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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 5, 2005 18:38:49 GMT -5
When Nintendo drops a project so as not to impact on the next game's sales, there tends not to be a massive 4-5 year gap in the middle.
I don't believe that Earthbound Zero was cancelled to prevent a drop in sales of Earthbound, because the SNES hadn't even been released in the US at the time... and more than likely Earthbound hadn't even been thought up.
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Post by Doubutsu80 on Mar 5, 2005 23:23:08 GMT -5
It never hurt Japan's release with the Super NES one  |
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Post by Bruceswar on Mar 6, 2005 10:42:45 GMT -5
*GAMES NEVER RELEASED
Ace Harding - Lost in Las Vegas Kemco NR
Airball Tengen NR
Airborne Ranger Microprose NR
Alien vs. Predator Activision NR
An American Tail Hudson NR
Armadillo IGS NR
Backgammon American Video NR
Battles of Napoleon Broderbund NR
Beauty and the Beast Hudson NR
Big Mouth Bass American Video NR
Bio Force Ape Seta NR
Black Tiger Capcom NR
Blazebusters Ascii NR
Blockout American Technos NR
Brainies Titus NR
Bruce Lee Lives Mindscape NR
California Raisins Capcom NR
Chase HQ Taito NR
Corvette ZR-1 Challenge Milton Bradley NR
Cosmic Epsilon Asmik NR
Crash and the Boys' Ice Challenge American Technos NR
Crazy Land NTVIC NR
Crossbow American Game Carts Inc NR
Cue Stick American Video NR
Cyberball Tengen NR
Drac's Night Out Parker Brothers NR
EarthBound Nintendo NR
Empire City 1931 Acclaim NR
Euro Cup Soccer Matchbox NR
Flash T*HQ NR
Glove Pilot Mattel NR
Grand Prix Konami NR
Hammerin' Harry Irem NR
Happily Ever After Sofel NR
Happy Camper Color Dreams NR
Hard Drivin' Tengen NR
Helicopter ? NR
Hellraiser Color Dreams NR
Hit the Ice! Taito NR
Inspector Gadget Hudson NR
Jack the Giant Slayer ? NR
James Bond 007: License to Kill Tengen NR
Kung Fu 2 Irem NR
Legend of Hero Tonma Irem NR
Lord of Lightning ? NR
Magic Candle American Sammy NR
Manipulator - Glove Adventure Mattel NR
Matchbox Racers Matchbox NR
Mike Ditka Big Play Football Accolade NR
Mini Putt JVC NR
Moon Crystal DTMC NR
New Kids on the Block Parker Brothers NR
Ninja Taro American Sammy NR
Noah's Ark Matchbox NR
Over Horizon Hot B NR
Play Isle ? NR
Poker American Video NR
Police Academy Tengen NR
Power Blazer ? NR
Power Play Football ? NR
Putt Master Taxan NR
Pyros ? NR
Riddick Bowe Boxing ? NR
Rocky ? NR
Rodan Toho NR
Samurai Conflict ? NR
Secret Ties ? NR
Sim City Nintendo NR
Skyscraper HAL NR
Squashed Jaleco NR
Starblade Color Dreams NR
Super Square Deal Hector NR
Sweet Home ? NR
Targhan Color Dreams NR
Taro's Quest Jaleco NR
Terminator 2: The Arcade Game Acclaim NR
Thomas the Tank Engine T*HQ NR
Toys Absolute NR
Triumph Hudson NR
Trivial Pursuit ? NR
Trolls in Crazyland American Softworks NR
U Force Power Games Broderbund NR
Ufouria Sunsoft NR
Ultimate Journey Bandai NR
War in Middle Earth Hi Tech NR
War on Wheels Jaleco NR
Wild Boys Bandai NR
World Rally Championship HAL NR
World Trophy Soccer Virgin NR
Xybots Tengen NR
That is from the Nes Rarity list... all the games that never made it out... even though alot were not made by Nintendo ihemselves.... but... there you go...
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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 6, 2005 17:34:08 GMT -5
All of those WERE MEANT for the NES. Some were released in Japan, it doesn't list unreleased Famicom games, and only some were totally never released.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 7, 2005 4:16:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I think I'm getting a pretty good idea of which games were never released. I was surprised to see HeliFire on a Japanese cancelled Famicom page. I didn't think it did THAT well as an arcade game. There was also a Bowling game planned. I've got a pretty good Japanese resource for cancelled games  |
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Post by missingno.is back? on Mar 7, 2005 15:55:18 GMT -5
No New Kids on the Block  |
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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 7, 2005 17:49:02 GMT -5
Man, I wonder HOW MANY unreleased Japanese Famicom games are there...although because of the format of that list, "License to Kill Tengen" is pretty funny.
