most rehashed game or series?

even being a DW fan I have to say:

Dynasty Warriors series in comparison to Samurai Warriors, they seem to make every XL game they can. Havn't tried Devil Kings but look pretty much like a DW clone.

Also Resident Evil 1, I did enjoy RE Remake for GC though, although RE 4 is still my favorite one in the series, RE 1 this had been done so many times now it coming to the DS...

Street Fighter is the obvious one.
Megaman is another.
Remember Army Men games?

Mega Man. Topic over.

Final Fantasy.


Yeah, I went there. I hate RPGs. em all!!

[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Mega Man. Topic over.[/QUOTE]
Ditto. There are more sequels for MegaMan than there are days in the month.

GTA 3

how gta 3?

Every platformer
Every fighter
Every RPG
Every FPS
Every shooter
Every sidescroller
Every racer
Every sports game

Truly, the only games that aren't rehashed are games like Guitar Hero or Katamari Damacy or Trauma Center or, hell, even DDR (though it is approaching rehash status).

That said, I'd still go out and play my flavor of the month platformer, fighter, rpg, fps, shooter, & sidescroller.

Um... Mario?

Mario Brothers
Mario Party
Mario Cart
Mario Baseball
Mario Golf
Mario Paint
Mario Tennis
Mario Does Dallas
etc
etc
etc

[quote name='peteloaf']
Mario Does Dallas
[/QUOTE]

[quote name='CappyCobra']Ditto. There are more sequels for MegaMan than there are days in the month.[/QUOTE]


KOF 94-2002/3 as well . Although, I am a fan of both megaman and Kof. I just wish I had all the megamans, so I could make the mega mega man.

[quote name='klwillis45']Final Fantasy.[/QUOTE]

Word up.

Ooooh, bright pretty colors.
Ooooh, moogle save points and chokobo mini games.
Ooooh, an effeminately dressed evil is taking over the land, and only a small but brave group of questers can stop him.

OK - I gotta go pimp out my AGWS

[quote name='peteloaf']Mario Does Dallas[/QUOTE]

Don't forget Donkey Kong: Donkey Punch 64

Tony Hawk, Street Fighter and Mega Man are the ones that come to mind but there are a ton more if I actually thought about it for more than 5 seconds...

I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Tomb Raider

All you really have to say is "Capcom".

Or "EA", if you're counting sports titles.

Mega Man by far. Not only that, but the only good one since X4 to me is when they rehashed the entire damn series from 1-8 again as a compilation. Granted it has some old school goodness on it, but c'mon... Capcom are franchise whores.

I almost wish that they'd make one last Mega Man game, end the extremely silly storyline, and have you fight every damned boss from every damned Mega Man from 1-8 and X-X8 in 2D. Then it may be long enough of a game to charge full MSRP for

I'd say Madden is another one though.. EA sports games seem to me to have minor improvements and a roster change. That's why I'm glad to see games like Blitz the League be successful. It shows that a game doesn't have to stick to the corporate pressure of licensing to make a fun sports game that everybody can get in to.

Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell are approaching rehash status.

It's Megaman or Madden.

Madden gets sold twice a year under different names for all platforms. It has its own plug-n-play TV console system. It has been on almost every system ever. Soon, we will see compilations of Madden. I, for one, cannot wait to play Madden 2001 AND Madden 2002 on the same disc, with only crowd cheer animation differences being discernable.

Never fear, Megaman. You are only second banana to king bitch over there.

[quote name='Strell']It's Megaman or Madden.

Madden gets sold twice a year under different names for all platforms. It has its own plug-n-play TV console system. It has been on almost every system ever. Soon, we will see compilations of Madden. I, for one, cannot wait to play Madden 2001 AND Madden 2002 on the same disc, with only crowd cheer animation differences being discernable.

Never fear, Megaman. You are only second banana to king bitch over there.[/QUOTE]

Hahahahahahaha!!!! Well said!

Now hold up. Just because Mario and friends are in a billion games doesn't mean they are all rehashes of the same thing. SMB 1, 2, 3, and SMW are all GENERALLY the same kind of platformer. Yoshi's Island is a different kind of platformer. Mario 64 is a completely different type of platformer, a 3d platformer, while Sunshine is a rehash of that. Mario Paint, Golf, Tennis, Party (bad example considering the seventh one is coming out), and Strikers are all completely different kinds of games.

