ITT: Franchises that were Murdered

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>Ditched most of the series' mechanics for online multiplayer nonsense that doesn't work anymore
>Focused the story on a cast of original characters instead of the tribe the player grew accustomed to over the past two games
>Ended the trilogy's plotline in the most irrelevant and idiotic way possible

Ape Escape

I will never not be mad about PvZ2

>”You need keys to get to the new areas. You can either autistically farm for them or YOU CAN BUY THIS KEY PACK™ for 3.99”

>tfw no Insaniquarium 2 ever
fuck you too, EA

Garden Warfare and PvZ Heroes are actually good games but it doesn't even matter because EA

why even live

they've actually done away with keys several months ago

the game has actually gone through a bunch of changes, but they all came waaaaaaay too late

I miss them.

Garden Warfare grinding is insane, for the love of God go ahead and tell me that getting a mithic isn't a test of either not having life or being a whale.

"Hopefully it will have been worth the wait."

>guy makes a game, passionate about it and works with popcap to get it out
>turns out to be a big success, fun and charming game that people of all ages and gaming knowledge can enjoy
>EA sees this and wants to buy the franchise
>they agree and start to work on PvZ2
>EA starts to fuck it up and introduce microtransaction bullshit and shitty f2p 'grind or pay' model
>creator disagrees with the decision and tells EA that it's shit
>EA fucking fires him
>they release the shitstain PvZ2, disappointing fans of the previous game
>make a shooter game, turned out to be good gameplay-wise but was still riddled with shitty microtransactions and server issues
I hope PvZ 3 is at least decent, but knowing EA it'll be shite. Maybe someone out there will make a good fan-game

We will never get a real Zelda game again

Fuck i forgot the image

Garden warfare would be nothing if only where a bad bad game but that's what makes it harder

Prepare to see many EA titles here

>if only where a bad bad game
what did he mean by this

Yes and franchises that were squandered too.

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Gonna be a common thread here

Super Monkey Ball

Dead Rising, Destroy All Humans and Chibi-Robo.

I never could get into Patapon 3 the way I got into 1 and 2. Real shame.

I'm feeling like there's a theme here

Spore, Mega Man Legends, MMX, Traditional Final Fantasy

Shining in general is unrecognizable now.

It hurts, bros.

>Spore

Fuck dude, don't remind me.

>tfw you will never play sim-everything

Advance Wars
F-Zero

Literally any other franchise that Nintendo ignored in favor of more Mario