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Post by Solid Snake on Mar 9, 2005 12:44:38 GMT -5
I think's about 300 or so, NES has about 700 games. and the Famicom has 1000 or more, so yeah 300.
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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 9, 2005 18:00:29 GMT -5
Have we forgotten the N64 version of Eternal Darkness? Or have I just forgotten...
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 10, 2005 4:08:49 GMT -5
Nope, I have it listed.
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Post by mrmolecule on Mar 10, 2005 20:54:02 GMT -5
I noticed on an n-sider.com article about some more axed titles...
"Meanwhile, Nintendo's other second party studio Left Field Productions did deliver a basketball title however it was largely overshadowed by competitors. A sequel to 1080 Snowboarding was also being handled by Left Field but apparently the company and Nintendo couldn't agree and weren't satisfied with each other on the proper direction of the title. A sequel to Excitebike was also left in the closet. Nintendo officially concluded its relationship with the company in September 2002 and 1080 Avalanche, developed internally at NST, didn't appear for another two years. Then there's the infamous Retro Studios saga. The company was supposed to have four titles in development -- a Football game, an off-road racing title dubbed Thunder Rally, an epic RPG named Raven Blade, and Metroid Prime. Due to the incompetence of it's executives at managing their teams, three of the titles lagged behind in development and showed little progress. Those three titles were eventually cancelled in favor of salvaging Metroid Prime. And finally, we have Silicon Knights, a company who should've had its psychological-thriller Eternal Darkness ready for the November 2001 launch, but ultimately didn't have the product ready until June 2002."
Man...Retro Studios should have released all of those.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 11, 2005 4:30:21 GMT -5
About that preceding post:
Left Field delivered two basketball titles on the N64, one on the GBC and one on the Gamecube... the first N64 one was well-received, and while it may have been overshadowed by EA Sports titles (what isn't), it certainly didn't go unheard of... otherwise they wouldn't have produced so many sequels. 1080 Snowboarding 2 was in development, and I have made a note of it... but a second Excitebike title I have had confirmed from a reliable source was only in planning stages. Since leaving Nintendo, Left Field have developed and released a multi-platform motocross game that may have been planned to be a second Excitebike in its early days.
I knew about all of Retro's cancelled games, but I only have information on Raven Blade. I didn't know the title of the racing game... and I think hardly anything was released regarding the football title. Maybe we'll see some of the projects revived now Retro has gotten its act together.
Eternal Darkness was going to be one of the last N64 games, so it's no surprise that when it was suddenly swapped to GC that it wasn't ready for launch... same as Starfox Adventures, I suppose. It was swapped too late to be instantly transformed without churning out some old-style graphics. It worked for Animal Crossing, but I suspect it wouldn't work for everything.
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Post by Doubutsu80 on Mar 11, 2005 19:25:17 GMT -5
About that preceding post: Left Field delivered two basketball titles on the N64, one on the GBC and one on the Gamecube... the first N64 one was well-received, and while it may have been overshadowed by EA Sports titles (what isn't), it certainly didn't go unheard of... otherwise they wouldn't have produced so many sequels. 1080 Snowboarding 2 was in development, and I have made a note of it... but a second Excitebike title I have had confirmed from a reliable source was only in planning stages. Since leaving Nintendo, Left Field have developed and released a multi-platform motocross game that may have been planned to be a second Excitebike in its early days. I knew about all of Retro's cancelled games, but I only have information on Raven Blade. I didn't know the title of the racing game... and I think hardly anything was released regarding the football title. Maybe we'll see some of the projects revived now Retro has gotten its act together. Eternal Darkness was going to be one of the last N64 games, so it's no surprise that when it was suddenly swapped to GC that it wasn't ready for launch... same as Starfox Adventures, I suppose. It was swapped too late to be instantly transformed without churning out some old-style graphics. It worked for Animal Crossing, but I suspect it wouldn't work for everything. I though Star Fox Adventures was going to be the last N64 Title |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 12, 2005 12:10:40 GMT -5
No, console manufacturers never know what the last game title for their system is going to be. Maybe Nintendo intended for it (it being Dinosaur Planet, not the remake Starfox Adventures) to be the last game they would publish for the N64, but I've not heard or read that anywhere.
And I've said it before so I'll say it again... don't quote the entire post if you're only responding to a part of it. And remember you don't need to quote it AT ALL if you're responding to the post right before yours. Only quote if referring to an earlier post or if what you're saying is part of a long post.
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Post by missingno.is back? on Mar 12, 2005 19:46:35 GMT -5
Anyone remember The Legend of Zelda: Tetra's Trackers? That was announced but cancelled for the US.
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