Mario = almost overused Nintendo icon? Maybe.
Mario = rehash city? No.

Sports games. Every one of those pieces of shit.

Mario sure is used a lot... I love it though

1980s

Year 1981

* Donkey Kong (Arcade) - The first game to feature Mario, although at this point he is named Jumpman.

Year 1982

* Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) - The very first game with Mario, who was a carpenter trying to rescue his girlfriend from an evil ape.
* Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade, Game & Watch) - Mario is the opponent in this one, and it is up to Donkey Kong Jr. to rescue his father.
* Donkey Kong 2 (Game & Watch)

Year 1983

* Mario's Cement Factory (Game & Watch)
* Mario's Bombs Away (Game & Watch)
* Mario Bros. (Arcade) - Introduced Luigi, it featured 2-player simultaneous play.

Year 1985

* Super Mario Bros. (Famicom/NES) - First scrolling platformer. 32 KB of program; 8 KB of graphics. According to the Guinness Book of World Records [1], SMB is the best-selling game of all time.
* Wrecking Crew (Famicom/NES) - Mario is the protagonist, but gameplay is unrelated to other Mario games. Many NES games featured Mario as a character, even though the game may not have fit the theme of the series.
* Golf (NES) - Mario's first foray into golf. He must have made some spare money in his blue collar jobs.


Year 1986

* Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Famicom) - Released initially in Japan on the Famicom Disk System as Super Mario Bros. 2, this used a slightly modified version of the original SMB engine with much harder levels. The Lost Levels title was created when this game was brought to the U.S. in Super Mario All-Stars, without the 2. Nintendo did not believe that it would sell well in the US, as the game was voted "too hard" by 94% of a survey of 250 Americans, and the game wasn't seen in America until the SNES release.


* Super Mario Bros. Special - A flick-screen version of Super Mario Bros. with all new levels, which was released for the NEC PC88 series.
* Vs. Super Mario Bros. (Arcade) - A mixture of the original SMB and The Lost Levels that ran on the arcade VS Unisystem. Powerups and solution to mazes (e.g. 4-4) have been moved, and more enemies have been added thanks to new flicker-reduction programming, along with other bugfixes.
* All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (Famicom) - Japan only. A version of the original Super Mario Bros. game with graphics changed to feature radio personalities from a popular Japanese radio station.

Year 1988

* Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Bros. USA (NES) - Released at first in markets outside of Japan, this is a modified version of a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic with some of the graphics replaced by Mario-themed graphics. This game tends to be overlooked by some Mario fans as being the runt; some of the characters introduced in this game have now become staples of the Mario world, including Bob-ombs, Snifits, Pokey the Cactus, Birdo (then called Ostro), and Shy Guys.
* Return of Mario Bros. - sequel to Mario Bros.; Japan only


Year 1989

* Super Mario Land (Game Boy) - Game Boy game with tiny graphics; gameplay quite similar to SMB1.



1990s

Year 1990


* Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom/NES) - Mario gains several new abilities, including the first appearance of his ability to fly. Also of note is that this is the best selling video game that was not bundled with a console. [2]
* Dr. Mario (NES & Game Boy) - Puzzle game with mechanics similar to Tetris and Columns.

Year 1991

* Mario the Juggler (Game & Watch)


* Super Mario World (Super Famicom/SNES) - Mario's first Super NES game and Yoshi's first game
* Mario Teaches Typing (PC)
* NES Open Tournament Golf (NES)
* Mario & Yoshi (Game Boy)
* Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (PC)

Year 1992

* Super Mario USA - Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. 2. (Famicom) - Japan only.
* Yoshi (Gameboy, NES)
* Super Mario Kart (Super Famicom/SNES) - Go-kart racing.
* Mario Paint (SNES)
* Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy) - Wario, one of Mario's rivals, is introduced.
* Hotel Mario (CD-i) - game by Philips
* Mario Teaches Typing (PC) - educational game by Interplay

Year 1993

* Yoshi's Cookie (NES, Game Boy, SNES)
* Mario Is Missing! (SNES and NES) - Educational game, Luigi must restore artifacts to landmarks of famous cities around the world and defeat Bowser to save Mario. North America only
* Mario's Time Machine (SNES and NES) - Educational game, Mario must restore historical artifacts to their proper time and place (and in the NES version, save Yoshi). North America only
* Mario and Wario (Super Famicom) - Japan only
* Super Mario All-Stars (Super Famicom/SNES) (in Japan, Super Mario Collection) - collection of original SMB, SMB: The Lost Levels (SMB2 in Japan), SMB2 (SMUSA in Japan), and SMB3, with enhanced graphics and sound.
* Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (SNES) North America only
* Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (SNES) North America only
* Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (SNES) North America only
* Yoshi's Safari (Super Famicom/SNES)

