sit around drinking beer or sharing pizza and talking about the game sequels that you have all fantasized about in the late hours of the night. I hear a lot of common requests every time this convo is had, but people usually just look at me funny when I say I want Shadowgate II (and that crappy N64 game does NOT count).
Well, Famitsu Weekly decided to take a survey and find out what sequels readers wanted most of all. NeoGAF posted the list, which you can read in full after the jump. Sakura Wars came out on top, with Shenmue, Okami, Gotchaforce and Xenogears right behind it. There’s lots of other great ones in there (Yeah Lost Odyssey!), and I’m sure you’ll find yourself reading the list and agreeing with quite a few of these.
It’s worth noting that Famitsu also contacted the publishers of the top 15 titles on the list for comment. Most of them didn’t have much to say, but Hideo Kojima replied personally, saying that he often gets requests for this sequel and while it’s not something he can take on now he will definitely keep it in mind. There’s hope!
Do you have any sequels you’ve dreamed of that didn’t make the list? If so, what are they?
1 Sakura Taisen (aka Sakura Wars) Sega
2 Shenmue Sega
3 Okami Capcom
4 Gotchaforce Capcom
5 Xenogears Square Enix
6 Breath of Fire Capcom
7 Rockman Dash (aka Mega Man Legends) Capcom
8 Ogre Battle Square Enix
9 Chikyuu Boueigun (aka Earth Defence Force) D3
10 Kowloon’s Gate Sony Music Entertainment
11 Shinobido Spike
12 Demon’s Souls SCEJ
13 Rockman X (aka Mega Man X) Capcom
14 Chrono Square Enix
15 Z.O.E Konami
16 Mother Nintendo
17 Romancing SaGa Square Enix
18 Senjou no Valkyria (aka Valkyria Chronicles) Sega
19 Justice Gakuen Capcom
20 Medarot Imagineer
21 Subarashiki Kono Sekai (aka The World Ends With You) Square Enix
22 Shadow Hearts Aruze
23 Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke SCEJ
24 Panzer Dragoon Sega
25 Baten Kaitos Bandai Namco
26 Infinite Undiscovery Square Enix
27 Lost Odyssey Microsoft
28 Wild Arms SCEJ
29 OZ Konami
30 Jet Set Radio Sega
31 Dewprism Square Enix
32 Ougon no Taiyou (aka Golden Sun) Nintendo
33 Another Century’s Episode Bandai Namco
33 Estopolis Denki (aka Lufia) Taito
33 Fire Pro Wrestling Spike
36 Biohazard Outbreak Capcom
37 Eternal Arcadia (aka Skies of Arcadia) Sega
38 Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodou (aka White Knight Chronicles) SCEJ
39 Panzer Front Enterbrain
40 Seiken Densetsu Square Enix
41 Front Mission Square Enix
42 Grandia Game Arts / Square Enix
43 Arc The Lad SCEJ
44 Bullet Witch AQ Interactive
45 Racing Lagoon Square Enix
46 Drag-On Dragoon Square Enix
47 Panekit SCEJ
48 Metal Wolf Chaos From Software
49 Tokimeki Memorial Konami
50 Famicom Tantei Kurabu Nintendo
Published: May 4, 2009 10:00 am