Year 1994

* Donkey Kong (Game Boy) - First Super Game Boy game with about 100 levels.
* Tetris & Dr. Mario (SNES)
* Super Mario All-Stars & World (Super Famicom/SNES) Only released bundled with Super NES consoles in 1994, this update to Super Mario All-Stars added a slightly enhanced version of Super Mario World to the cartridge.

Year 1995

* Mario's Tennis (Virtual Boy) - pack-in for Virtual Boy
* Mario Clash (Virtual Boy)
* Mario's Picross (Game Boy)
* Mario's Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Japan only.
* Undake 30 Same Game (Super Famicom) - Japan only.
* Mario Excite Bike - (Super Famicom Satellaview) Japan only.
* Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super Famicom/SNES) - The player plays this game as Yoshi rather than Mario (as in most of the series), and carries Baby Mario around on his back.

Year 1996

* Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super Famicom/SNES) - The first RPG to feature Mario. It used prerendered graphics to appear to be 3D.
* Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) - First Mario platform game for the Nintendo 64. Also Mario's first appearance in true 3D. In addition to characters it featured 3D items for the first time, such as the Green Block.
* Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64)
* Mario's Picross 2 (Game Boy) - Japan only.

Year 1997

* Game & Watch Gallery (Game Boy)
* Game & Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy)
* Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC)
* Mario's FUNdamentals (PC)

Year 1998

* Wrecking Crew '98 (Super Famicom) - Japan only.

Year 1999

* Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64) - Mario (AKA Jumpman) appears in the original Donkey Kong standup arcade console in the area called Frantic Factory.
* Super Mario Bros. DX (Game Boy Color) - Game Boy Color port of original SMB; contains extra goals, Game Boy Printer pictures, and a hidden SMB2:LL.
* Game & Watch Gallery 3 (Game Boy Color)
* Mario Golf (Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64)
* Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)
* Mario Party (Nintendo 64) - First party-style game with the Mario characters.


2000s

Year 2000

* Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color 2001) - not related to VB game
* Mario Party 2 (Nintendo 64)

Year 2001

* Paper Mario (Nintendo 64) - Mario's second RPG, this time in true 3D, but with 2D characters.
* Mario Party 3 (Nintendo 64) - noted for confusion between Mario Party 3's box art and that of the original Mario Party; the original had a die showing a number 3 below the word "PARTY" on the box. Also noted for same initials as MPEG audio layer 3, as the press release points out.
* Mario Kart Super Circuit (Game Boy Advance) - Kart gaming
* Super Mario Advance (Game Boy Advance) - pixel-perfect port of Super Mario Bros. 2 from Super Mario All-Stars, featuring voice samples and a save feature, plus an upgrade of the original Mario Bros.
* Luigi's Mansion (GameCube) - Mario is the man you must save in this "Ghostbusters-esque" title.
* Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube) - A totally revamped version of SSB with a new Final Fight-style side-scrolling brawler; this was also the first game featuring Mario to be given a "T" (Teen) rating from the ESRB
* Dr. Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)

Year 2002

* Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance) - Slight update of SMW for the Game Boy Advance.
* Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube) - First Mario platform game for Nintendo's GameCube
* Mario Party 4 (GameCube)
* Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance) - Slight update of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island for the Game Boy Advance, with voice added in for Yoshi and extra levels.
* Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Game Boy Advance)

Year 2003

* Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Game Boy Advance) - Update of SMB3, with new levels and items to unlock with the use of the Card e-Reader.
* Mario Party 5 (GameCube)
* Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GameCube) New features include 2-drivers system, and the support of 16 players playing at the same time, using GameCube's LAN feature.
* Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance) - Mario's third RPG.
* Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GameCube)

Year 2004

* Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Game Boy Advance)
* Mario Golf: Advance Tour (Game Boy Advance)
* Super Mario Bros. (Classic NES Series) (Game Boy Advance)
* Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube) Sequel to Paper Mario.
* Mario Pinball Land (Game Boy Advance)
* Dr. Mario (Classic NES Series) (Game Boy Advance)
* Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)
* Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo DS) New version of Super Mario 64, in which Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Yoshi are all playable characters. This is the first Mario game for the Nintendo DS.
* Mario Party 6 (GameCube)

Year 2005

* Mario Party Advance (Game Boy Advance)
* Mario Superstar Baseball (GameCube)
* New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) (to be released)
* Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS) (November 14, 2005)
* Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (GameCube)
* Mario Party 7 (GameCube) (November 7, 2005)
* Mario Tennis: Power Tour (Game Boy Advance) (to be released)
* Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Nintendo DS) (November 28, 2005)
* Super Mario Strikers (GameCube) (December 5, 2005)


Year 2006

* Super Princess Peach (Nintendo DS) (Feburary 27, 2006)
* Super Mario 128 (Nintendo Revolution) (to be released)
* Super Smash Bros. Revolution (Nintendo Revolution) (to be released)

^ Wow, nice list ^

[quote name='projecteightysix']how gta 3?[/QUOTE]
All GTA games after GTA3 have been rehashes of GTA3
GTA: Vice City
GTA: San Andreas
GTA: Liberty City Stories

and I won't even count the re-packaging of the GTA games like:
GTA: Double Pack
GTA: San Andreas Special Edition
GTA: The Trilogy

[quote name='Z-Saber']Now hold up. Just because Mario and friends are in a billion games doesn't mean they are all rehashes of the same thing. SMB 1, 2, 3, and SMW are all GENERALLY the same kind of platformer. Yoshi's Island is a different kind of platformer. Mario 64 is a completely different type of platformer, a 3d platformer, while Sunshine is a rehash of that. Mario Paint, Golf, Tennis, Party (bad example considering the seventh one is coming out), and Strikers are all completely different kinds of games.

Mario = almost overused Nintendo icon? Maybe.
Mario = rehash city? No.[/QUOTE]

Yes, well said. There's a difference between overusing a property and selling the same game over and over.

Tony Hawk and SSX are series where I loved the first installments and then started to lose interest. I can appreciate the position that the publishers are in though. Even if they can't come up with a lot of new ideas for the franchise, business dictates that they release a new version because they make tons of money (and therefore help fund other projects). So it sucks that it happens, but I sort of understand why.

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']All you really have to say is "Capcom".

Or "EA", if you're counting sports titles.[/QUOTE]
sports games shouldn't count.

what about street fighter?

[quote name='DT778']sports games shouldn't count.

what about street fighter?[/QUOTE]

I think that's debatable. There will always be annual sports games, and they will rarely bring anything new aside from an updated roster and MAYBE a slight graphics upgrade. Other rehash genres at least give an effort towards improvement, innovation, or change. They fail many times, but at least they try. Sports games hardly change at all.

I love street fighter, but you can't deny the sheer amount of rehash. And this isn't even counting ports...

Damn, thats a grip of Street Fighters 2's alone.

[quote name='Z-Saber']I think that's debatable. There will always be annual sports games, and they will rarely bring anything new aside from an updated roster and MAYBE a slight graphics upgrade. Other rehash genres at least give an effort towards improvement, innovation, or change. They fail many times, but at least they try. Sports games hardly change at all.[/QUOTE]

How much can you really change in sports sims? Unless its blitz or NBA Jam you aren't going to see major changes in the game.

Mario is the most rehashed and pimped of any franchise in the world.

Donkey Kong spinoffs, Mario Party 1-7, Golf, Baseball and who knows how many other whored titles with Mario and friends in it Wario, Luigi etc.

My vote is on megaman. In a short peroid we got Mega MAn Zero 4 , Mega Men EXE 5, Mega Men EXE 5 DS port, Mega Men EXE 6, Mega Men X collection, Mega Man Dash 1 and 2, and now Mega Man and Mega Man X remake on PSP.

It is definately Mega Man, clocking in at around 100 titles.

This number was taken from some official numbers released by Capcom:

http://psp.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=1667

[quote name='DT778']How much can you really change in sports sims? Unless its blitz or NBA Jam you aren't going to see major changes in the game.[/QUOTE]
Until the game is 100% perfect, flawless, seamless, extremely realistic, and still fun, there is always room for change and improvement.

[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Mario is the most rehashed and pimped of any franchise in the world.

Donkey Kong spinoffs, Mario Party 1-7, Golf, Baseball and who knows how many other whored titles with Mario and friends in it Wario, Luigi etc.[/QUOTE]
I sometimes post without reading the whole thread too.